Karim Adeyemi starred as Borussia Dortmund ran riot against Celtic while Barcelona and Manchester City claimed their first wins in the restructured Champions League on Tuesday. Adeyemi scored a first-half hat trick as Dortmund routed Celtic 7-1 at home. Robert Lewandowski got Barcelona off the mark as the Spanish giant eased to a 5-0 home win over Swiss team Young Boys, while his former teammate İlkay Gündoğan got City off to a 4-0 win at Slovan Bratislava.
Erling Haaland scored his 42nd goal in his 41st Champions League game. City was held 0-0 by Inter Milan in their opening game, while Barca responded to its 2-1 loss at Monaco, the team’s first defeat under new coach Hansi Flick. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal outclassed his former team Paris Saint-Germain in a 2-0 win with Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka scoring in the first half for the Gunners.
Arteta enjoyed a successful 18-month loan spell at PSG while still he was still a teenager at Barcelona. Also, Inter Milan defeated Red Star Belgrade 4-0, while Bayer Leverkusen defeated AC Milan 1-0 in Germany. Daniel Bragança scored late to earn Sporting Lisbon a 1-1 draw at PSV Eindhoven.
EARLY GAMES Stade Brest had never played in the Champions League before this season. On Tuesday, the French team routed Salzburg 4-0 away for its second win in as many games in Europe’s premier competition. Senegalese forward Abdallah Sima netted twice to take his tally to three goals in two games after he scored in Brest’s tournament-open.
