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Rashford haunts PSG again with last-gasp stunner as Barca young gun make history: CL wrap
The Champions League is back and so are Manchester United after a year’s absence - much to the dismay of Paris Saint-Germain.
The last game United won in the Champions League was away to PSG at the Parc de Princes through a late Marcus Rashford strike and their first game back was exactly the same.
Elsewhere, Chelsea were held to a goalless draw at home to Europa League winners Sevilla and Barcelona thumped some European minnows for five, but did suffer a big blow ahead of their tie with Juventus
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 1-2 MANCHESTER UNITED
Marcus Rashford produced another late strike to sink Paris Saint-Germain as Manchester United beat last season’s runners-up 2-1 at the Parc des Princes in their Champions League group-stage opener on Tuesday.
The England striker, whose last-gasp penalty gave United a stunning victory over PSG here in the last 16 in 2019, smashed home low in the 87th minute as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side claimed a well-deserved three points.
They had taken a first-half lead behind closed doors in Paris courtesy of a retaken Bruno Fernandes penalty after United’s captain for the night had initially missed.
But it looked as though PSG would escape with a draw despite a poor performance after France striker Anthony Martial headed a Neymar corner into his own net 10 minutes after the restart in this Group H encounter.
It is another fine result for Solskjaer, who was handed the United manager’s job on a permanent basis on the back of that victory here two seasons ago and has now seen his side bounce back in style from an embarrassing 6-1 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur just before the recent international break.
CHELSEA 0-0 SEVILLA
Chelsea are still waiting for a £220 million ($284 million) spending spree to pay off as Frank Lampard’s men began their Champions League campaign with an uninspiring 0-0 draw against Sevilla at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues have now won just two of their opening six games of the season and the only consolation of a cagey encounter for Lampard was a rare clean sheet.
With Champions League debutants Rennes and Krasnodar making up Group E, both sides were happy to settle for a point against what they will perceive as their toughest opponents in the section.
BARCELONA 5-1 FERENCVAROS
Barcelona exorcised some of their Champions League demons by thrashing Hungarian minnows Ferencvaros 5-1 on Tuesday, in their first European game since last season’s humiliation by Bayern Munich.
Lionel Messi won and then scored a penalty before the 17-year-old Ansu Fati contributed to two brilliant goals, volleying in one for himself and then setting up another for Philippe Coutinho.
Barca’s defensive frailties were never far away at Camp Nou and Gerard Pique was sent off before the hour for preventing Tokmac Nguen from finishing in the penalty area.
Ihor Kharatin converted the spot-kick but late goals from Pedri and Ousamane Dembele ended any hopes of a comeback and gave Barcelona some much-needed momentum ahead of Saturday’s Clasico in La Liga against Real Madrid.
A big win also puts Barcelona top of Group G but Pique’s red card means he will miss next week’s game away at Juventus, who had earlier beaten Dinamo Kiev.
DYNAMO KIEV 0-2 JUVENTUS
Alvaro Morata struck twice on Tuesday as Juventus made light of Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence to get their Champions League campaign off the mark with a 2-0 win at Dynamo Kiev.
Spain’s Morata opened the scoring just after the break when he tapped in off a rebound and nodded in a second with six minutes to go to give Juventus three points in Group G which also includes Barcelona and Hungarian club Ferencvaros.
Portugal captain Ronaldo and US midfielder Weston McKennie both missed the trip to the Ukraine after testing positive for coronavirus, with Alex Sandro and Matthijs de Ligt out injured.
But Andrea Pirlo, 41, got his European coaching debut off to a winning start against veteran Dynamo coach Mircea Lucescu who gave the Italian his first Serie A start as a Brescia player 25 years ago
OTHER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS:
Lazio 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
RB Leipzig 2-0 Istanbul Basaksehir
Zenit Saint-Petersburg 1-2 Club Brugge
Rennes 1-1 Krasnodar
Champions League fixtures for Thursday, October 22
Group A
Salzburg (AUT) v Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) (3.55am)
Bayern Munich (GER) v Atletico Madrid (ESP)
Group B
Real Madrid (ESP) v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) (3.55am)
Inter Milan (ITA) v Borussia Moenchengladbach (GER)
Group C
Manchester City (ENG) v FC Porto (POR)
Olympiakos (GRE) v Marseille (FRA)
Group D
Ajax (NED) v Liverpool (ENG)
Midtjylland (DEN) v Atalanta (ITA)
Source: https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/uefa-champions-league/uefa-champions-league-matchday-1-live-coverage-scores-fixtures-manchester-united-vs-psg/news-story/676e12760feca990c3080adc06d5cd18
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