Polish attacking ace and goal machine Robert Lewandowski left the German giants FC Bayern München this summer to play in the Spanish giant FC Barcelona.
On Tuesday, the 34-year-old was back at the Allianz Arena, which was his home ground for eight years. The return was a goalless losing story for both Lewandowski and his “Barça”.
After a goalless first half, Lucas Hernández made it 1-0 for the home side in the 50th minute and Leroy Sané made it 2-0 just under four minutes later.
Bayern’s victory in the big meeting was the team’s 30th straight Champions League group stage match without a loss. It also meant that the team tops group C as the only team with a maximum of 6 points after two games.
At Anfield, Britain’s recently deceased Queen Elizabeth II was in the spotlight before kick-off between Liverpool and Ajax. A minute’s silence was held for the regent who died on Thursday at the age of 96, of which 70 years on the throne.
Both teams’ players and the refereeing team wore mourning ribbons in the match, which ended 2-1 after goals from the home team’s Mohamed Salah and Joël Matip and the away team’s Mohammed Kudus.
Liverpool, who suffered a 1-4 defeat away to Serie A side Napoli last week, claimed their first win in this season’s CL group stage. Napoli visit Scottish Rangers in the same group, A, on Wednesday.