Goncalo Ramos struck a 90th-minute winner as Paris Saint-Germain sealed a statement win over Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Trailing 1-0 at the Estadi Olmpic Llus Companys and without injured star forwards Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, defending champion PSG fought back for a 2-1 victory against one of the favorites to lift the trophy in May.
It doesnt matter which of our players are in the team. When they are wearing our shirt, carrying our badge on their shirt, then the amount of attitude and effort is non-negotiable, PSG coach Luis Enrique said.
Manchester City had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Monaco after Eric Dier scored a 90th-minute penalty for the hosts.
Villarreal and Juventus also ended 2-2 after Renato Veigas late equalizer.
Arsenal beat Olympiakos 2-0.
PSG is still the team to beat
PSGs trip to Barcelona was always seen as the standout clash of matchday two. Both teams are expected to go far, with PSG aiming to join Real Madrid as the only other club to successfully defend the trophy in the Champions League era. Barcelona, a semifinalist last campaign, is intent on turning last seasons domestic dominance into European triumph.
But despite the anticipation, neither team was at the height of its powers, with so many players missing.
While PSG was without the attacking trio that fired it to victory last term, Barcelona was also missing the injured Raphinha, while Robert Lewandowski was on the bench.
Lamine Yamal was available, but it was Ferran Torres who gave the home team the lead in the 19th minute.
Senny Mayulu leveled the game in the 38th and substitute Lee Kang-in came close to a winner by hitting the post late on.
But there was was still more drama to come when Achraf Hakimi squared the ball beyond Barcas defense and Ramos slid in the winner.
Its now two wins from two for PSG at the start of it defense of the title and an early statement against one of its main rivals.
We lost today, and I dont like that. We have to accept this defeat and admit that Paris are so good, Barca coach Hansi Flick said. We are disappointed, the fans are disappointed. We have to accept that we were beaten, but work on getting better.
Haaland scores 2 but Man City held
Erling Haaland did what Erling Haaland does with two more goals in the Champions League, but it wasnt enough to seal victory in Monaco.
Having become the quickest player to reach 50 goals in the competition last month, the Norwegian looks certain to become the quickest to reach 60. Lionel Messi managed it in 80 appearances. Haaland is on 52 after 50 games.
But that will be of little comfort to Pep Guardiola, who watched his team squander two points by conceding a late penalty that Dier converted to seal the draw.
It isnt good enough, Haaland said. We have to try to win the next game. It is the only thing we can do.
Hot shot Hojlund
Discarded by Manchester United, Rasmus Hojlund is showing the type of form that earned him an $82 million move to Old Trafford in the first place.
He struck twice to earn Napoli a 2-1 win over Sporting Lisbon. Thats three goals in five appearances after having scored two in his last 13 games for United.
It certainly helps when he can feed off the kind of service Kevin De Bruyne can deliver and the former Man City playmaker was provider of both of Hojlunds goals.
Borussia Dortmund routed Athletic Bilbao 4-1 and Bayer Leverkusen was held 1-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven.
Perfect Arsenal
Another win for Arsenal and another clean sheet.
The 2-0 victory over Olympiakos was its sixth shutout in nine games this season.
Goals from Gabriel Martinelli in the first half and Bukayo Saka in stoppage time maintained Arsenals 100% start in the competition.
Another team with a perfect record so far is Qarabag after its 2-0 win over Copenhagen. Abdellah Zoubir and Emmanuel Addai were on target for the Azerbaijani team.
Woltemade scores again
Nick Woltemade is doing his best to make Newcastle fans forget about Alexander Isak.
The club-record $93 million signing scored his third goal in four starts for Newcastle to set up the 4-0 rout of Union Saint-Gilloise.
The Germany international was signed to fill the sizable void left by Isaks contentious move to Liverpool. And he has made an instant impact.
His 17th-minute goal at Lotto Park might not have been the prettiest diverting Sandro Tonalis goalbound shot past Kjell Scherpen but it got Newcastle off to the perfect start. It also highlighted his useful knack of being in the right place at the right time.
Woltemade has now scored in back-to-back games after his goal against Arsenal on Sunday. He still has some way to go to prove he can replace Isak, who scored 54 goals in 78 Premier League starts for Newcastle, but the early signs are promising after his move from Stuttgart.
Anthony Gordon struck twice from the penalty spot scoring either side of halftime to put Newcastle in control and substitute Harvey Barnes added a fourth.
More thrills for Juve
Last time out, Juventus was involved in an eight-goal thriller against Dortmund that ended in a 4-4 draw with all the goals coming in the second half.
By those standards, the 2-2 at Villarreal was relatively mild. But there was still a late twist as Veiga, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Juve, came up with the equalizer.
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周三的欧冠赛场上，贡萨洛·拉莫斯在比赛第90分钟攻入制胜球，帮助巴黎圣日耳曼战胜巴塞罗那，取得了一场彰显实力的胜利。
在路易斯·孔帕尼斯奥林匹克球场0-1落后的情况下，卫冕冠军巴黎圣日耳曼队缺少受伤的锋线球星奥斯曼·登贝莱、德西雷·杜埃和克瓦拉茨赫利亚，但仍以2-1逆转战胜了五月夺冠热门球队之一。
巴黎圣日耳曼队主教练路易斯·恩里克表示：“无论场上是我们队的哪名球员，只要他们身披我们的战袍，胸前佩戴我们的队徽，他们的态度和努力就必须毫无保留。”
在埃里克·戴尔（Eric Dier）第90分钟为主队罚进点球后，曼城队最终只能以2比2与摩纳哥队握手言和。
比利亚雷亚尔与尤文图斯最终2-2战平，雷纳托·维加在比赛尾声攻入扳平比分的一球。
阿森纳队以2比0战胜奥林匹亚科斯队。
巴黎圣日耳曼（PSG）仍是难以撼动的劲旅
巴黎圣日耳曼（PSG）客场挑战巴塞罗那的比赛，始终被视为欧冠小组赛第二轮最引人瞩目的对决。两支球队均被寄予厚望——巴黎圣日耳曼志在追随皇家马德里的脚步，成为欧冠时代唯一成功卫冕的俱乐部；而上赛季闯入四强的巴塞罗那，则决心将国内赛场的统治力延续至欧洲战场。
尽管万众期待，但由于大量球员缺席，两支球队均未展现出最佳状态。
尽管巴黎圣日耳曼队缺少了上赛季助其夺冠的进攻三叉戟，巴塞罗那队也因伤缺席了拉菲尼亚，而罗伯特·莱万多夫斯基则坐在替补席上。
拉明·亚马尔虽可出战，但为东道主在第19分钟首开纪录的却是费兰·托雷斯。
塞尼·马尤卢在第38分钟扳平比分，替补上场的李刚仁在比赛尾声击中门柱，险些绝杀比赛。
然而更戏剧性的时刻还在后头：阿什拉夫·哈基米（Achraf Hakimi）一记横传洞穿巴萨防线，拉莫斯（Ramos）滑铲将球送入网窝锁定胜局。
巴黎圣日耳曼（PSG）在卫冕之旅开局取得两连胜，向主要竞争对手之一发出了强势宣言。
巴塞罗那主帅汉西·弗里克表示："今天我们输了，这让我很不满意。我们必须接受这场失利，并承认巴黎圣日耳曼表现得非常出色。""我们感到失望，球迷们也感到失望。我们必须承认自己被击败了，但要努力变得更好。"
哈兰德梅开二度，曼城仍遭逼平
埃尔林·哈兰德（Erling Haaland）在欧冠联赛中再次展现本色，梅开二度，但这还不足以帮助球队在摩纳哥锁定胜局。
这位挪威前锋上月刚以最快速度达成赛事50球里程碑，如今极有望再度刷新60球最快纪录。莱昂内尔·梅西当年完成这一成就用了80场比赛，而埃尔林·哈兰德在50场比赛中已攻入52球。
但这对于佩普·瓜迪奥拉来说并无多少安慰，他眼睁睁看着球队因在比赛尾声被判罚点球而痛失两分——戴尔主罚命中，最终锁定平局。
“这还不够好，”哈兰德说道，“我们必须努力赢得下一场比赛。这是我们唯一能做的事。”
锋线新星霍伊伦
尽管曾被曼联弃用，拉斯穆斯·霍伊伦德如今正展现出当初令俱乐部豪掷8200万美元将其招至老特拉福德的巅峰状态。
他梅开二度，帮助那不勒斯以2-1战胜里斯本竞技。这是他近五场比赛中攻入的第三粒进球——而在为曼联效力的最后13场比赛中，他仅有两球入账。
当霍伊伦能够受益于凯文·德布劳内这样的传球大师时，这无疑大有裨益——这位前曼城中场核心正是他两粒进球的助攻者。
多特蒙德队以4比1大胜毕尔巴鄂竞技队，而勒沃库森队则在主场被埃因霍温队1比1逼平。
完美阿森纳
阿森纳再下一城，又一次零封对手。
球队以2比0战胜奥林匹亚科斯队，这是本赛季九场比赛中的第六场零封胜利。
加布里埃尔·马丁内利上半场的进球和布卡约·萨卡在伤停补时阶段的破门，帮助阿森纳队保持了该项赛事开赛以来的全胜战绩。
另一支至今保持全胜战绩的球队是卡拉巴克，他们在对阵哥本哈根的比赛中以2-0获胜。阿卜杜拉·祖比尔和伊曼纽尔·阿代为这支阿塞拜疆球队攻入制胜球。
沃尔特马德再度破门得分
尼克·沃尔特梅德正竭尽全力让纽卡斯尔球迷忘记亚历山大·伊萨克。
这位以创俱乐部纪录的9300万美元身价加盟的球员，在代表纽卡斯尔联首发的四场比赛中攻入第三球，帮助球队以4比0大胜圣吉罗斯联合队。
这位德国国脚的加盟填补了伊萨克（Isak）转会利物浦后留下的巨大空缺，且其立竿见影地展现了影响力。
他在洛托公园第17分钟的进球或许算不上精彩——只是将桑德罗·托纳利（Sandro Tonali）的射门折射越过门将谢尔彭（Kjell Scherpen）——但这粒进球为纽卡斯尔联队奠定了完美开局，同时也凸显了他总能在正确时机出现在关键位置的敏锐嗅觉。
沃尔特梅德在周日对阵阿森纳的比赛中破门后，已连续两场收获进球。尽管要证明自己能取代伊萨克（效力纽卡斯尔期间78场英超首发攻入54球）尚有差距，但从斯图加特转会而来的他，已展现出令人鼓舞的早期表现。
安东尼·戈登（Anthony Gordon）两度主罚点球命中——上半场结束前和下半场伊始各入一球，助纽卡斯尔锁定胜局，替补登场的哈维·巴恩斯（Harvey Barnes）随后锦上添花攻入第四球。
尤文图斯再添精彩时刻
在上一场比赛中，尤文图斯与多特蒙德上演了一场八球对攻的精彩对决，最终双方以4比4战平，且所有进球均来自下半场。
按照这些标准，比利亚雷亚尔2-2的比分还算温和。但比赛尾声仍出现转折——上赛季下半程租借至尤文图斯的维加攻入扳平一球。
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