Day 1 of some European club performance in the champions league

The champions league had begun, the event which always have the hilarious excitement, surprises, emotions, the unexpected results and so on took place between Tuesday and Wednesday to mark the day 1 of the group stage games played.

Manchester United were away on Tuesday to face Young boys in their opening game and with the most shocking and unexpected result they lost the game by 2-1.

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The red devil's scored first in the game after Cristiano Ronaldo put the away side one goal up in the first half. But the home side never got tired or relent in the second half to prove themselves.

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Aaron Wan bissaka was sent off in the 35th minute for a late challenge on Christopher Martins, leaving the "red devil's" down to ten men.

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The red card looks like an advantage for David Wagner’s men who took control in the second half for an equaliser. The home side keep putting on the pressure as Manchester United defence remained tenacious, forcing the home side to resort to long distance efforts to score.

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However, the deadlock was broken as the home team equalize in the second half thanks to goal from Moumi Ngamaleu to bring the hosts level.

Cristiano Ronaldo was substituted in the second half but all went to no avail because young boys were desperate for a win. Theoson Siebatcheu scored the winning goal for the home side to make it 2-1 and Young Boys only second ever win against English opposition.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s history-making night was overshadowed by young boys as ten-man Manchester United were defeated.

Cristiano Ronaldo who joined Iker Casillas as the joint-highest all-time UEFA Champions League (UCL) appearance scoring the opener before Young Boys grabbed a stoppage-time winner.

Chelsea were at home to face Russian side zenit St. Petersburg with the home side coming out victorious, winning the game by a goal to nil thanks to goal from Belgian striker Romelu lukaku to claim all three points.

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Romelu Lukaku continued his impressive start for the 'Blues' and also Chelsea campaign to defend their title they won back in May.

The away side showed a lot of quality in attacking play in the opening period, with both sides struggling to unlock the defence in the fist half which ended goalless.

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Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger nearly scored a goal of the season contender in the second-half when he ran to the edge of their opponent penalty area from inside his own half, before firing wide of the right post.

The 'blues' maintained their perfect start of the campaign by claiming all three points in the group with Juventus also winning their first game in the group after defeating Malmo by three goals to nil away from home.

Another interesting fixture to look out for was the match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich. It wasn't looking good for the 'catalan' giants as they were thrashed 3-0 in camp nou by their visitors Bayern Munich.

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This is the first time Barcelona would lost their opening UEFA Champions League game since 1997 as they were outclassed by a Bayern Munich side in camp Nou.

Bayern Munich were able to overcome a strong start from the hosts to take control of the game to come out victorious.

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Thomas Muller scored for the away side in the 34th minute putting the visitors ahead in the first half to make it 0-1 for the visitors.

Thomas Muller have now scored seven times against Barcelona been the only player to have done that in uefa champions league(UCL).

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The visitors looked even more stronger against their opponent with Robert Lewandowski making it 0-2. The Polish striker added a third in the closing stages, this time capitalising on a Serge Gnabry effort to give the visitors a comfortable 3-0 win away from home.

It wasn't a good result for Lionel Messi and Paris saint German as the away side were forced to a 1-1 draw by Belgian side club brugge.

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Both side shared points each at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Belgium. Ander Herrera scored first for the French side after a lovely pass from klyian mbappe to give the visitors the lead.

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Club brugge captain Hans Vanaken’s thunderbolt midway through the first half to equalize for the home side in the first half, cancelling the Spanish player goal to draw level.

Lionel Messi made his UEFA Champions League(UCL) debut for PSG, the club which is said to be favourite to win this year's campaign.

However, the Belgian side champions club Brugge were fearless in the opening stages as their relentless pressure was roared by choruses of the home crowd.

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Lionel Messi was inches away for his first goal for ‘Les Parisiens’, when his trademarked whipped strike crunched off the crossbar denying him a debut goal for PSG.

The game continued with the high tempo of the two clubs searching for the winner in the second half but ended in a 1-1 draw which looks more deserving for the home side.

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Am a Manchester United fan am not happy with the results but definitely we will bounce back to winning ways

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Bayern is the main contender to win the title this year, maybe City can do something important this year as well.

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