Dembele and Hakimi injured in 2-1 UCL loss to Bayern

Holders Paris Saint-Germain suffered their first defeat of this season’s Champions League and noticed Ousmane Dembele and Achraf Hakimi undergo a first-half accidents as they had been crushed 2-1 by Bayern Munich on the Parc des Princes.

PSG had made an ideal begin to their title defence with three wins from three together with an exciting victory at Barcelona.

However a rematch of the 2020 closing become a nightmare for Luis Enrique’s males.

Diaz damages PSG

PSG fell behind within the fourth minute when Luis Diaz fired in on the rebound after Lucas Chevalier saved out Michael Olise’s preliminary effort.

Dembele appeared to have levelled within the twenty second minute, solely to see his aim dominated out by VAR for offside, and three minutes later the Ballon d’Or winner limped down the tunnel as his evening got here to a untimely finish.

Diaz then pounced on an uncharacteristic error from Marquinhos to make it 2-0, however the Colombian’s eventful evening got here to a detailed in first-half stoppage time when he was despatched off for an terrible problem on Hakimi that led to the Morocco right-back being withdrawn.

PSG pulled one again within the second half by means of Joao Neves however couldn’t full the restoration effort.

Bayern are prime of desk with 4 wins from 4 within the league part. They’ve received all 16 of their video games this season. Arsenal are degree with them on 12 factors after beating Slavia Prague 3-0, whereas Liverpool are three factors again following their 1-0 defeat of Actual Madrid. Tottenham are 4 factors behind the leaders, having stayed unbeaten within the competitors with a 4-0 rout of Copenhagen.

Juventus keep winless

Juventus have featured in a few of the most entertaining video games of the match to this point however stay with out a win following a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon in Luciano Spalletti’s second match in cost.

Maximiliano Araújo fired in off the put up to cap a shocking staff transfer to present Sporting an early lead, however Dusan Vlahovic’s close to put up end levelled issues.

It’s three attracts and one defeat from 4 video games for Juve, who are actually 5 matches with out a win on this competitors stretching again to final season. That streak marks their longest such run since Juve went six with out a win between April and November 2013.

Spalletti, although, was inspired by what he witnessed.

“We had an advanced begin, then this nice response, we took the sport in hand and deserved to take the lead, creating three or 4 good probabilities,” Spalletti advised Sky Sport Italia.

“At first we misplaced the ball too cheaply, weren’t clear sufficient in our passing, struggled below stress, however on the whole after that the staff performed nicely.

“We took possession off them and at occasions had been somewhat too frenetic with our selections, giving the ball again after profitable it. We needed to claw it off them with tooth and nail, whereas we gave it again to them too simply.

“I nonetheless imagine this can be a robust staff, I’m satisfied that if we proceed with this spirit, we’ll win many video games.”

Atletico Madrid had been comfy 3-1 winners over Union Saint-Gilloise due to objectives from Julian Alvarez, Conor Gallagher and Marcos Llorente, whereas Folarin Balogun’s end from a good angle proved sufficient for Monaco to beat 10-man Bodo/Glimt 1-0.

Napoli had been held to a 0-0 draw by Eintracht Frankfurt, and there was one other stalemate in Piraeus, the place Ricardo Pepi struck within the 93rd minute to earn PSV Eindhoven a 1-1 draw at Olympiacos, who’re nonetheless ready for his or her first win.