Liverpool comes from behind with an opening win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League

Liverpool came from behind to win an important opening victory over its Spanish guest, Atletico Madrid, 2-1, on Wednesday at Anfield Stadium, in the first round of the European Champions League Unified Group League.

After Marcos Llorente gave Atletico the lead (17), Liverpool responded with two goals through Hungarian Dominik Soboslai (40) and Argentine Alexis McAllister (50).

McAllister expressed his dissatisfaction with not obtaining a new contract on the eve of the match, but he gave his team an important opening victory.

The match also witnessed the newcomer to Liverpool, the French international winger Bradley Barkola, leaving the field limping, affected by a calf injury (60).

For the first time this season, Argentine coach Diego Simeone brought in his compatriot, international striker Julián Alvarez, as a starter, after all attempts to move him to Barcelona reached a dead end.

Llorente gave Rojiblancos the best start at Anfield when he gave them the lead following a through pass from Alvarez. He passed Hungarian Milos Kerkes before raising the ball over Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker, ahead of his goal, and it landed in the net (17).

The hosts imposed a draw after the Uruguayan international defender loaned from Barcelona, ​​Spain, Ronald Araujo, prepared the ball with a smart touch in front of Soboslai, as the latter changed the direction of the ball, then fired an accurate shot that settled in the lower left corner (40).

The Reds took the lead after McAllister fired a shot, scoring his 20th goal in a Liverpool shirt, after the ball bounced off Swedish Alexander Isak and reached him on the outskirts of the penalty area (50).

Sporting Lisbon of Portugal started its campaign in the new version of the Champions League in the best possible way, following its valuable and well-deserved 3-1 victory over its Turkish guest, Galatasaray, on Wednesday, in the first round of the league stage of the continental competition.

Galatasaray advanced with a goal through friendly fire, after Goncalo Inacio, the Sporting Lisbon player, scored an error in his own goal for the Turkish team in the fifth minute.

Sporting Lisbon quickly regained its balance again, as Gini Katamu scored the equalizer for the Portuguese team in the 27th minute, while his teammates Luis Suarez and Rodrigo Zalazar added the second and third goals in the 57th and 63rd minutes, from a penalty kick and 63, respectively.

With this result, Sporting Lisbon won the first three points in its tournament this season, while Galatasaray remained without any points.

Lisbon will host France's Lens in the next round next month, while Galatasaray will meet its Spanish guest Barcelona in a heavy-caliber confrontation.

The French team, Paris Saint-Germain, launched its journey to defend its Champions League title, with a crushing victory over Slovan Bratislava, Slovakia, with a score of 6/1 on Wednesday in the first round of the tournament.

Paris Saint-Germain's goals were scored by Ousmane Dembélé (two goals) in the 17th and 23rd minutes, the Spaniard Ferran Torres scored three goals (a hat-trick) in the 31st, 47th and 57th minutes, and his compatriot Fabian Ruiz in the 87th minute, while Gambian Suleiman Kamara scored Bratislava's only goal in the 58th minute.

Saint-Germain will play a strong match in the next round against Manchester City at the latter’s stadium in the second round, on Wednesday, October 14, while Bratislava will face German Stuttgart on the same day.