Champions League: Another Liverpool late show & Chelsea lose at Bayern - highlights & reaction

Late goals down to 'mentality'

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Arne Slot on his side scoring late again: "You’re never 100 per cent sure [if you'll score] but what I do know is we’re so fit that we’re able to push one more time. But I’m sure that we’re not going to need, every single game, stoppage time. What I can assure you, even if we don’t score it, we will try to push for it.

"That is the mentality this team has, but it should not only be about mentality. It’s also how fit we are and how well prepared we are.

"Throughout the last few weeks [the fact] that they are able to push one last time and then in the end it is also about quality because the cross from Szoboszlai and the way Virgil heads the ball in is not only to do with mentality or being fit, that is also [about] having so much quality."

'You want this to happen but four times in a row is a problem'

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Former Netherlands striker on BBC's MOTD

Former Chelsea forward Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was critical of Liverpool scoring late winners, as he believes that they need to make things easier for themselves.

Speaking on Match of the Day's Champions League show, Hasselbaink admitted that it is encouraging that the Merseyside club can dig deep and produce magic moments, but believes they need to stop relying on late winners.

"You want this to happen, but this happens four times in a row; that's a problem.

"The Burnley one is a little bit different, but winning, giving goals away and in the last moment, having to find a magic moment - yes, it's good, you are showing resilience, that you don't give up, and you're still there, but this is not going to keep on happening.

"You need to make life easier for yourself by not giving goals away."

All eyes on Isak but Salah returns to best

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Phil McNulty

BBC Sport chief football writer

All eyes were on £125m British record signing Alexander Isak as he made his Liverpool debut following his move from Newcastle United.

He showed some sweet touches but, inevitably, tired before being substituted after 58 minutes. Isak's last competitive club game was on 25 May for Newcastle, so it is understandable Liverpool are handling him with care - and the striker looked rusty.

If Isak is the new Liverpool superstar, one of the old guard showed he is not ready to stand aside just yet as Mohamed Salah shrugged off some early season lethargy to return to his brilliant best.

He was a constant menace, also hitting the post after Marcos Llorente pulled one back for Atletico.

'It was another great European night here' - Van Dijk

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Liverpool

Virgil van Dijk spoke to TNT Sports after scoring the late winner in the 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid:

"We kept pushing for the 3-1 but to concede a massively deflected equaliser was obviously not great. We found a way again. We were dangerous in our set-pieces. They were pretty aggressive but I'm glad I got the winner.

"Atletico are a team that never gives up, with quality players that can punish you. Eventually though, we had to keep going, show resilience and it was another great European night here.

"It is always good to get a winning start playing at home in a good game against a good opponent."

'Another late, late show at Anfield'

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Phil McNulty

BBC Sport chief football writer

Alexander Isak got a taste of the attacking riches he will be surrounded by at Anfield, as Liverpool were 2-0 ahead before he even got his first touch in the famous red shirt.

Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah put Liverpool in control before a typically resilient Atletico, albeit not the Champions League force they once were, clung on by their fingertips to move within sight of an unlikely point with two goals from Spain midfielder Marco Llorente.

Liverpool were stunned, but they have form for many things this season, spurning two-goal leads against Bournemouth at Anfield and away at Newcastle United before grabbing victory late on.

Isak showed some neat touches and exciting link play before running out of steam, so he was watching from the bench as Liverpool added another chapter to the nights of Champions League drama at Anfield.

Slot will have his concerns that Liverpool struggle to hold on to an advantage, but their sheer force of will made this another late, late show at Anfield.

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'We can learn from this game'

Bayern Munich 3-1 Chelsea

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca spoke to TNT Sports after defeat at Bayern Munich:

"Overall the performance was quite good. We started well for 20 minutes and created two or three chances. When we conceded a goal, we could have avoided the game changed a bit.

"We were in the game, we scored a goal. The decision [not to send off Jonathan Tah] was tough because it was more a red card than yellow card. Even without that, we started the second half well and created chances.

"Once we conceded the third goal the game, changed again. We conceded a goal that killed the game. We were in the game until the end. With the penalty, the [non] red card and an own goal it becomes difficult.

"We can learn from this game. First of all, this kind of game needs you to play the right way for 95 minutes, not just for part of the game. At times we weren't good enough.

"It was a good performance. Now it's time to recover because in two days we have a tough game."

'We showed we can beat Atletico with mentality'

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Arne Slot spoke to TNT Sports after the late victory over Atletico Madrid:

"If you want to beat a team like Atletico, which has an unbelievable mentality, you have to beat them with their weapon as well. That is what we showed again today - that we can beat them with mentality.

"I think we should've made it easier for ourselves. At 2-0 in the first half we got more than a few chances to make a third. At 2-1 in the second half we hit the post.

"We were so close a few times and if the margin is only one goal something can always happen and it happened. But again we showed mentality because in that 10 minutes that still had to be played, we were pushing, pushing, pushing and we scored a set-piece goal."

Kane scores twice to ruin Chelsea's Champions League return

Bayern Munich 3-1 Chelsea

England striker Harry Kane exploited error-prone Chelsea to score twice in Bayern Munich's 3-1 Champions League win.

Kane, 32, won and scored a penalty before sealing victory in the second half through a curled shot after a Malo Gusto mistake.

Earlier, Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah scored an own goal, while a returning Cole Palmer placed a shot into the top corner to pull one back on his 100th appearance in all competitions for the west Londoners.

There were warnings in the second half as Michael Olise and Kane missed good chances when Chelsea - back in the Champions League for the first time since the 2022-23 season - were chasing an equaliser.

Ultimately, Gusto's misplaced pass led to Kane's curled shot in the 63rd minute that ended the match as a contest.

It was one of a number of defensive mistakes, including the visitors switching off at a drop-ball situation before Chalobah's own goal and midfielder Moises Caicedo bringing Kane down in the box.

Chelsea squandered a positive start, missing early chances through Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez, and Palmer also had a late goal ruled out for a narrow offside.

Last-gasp Liverpool beat Atletico after spurning lead

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Liverpool delivered another dramatic late twist as they opened their Champions League campaign with victory over Atletico Madrid at Anfield.

It was an established superstar rather than Liverpool's new faces who provided the inspiration early on, with Mohamed Salah instrumental as the Premier League champions went 2-0 up inside six minutes.

Salah's free-kick took a decisive deflection off Andrew Robertson to wrong-foot Atletico keeper Jan Oblak after four minutes, before the Egyptian finished off an exchange with Ryan Gravenberch by sliding home a smooth finish.

Atletico pulled one back in first-half stoppage time when Marcos Llorente poked a low shot under keeper Alisson as Liverpool appealed for offside.

Llorente, who scored twice when Atletico won a Champions League last-16 game at Anfield in March 2020, repeated the trick with a volley that deflected off Alexis Mac Allister nine minutes from time.

Liverpool were not to be denied though and, as in their four Premier League wins this season, they did it again with the clock running down as Van Dijk rose to power home a corner in front of a jubilant Kop.

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