Lookman scores as Atletico beat Man United, Osimhen falls to Barca

Ademola Lookman scored 9 minutes after coming off the bench as Atlético Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-0, whereas Victor Osimhen performed the complete 90 minutes in Galatasaray’s 4-1 residence defeat to Barcelona in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League motion.

Lookman seals Atlético victory

Atlético took the lead after simply 53 seconds when Pablo Barrios transformed Alex Baena’s cutback.

Manchester United threatened via Bryan Mbeumo, however goalkeeper Jan Oblak made key saves to maintain the guests out. Alejandro Grimaldo additionally got here shut for Atlético, hanging the angle of the put up and crossbar with a free-kick.

Johnny Cardoso thought he had doubled Atlético’s lead, however his objective was dominated out after a VAR evaluate discovered a handball by Marcos Llorente within the build-up.

Introduced within the seventieth minute, Lookman struck within the 79th to seal the victory for Atlético, who claimed their first factors of the league section and prolonged their unbeaten run in opposition to United to 5 matches.

Barcelona punish Galatasaray

At Rams Park, Galatasaray took a shock lead within the twenty eighth minute when Aleksey Batrakov’s shot deflected off João Cancelo and into the online.

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Cancelo made amends by curling in Barcelona’s equaliser shortly earlier than half-time. The guests then took management, with Lamine Yamal offering two assists in 4 minutes as Barcelona accomplished a 4-1 comeback victory.

Osimhen performed the complete match however couldn’t forestall Galatasaray from struggling a heavy residence defeat. The consequence prolonged Barcelona’s profitable run throughout all competitions to 10 matches.

Other outcomes

Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 with Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze heading in the right direction for the Gunners. Sporting CP additionally defeated Lens 2-0 whereas Villarreal overcame Napoli 3-1.

In a mouthwatering seven-goal thriller, Club Brugge edged Inter 4-3, RB Leipzig beat PSV 1-0, and Sabah Baku defeated Slavia Prague 2-0.

There was loads of drama and objectives in Norway, the place Bayern Munich have been held to a 3-3 draw by Viking.