CL: Kim powers Bayern to victory over PSG, Wirtz stars as Leverkusen thrash Salzburg

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Bayern Munich heaped more misery on Paris Saint-Germain with a 1-0 win over the French champions in the UEFA Champions League.

Kim Min-jae’s 38th-minute header was the difference at the Allianz Arena, where PSG were also reduced to 10 men after Ousmane Dembele saw a second yellow for a late challenge.

Bayer Leverkusen responded superbly to their 4-0 drubbing at Anfield by swatting RB Salzburg aside 5-0 at the BayArena, with two goals from Florian Wirtz sandwiching Alex Grimaldo’s 11th-minute effort.

Patrik Schick added number four just after the hour with a tap-in, and Aleix Garcia got in on the act not long after.

Atalanta beat Young Boys 6-1 in Switzerland, and Gian Piero Gasperini’s side were 4-1 up at the interval, thanks to a double from Mateo Retegui and strikes from Charles de Ketelaere and Sead Kolasinac.

Silvere Ganvoula had equalised for the hosts, but three goals in 11 minutes had the Italian side in full control in Bern. De Ketelaere had a brace of his own on 56 minutes, aided by a deflection. Substitute Lazar Samardzic completed the scoring in the final minute.

Castello Lukeba’s own goal was the difference in a tight affair at San Siro, where Inter Milan scraped past RB Leipzig.

Robert Lewandowski notched his 100th Champions League goal during Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Brest at the Estadi Olimpic Luis Companys, where Dani Olmo was on hand to score the second, and Lewandowski added his second of the game in stoppage time.

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal picked up a superb 5-1 win in Lisbon over Sporting, while Manchester City’s winless run continued as they threw away a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord at the Etihad Stadium.

Julian Alvarez and Angel Correa were each two-goal heroes as Atletico Madrid ran riot against Sparta Prague, tallying a 6-0 win.

Atleti, who had suffered a two-game blip early in their league phase campaign with heavy defeats to Benfica and Lille, recovered with an impressive 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on matchday four, and they followed that up in style with a six-goal flurry in the Czech capital.

Alvarez had his first on the quarter-hour with a sumptuous free kick, and Marcos Llorente, playing at right-back, doubled Diego Simeone’s side’s tally two minutes shy of the interval.

Alvarez had his second and Atleti’s third on 59 minutes, capping off a brilliant run with an exquisite finish after a lovely flick from substitute Antoine Griezmann, who himself added the fourth with a drilled effort into the corner.

Angel Correa completed the rout with a quick-fire double himself on 85 and 89 minutes.

Elsewhere, AC Milan secured a 3-2 victory over 10-man Slovan Bratislava at the Stadion Tehelne Pole.

Paulo Fonseca’s side made it three wins on the bounce on the continent, as they followed up their shock 3-1 victory over holders Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu with another three points that takes them up to ninth in the table.

Christian Pulisic, the former Chelsea attacking midfielder, opened the scoring on 21 minutes, sliding past Dominik Takac, but the Slovakian side were level within three minutes, as Tigran Barseghyan punished a cheap Milan giveaway of possession with a delicate chip over the onrushing Mike Maignan.

Rafael Leao came off the bench at half-time and put the visitors back in front on 68 minutes as the Italian side cut the hosts apart, and Tammy Abraham made it three shortly after, profiting from a gift of a backpass by David Strelec.

Nino Marcelli’s 88th-minute goal set up a grand-stand finish in the Slovakian capital, but any hope they had of a dramatic equaliser was dashed when Marko Tolic saw red for two yellows in the space of a minute, firstly a reckless foul, before being dismissed for dissent.