UEFA Champions League REVIEW 9 Sep 2026: Ferran Torres treble and Dembele double sink Slovan Bratislava, Demirovic hat-trick spoils Viking's Champions League debut

Viking played their first-ever UEFA Champions League league-phase match and lost 3-1 at Stuttgart, Ermedin Demirovic scoring a hat-trick either side of a Zlatko Tripic reply — Demirovic opened the scoring in the 20th minute, Tripic equalised two minutes later, and Demirovic restored and then extended Stuttgart's lead in the 26th and 32nd minutes. Barcelona were even more emphatic at home to Feyenoord, winning 5-1: Raphinha scored either side of the interval, in the 3rd and 57th minutes, either side of a Karim Adeyemi goal in the 22nd; Lamine Yamal made it 4-0 in the 77th minute before Sem Steijn's consolation for Feyenoord in the 82nd, and Gabriel Jesus completed the scoring in the 85th.

Paris Saint-Germain began the defence of their title with a 6-1 win over Slovan Bratislava at Parc des Princes. Ousmane Dembele scored twice inside the first 23 minutes, and Ferran Torres added a hat-trick of his own either side of the break, in the 31st, 47th and 57th minutes; Suleiman Camara pulled a goal back for Slovan in the 58th minute before Fabian Ruiz completed the scoring in the 87th.

Andoni Iraola's first Champions League match in charge of Liverpool ended in a 2-1 win over Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid at Anfield. Marcos Llorente gave Atletico an early lead in the 17th minute, but Dominik Szoboszlai equalised just before half-time in the 40th and Alexis Mac Allister put Liverpool ahead five minutes into the second half. In Naples, Martin Odegaard scored the only goal of the game in the 75th minute as Arsenal won 1-0 at Massimiliano Allegri's Napoli. And in Lisbon, Sporting CP came from behind to beat Galatasaray 3-1: Goncalo Inacio turned the ball into his own net to give Galatasaray an early lead in the 5th minute, before Geny Catamo equalised in the 27th, Luis Suarez scored a penalty in the 57th and R. Zalazar made it 3-1 in the 63rd.