Champions League roundup: Bayern’s Kim Min-jae leaves PSG in trouble | Champions League

Bayern Munich fought past 10 men Paris Saint-Germain 1-0, thanks to Kim Min-jae’s winner, to improve their chances of automatic qualification and leave the visitors in trouble after a third defeat in the competition.

With PSG’s only win so far coming against Girona in their opening game, they were desperate for points, but Bayern struck first with South Korea’s Kim heading home from close range after goalkeeper Matvei Safonov headed home a corner in the 38th minute.

Things got worse for Luis Enrique’s PSG when Ousmane Dembélé was sent off for a lengthy tackle that earned a second booking in the 57th minute, leaving an already struggling side with 10 men.

Safonov made amends for his earlier mistake by tipping a Jamal Musiala shot onto the post, but despite some late pressure, PSG could not deny Bayern.

The Bavarian club climbed to 11th place with nine points from five games, one point off the top eight places that grant automatic qualification for the last 16. PSG are 26th out of four outside the playoff places with three games remaining.

An own goal by RB Leipzig defender Castello Lukeba gave Inter a 1-0 home win as the Italian champions provisionally moved to the top of the Champions League standings. Inter took the lead in the 27th minute after Lukeba headed the ball into Leipzig’s own net from Federico Dimarco’s free-kick.

Inter, who are unbeaten, top the table with 13 points from five games, a point above second-placed Barcelona – who defeated Brest 3-0 in a simultaneous kick-off – and Liverpool, who host Real Madrid on Wednesday. Leipzig are still in search of their first point in the league stage after five successive defeats in the competition.

Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 home win against Brestwith the Polish striker joining Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the only players to pass the 100-goal mark in the competition.

Lewandowski put Barça ahead after being fouled by goalkeeper Marco Bizot and converting from the spot in the 10th minute. The home side wasted several chances to extend their lead and were almost caught out by a couple of counter-attacks from the French side, before Dani Olmo got their second after dribbling past two defenders, with Lewandowski wrapping up the win in extra time.

Diego Simeone was thrilled Atlético Madrids commanding performance in a 6-0 thrashing of Sparta Praguewith two goals from Julián Álvarez. The Argentine manager said he was delighted with his compatriot’s development after a bumpy start to the season when he was signed for big money and high expectations from Manchester City.

“Anything that means winning makes me happy. If the team has the chance to keep playing like this and score goals, all the better,” Simeone said. “We kept taking the game where we wanted it to go, we accumulated chances and Julián’s goal from a free kick was a great goal.

“Julián is a player of the highest level who has played for River Plate, Manchester City and Argentina. He has gone from strength to strength since joining us and we expect the best from him.” After Álvarez and Marcos Llorente gave Atlético a three-goal lead, Antoine Griezmann and Ángel Correa came off the bench to add to the party, with Correa scoring twice in the final minutes.

Milan earned their third win in a row with a 3–2 win at Slavonic Bratislavahanging on as the home side looked to stage a late comeback. The first half ended level with Milan’s Christian Pulisic opening the scoring in the 21st minute before a quick counter-attack saw Slovan’s Tigran Barseghyan equalize three minutes later.

Milan struggled to put Slovan away before substitute Rafael Leão put them back in front in the 68th minute and Tammy Abraham capitalized on a terrific back pass from David Strelec to extend their lead three minutes later. Slovan pulled a goal back through Nino Marcelli in the 88th minute but then had Marko Tolic sent off for two yellow cards in quick succession and Milan came through the late drama to move to nine points.

Bayer Leverkusen got their Champions League campaign back on track with a 5-0 home win against Red Bull Salzburgwhere Florian Wirtz scored twice and the visitors had their goalkeeper Alexander Schlager to thank for avoiding an even bigger defeat.

Leverkusen, beaten 4-0 at Liverpool in their last match, raced into an early lead with Wirtz scoring from the penalty spot in the eighth minute and Alejandro Grimaldo from a free kick three minutes later. Wirtz scored again on the half-hour as Leverkusen threatened to run riot, Patrik Schick added a fourth goal 16 minutes after the break and Aleix García rounded off the win.

Leverkusen’s return to winning ways after they also drew 1-1 with Brest moves them to 10 points, while Salzburg remain on three points after their fourth defeat in five games.

Charles De Ketelaere was the driving force for Atalanta in their commanding 6-1 victory at Young boysprovided three assists and scored two goals. Mateo Retegui also scored twice, and Sead Kolasinac and Lazar Samardzic once each. Silvere Ganvoula scored the Swiss team’s goal.