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09/10 16:11 CDT Harry Kane scores in Bayern win as Manchester United victorious
on Champions League return
Harry Kane scores in Bayern win as Manchester United victorious on Champions
League return
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
AP Sports Writer
Manchester United is back to winning ways in the Champions League, Como made
itself at home with a debut win, and Harry Kane can't stop scoring.
It's been a big week already in the Champions League for Ballon D'Or nominees.
Kane scored once and Michael Olise twice in Bayern's 5-0 demolition of last
season's sensation Bodo/Glimt. The Norwegian team crumbled in the second half
after starting goalkeeper Nikita Haikin went off injured at halftime with the
score at 0-0.
Kane heading in Bayern's second goal meant the England striker has now scored
in eight consecutive Champions League games stretching back to January.
Bayern's opening goal was scored by Jamal Musiala in his first start since
on-field seizures caused by a neurological condition which disrupted his
preseason. He celebrated by tapping his head.
Manchester United is back in style
United returned to the Champions League with a bang after a nearly three-year
absence from the competition.
Matheus Cunha, Bruno Fernandes, Benjamin Sesko and Lisandro Martinez all scored
in the 4-0 rout of Azerbaijan's Sabah.
It was United's first game in the Champions League since December 2023.
Cunha fired United ahead at Old Trafford in the 27th. Fernandes and Sesko made
it 3-0 by halftime and Martinez scrambled home a fourth after the break.
Como's oldest fans see a debut win
Como's oldest fans had the best seats in the house to see their team beat
Leipzig 4-1 in the team's first-ever game in the Champions League.
The Italian club's president Mirwan Surwaso and directors gave up prime seats
to fans born in 1950 or earlier. Croatian midfielder Martin Baturina scored the
first-ever goal for Como in the competition to set the team on course for the
win.
Roma and Fenerbahce both ended long absences from the Champions League but
neither could celebrate a winning return in a 1-1 draw earlier Thursday.
Roma had missed seven Champions League seasons since reaching the last 16 in
2018-19, while Fenerbahce was last in Europe's top-tier competition in the
2008-09 campaign.
Roma took the lead on Bryan Cristante's low shot from outside the box in the
39th minute. Fenerbahce left back Archie Brown moved into a center forward
position and looked like a natural striker as he flicked the ball over the
goalkeeper to level the score in the 48th. Nathan Ak headed against the bar
late on with a chance to win the game for Fenerbahce.
United States full back Sergio Dest scored for PSV Eindhoven off a low cross
in a 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk after Gleiker Mendoza had opened the
scoring for the Ukrainian team.
Lens scored twice in stoppage time to win 3-2 at Slavia Prague, which twice
took the lead despite having a player sent off at the start of the second half.
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