PSG make huge statement

LONDON. — Paris Saint-Germain had hoped this week would prove it is a serious contender for the Champions League, but their 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich may instead suggest the German champion has fallen some way from its peak.

Goals from Dani Alves, Edinson Cavani and Neymar wrapped up a startlingly comfortable win to headline the second half of Matchday 2 on Wednesday.

Elsewhere in the powerhouse’s group, Celtic pulled level with Bayern on three points as it beat Anderlecht 3-0, its first away win in the Champions League group stage in five years.

Leigh Griffiths got the opener before a Patrick Roberts shot deflected in off Kara Mbodji and Scott Sinclair wrapped up the win late on.

Michy Batshuayi scored an injury-time winner with the final kick, as Chelsea came from behind to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the Spanish capital.

Atletico had taken the lead with an Antoine Griezmann penalty before Alvaro Morata’s equaliser. In the other game in the group, Roma beat Qarabag 2-1 in the Champions League group game ever played in Azerbaijan.

In Group A, Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Manchester United was a comfortable 4-1 winner away to CSKA Moscow.

Jose Mourinho’s side tops the group, three points clear of CSKA and Basel, which beat Benfica 5-0 thanks to goals from Michael Lang, Dmitri Oberlin (two), Blas Riveros and a penalty from Ricky van Wolfswinkel.

In Group D, both Barcelona and Juventus were held until halftime, but both found the goals to beat Sporting Lisbon and Olympiakos, respectively.

Barcelona tops the group thanks to its win over Juventus on Matchday 1, but here it took an own goal from Sebastian Coates–under pressure from Luis Suarez–to break the deadlock.

It took 69 minutes for Juventus to find a way through against the Greek champions, with Gonzalo Higuain eventually getting the opener before Mario Mandzukic bundled a second to make it 2-0.