Madrid, Sep 20 (IANS) Atletico Madrid fought back from conceding an early goal to RB Leipzig to win their opening Champions League game of the season.
Antoine Griezmann was once again Atletico’s star player, with the equalizing goal after 27 minutes and the assist for Jose Gimenez to win the game with a cross to the far post for the Uruguayan to score with a header.
Leipzig stunned Atletico in the opening minutes of the match with their direct and rapid football and their tall striker Benjamin Sesko put them ahead after just four minutes after Jan Oblak saved a shot from Lois Openda following a counter-attack that Sesko had started, reports Xinhua.
There were some nervous moments for Atletico, but Griezmann steadied their nerves when he leveled with a right-foot shot following a ball from Marcos Llorente.
The second half was an even affair, with Llorente impressing for Atletico and Xavi Simons for Leipzig, but Griezmann’s late ball to Gimenez was decisive.
FC Barcelona began their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 defeat away to Monaco, playing for over 80 minutes with 10 men after Eric Garcia was sent off just nine minutes into the game.
The defender had every right to be angry with goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen for gifting Monaco a chance with a ball from the back, which saw Garcia sent off for a professional foul.
Maghnes Akliouche quickly put Monaco ahead with a drilled shot from the right of the penalty area and although Lamine Yamal leveled before the half-hour with an excellent individual goal, George Ilenikhena sealed Monaco’s win with a low shot 20 minutes from time.
In La Liga, goals from Dani Vivian and Inaki Williams saw Athletic Bilbao win 2-0 away from Leganes to up to fifth, all be it with a game more than many of their rivals.
–IANS
bc/
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
