The two French clubs won their duel this Tuesday, December 10 for the sixth day of the League phase. Brest beat PSV Eindhoven at home while the Parisians went to win in Salzburg. Find all the results of the evening.
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Paris Saint-Germain is breathing a little easier in the Champions League after its 3-0 success in Salzburg. Luis Enrique’s team finally won a second victory and temporarily moved up to 24th place (the last qualifier for the play-offs) two days before the end of the league phase. In Austria, Gonçalo Ramos put the Parisians on the right track (30th), before goals from Nuno Mendes (72nd) and Désiré Doué (85th).
Two weeks after its defeat at Barcelona, Stade Brestois resumed its march forward by winning against PSV Eindhoven (1-0) at home, and temporarily moved up to fifth place in the league phase. After being saved several times by Marco Bizot in the first period, Brest opened the scoring thanks to Julien Le Cardinal just before the break (43rd), before brilliantly resisting the attacks of the Dutch until the final whistle.
50th goal and injury for Kylian Mbappé
Real Madrid’s French international Kylian Mbappé left his teammates due to injury in the 36th minute of his team’s Champions League match against Atalanta Bergamo. Mbappé, who opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the 10th minute, was replaced by Rodrygo after complaining of muscle pain. The captain of the Blues had lain down on the ground at midfield shortly before, thanks to a throw-in, and turned to his bench to ask for his replacement. He scored the 50th goal of his career in the Champions League on a serve from Brahim Diaz into the penalty area, his twelfth goal since joining Real Madrid this summer from Paris SG. Real won 3-2. After two scathing defeats, at home against AC Milan (3-1) and at Liverpool (2-0), the reigning European champions won thanks also to Vinicius (56th) and Jude Bellingham (59th) , while Atalanta equalized through Charles De Ketelaere from the penalty spot (45+2ᵉ), then reduced the score thanks to Ademola Lookman (65ᵉ).
50th goal also for Mohamed Salah
Shaken as rarely this season, Liverpool consolidated its place as leader of the Champions League by signing a sixth victory in six days on the Girona pitch (1-0), thanks to a penalty goal from Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian striker, rather discreet until now, did not tremble to offer success to the Reds by taking the Argentinian goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga on the wrong foot (63rd, 1-0), while the Catalans had obtained the best chances of the game, without converting them. A 50th goal in the Champions League which allows him to equal the Italian Filippo Inzaghi as tenth best scorer in the history of the competition with Mbappé, and put Liverpool, still undefeated leader, in an ideal position with 18 points collected in six matches , and an almost assured place in the top eight in the ranking of the single group of this new C1 format, synonymous with direct qualification for the round of 16.
Bayern Munich scored a third consecutive victory by winning largely against Shakhtar Donetsk (5-1) in Gelsenkirchen (Germany). Trailing from the fifth minute, the Bavarians reacted perfectly thanks to goals from Laimer, Müller, Olise (double) and Musiala, to offer themselves their first away success in C1, after two defeats at Aston Villa and Barcelona . Bayern remains well placed for qualification with 12 points.
The results of the evening:
Dinamo Zagreb – Celtic Glasgow 0-0
Girona – Liverpool 0-1
RB Salzburg – PSG 0-3
Brest – PSV 1-0
Atalanta Bergamo – Real Madrid 2-3
Bayer Leverkusen – Inter Milan 1-0
Shakhtyor Donetsk – Bayern Munich 1-5
Club Brugge – Sporting Portugal 2-1
RB Leipzig – Aston Villa 2-3