- By Namrata Vijay
- Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:07 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Barcelona vs Red Star highlights: Barcelona carried their sublime form on Wednesday as they defeated Red Star Belgrade in their UEFA Champions League clash. Arsenal and PSG too lost their matches to teams like Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid.
Robert Lewandoski scored a goal during both the halves and helped his team defeat Red Star Belgrade by 5-2. Inigo Martinez began the scoring by being involved in a close-range header in Raphinha's free kick during the 13th minute. Red Star then replied after 14 minutes, where Silas outfoxed Barcelona's brilliant defensive lineup.
Just before half-time, Lewandowski scored a home goal from Raphinha's shot during the 43rd minute, which helped them increase the lead in the 53rd minute as Jules Kounde finished it brilliantly. Kounde also helped Raphinha score Barcelona's fourth goal during the 76th minute then helped Fermin Lopez score the fifth goal and then Milson helped Red Star bounce back during the 84th minute. With this win, Barcelona has climbed to the sixth position in the Champions League points table and have nine points, whereas Red Star is lying at the 35th position.
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Inter Milan thrashed Arsenal by 1-0 in a closely fought match, where Hakan Calhanoglu scored a brilliant penalty just before half-time. Arsenal's Mikel Merino got a penalty owing to touching the ball with his hand and that gave Calhanoglu his 19th consecutive penalty shootout ever since he began playing for Inter Milan. Arsenal did try to come back during the second half, where Yann Sommer didn't allow Kai Havertz to get another chance. Inter has scored 10 points in their last four matches due to their brilliant defense, whereas Arsenal got seven and are still out of the top eight and their hopes of qualifying directly have taken a massive hit.
PSG receives a knockout blow in stoppage time
Atletico Madrid handed PSG their second defeat in the ongoing Champions League. Warren Zaire-Emery scored the first goal for PSG but then Nahuel Molina quickly helped Atletico Madrid bounce back and Angel Correa scored in the third minute of extra time and helped the team win the match. PSG, who has scored four points after playing in as many matches have reached the elimination zone and are lying in the 25th position, whereas Atletico have six points. PSG will lock horns with Bayern Munich and RB Salzberg in their next few matches, whereas Atletico will face Sparta Prague and Slovan Bratislava.
Speaking about other match results, Aston Villa's winning streak ended as Club Brugge defeated them due to a bizarre handball incident from Tyron Mings. Bayern Munich defeated Benfica and bounced back to their winning streak whereas teams like RB Salzburg, Atalanta, Brest, Monaco, and Shakhtar also won their respective matches.