Champions League: Barca gives Flick his first win

Former national coach Hansi Flick celebrated their first victory in the Champions League with FC Barcelona. The top Spanish football club beat Young Boys Bern 5-0 (3-0) without any major problems. Meanwhile, Kai Havertz celebrated a 2-0 (2-0) win with Arsenal FC against Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Ilkay Gündogan won 4-0 (2-0) at Slovan Bratislava.

Barcelona, ​​​​which lost the opener in the premier class at AS Monaco (1:2) and also suffered its first defeat in the league last weekend, left no doubt about victory against the Swiss champions early on.

Former Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski (8th/51st), Raphinha (34th) and Inigo Martinez (37th) scored the goals for the hosts, while Bern’s Jaouen Hadjam (81st) also scored an own goal.

National player Havertz (20th) put Arsenal on the road to victory against PSG. 15 minutes later, winger Bukayo Saka (35th) scored to make it 2-0 against the French champions, who played in London without former Dortmund player Ousmane Dembele. The 27-year-old was left out of the squad by coach Luis Enrique ahead of the encounter. French media reports say Dembele had a heated argument with the coach after Paris’ 3-1 win against Stade Rennes on Friday.

In addition to Arsenal, league rivals City also celebrated their first success in the premier class. Former DFB captain Gündogan (8th) scored the 1-0 for the guests, Phil Foden (15th) quickly added the second goal. Superstar Erling Haaland (58th) and James McAtee (74th) added two in the half.