Paris: Last season’s finalists Liverpool got off to a dismal start to their Champions League campaign with a 4-1 loss to Napoli on Wednesday. Roberto Lewandowski, on the other hand, scored a hat-trick, giving Barcelona a big win.
Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool have won just two of their first six Premier League games this season and have shown no improvement on their trip to Italy as Napoli took an early lead and never looked back. did.
Piotr Zielinski scored a penalty in the fifth minute, with Victor Osimén firing a second Napoli spot-kick that was saved by Alisson Becker.
Still, Napoli, who beat Liverpool at home in the 2018 and 2019 group stages, went 3-0 at half-time after a spectacular finish from André-Frank Zambo-Anguissa followed by substitute Giovanni Simeone tapping in. was leading.
Liverpool fell further behind two minutes into the second half as Zielinski scored after his first try was saved, but Luis Diaz got the goal back.
“We were miles open. told to
“We can’t do a performance like that, so we need to wake up soon.”
Rangers overwhelmed by Ajax
Six-time European Cup winners Ajax’s next Group A match is at home to Ajax. Ajax were Europa League finalists last season and he could have beaten Rangers by more than four margins at home to Rangers, who are playing in the group stage of the Champions League for the first time since 2010.
A stunning individual goal from Mohamed Kudus made Ajax 3-0 by half-time after Steven Berghuis’ shot went off after Edson Alvarez headed in up front for Ajax.
Steven Bergwijn pounced with a poor backpass to seal a second-half victory in Amsterdam, leaving Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst to give a harsh assessment of his team’s prospects.
“It costs hundreds of millions of dollars to qualify for the Champions League, but it costs a lot for us to qualify,” claimed the Dutch player.
Lewandowski became the first player to score a Champions League hat-trick for three different clubs as the former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern star Lewandowski made his first appearance in the competition against Barcelona. .
The Catalans defeated Czech champions Viktoria Plzen 5-1 in Group C, with Lewandowski winning 2-0 after Frank Kesy’s header in the opening match.
Jan Sikora put one back and Lewandowski scored again before half-time, scoring a third midway through the second half.
Paul has now scored 89 Champions League goals, three more than Karim Benzema, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi surpass him.
Ferran Torres scored the fifth goal for Barça next, against Lewandowski’s Bayern Munich.
The Germans scored an impressive 2-0 victory over Inter Milan on Wednesday, with Leroy Sane rounding Andre Onana in the first half opener and Danilo D’Ambrosio forcing a 66th-minute own goal.
Spurs’ Richarlison brace
Antonio Conte’s Tottenham struggled to beat north London side Marseille, but the French sent off Chancel Mvemba just after half-time.
In the 76th minute, Richarlison headed in a cross from Ivan Perisic to open the scoring.
“I think I felt a little bit of pressure in this tournament, but in the end you have to be happy,” Conte said of his win.
Also in Group D, Sporting Lisbon scored three goals in the second half to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0, with former Spurs youngsters Marcus Edwards, Francisco Trincao and Nuno Santos all scoring.
In Group B, Atlético Madrid beat Porto 2-1, with Antoine Griezmann scoring the winner in the 11th minute of stoppage time.
In an incredible finish, Porto sent off Mehdi Taremi in the second half before Mario Hermoso put Atlético ahead with a flexing goal in the 92nd minute.
Hermoso then conceded a handball penalty and Mateus Uribe equalized in the 96th minute, but Griezmann got the last laugh.
The only match in Champions League history to score three goals in stoppage time was Porto’s match against Atletico Madrid last December.
In the same group, Abakar Sylla’s header was spilled over the line by the goalkeeper to give Club Brugge a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen.
