Harry Kane became the top scoring English player in Bundesliga history as he netted his 41st league goal for Bayern Munich in their 5-0 win at Werder Bremen.
21 Sep 2024
Michael Olise and Jamal Musiala gave the visitors a two-goal lead at half-time before Kane slotted past Werder goalkeeper Michael Zetterer from the edge of the box.
The England captain's landmark goal moved him above Jadon Sancho, who scored 40 Bundesliga goals for Borussia Dortmund.
Former Crystal Palace winger Olise grabbed his second of the afternoon three minutes later on the hour mark, before Serge Gnabry wrapped up the scoring with a curling finish.
The result ensured Vincent Kompany's side remain top of the Bundesliga with four wins from four.
Olise opened the scoring in the 23rd minute as he sprinted on to a lay-off from Kane before poking home.
The France international, who joined Bayern in July, followed that with two assists - gracefully waltzing past four Werder players in the box to set up Musiala for an easy tap-in, before linking up with Kane for his strike.
Gnabry added Bayern's fifth in the 65th minute when he cut in from the left before curling a low strike into the bottom right corner.
Luis Diaz scored twice in two first-half minutes as Liverpool returned to winning ways in the Premier League with an emphatic victory over Bournemouth at Anfield.
21 Sep 2024
Arne Slot's team, beaten 1-0 by Nottingham Forest last weekend, thought they had fallen behind after only five minutes when Antoine Semenyo turned in Justin Kluivert's cross, only for the goal to be disallowed by the video assistant referee for offside.
The Reds responded in ruthless fashion, going close through Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez before Diaz rounded Kepa Arrizabalaga and slid the ball into an empty net to open the scoring.
The Colombian struck again moments later to double the hosts' lead, collecting Trent Alexander-Arnold's pass and firing through Kepa's legs from close range.
Nunez, making his first Premier League start since April, made it 3-0 with a tremendous, curling drive - his first top-flight goal since a 3-1 home win over Sheffield United over five months ago.
Summer signing Federico Chiesa enjoyed a lively cameo on his Premier League debut, sending a long-range effort straight into Kepa's arms before striking the woodwork late on - albeit from an offside position.
Bournemouth were also denied by the crossbar in the latter stages as Andoni Iraola's team slipped to a second successive league defeat.
The win lifted Liverpool top of the Premier League before Sunday's game between last season's top two - Manchester City and Arsenal.
Benfica began their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory away at Red Star Belgrade.
20 Sep 2024
Turkish forward Kerem Akturkoglu marked his first European appearance for Benfica with a goal, latching on to Alexander Bah's looping cross to finish at the back post.
Orkun Kokcu curled home a brilliant free-kick from 25 yards out with Red Star goalkeeper Omri Glazer rooted to the spot as Bruno Lage's side increased their first-half lead at Stadion Rajko Mitic.
Felicio Milson pulled one back for Red Star with four minutes remaining, finishing low into the bottom corner, but the hosts were unable to find an equaliser.
It was a frustrating display from the home side, who had low strikes from Rade Krunic and Bruno Duarte saved by Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin.
Forward Zeki Amdouni, who is on loan from Burnley, crashed an effort off the far post for Benfica and Angel di Maria's shot from the edge of the area flew just over the bar.
The Portuguese side won their opening Champions League match for only the second time in their past eight campaigns in the competition.
Conor Gallagher came on as a substitute as Atletico Madrid scored a 90th-minute winner against RB Leipzig in their Champions League opener.
20 Sep 2024
Benjamin Sesko headed the German visitors into a fourth-minute lead, before Antoine Griezmann equalised after 28 minutes with his 37th goal in the competition.
France World Cup winner Griezmann scored from 12 yards with a volleyed effort and was denied a second goal by a fine save from RB Leipzig keeper Peter Gulacsi.
It was Griezmann who set up the dramatic late winner as his cross picked out Jose Maria Gimenez for a downward header into the net.
England midfielder Gallagher, who moved to Atletico in August for about £33m, came on in the 63rd minute with the game 1-1.
He is the second English player to feature in the Champions League for Atletico after Kieran Trippier.
While RB Leipzig host Juventus next in the competition on 2 October, Atletico Madrid are away to Benfica on the same date.
Bayern Munich's Harry Kane scored four goals to become England's top scorer in Champions League or European Cup history in a demolition of Dinamo Zagreb.
18 Sep 2024
Kane's fourth - his third penalty of the game - was his 33rd Champions League goal as he passed Wayne Rooney's old record of 30.
The quadruple also marked his 50th, 51st, 52nd and 53rd Bayern goals in just 50 games for the club.
Another London-born player, France winger Michael Olise, scored twice on his Champions League debut.
Bayern Munich are the first team to score nine goals in a Champions League game.
Kane gave Bayern the lead with a penalty after Aleksandar Pavlovic was fouled, sending goalkeeper Ivan Nevistic the wrong way.
Raphael Guerreiro scored a fantastic half-volley before Olise, the summer signing from Crystal Palace, headed in Joshua Kimmich's cross.
Bayern brought on Sven Ulrich for the injured Manuel Neuer at half-time and he conceded twice in five minutes before touching the ball - with Bruno Petkovic and Takuya Ogiwara beating him to make it 3-2.
But Bayern took control again - with Kane scoring a rebound after Kimmich's shot was saved - and Olise slotting into an empty net.
England's Kane then scored his second spot-kick after a dubious handball decision from the video assistant referee.
And he netted a hat-trick of spot-kicks, and his fourth goal overall, after Alphonso Davies was fouled.
Leroy Sane came off the bench to smash in from 20 yards and Leon Goretzka headed in their ninth.
Jamal Musiala, Serge Gnabry and Kane also had goals disallowed for offside.
This is the joint second highest scoring Champions League game ever, level with Monaco's 8-3 win over Deportivo La Coruna in 2003. The record remains Borussia Dortmund's 8-4 win over Legia Warsaw in 2016.
Thomas Muller came on for Bayern for his 152nd Champions League appearance, passing Barcelona legend Xavi as the player to make the most appearances for a single club in the tournament.
Kane has scored nine goals in five games for Vincent Kompany's Bayern this season, also hitting a hat-trick in Saturday's 6-1 win at Holstein Kiel.