Champions League Roundup: Two-goal Luis Díaz Sent Off As Bayern Hold On At Psg

Bayern Munich made it 16 wins from 16 games this play to underline their credentials arsenic early Champions League favourites, beating nan holders, Paris Saint-Germain, 2-1 distant arsenic Luis Díaz scored 2 goals and was shown a reddish card.

The Colombia winger struck doubly earlier being sent disconnected for a convulsive tackle connected Achraf Hakimi connected nan changeable of half-time.

PSG, who reduced nan arrears done João Neves, dominated possession aft nan break but grounded to make it afloat count and slipped to their first conclusion successful nan title since past season’s quarter-final 2nd limb against Aston Villa.

The consequence kept Bayern apical of nan 36-team convention connected a maximum 12 points, pinch PSG third, 3 points adrift and pinch much wounded concerns aft Hakimi and Ousmane Dembélé were replaced early.

“It’s ever difficult to suffer astatine home. We request to asseverate ourselves and play better. We faced a good organised team, particularly physically. We couldn’t get our crippled going,” nan PSG captain, Marquinhos, said.

PSG, who had beaten Bayern 2-0 successful nan Club World Cup quarter-finals successful July, came retired flying pinch their trademark precocious pressing but were caught acold successful nan 4th infinitesimal erstwhile Díaz smashed location aft Lucas Chevalier had parried Michael Olise’s effort.

Dembélé thought he had levelled midway done nan half only for his extremity to beryllium ruled retired for offside, arsenic PSG pressed but looked unusually vulnerable astatine nan back.

Bayern stayed a measurement up and, aft Serge Gnabry struck nan post, Díaz pounced connected a sleepy Marquinhos to bargain nan shot and slot location a 2nd successful nan 32nd minute.

Luis Díaz scores his and Bayern’s 2nd aft picking Marquinhos’s pocket. Photograph: Matthieu Mirville/DPPI/Shutterstock

Díaz’s evening ended abruptly conscionable earlier half-time erstwhile he was shown a consecutive reddish for a sadistic lunge connected Hakimi, who limped disconnected successful tears pinch a suspected ankle injury.

Neves reduced nan arrears pinch a scissor footwear and came adjacent to levelling a fewer minutes later pinch a header.

Juventus are still without a triumph successful nan title aft they were held to a 1-1 tie successful Turin by Sporting, erstwhile Maximiliano Araújo put nan visitors up and Dusan Vlahovic equalised for nan hosts.

An eight-game winless tally successful each competitions led to nan caller sacking of nan Juventus coach Igor Tudor and, aft 2 victories connected nan bounce since then, different tie successful Europe, this clip nether Luciano Spalletti, put nan Italian broadside connected 3 points from 4 matches.

Sporting, who move connected to 7 points, went successful beforehand successful nan 12th infinitesimal erstwhile Francisco Trincão played nan shot wide to Araújo who drilled a debased changeable disconnected nan acold upright and into nan bottommost corner.

Vlahovic’s glancing header from nan separator of nan six-yard container was saved by Rui Silva. The Serbian had different effort parried distant for a corner, and was rewarded successful nan 34th infinitesimal erstwhile he toe-poked Khephren Thuram’s pin-point walk to nan net.

In Athens, Ricardo Pepi scored successful stoppage clip for PSV Eindhoven to unafraid a 1-1 tie pinch Olympiakos and contradict nan Greek nine a first triumph successful nan Champions League this season. Pepi stuck distant a rebound from a free-kick 3 minutes into stoppage clip aft Olympiakos had led from nan 17th infinitesimal done Gelson Martins.

Atlético Madrid earned a 3-1 location triumph against Union Saint-Gilloise, pinch goals from Julián Alvarez, Conor Gallagher and Marcos Llorente keeping Diego Simeone’s broadside successful nan hunt for qualification.

The consequence leaves Atlético 14th successful nan league-phase standings connected six points from 4 matches, level pinch 5 different teams, while nan Belgium champions, Union Saint-Gilloise, beryllium 26th pinch 3 points and extracurricular nan qualification spots.

Atlético struck first successful nan 40th infinitesimal erstwhile Giuliano Simeone burst up nan correct transmission and put it connected a sheet for his Argentina teammate Alvarez to unleash an unstoppable half-volley from wrong nan box.

Conor Gallagher finds a measurement done nan bodies to people for Atlético Madrid against Union Saint-Gilloise. Photograph: Shutterstock

Atlético came disconnected nan break livelier and yet recovered their 2nd extremity successful nan 72nd infinitesimal erstwhile Gallagher fired a slug onslaught from wrong nan box

Union Saint-Gilloise refused to spell quietly, cutting nan shortage successful nan 81st infinitesimal whenRoss Sykes leaped precocious to unleash a towering header into nan bottommost near corner. The extremity group up a nervy decorativeness for nan hosts who yet managed to people again erstwhile Llorente made it 3-1.

The Monaco striker Folarin Balogun sewage nan only extremity of nan crippled arsenic nan French broadside grabbed a 1-0 triumph astatine Bodø/Glimt, pinch Jostein Gundersen sent disconnected for nan location broadside for a severely mistimed tackle precocious on.

The Norwegian broadside won nan first-half possession conflict but went down successful nan 43rd infinitesimal erstwhile Balogun ghosted successful down nan defence and slammed a changeable into nan apical area from a tight angle.

With nan rainfall pouring down, Bodo’s evening went from bad to worse erstwhile nan defender Gundersen was shown a reddish paper for a clumsy stamp connected nan ankle of Mika Biereth successful nan 81st infinitesimal that near nan Monaco substitute writhing connected nan crushed successful pain.

That efficaciously ended immoderate chance of a comeback and Monaco held connected comfortably for a triumph that moves them to 18th successful nan array connected 5 points, while their hosts gaffe to 27th spot pinch 2 points from a brace of draws successful their first 2 games.

Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt played retired a goalless tie astatine nan Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, pinch Antonio Conte’s squad astatine slightest stopping nan rot defensively aft shipping six goals to PSV successful nan erstwhile information of fixtures.