Vinicius thought he had done the hard part by equalizing after Malick Thiaw’s corner goal. Except that Alvaro Morata played a bad trick on his former club by following a shot repelled by Andriy Lunin, Courtois’ appointed replacement. Then Tijjani Reijnders perfectly concluded a magnificent action led by Rafael Leao (1-3).
Another great disappointment for the group of Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham who still only have 6 points…
Bakayoko and the historic evening
How good this goal is! Johan Bakayokolooking for his best sensations in Eindhoven in recent weeks, scored PSV’s third goal during the big victory – the Dutch club’s biggest – against Girona (4-0). While Matteo Dams also participated in the success, PSV will nevertheless regret the new injury exit of Noa Lang.
Amorim showed he knows how to beat City
The green and white side of Lisbon celebrated it just as much as the red side of Manchester. For his last Champions League match before joining United, Ruben Amorim guided his troops to a surprise victory against City (1-4), his future rival. The next Red Devils coach was able to admire Viktor Gyökeres’ hat-trick and Maximiliano Araujo’s goal, while Phil Foden opened the scoring.
Zeno Debast and the other Sporting defenders managed to contain the attacks of Erling Haaland and company afterwards. The Norwegian even missed a penalty, while Kevin De Bruyne finally returned to the pitch for the last five minutes. Jérémy Doku went up for a quarter of an hour.
Call him Arjen Robben from now on: Johan Bakayoko scores a superb solo goal (VIDEO)
And the others?
Of course other Belgians were in action this Tuesday evening. Siemen Voet and Slovan Bratislava bit the dust against Dinamo Zagreb (1-4).
For his part, Dimitri Lavalée and Sturm Graz ended up cracking against Dortmund (1-0). WhileArne Engels played a bad trick on Loïs Openda, Arthur Vermeeren et Maarten Vandevoordtwhen Celtic overthrew RB Leipzig (3-1).
Another notable fact: the young Belgian Samuel Nibombe (17 years old), the son of Daré (ex-Mons, La Louvière, etc.), has, for the first time in his career, taken his place on the bench during a Champions League match. The Belgian U18 captain, under contract at Monaco, had already been summoned for the Ligue 1 match against Angers on Friday. Eliot Matazo having entered the game, ASM obtained victory at the very end of the match against Bologna (0-1).
Lille shared the stakes with Juve (1-1). The Belgian-Congolese Ngalayel Mukau et Matias Fernandez-Pardo got into the game. Just like Samuel Swordsman.
