With an outstanding performance by Emiliano Dibu Martínez, Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in England and achieved its second victory in the Champions League after two games. The only goal of the match that was played at Villa Park was scored by Colombian John Durán in the 79th minute.
The Argentine goalkeeper was transcendental in maintaining the clean sheet of the team led by Unai Emery and his team achieved a vital victory against one of the powerful of the Old Continent, which on the opening date beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2.
Dibu made three key saves for Aston Villa. The first was a handball changed after a shot from outside the area by Frenchman Michael Olise to send the ball to the corner. The second was towards the end of the game when he covered a one-on-one with his leg and the last was an intervention after a header from Harry Kane that went into the goal.
Durán scored the goal with a great finish, taking advantage of a bad start by Manuel Neuer, who went too far from the goal, leaving the fence unguarded.
With this victory, Aston Villa was among the eight best with 6 points and on the third day they will host Bologna on Tuesday, October 22. For its part, Bayern Munich was left with 3 units and on the next day they will visit Barcelona on Wednesday the 23rd.
All matches of the day:
Shakhtar 0-3 Atalanta
Atalanta took a big step on the second day of the Champions League by beating Shakhtar of Ukraine 3-0 as a visitor.
The Italian team won at the VELTINS-Arena thanks to goals from Berat Djimsiti (21 minutes), Ademola Lookman (44) and Raoul Bellanova (48).
With this result, those led by Gian Piero Gasperini were among the teams with 4 points, while the Ukrainians remain with one unit, as a result of the draw in the debut as visitors against Bologna.
On the next date, Atlanta will host the Scottish Celtic in Italy next Wednesday, October 23, while Shakhtar will seek its first victory in none other than London against Arsenal (Tuesday, 10/22).
Girona 2-3 Feyenoord
In Spain, Girona failed at home against Feyenoord of the Netherlands and fell 3-2, thus adding its second defeat in the Champions League.
David López opened the account for the Iberians in the 19th minute, but in the 23rd minute the visitor’s tie came through Yangel Herrera (against) and then Antoni Milambo made the score 2-1 in the 33rd minute for the Dutch. Donny van de Beek scored the temporary 2-2 for Girona in the 73rd, but six minutes later, Ladislav Krejci (against) gave Feyenoord the victory.
On the next day, Girona will host Bratislava (Tuesday 10/22) in the bottom duel while Feyenoord will visit Benfica in Portugal on Wednesday 10/23.
Benfica 4-0 Atlético Madrid
Benfica had a brilliant performance at the Estadio da Luz and humiliated Atlético de Madrid with a crushing 4-0 win.
Turkish Kerem Akturkoglu opened the scoring and Ángel Di María extended the lead through a penalty. In addition, the Danish Alexander Bah celebrated the third and the Dutch Orkun Kokcu gave him definitive figures from twelve steps.
Nicolás Otamendi had great production in the Portuguese defense and Benjamín Rollheiser entered the complement. Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina, Julián Álvarez, Ángel Correa and Giuliano Simeone had action in the Colchonero, but the local superiority was so great that they could not gravitate. Cholo Simeone retired upset by the result and the worrying level that his team showed.
Liverpool 2-0 Bologna
At Anfield, Liverpool did not forgive Bologna and beat them 2-0 with goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah.
The English team continues with an ideal score and is one of the leaders of the Champions League and on the third day they will visit Leipzig. For the Italians, who had Santiago Castro among the substitutes, it meant their first defeat and they will have revenge on October 22 in Birmingham, against Aston Villa.
RB Leipzig 2-3 Juventus
Great game in Germany. Juventus defeated Leipzig 3-2 and achieved its second victory in the competition. In the Italian team, Argentine Nicolás González retired injured 11 minutes into the first half.
Vecchia Signora’s goals were scored by Serbian Dusan Vlahovic (twice) and Portuguese Francisco Conceição, in the 82nd minute.
On the next day, Juventus will host Stuttgart while Leipzig will be home to Liverpool.
LOSC Lille 1-0 Real Madrid
Hit in France. Lille beat champion Real Madrid 1-0 thanks to a goal from Canadian Jonathan David, from a penalty (45+2).
It is the first defeat for the Spanish team, which will host Borussia Dortmund on the next day. While Lille will visit Atlético de Madrid.
Sturm Graz 0-1 Bruges
Bruges defeated Sturm Graz 1-0 in Austria and added their first victory in the Champions League. The Greek Christos Tzolis scored the only goal for the Belgians, who will next face Milan in Italy.
Dinamo Zagreb 2-2 Monaco
