The opening round of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League – the defending champions suffer defeat.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
September 17, 2019

Lyon 1-1 Zenit St. Petersburg
Lyon – Memphis Depay 50’(pen)
Zenit St. Petersburg – Sardar Azmoun 41’

Inter Milan 1-1 Slavia Prague
Inter Milan – Nicolo Barella 90+2’
Slavia Prague – Peter Olayinka 63’

Ajax 3-0 Lille
Ajax – Quincy Promes 18’ Edson Alvarez 50’ Nicolas Tagliafico 62’

Napoli 2-0 Liverpool
Napoli -Dries Mertens 82’(pen) Fernando Llorente 90+2

Benfica 1-2 RB Leipzig
Benfica – Haris Seferovic 84’
RB Leipzig – Timo Werner 69’ 78’

Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Barcelona

Chelsea 0-1 Valencia
Valencia – Rodrigo 74’

RB Salzburg 6-2 Genk
RB Salzburg – Erling Braut Haland 2’ 34’ 45’ Hee-Chan Hwang 36’ Dominik Szoboszlai 45+3’ Andreas Ulmer 66’
Genk – Jhon Lucumi 40’ Mbwana Samata 52’

September 18, 2019

Olympiacos 2-2 Tottenham
Olympiacos – Daniel Podence 44’ Mathieu Valbuena 54’(pen)
Tottenham – Harry Kane 26’ Lucas Moura 30’

Club Brugge 0-0 Galatasaray

Bayern Munich 3-0 Red Star Belgrade
Bayern Munich – Kingsley Coman 34’ Robert Lewandowski 80’ Thomas Muller 90+1’

Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 Atalanta
Dinamo Zagreb – Marin Leovac 10’ Mislav Oršić 31’ 42’ 68’

Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Lokomotiv Moscow
Bayer Leverkusen – Benedikt Höwedes 25’ (og)
Lokomotiv Moscow – Grzegorz Krychowiak 16’ Dmitri Barinov 37’

Paris St. Germain 3-0 Real Madrid
Paris St. Germain – Angel di Maria 14’ 33’ Thomas Meunier 90+1’

Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Manchester City
Manchester City – Riyad Mahrez 24’ Ilkay Gundogan 38’ Gabriel Jesus 76’

Atletico Madrid 2-2 Juventus
Atlético Madrid – Stefan Savic 70’ Héctor Herrera 90’
Juventus – Juan Cuadrado 48’ Blaise Matuidi 65’

First Round of the Champions League matches are over.

There is plenty of football left to be played.

Defending champions Liverpool lost their opening day match after falling ‘2-0’ against Napoli in Naples.

Ajax’s 3-0 win over Lille make them the only semi-finalist from last season’s competition to get the maximum points from their opening match.

RB Salzburg’s Erling Braut Haland became the third youngest player to score a Champions League hattrick. His three goals helped RB Salzburg to a ‘6-2’ win against Genk.

Chelsea lose their opening match at home to Valencia.

Borussia Dortmund had to settle for a point at home against Barcelona after failing to convert the numerous goal scoring opportunities. It was a goalless draw between the two.

Tottenham blew a 2 goal lead to leave Olympiacos with a draw.

Angel Di Maria carries Paris St. Germain to a ‘3-0’ win over Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid fights from two goals down to avoid defeat to Juventus.

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