Paris Saint Germain thrashed Slovan Bratislava 6-1 to begin a quest for a third consecutive UEFA Champions League title with victory at the Parc des Princes stadium The French league champions were led to the big win by summer signing Ferran Torres who scored a hattrick in the one-sided encounter.
On a night Yaya Toure made history as the first African coach to lead a UCL team in the league phase, Ousmanne Dembele also added a brace to spoil the Ivorian coach’s night
Fabian Ruiz netted PSG’s sixth while Suleiman Camara gave the Slovakian champions a consolation goal to take home
There were also victories for EPL clubs Liverpool and Arsenal on the night, with the former defeating Atletico Madrid 2-1 at Anfield, thanks to goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister
The scored five minutes either side of halftime to ensure victory for Liverpool and render Marcos Llorente’s early strike a consolation for the Spanish capital club
Arsenal waited until 15 minutes to the end of the match at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium to score the winning goal in a 1-0 win Captain Martin Odegaard netting the all-important winner as the Gunners continued their winning start to the season.
A Victor Osimhen-less Galatasaray was well beaten 3-1 by Sporting Lisbon, despite the Turkish champions taking an early lead
RESULTS PSG 6-1 Slovan Bratislava Liverpool 2-1 Atletico Madrid Napoli 0-1 Arsenal Sporting Lisbon 3-1 Galatasaray