Lewandowski left the Bundesliga champions this summer and had a difficult night at the Allianz Arena after failing to make the most of several chances in the Group C clash. Image: Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski sits on the pitch After a goalless first half, Julian Nagelsmann’s men opened the game early in the second period with Hernandez heading home Joshua Kimmich’s corner before good play from Jamal Musiala saw Sane fire home in the 54th minute for to keep Bayern top after two matches.
True to thinness
Bayern Munich’s Leroy Sane has been directly involved in nine goals (five goals, four assists) in his six home Champions League games since the start of last season, only Robert Lewandowski has more home appearances in that span (15) . Edin Dzeko inspired Inter to a 2-0 win at Viktoria Plzen earlier in the day in the group. With Romelu Lukaku sidelined with a thigh problem, Dzeko stepped up for the Serie A side with a fine curling opener after 20 minutes and set up Denzel Dumfries to complete the points in the 70th minute. Bottom-of-the-table Plzen were already down to 10 men at this point after Pavel Buha was given his marching orders on the hour. Joel Matip was the unlikely hero to revive Liverpool’s European campaign as his 89th-minute header secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Ajax in Group A. Image: Liverpool’s Joel Matip heads home the winner against Ajax After Jurgen Klopp declared their 4-1 defeat at Napoli a “horror show”, a response was needed at Anfield and Mohamed Salah’s opener helped settle the tension, but the Dutch side equalized before half-time. Mohamed Quds smashed home in superb fashion and it was Ajax who looked the most likely to grab a second only for Matip to head home a corner late on to give Liverpool a vital three points. In Group D, Tottenham conceded two stoppage-time goals to slip to a 2-0 defeat at Sporting Lisbon. Picture: Harry Kane shows his frustration during 2-0 defeat by Sporting Lisbon Spurs were contemplating a night of disappointment as they looked set to be held to a 0-0 draw in Portugal before things went horribly wrong in the final minutes. Paulinho nodded in from a corner and then with virtually the last kick, Arthur Gomes headed into the box to put Sporting top of the group with two wins as Tottenham academy product Marcus Edwards impressed against his old team. Frankfurt joined Spurs on three points after a 1-0 win in Marseille. Jesper Lindstrom struck two minutes before the break and despite the introductions of Matteo Gueduzi and Cengiz Under, the home side suffered a second successive defeat in the competition. Image: Frankfurt’s Jesper Lindstrom (centre) celebrates after scoring the decisive goal next to Marseille goalkeeper Pau Lopez Atletico Madrid were at the end of a show at Bayer Leverkusen in Group B. The La Liga side had struck twice in stoppage time to beat Porto last week, but saw Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby score in the final six minutes of the encounter in Germany to secure a 2-0 win. Club Brugge top the group after a stunning 4-0 win at Porto. Ferran Jutgla put the visitors in front with a quarter of the game to go and Kamal Sowah, Andreas Skov Olsen and Antonio Nusa were on target in the second half to earn the Belgians a superb win. Napoli’s game at Rangers has been postponed until Wednesday due to limited police resources in Scotland following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
