Celtic kicked off their Champions League marketing campaign with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava.
The Hoops ran riot within the second half towards the Slovakian facet with 4 objectives after Liam Scales opened the scoring at Parkhead.
Kyogo Furuhashi doubled their lead shortly after the break earlier than Arne Engels despatched Brendan Rodgers’ males into a cushty lead.
Kevin Wimmer pulled one again with an outstanding strike with the skin of his ebook however Celtic’s dominance remained as Daizen Maeda made it 4.
Their fifth, from a fifth totally different scorer, got here 4 minutes from time as Adam Idah tucked a cool end house to safe Celtic’s first win in a gap Champions League recreation in wonderful type.
Celtic have gained their opening recreation of a Champions League marketing campaign for the very first time!
They did it with their greatest ever victory within the competitors 👏 pic.twitter.com/7R1aQjyTj3
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Gazzaniga howler items PSG victory
Paris Saint-Germain needed to wait till the ninetieth minute to get previous Champions League debutants Girona in a 1-0 victory.
The LaLiga facet had saved their star-studded opponents quiet for a lot of the encounter earlier than goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga’s personal purpose gifted the hosts the win.
Gazzaniga allowed Nuno Mendes’ cross to spill by his legs and into the online to interrupt Girona’s hearts after a discplined show on the Parc des Princes.
Three late strikes seal Dortmund win
English teenager Jamie Bynoe-Gittens continues his glorious begin to the season with two objectives at Borussia Dortmund beat Membership Brugge 3-0 away from house.
Brugge had prevented final season’s finalists from discovering the breakthrough till the 76th minute when Bynoe-Gittens’ effort deflected in off two gamers.
The substitute had his second moments late when he took it previous two gamers earlier than coolly slotting house, with Serhou Guirassy making it three from the spot in stoppage time.
20 yr outdated Jamie Gittens is averaging a purpose each 45 minutes to this point this season for Dortmund 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1bjSz5S0Ea
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Sparta Prague win on Champions League return
Sparta Prague marked their return to the Champions League for the primary time in nearly 19 years with an emphatic 3-0 win over FC Salzburg.
It took lower than two minutes for them to attain on their return when Kaan Kairinen discovered the online.
Victor Olatunji doubled their lead earlier than the break with a superb volley earlier than Qazim Laci’s effort rounded off a memorable evening within the second half.
Shakhtar miss penalty as Bologna held
Bologna’s first ever Champions League recreation resulted in a goalless draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Serie A facet, showing in Europe’s elite competitors for the primary time since a preliminary spherical look in 1964-65, earned a hard-fought level with the Ukrainians on their bow.
Heorhiy Sudakov missed from the penalty spot simply 4 minutes into the sport for the away facet, with no facet both to search out the breakthrough as Bologna’s unbeaten house run prolonged to twenty-eight video games.
Wednesday’s Champions League outcomes
Bologna 0-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Sparta Prague 3-0 FC Salzburg
Celtic 5-1 Slovan Bratislava
Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Girona
Membership Brugge 0-3 Borussia Dortmund
