Group A:
Liverpool (England) – Ajax (Netherlands) 2-1 (1-1).
Postponed to Wednesday: Rangers (Scotland) – Naples (Italy).
Group B:
Leverkusen (Tyskland) – Atlético Madrid (Spain) 2-0 (0-0), Porto (Portugal) – Brugge (Belgium) 0-4 (0-1).
Group C:
Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) – Inter (Italy) 0-2 (0-1), Bayern Munich (Germany ) – Barcelona (Spain) 2-0 (0-0).
Group D:
Sporting Lisboa (Portugal) – Tottenham (England) 2-0 (0-0), Marseille (France ) – Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany ) 0-1 (0-1).
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Robert Lewandowski’s campaign with Bayern Munich. Photo: Sofascore
Not long after, Manuel Neuer stopped the Pole’s header. Lewandowski’s other four or five attempts were also stopped by Neuer or a wall.
It wasn’t Lewandowski’s game. He played with too much emotion and was not as clinical as usual, commented Mario Gómez, a former German striker at Amazon.
– For Lewy, there were a lot of emotions today, after all the success he’s had here. She had no edge on her side at crucial moments and that was lucky for us, “Neuer told Amazon.
Pedri and Raphiha also created good chances for the visitors before the teams went on the break 0-0.
– The result does not tell the truth. We should have done more before the break, says Pedri.
– We had six or seven great chances without scoring and Bayern took chances. If we had scored, it would have been a completely different game. But this is the Champions League, Barcelona coach Xavi.
After a scare from Raphinha early in the second half, Bayern finally woke up and came close. Lucas Hernández freed himself from goalkeeper Marcos Alonso and headed Joshua Kimmich’s corner into goal for 1-0 in the 50th minute.
Four minutes later, Leroy Sane exploded from the Barcelona defense and scored 2-0 alone with Barça goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, a crazy goal.
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For the next few minutes, Barcelona looked resigned and became dangerous in almost every Bayern attack.
The guests manage to regroup, but when the pole stops Pedri’s lob alone with Neuer it doesn’t seem to be the evening for the Catalans.
Barcelona’s historically poor stats continued against Bayern, who have the lead between them with 9-1-2 and a 30-13 goal difference.
PS! In the second match of the group, Inter won 2-0 over Viktoria Plzen.
PS2! Norwegian Score Antonio Nusa (17). in Club Brugge’s 4-0 victory over Porto
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