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| Liverpool's Joel Matip scores their second goal REUTERS/Craig Brough |
LIVERPOOL beat Ajax 2-1
Liverpool leave it late to beat Ajax 2-1 in their Champions League Group A match thanks to Joel Matip's 89th-minute header. Jurgen Klopp says team was unrecognisable from the debacle in Naples. Anfield had earlier paid its respects to The Queen.
Joel Matip's late header earned Liverpool a 2-1 win over Ajax as their Champions League campaign finally had lift off at Anfield.
Beaten badly by Napoli last week, the scrutiny on Jurgen Klopp's side looked set to be amplified when Mohammed Kudus cancelled out Mohamed Salah's opener early on. But Matip rose to head home with minutes remaining to win it for Liverpool.
European nights at Anfield are often stirring occasions but the emotions were a little different on this occasion following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. No Champions League anthem. Instead a moment of silence, that was impeccably observed but for a few isolated shouts from a handful of supporters.
Bayern Munich 2-0 Barcelona
MUNICH, Germany, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich scored twice in four minutes against the run of play, through Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane, to beat Barcelona 2-0 in their Champions League Group C match on Tuesday.
It was an unhappy return to Munich for Barca striker Robert Lewandowski, the Bavarians' second-highest all-time scorer who left in the summer after eight years, with the Germans now top of their group on six points from two matches.
"Barca had the better chances in the first half. We had to rely on (keeper) Manuel (Neuer)," Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said. "After the break we were more aggressive. We quickly scored two goals. We basically won because of higher efficiency.
Leverkusen beat A. Madrid 2-0
LEVERKUSEN, Germany, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen left it late but pulled off a 2-0 win at home to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday to kick-start their Champions League campaign and ease the pressure on coach Gerardo Seoane.
The German side showed more intent to win the game than the visitors and finally found a breakthrough when Robert Andrich found the bottom corner of the net in the 84th minute after a cut-back from Jeremie Frimpong.
Dutch fullback Frimpong was a handful for Atletico when he came off the bench in the second half and also set up the second goal, taken confidently by Moussa Diaby in the 87th.
The win took Leverkusen second in Group B on three points, level with third-placed Atletico.
Leverkusen have lost four of their six Bundesliga games this season and were also beaten by Club Brugge in their Group B opener last week but this was a hugely encouraging performance for them against one of the Champions League heavyweights.
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