PSG endured a tough night time within the Champions League as Bayern Munich maintained their very good begin, and there was extra frustration for Juventus.
Holders Paris Saint-Germain suffered their first defeat of this season’s Champions League and noticed Ousmane Dembele and Achraf Hakimi undergo a first-half accidents as they had been overwhelmed 2-1 by Bayern Munich on the Parc des Princes.
PSG had made an ideal begin to their title defence with three wins from three together with an exciting victory at Barcelona.
However a rematch of the 2020 last changed into a nightmare for Luis Enrique’s males.
Diaz damages PSG
PSG fell behind within the fourth minute when Luis Diaz fired in on the rebound after Lucas Chevalier saved out Michael Olise’s preliminary effort.
Dembele appeared to have levelled within the twenty second minute, solely to see his aim dominated out by VAR for offside, and three minutes later the Ballon d’Or winner limped down the tunnel as his night time got here to a untimely finish.
Diaz then pounced on an uncharacteristic error from Marquinhos to make it 2-0, however the Colombian’s eventful night time got here to a detailed in first-half stoppage time when he was despatched off for an terrible problem on Hakimi that led to the Morocco right-back being withdrawn.
PSG pulled one again within the second half by means of Joao Neves however couldn’t full the restoration effort.
Bayern are prime of desk with 4 wins from 4 within the league part. They’ve received all 16 of their video games this season. Arsenal are stage with them on 12 factors after beating Slavia Prague 3-0, whereas Liverpool are three factors again following their 1-0 defeat of Real Madrid. Tottenham are 4 factors behind the leaders, having stayed unbeaten within the competitors with a 4-0 rout of Copenhagen.
Juventus keep winless
Juventus have featured in among the most entertaining video games of the match to this point however stay with out a win following a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon in Luciano Spalletti’s second match in cost.
Maximiliano Araújo fired in off the publish to cap a shocking workforce transfer to provide Sporting an early lead, however Dusan Vlahovic’s close to publish end levelled issues.
It’s three attracts and one defeat from 4 video games for Juve, who at the moment are 5 matches with out a win on this competitors stretching again to final season. That streak marks their longest such run since Juve went six with out a win between April and November 2013.
Spalletti, although, was inspired by what he witnessed.
“We had an advanced begin, then this nice response, we took the sport in hand and deserved to take the lead, creating three or 4 good possibilities,” Spalletti instructed Sky Sport Italia.
“In the beginning we misplaced the ball too cheaply, weren’t clear sufficient in our passing, struggled underneath stress, however normally after that the workforce performed nicely.
“We took possession off them and at instances had been a bit too frenetic with our selections, giving the ball again after successful it. We needed to claw it off them with tooth and nail, whereas we gave it again to them too simply.
“I nonetheless consider it is a sturdy workforce, I’m satisfied that if we proceed with this spirit, we are going to win many video games.”
Atletico Madrid had been snug 3-1 winners over Union Saint-Gilloise due to targets from Julian Alvarez, Conor Gallagher and Marcos Llorente, whereas Folarin Balogun’s end from a decent angle proved sufficient for Monaco to beat 10-man Bodo/Glimt 1-0.
Napoli had been held to a 0-0 draw by Eintracht Frankfurt, and there was one other stalemate in Piraeus, the place Ricardo Pepi struck within the 93rd minute to earn PSV Eindhoven a 1-1 draw at Olympiacos, who’re nonetheless ready for his or her first win.
