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The Champions League is back.

Here’s what went down in matchday one of the 2022/23 group stages.

Mbappé bags brace as PSG see off Juventus

Scorers: Mbappé 5′, 23′; McKennie 53′.

Kylian Mbappé scored twice as PSG survived a late Juventus fightback to kick off their campaign with a win.

Neymar laid the first on a plate for the Frenchman, chipping the ball into his path inside the box to volley home.

Mbappé’s second came from another volley, this time after playing a one-two with Achraf Hakimi before smashing into the bottom corner.

It looked as if the Ligue 1 champions were coasting at that stage but Max Allegri’s side got back into it in the second half.

Gianluigi Donnarumma came for Filip Kostić’s corner but missed the ball allowing Weston McKennie to head home but PSG held out despite Manuel Locatelli seeing his shot from six-yards out denied by a late block by Marco Verratti.

Real overcome tough test in Scotland

Scorers: Vinícius 58′, Modrić 59′, Hazard 77′.

Real Madrid manoeuvred their way through a tricky test in Glasgow despite losing Karim Benzema to injury.

The Frenchman had to be replaced in the first half after going done with a suspected knee problem with Celtic hitting the post after holding their own in the opening 45 minutes.

But two goals in two minutes midway through the second half took the game away from the hosts.

Federico Valverde’s low cross across goal was dispatched by Vinícius Junior before Luka Modrić wriggled through the defence before caressing the ball into the bottom corner with the outside of his boot.

Real made it three late with Toni Kroos’ lofted pass laying it on a plate for Dani Carvajal to touch the ball across goal for Eden Hazard to poke home from inside the six yard box.

Shakhtar shock Leipzig with stunning four-goal haul

Scorers: Simakan 57′; Shved 16′, 58′ Mudryk 76′, Traore 85′.

Shakhtar Donetsk stunned RB Leipzig after hitting four past them in a remarkable result in Germany.

The Ukrainian side have only just starting playing competitive football again after seeing their last season cancelled and their squad depleted due to complications caused by the war in the country.

They were given a gift to break the deadlock with RB Leipzig goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi dallying on the ball, allowing Maryan Shved to pinch the ball off his feet and slot the ball into the empty net.

Mohamed Simakan equalised for Leipzig in the second half, placing in at the near post after being played in by Dominik Szoboszlai but the visitors restored their lead a minute later with Shved seeing his toe-poked effort take a huge deflection on the way in from 14 yards out.

Mykhaylo Mudryk made it three with a left-footed finish after Shakhtar broke away from a Leipzig corner before the 21-year-old laid it on a plate for substitute Lassina Traore to tap home to make it four from another counter attack.

Haaland at the double as City smash Sevilla

Scorers: Haaland 21′, 67′, Foden 58′, Días 90+2′.

Erling Haaland scored twice on his Champions League debut for Man City as they thrashed Sevilla.

The Norwegian’s first came after he got on to the end of Kevin De Bruyne’s cross to poke into the empty net from six yards out.

Phil Foden then doubled their advantage after dancing past two Sevilla defenders before seeing his left-footed strike end up in the bottom left corner.

Haaland completed his brace in the 67th minute, tapping in after Bono had originally saved Foden’s efffort.

Ruben Días rounded off the night with another-tap in from close range, this time after being picked out by Joao Cancelo.

Nothing to separate Salzburg and Milan

Scorers: Okafor 29′; Saelemaekers 40′.

RB Salzburg and Milan shared the spoils after an end-to-end encounter in Austria.

Noah Okafor gave the hosts the lead just before the half-hour mark, beating Pierre Kalulu in the box before slipping the ball through the legs of Mike Maignan.

However, Milan salvaged a point when Alexis Saelemaekers took one touch before smashing home Rafael Leão’s pull-back from 12 yards out just before half-time.

Grimaldo stunner as Benfica win

Scorers: Silva 50′, Grimaldo 58′.

Benfica eased to a win over Maccabi Hafia to get their group stage campaign off to the perfect start.

Roger Schmidt’s side made the breakthrough just after half-time when Rafa Silva finished off a well-worked team move, poking home Alex Grimaldo’s cross at the near post.

Grimaldo then turned from provider to score in the 58th minute, smashing a stunning drive into the top corner from 30 yards out.

From earlier

Lacklustre Chelsea stunned by Dinamo Zagreb

Scorers: Oršić 15′.

Chelsea slumped to an opening defeat in Croatia as Mislav Oršić’s loan goal defeated the Blues.

Thomas Tuchel handed a debut to striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Chelsea kicked off their campaign in Zagreb.

But the Blues found themselves behind after 15 minutes as the hosts sprung a stunning counter-attack with Oršić beating Wesley Fofana for pace, running through on goal and chipping the ball over Kepa Arrizabalaga.

The situation could’ve got worse for them early in the second half with Arrizabalaga having to produce a stunning one-handed save to tip Stefan Ristovki’s 25-yard effort onto the bar.

Chelsea struggled to fashion clear-cut opportunities but as the clock ticked towards added time, Tuchel’s side came close twice. First, Reece James struck the post before Mason Mount was denied by an excellent Dominik Livaković save on the follow-up.

Hakim Ziyech fired two late free-kicks straight into the Zagreb wall as the hosts held on for a historic win and pile further pressure on the Chelsea boss.

Bellingham scores on landmark appearance as Dortmund beat Copenhagen

Scorers: Reus 35′, Guerreiro 42′, Bellingham 84′ Borussia Dortmund got their Champions League campaign up and running with a commanding victory over Copenhagen. Dortmund captain Marco Reus broke the deadlock for the hosts after 35 minutes, receiving Julian Brandt’s pass in the box before dancing past a defender and slotting the ball past Matthew Ryan.

Raphaël Guerreiro doubled the lead moments later, tapping into the empty net after being found by Giovanni Reyna’s cut-back.

On his 17th Champions League appearance, a competition record for an English teenager, Jude Bellingham stroked home Reyna’s cutback to make it 3-0 in just over five minutes left on the clock.

Copenhagen thought they’d found a consolation goal late in the encounter as Rasmus Falk put the ball in the back of the net, only for VAR to pull play back due to an earlier offside.