Manchester City, Barça and the big names ensure

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By: Manu Tournoux

Find all the results of this Tuesday evening’s matches, counting for the 2nd day of the Champions League.

If all eyes were on London, where the
Paris Saint-Germain challenged Arsenal for the most attractive poster of the evening, other European big names were out in the four corners of the continent for this 2nd day of the regular phase of the Champions League.

Seeded in the tournament with Real Madrid, Manchester City was opposed to an opponent well within its ropes, Slovan Bratislava. And Pep Guardiola’s team upheld its standing by achieving an easy success (4-0). Gündogan, Foden, Haaland and Mcatee were the scorers for the Sky Blues, who thus unlocked their victory counter this season.

Barça recovers

The stakes were the same for Barça, beaten in Monaco two weeks ago (1-2) and in search of a first victory on the European scene. The Catalan club won against Young Boys Berne at Camp Nou (5-0). A result which bears the signature of the eternal Robert Lewandowski, author of a double. Raphina also scored a goal, as did Inigo Martinez.

For their part, Inter Milan faced Red Star Belgrade after their encouraging goalless draw against Manchester City on the first day. The Italian champion also held his place by winning against the Serbian team (4-0). Calhanoglu, Arnautovic, Lautaro Martinez and Taremi found the net for Simone Inzaghi’s team.

Leverkusen tames Milan

The most indecisive match pitted one of the sensations of the moment on the European scene, Bayer Leverkusen, against a legendary and powerful club, AC Milan. And in this balance of power, it was the German champions who took the upper hand (1-0). Xabi Alonso’s men showed patience, before striking at the opportune moment, in the second half, through Boniface.

Finally, in the other evening matches, Borussia Dortmund enjoyed a great score against Celtic Glasgow (7-1), with a hat-trick from Adeyemi and a double from Guirassy, ​​and the last match saw PSV Eindhoven and Sporting Portugal leave with a score of parity (1-1).

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