Lyon open UCL campaign with convincing win against Dinamo Zagreb

Lyon eased the pressure on coach Bruno Genesio with a comfortable 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb to open their Champions League campaign.
Corentin Tolisso’s first-half opener was followed by goals from Jordan Ferri and Gnarly Cornet after the break to end a two-game losing run that had raised some questions about Genesio’s future.
Dinamo presented a potential banana skin for the Lyon boss — though when these sides met five years ago Lyon won 7-1 — and while the scoreline was not as emphatic the expected victory was duly rubber-stamped with ease.
It took 12 minutes for Tolisso to soften the mood among the home fans when he rose highest to head Rafael Da Silva’s delivery in off the crossbar.

Dortmund hammer Polish champions in biggest European win

Borussia Dortmund achieved their biggest European win, hammering Polish champions Legia Warsaw 6-0 away from home to get off to the perfect start in their Champions League Group F campaign on Wednesday.
Mario Goetze led the Germans’ rout, opening the scoring and also assisting on two goals on a miserable night for the Poles that was marred by crowd trouble with home fans involved in fighting.
Dortmund dominated from the outset with Goetze finishing off a cross from youngster Ousmane Dembele after just seven minutes.
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Riyad Mahrez bags brace for Leicester City in win over Club Brugge

Rampant Leicester marked their Champions League debut in stunning style as they thrashed Club Brugge 3-0.
Boss Claudio Ranieri had warned against expecting another fairytale but it was dream night in Belgium after Leicester scored twice inside the first half an hour.
Marc Albrighton netted the Foxes’ first-ever Champions League goal, and first in Europe since 2000, before Riyad Mahrez crashed in a brilliant free-kick.
Mahrez made it 3-0 with a second-half penalty with Leicester, who dominated at the Jan Breydel Stadium, top of Group G after Porto and Copenhagen drew 1-1.
Burnley will give the Foxes a sterner test than abject Brugge when they return to the Premier League on Saturday and Leicester must learn to cope with the demands of the league and European football.

Sergio Aguero scores hat trick as Man City ease past Gladbach in UCL

After their Champions League group stage game was delayed 24 hours by rain, Manchester City beat Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0 on Wednesday night.
And City went ahead inside nine minutes as Aleksandar Kolarov’s low cross was turned home at the near post by Sergio Aguero, back in the side amid his domestic suspension for elbowing Winston Reid.
City should have extended their lead soon after as Ilkay Gundogan’s shot from inside the box was saved by Yann Sommer. But Gundogan had a hand in the second as he was tripped on the edge of

UCL: Monaco beat Tottenham in Group E opener at Wembley Stadium

Monaco pulled off a minor upset in London, beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in their Champions League Group E opener at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday.
Bernardo Silva opened the scoring for Monaco in the 15th minute. After picking up an Erik Lamela giveaway near midfield, Silva cut into the centre of the penalty area and fired past Hugo Lloris to make it 1-0 in favour of the visitors.
Monaco would double their lead in the 31st minute, when Thomas Lemar blasted a left-footed