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

Liverpool edge thriller at Anfield within the UEFA Champions League with an injury-time winner from captain Virgil van Dijk.

Title holder Paris Saint-Germain roared to victory within the opening recreation of their Champions League defence, and Liverpool discovered one more late successful objective in its gorgeous begin to the season.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk soared to attain with a header within the second minute of stoppage time to seal a 3-2 win against Atletico Madrid when it appeared his workforce was going to waste a two-goal lead seized after simply six minutes.

Bayern Munich and Inter Milan each gained rematches of previous finals – in opposition to Chelsea and Ajax, respectively – to begin their eight-game league-phase programmes, and newcomers Bodo/Glimt and Pafos impressed with hard-earned attracts on the highway.

PSG cruised to a 4-0 win at dwelling over Atalanta and had the posh of a penalty miss by Bradley Barcola not mattering a lot in the long run.

Liverpool appeared to be crusing with early targets from Andy Robertson and a sometimes high quality strike by Mohamed Salah, however was pegged again by Marcos Llorente’s targets in first-half stoppage time and the 81st.

Llorente additionally scored twice at Anfield in 2020 when Atletico eradicated the then-defending champion within the spherical of 16.

“We have to perhaps get again to successful a bit less complicated and simpler,” Liverpool’s Robertson advised TNT Sports activities after the sport.

“It’s an amazing factor to have the ability to go to the top, however when you find yourself 2-0 up, it ought to have been a extra snug evening.”

Bayern held off Chelsea 3-1 with two targets from Harry Kane, whose England teammate Cole Palmer scored a powerful objective for the guests.

It was a really belated revenge for Bayern shedding the 2012 remaining to Chelsea in its dwelling stadium.

Inter obtained two highly effective headed targets from Marcus Thuram in its 2-0 win at Ajax, which beat the Italians within the 1972 European Cup remaining.

Norway’s champion Bodo/Glimt had a second-half penalty kick saved and trailed by two targets late at Slavia Prague, earlier than rallying to stage at 2-2 within the ninetieth.

Pafos grinded out a 0-0 draw at Olympiakos after enjoying with 10 males from the twenty sixth minute. Journeyman Brazilian midfielder Bruno Felipe was despatched off for a second yellow-card foul.

Russian-owned Pafos is the primary Cypriot workforce within the Champions League foremost section since 2017, and Bodo/Glimt ended Norway’s 18-year absence.