Champions League: Inter sank Arsenal, Atlético stung PSG late and Barcelona got back on track

Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty gave Inter Milan a 1-0 win over Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Atletico Madrid’s 93rd-minute winner saw Atletico Madrid leave Paris with all three points. The Italian champions remain unbeaten this season and sit in fifth place with 10 points midway through the new league stage format. “I think we played a great game against a strong team that plays with great intensity,” Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said.

Arsenal suffered defeat in Europe for the first time this season and are three points and seven positions behind their opponents. The match at the San Siro looked set to end goalless until Mikel Merino was awarded a penalty after Mehdi Taremi’s shot deflected into the upraised arm of an Arsenal player from close range.

“We were treated very harshly,” Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta told TNT Sports. “There’s no flex, there’s nothing you can do in the penalty area, so can he get away from it?”

Calhanoglu converted the penalty in the third minute of injury time of the first half. Yann Sommer and Denzel Dumfries combined to deny Gabriel Magalhães an equalizer just before the hour.

Arsenal piled on the pressure in the second half but were unable to break through Inter’s solid defensive block as the Premier League side suffered their second defeat in four days.

In Serbia, Barcelona beat Red Star Belgrade with a score of 5:2 and took sixth place in the standings. The Catalans took the lead in the 13th minute thanks to a header from defender Inigo Martinez. But Red Star struck back just before the half-hour when Silas Mvumpa took advantage of Barca’s offside flag and curled the ball past Inaki Pena.

Robert Lewandowski effectively ensured Barca remained in the automatic qualifying spots with a quick-fire double either side of the break. Rafinha and Fermin Lopez then scored before Felicio Milson curled up in a final consolation for the hosts.

Atletico stunned PSG 2-1 in the French capital and Angel Correa’s stoppage-time winner gave Spain their second Champions League win this season. “Paris played very well, they attacked the whole match, but we were confident, we worked hard defensively and as a team, and in the end we achieved our goal and won,” Correa told Movistar.

Defeat means the French champions are in the relegation zone with one win and a draw in four, with matches against Manchester City and Bayern ahead.

Warren Zaire-Emery gave PSG the lead through Jan Oblak in the 14th minute, before Nahuel Molina equalized four minutes later.

The home side pressed as the match progressed but were left exposed as Oblak’s shot found Antoine Griezmann on the stroke of half-time and the Frenchman’s pinpoint pass fell to the feet of Correa, who crashed in and fired a shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Jamal Musiala scored in the 67th minute to get Bayern Munich’s stuttering campaign back on track with a 1-0 home win over Benfica. The six-time winners’ record of two wins and two defeats leaves them mid-table with four matches remaining.

Aston Villa’s 100 per cent record in the Champions League ended with a 1-0 defeat to Club Brugge following a bizarre penalty missed by Tyrone Mings.

Making his tournament debut in just his second game after a lengthy injury layoff, the England centre-half awarded Club Brugge a penalty in the 51st minute following a short goal kick from Emiliano Martinez.

Hans Vanaken struck home from 12 yards to send Villa down to eighth.

Brest continued their excellent start in European football’s top table by beating Sparta Prague 2-1 to take them into fourth place.

Second-half strikes from Ademola Lookman and Nicolo Zaniolo gave Europa League champions Atalanta a 2-0 win over Stuttgart.

RB Leipzig earned their first points of the season with a 3-1 victory in the Netherlands over 10-man Feyenoord.

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) defeated Young Boys with a score of 2:1, condemning the Swiss team to their fourth defeat in a row in the tournament.

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