Liverpool edge thriller at Anfield within the UEFA Champions League with an injury-time winner from captain Virgil van Dijk.
Printed On 17 Sep 2025
Title holder Paris Saint-Germain roared to victory within the opening sport of their Champions League defence, and Liverpool discovered one more late profitable aim in its gorgeous begin to the season.
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk soared to attain with a header within the second minute of stoppage time to seal a 3-2 win against Atletico Madrid when it appeared his staff was going to waste a two-goal lead seized after simply six minutes.
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Bayern Munich and Inter Milan each received rematches of previous finals – towards Chelsea and Ajax, respectively – to start out their eight-game league-phase programmes, and newcomers Bodo/Glimt and Pafos impressed with hard-earned attracts on the street.
PSG cruised to a 4-0 win at residence over Atalanta and had the posh of a penalty miss by Bradley Barcola not mattering a lot in the long run.
Liverpool gave the impression to be crusing with early objectives from Andy Robertson and a usually superb strike by Mohamed Salah, however was pegged again by Marcos Llorente’s objectives in first-half stoppage time and the 81st.
Llorente additionally scored twice at Anfield in 2020 when Atletico eradicated the then-defending champion within the spherical of 16.
“We have to possibly get again to profitable a bit less complicated and simpler,” Liverpool’s Robertson advised TNT Sports activities after the sport.
“It’s an important factor to have the ability to go to the top, however when you find yourself 2-0 up, it ought to have been a extra snug night time.”
Bayern held off Chelsea 3-1 with two objectives from Harry Kane, whose England teammate Cole Palmer scored a powerful aim for the guests.
It was a really belated revenge for Bayern dropping the 2012 last to Chelsea in its residence stadium.
Inter obtained two highly effective headed objectives from Marcus Thuram in its 2-0 win at Ajax, which beat the Italians within the 1972 European Cup last.
Norway’s champion Bodo/Glimt had a second-half penalty kick saved and trailed by two objectives late at Slavia Prague, earlier than rallying to degree at 2-2 within the ninetieth.
Pafos grinded out a 0-0 draw at Olympiakos after enjoying with 10 males from the twenty sixth minute. Journeyman Brazilian midfielder Bruno Felipe was despatched off for a second yellow-card foul.
Russian-owned Pafos is the primary Cypriot staff within the Champions League fundamental part since 2017, and Bodo/Glimt ended Norway’s 18-year absence.
