Manchester United crashed to a second successive Champions League defeat on Tuesday, dropping 3-2 at dwelling to Galatasaray, whereas Lens shocked Arsenal and Jude Bellingham as soon as once more impressed Real Madrid.
Mauro Icardi made amends for a missed penalty by scoring the winner for Galatasaray because the Turkish membership twice got here from behind at Old Trafford to pile extra distress onto a deeply troubled United facet.
United have misplaced their first two video games of a Champions League group for the primary time, leaving Erik ten Hag’s males in hazard of an early exit.
“The mental errors we make, you cannot allow them at this level. You get punished. This is difficult to control,” Ten Hag instructed TNT Sports.
“We are all in this together. We were twice up and in control of the game. We expect more together.”
Rasmus Hojlund was one of many uncommon vivid spots for United, scoring two well-taken targets, however Galatasaray responded each instances as Wilfried Zaha netted in opposition to his outdated facet earlier than Kerem Akturkoglu struck.
Icardi dragged a penalty huge after Casemiro was despatched off for a determined lunge following a dreadful ball out from goalkeeper Andre Onana, however the Argentine had the final snort when he chipped dwelling on 81 minutes.
United are backside of Group A, six factors adrift of Bayern Munich who got here from behind to beat FC Copenhagen 2-1 in Denmark.
Lukas Lerager fired the Danes forward early within the second half, however Jamal Musiala bagged an excellent particular person objective to haul Bayern stage earlier than teenage substitute Mathys Tel lashed in a advantageous strike late on.
Arsenal lose Saka
Arsenal slumped to a primary defeat of the season as Lens hit again to win 2-1 in northern France.
Gabriel Jesus gave Mikel Arteta’s facet a super begin when he opened the scoring within the 14th minute to silence a raucous Stade Bollaert.
Adrien Thomasson quickly introduced final season’s Ligue 1 runners-up stage and the guests noticed Bukayo Saka limp off earlier than half-time.
Wahi, the 20-year-old striker who turned Lens’ club-record signing when he joined firstly of the marketing campaign, then fired dwelling within the 69th minute and his facet held on for a well-known victory.
“It was a big night for us. We weren’t able to take the result we wanted but we were able to learn,” stated Arteta.
Lens climbed to the highest of Group B on 4 factors, one above Arsenal.
PSV Eindhoven snatched a 2-2 draw at dwelling in opposition to Sevilla within the different sport within the group courtesy of Jordan Teze’s stoppage-time equaliser after a late flurry of targets within the Netherlands.
England star Bellingham continued his sensational begin to his Madrid profession with a objective and an help as Carlo Ancelotti’s facet beat Napoli 3-2 in Group C.
“What’s so amazing about Bellingham is that he’s only 20. He has great quality, a strong personality and character,” Ancelotti instructed Sky Sport.
“He’s a young man of 20 who’s showing everyone what extraordinary talent he has.”
Leo Ostigard headed Napoli in entrance however Bellingham arrange Vinicius Junior to stage earlier than the England midfielder’s sensible run and end put the Spaniards on high.
Piotr Zielinski transformed a penalty to stage for Napoli firstly of the second half however an unlucky personal objective from dwelling goalkeeper Alex Meret handed Madrid victory.
Federico Valverde’s thunderous drive from distance crashed again off the bar and hit Meret earlier than bouncing again into the objective.
Braga ruined Union Berlin’s dwelling debut within the competitors as Andre Castro struck a stoppage-time winner in a 3-2 victory.
Union have been two targets forward after Sheraldo Becker’s brace however Sikou Niakate pulled one again earlier than Bruma curled in a superb equaliser from 25 metres.
Castro broke Union hearts with a low strike from exterior the world to present Braga their first factors of their first Champions League look since 2012.
Marcus Thuram struck the one objective as Inter Milan gained 1-0 at dwelling to Benfica in Group D. Inter are stage on 4 factors with Real Sociedad, who beat Salzburg 2-0 earlier within the day in Austria.
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