City and Liverpool buoyant after enjoying Champions League wins

MANCHESTER CITY eased to a 3- 0 away win in Marseille to take control of their Champions League group.

Ferran Torres opened the scoring after 18 minutes and City were clinical after the break to cap a mature display.

Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling wrapped up a convincing victory to give City a three- point lead in Group C.

Portugal defender Pepe made his 100th Champions League appearance as Porto edged out Olympiakos 1- 0 in the other Group C clash.

Fabio Vieira pounced on an Andrea Bouchalakis mistake to decide the outcome after 11 minutes.

Liverpool beat Midtjylland 2- 0 at Anfield as Diogo Jota and substitute Mohamed Salah netted second- half goals.

But there was concern for Liverpool as Fabinho – playing at the back again in the absence of Virgil Van Dijk and Joel Matip – had to go off in the first half having pulled up while running.

Liverpool failed to register a shot on target but Jota put them ahead in the 55th minute with a close- range finish. Salah added a penalty in stoppage time to make it two wins from two games in Group D for Jurgen Klopp’s men.

Also in Group D, Atalanta fought back to draw 2- 2 at home to Ajax.

The Dutch champions came into the game on the back of scoring 13 times against VVVVenlo in an Eredivisie fixture last weekend.

Ajax were 2- 0 ahead at the break after Dusan Tadic converted from the spot after half an hour and Lassina Traore added a second seven minutes before the break. But Duvan Zapata denied Ajax victory with goals after 54 and 60 minutes.

Bayern Munich recorded a 13th straight Champions League win with a 2- 1 Group A victory at Lokomotiv Moscow.

The reigning champions took a 13th- minute lead when Leon Goretzka headed home Benjamin Pavard’s brilliant volleyed cross.

Anton Miranchuk levelled 20 minutes from time with a crisp finish, but Joshua Kimmich ( 79) maintained Bayern’s winning run.

Atletico Madrid, beaten 4- 0 by Bayern last week, returned to winning ways with a 3- 2 victory over RB Salzburg. Joao Felix was the hero scoring twice, including the winner five minutes from time, after Marcos Llorente had given Atletico a first- half lead.

Dominik Szoboszlai had equalised before Mergim Berisha gave Salzburg the lead two minutes after the restart.

Real Madrid produced an impressive fightback to draw 2- 2 at Borussia Monchengladbach.