PSG cruise but Liverpool leave it late yet again, Bayern and Inter also win

Liverpool borderline thriller astatine Anfield successful the UEFA Champions League with an injury-time victor from skipper Virgil van Dijk.

Title holder Paris Saint-Germain roared to triumph successful the opening crippled of their Champions League defence, and Liverpool recovered yet different precocious winning extremity successful its stunning commencement to the season.

Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk soared to people with a header successful the 2nd infinitesimal of stoppage clip to seal a 3-2 triumph against Atletico Madrid erstwhile it seemed his squad was going to discarded a two-goal pb seized aft conscionable six minutes.

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Bayern Munich and Inter Milan some won rematches of past finals – against Chelsea and Ajax, respectively – to commencement their eight-game league-phase programmes, and newcomers Bodo/Glimt and Pafos impressed with hard-earned draws connected the road.

PSG cruised to a 4-0 triumph astatine location implicit Atalanta and had the luxury of a punishment miss by Bradley Barcola not mattering overmuch successful the end.

Liverpool seemed to beryllium sailing with aboriginal goals from Andy Robertson and a typically good onslaught by Mohamed Salah, but was pegged backmost by Marcos Llorente’s goals successful first-half stoppage clip and the 81st.

Llorente besides scored doubly astatine Anfield successful 2020 erstwhile Atletico eliminated the then-defending champion successful the circular of 16.

“We request to possibly get backmost to winning a spot simpler and easier,” Liverpool’s Robertson told TNT Sports aft the game.

“It’s a large happening to beryllium capable to spell to the end, but erstwhile you are 2-0 up, it should person been a much comfy night.”

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk scores their 3rd extremity [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]

Bayern held disconnected Chelsea 3-1 with 2 goals from Harry Kane, whose England teammate Cole Palmer scored an awesome extremity for the visitors.

It was a precise belated revenge for Bayern losing the 2012 last to Chelsea successful its location stadium.

Inter got 2 almighty headed goals from Marcus Thuram successful its 2-0 triumph astatine Ajax, which bushed the Italians successful the 1972 European Cup final.

Norway’s champion Bodo/Glimt had a second-half punishment footwear saved and trailed by 2 goals precocious astatine Slavia Prague, earlier rallying to level astatine 2-2 successful the 90th.

Pafos grinded retired a 0-0 gully astatine Olympiakos aft playing with 10 men from the 26th minute. Journeyman Brazilian midfielder Bruno Felipe was sent disconnected for a 2nd yellow-card foul.

Russian-owned Pafos is the archetypal Cypriot squad successful the Champions League main signifier since 2017, and Bodo/Glimt ended Norway’s 18-year absence.