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Romelu Lukaku scored twice to rescue Inter Milan, while reigning champions Bayern Munich clinched victory in the opening of the Champions League group on Wednesday.
Lukaku scored the tying goal in the 90th minute as the Serie A team achieved a 2-2 draw at home to Borussia Monchengladbach.
The Belgian forward had put Inter ahead with an opportunistic goal in the 49th minute, but the Bundesliga side drew in the 63rd minute with their first shot on goal, a penalty converted by Ramy Bensebaini.
Gladbach’s second shot on goal also produced a goal as Jonas Hofmann broke away from the Inter defense and scored with a shot through the legs of Samir Handanovic in the 84th minute.
But Lukaku had the last word in the Group B match with an effort from another poacher when he managed to get the ball into the far post with his knee after Alessandro Bastoni headed in a corner.
Bayern thrash Athletic
Kingsley Coman scored two goals in Bayern Munich’s 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid
Kingsley Coman scored two goals and set up another goal when champion Bayern Munich crushed Atletico Madrid 4-0 in their first Group A game to extend their winning streak in the competition to 12 games.
The French international put the hosts ahead with a good effort in the 28th minute and then readied Leon Goretzka to shoot in his second four minutes before the break.
Corentin Tolisso ended Spain’s hopes of coming back with a sensational shot in the 66th minute before Coman dumped defender Felipe twice for his second of the night six minutes later.
Bayern won all 11 matches on their way to the Champions League title last season and made another sinister declaration of intent, but Atlético have lost three of their last four group stage matches and this was their most loss. heavy in the competition with Diego. Simeone.
Real Madrid stunned
Real Madrid suffered a 3-2 defeat for Shakhtar Donetsk in their first Champions League match as a second half rally it was in vain and a strike in injury time was called off.
Shakhtar took a 3-0 lead despite losing a number of players to the coronavirus, with an own goal by Raphael Varane (33) sandwiched between goals by Mateus Tete (29) and Manor Solomon (42) .
Luka Modric pulled one back in the 54th minute, before Vinicius Junior scored just 15 seconds after coming off the bench (59), but the draw proved elusive as the Ukrainians humiliated Zinedine Zidane’s team.
Federico Valverde thought he had snatched an unlikely point from the Spaniards in injury time, but after a review on the field monitor, Vinicius was declared offside and interfering with play.
Man City rally, Liverpool helped by own goal
Ferran Torres gave Manchester City a 3-1 lead against Porto
Manchester city survived an early scare in their first Champions League match, coming from behind to beat Porto 3-1 in Group C.
The Champions League has proven to be a frustrating competition for Pep Guardiola, staying in the quarter-finals for three consecutive seasons and his team fell behind when Luis Díaz scored a good individual effort (14).
City responded to the early setback within minutes when Sergio Agüero scored his first goal in 231 days by converting from the penalty spot (21) after Pepe fouled Raheem Sterling.
The usual cunning associated with Guardiola’s men was absent for most of the performance, but a sublime free-kick from Ilkay Gundogan (65) and a fine shot from substitute Ferran Torres (70) finished off the Portuguese champions, who still they have not won. a match on English soil in 20 attempts.
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Liverpool won thanks to an own goal
Liverpool, meanwhile, they reached their first match without Virgil van Dijk unscathed, as an own goal by Nicolas Tagliafico gave them a 1-0 Champions League win in Ajax.
Tagliafico stumbled on a missed shot from Sadio Mane to deflect him past Andre Onana 10 minutes before half-time in what would be the game’s only goal in an open match at the Johann Cruyff Arena.
Liverpool kept a clean sheet despite the absence of their defending talisman, with substitute center-back Fabinho proving to be a more than adequate replacement at the rear, denying Dusan Tadic down the line with an acrobatic punt before the break.
Former Everton midfielder Davy Klaassen came close to tormenting his former rivals within two minutes of the second period, but was repulsed by the foot of the post with Adrian defeated, while the Liverpool goalkeeper also made important saves in both Quincy Promes times.
But Liverpool defended their area firmly for the most part in one night, as they successfully passed their first test without the world’s second most expensive defender in their ranks.
Atalanta and Olympiakos achieve victories in the Salzburg match
On the other hand, Liverpool’s rivals in Group D Atalanta did a light job of his opening against the Danish side Central jutland.
Last season’s surprise package led to a 3-0 lead at halftime with goals from Duvan Zapata, Papu Gomez and Luis Muriel before substitute Aleksei Miranchuk added a quarter with one minute remaining.
Ahmed Hassan came in from the bench to score a goal in injury time for Olympiakos in a 1-0 win over Marseilles in the other match of the Manchester City group.
The Greek champions had the initiative for most of the match at Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium and had a goal disallowed by video review early in the second half, before Hassan finally launched a powerful header to beat goalkeeper Steve Mandanda afterwards. from a center in Mathieu Valbuena.
Previously in Group A, Salzburg They led to an entertaining 2-2 draw at home by Lokomotiv Moscow.
Portuguese forward Eder gave the Russians the lead with a header in the 19th minute, but the hosts turned the game around with two goals on either side of the break from Dominik Szoboszlai and then-veteran Zlatko Junuzovic.
The Austrian champions appeared to be in command, but were forced to rebound with a 75th-minute header from substitute Vitali Lisakovich on his Champions League debut.
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