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Champions League wrap: Sane shines as Bayern set record

Bayern Munich's Leroy Sane fires home his team's fourth goal
Bayern Munich's Leroy Sane fires home his team's fourth goal

Bayern Munich struck three times in the opening 21 minutes en route to a 5-0 demolition of Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League to stay top of Group C and set a record for the longest unbeaten run in group matches.

The Germans have now gone 31 group matches in the competition without defeat.

Leroy Sane opened their account in the seventh minute before Serge Gnabry drilled in their second five minutes later and Sadio Mane added another with a fine solo effort in the 21st with the Czechs putting up no real resistance.

Sane struck again five minutes after the restart and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's shot went in off the post just before the hour mark before the Bavarians gradually eased off with an eye on Saturday's big Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund.

Bayern have won all three of their group matches so far to sit in top spot on nine points, three ahead of Inter Milan who bounced back after two consecutive losses in Serie A with a crucial 1-0 win against Barcelona thanks to a Hakan Calhanoglu goal.

The Turkish midfielder slotted home a clinical strike from just outside the area, with the ball going into the corner to the goalkeeper's right in added time before the break.

Inter and Barca will face each other again next week at the Camp Nou.

Goals from Club Brugge forwards Kamal Sowah [above] and Ferran Jutgla saw the Belgians beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 at home to extend their unbeaten run in Group B.

The hosts took the lead in the 36th minute when Jutgla's low pass across the goal found Sowah, who tapped tyjer ball into an empty net for his second European goal in three games.

Jutgla doubled the lead in the 62nd after winger Tajon Buchanan calmly waited for the right moment to set up the Spaniard inside the box.

Atletico had a chance to get back into the match with a penalty 15 minutes later but Antoine Griezmann lashed the ball against the bar and moments later the Frenchman thought he had scrored but his effort was ruled out for offside.

Brugge, who have yet to concede a goal in the campaign, remain top of the group on nine points. Atletico, Bayer Leverkusen and FC Porto have three points each after Porto picked up their first points with a 2-0 win against the Germans.

Olympique de Marseille secured their first win of their European campaign when they came from behind to outclass 10-man Sporting Lisbon 4-1 in an incident-packed Group D encounter at an empty Stade Velodrome.

Sporting made a blistering start to the game, played behind closed doors after crowd trouble marred Marseille's home game against Eintracht Frankfurt, when Francisco Trincao put them ahead after just 51 seconds with a sublime solo effort.

But Marseille turned the tide in the space of three frantic minutes, with Alexis Sanchez first scoring a freak equaliser when goalkeeper Antonio Adan smashed his clearance against the Chilean before Amine Harit nodded home in the 16th minute for the lead.

Adan's difficult evening came to a premature end seven minutes later when he was given a red card for handling outside the area, and the hosts made that advantage count instantly as Leonardo Balerdi beat his marker to score from Harit's corner.

The Portuguese visitors frustrated Marseille after the break before Chancel Mbemba wrapped up the points in the 84th minute when he finished expertly following Sanchez's initial effort.

Sporting remain top of the group with six points from three games, with Marseille three points behind.

Tottenham, who had to settle for a point at Frankfurt after enduring a frustrating goalless draw, are on four points.

Giacomo Raspadori netted twice as Napoli came from behind to deliver a masterclass and score a runaway 6-1 win at 10-man Ajax.

Captain Giovanni di Lorenzo, Piotr Zielinski, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and substitute Giovanni Simeone added the other goals for the Italian league leaders, after Mohammed Kudus had given the hosts the lead inside the opening 10 minutes.

Napoli, who might have scored more such was their dominance, have a 100% record at the halfway point in Group A, leaving Ajax with three points from their opening three games and in stark danger of missing out on next year's knockout stages after their biggest defeat in European football.

Elsewhere in the group Jurgen Klopp's tactical tweak earned Liverpool a welcome 2-0 win and only Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor prevented a greater margin of victory in a one-sided affair at Anfield. The Reds are second now on six points. Rangers have yet to gain a point.

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