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Champions League matchday 2, Tuesday: Tresoldi's hat-trick sinks Inter, Viking hold Bayern, Arsenal and Barcelona win again

Tuesday's nine results — Brugge's 4–3 at San Siro, a 3–3 in Stavanger, Atlético beating ten-man United, Barcelona's four in Istanbul — and the table.

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Nine matches, 32 goals and the night's biggest shock at San Siro, where Club Brugge beat Inter 4–3 with a hat-trick from Nicolò Tresoldi. In Stavanger, Viking led Bayern München 2–0 at half-time, fell behind, and equalised in the 90th minute against ten men. Arsenal, Barcelona and Sporting CP made it two wins from two; Atlético Madrid beat Manchester United, who finished with ten men. Five home wins, three away wins and one draw, with seven goals scored by substitutes.

The early kick-offs

Lens 0–2 Sporting CP: Luis Suárez scored on 22 from Nestory Irankunda's pass and Issa Doumbia added the second on 74 from Silas Andersen's, a minute after Andersen came on. Lens had 21 shots to Sporting's eleven and more of the ball, 56 per cent, but Sporting put five of their shots on target and two of them in.

Sabah 2–0 Slavia Praha: Kaheem Parris had a goal ruled out by VAR on 17, then scored on 49 from Ivan Lepinjica's pass; Joy Lance Mickels made it two on 88, set up by the substitute Patrick Orphe Mbina. Sabah, beaten 4–0 at Manchester United on matchday 1, have their first points; Slavia Praha, with eighteen shots and eight on target, have none.

The evening

Inter 3–4 Club Brugge was the first competitive meeting between the two clubs, Inter's own pre-match notes say, and Brugge had a former Inter goalkeeper, Yann Sommer, in goal. Tresoldi scored from the penalty spot on 30, Lautaro Martínez equalised on 44 from Federico Dimarco's pass, and Tresoldi scored again on 63 from Carlos Forbs's pass and on 74. Martínez made it 3–2 on 81, Romeo Vermant, from Forbs, made it 4–2 on 87, and Ange-Yoan Bonny's goal on 90+3, set up by Aleksandar Stankovic, came too late. Stankovic, who came on at 88, spent last season at Brugge. Inter had 27 shots to Brugge's ten; the expected goals were all but level, 4.01 to 3.98.

Viking 3–3 Bayern München: Gianni Stensness scored on 2 from Zlatko Tripić's pass and Peter Christiansen on 38 from Erik Botheim's. Harry Kane scored a penalty on 54 and another on 60 from Joshua Kimmich's pass, and Luis Díaz, from Konrad Laimer, put Bayern ahead on 71. Michael Olise was sent off two minutes later, and Herman Haugen, on as a substitute at 72, scored from Tripić's pass on 90. Bayern had 23 shots and fifteen corners. "But the red card changed everything," Kane said afterwards, and AFP reports that Olise will miss next week's match at home to Arsenal.

Atlético Madrid 2–0 Manchester United: Pablo Barrios scored on 1 from Álex Baena's pass, after 47 seconds according to Sky Sports, and Johnny Cardoso had a second ruled out by VAR before half-time. Leny Yoro was sent off on 74 after an on-field review by the referee, judged to have denied Jonathan David a goalscoring chance, and the substitute Ademola Lookman scored on 79. Sky Sports reports that United are now without a win in five matches; Lisandro Martínez said afterwards, "I expect more from our technical director."

Galatasaray 1–4 Barcelona: Aleksey Batrakov put Galatasaray ahead on 28 from Rafael Leão's pass and João Cancelo equalised on 43 from Dani Olmo's. In the second half Lamine Yamal set up Fermín López on 50 and Anthony Gordon on 53, and Karim Adeyemi, on for Gordon six minutes earlier, scored on 65. Barcelona had 71 per cent of the ball and eleven shots on target. The club says it was their tenth win in ten matches this season in all competitions.

Arsenal 3–0 Lille was goalless for an hour, then over in seven minutes: Jurriën Timber scored on 64 from Noni Madueke's pass, Eberechi Eze on 67 from Bukayo Saka's and Saka on 71 from Kai Havertz's, Saka and Havertz having come on together at 65. Lille had four shots and none on target. Olivier Giroud came on for them at 78, back at the club where, AFP notes, he scored 105 goals in six years.

Villarreal 3–1 Napoli: Amir Rrahmani put Napoli ahead on 8, and Villarreal turned it round within three minutes, Georges Mikautadze scoring on 23 and Santiago Mouriño on 26 from Gerard Moreno's pass. Tani Oluwaseyi, a substitute, scored the third on 86 from Ayoze Pérez's pass. Napoli have lost both matches.

RB Leipzig 1–0 PSV Eindhoven: Ivan Perišić missed a penalty for PSV on 19, after VAR had confirmed the award, and Brajan Gruda scored the only goal on 75. RB Leipzig had nineteen shots to PSV's nine.

The table after Tuesday

Half the clubs have played twice and half once, so the table is uneven until Wednesday night. Barcelona lead on six points and a goal difference of +7, ahead of Sporting and Arsenal, also on six with +4. Bayern have four. Inter, Napoli, Lille, Slavia Praha and Galatasaray have lost both matches; Galatasaray are the lowest of them, 34th on −5. The full standings are on the Champions League page.

Numbers to know

  • 32 goals in nine matches, seven of them at San Siro.
  • Seven goals by substitutes: Saka, Adeyemi, Lookman, Oluwaseyi, Herman Haugen, Vermant and Bonny.
  • Two red cards: Olise for Bayern on 73 and Yoro for United on 74.
  • Three VAR-disallowed goals: Parris for Sabah, Cardoso for Atlético and Barış Alper Yılmaz for Galatasaray.
  • Two teams outshot their opponents by ten or more and lost: Lens (21 to eleven) and Inter (27 to ten).

Next up

Wednesday completes matchday 2: Feyenoord v Como and LASK v Liverpool at 16:45 UTC, then at 19:00 UTC Manchester City v Paris Saint-Germain, AS Roma v Real Madrid, Aston Villa v Fenerbahçe, Real Betis v FC Porto, Bodø/Glimt v Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar Donetsk v AEK Athens and Slovan Bratislava v VfB Stuttgart. Matchday 3 follows on 20 and 21 October, with Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona on the Tuesday and Bayern München v Arsenal on the Wednesday. Every match is on the Champions League page.

Sources for the context: Inter, FC Barcelona, AFP via France 24, Sky Sports.

Written from ScoreTable's match data with the help of an AI model, and checked against the results it describes. Spotted something wrong? Let us know.

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