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Adi Hütter defeated FC Barcelona on his coaching debut in the Champions League. His AS Monaco beat the Catalans 2:1 (1:1) on Thursday after being outnumbered for 80 minutes. RB Leipzig lost 2-1 (1-1) at Atletico Madrid, while Arsenal drew 0-0 at Atlanta Bergamo.
Monaco's first CL match in six years got off to an almost ideal start in front of basketball icon Michael Jordan. A disastrous clearance by Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen put Eric Garcia in trouble. Takumi Minamino won the ball and Garcia was shown the red card for a foul on the former Salzburg player (11').
Maghnes Akliouche put Hütter's team ahead with a fine individual move (16'), but Barcelona hit back through young star Lamine Yamal (28'). The 17-year-old broke through on the right, cut inside and scored his first CL goal from the edge of the box.
Barcelona wavered - and were punished after the break following a poorly defended long ball. Substitute George Ilenikhena, also only 18 years old, got away from the back line and scored with a shot that was not unstoppable for ter Stegen (78'). Under new coach Hansi Flick, Barcelona had won all five of their matches so far this season. However, the star ensemble had lost 3-0 at home to Monaco in the build-up.
Leipzig were without an ÖFB international in the starting line-up in Madrid. Christoph Baumgartner and Nicolas Seiwald were substituted at the break and in the 60th minute respectively, while Xaver Schlager is still out injured for weeks. Their team took an early lead after a transitional situation. Atletico keeper Jan Oblak parried a shot from Lois Openda and Benjamin Sesko, who rushed forward with the ball and seven-league boots, converted the rebound with his head (4').
Antoine Griezmann equalized with a spectacular volley (28). The French former world champion also did the groundwork for the decisive goal. Jose Maria Gimenez converted his cross with his head. Seiwald did not get a good enough header on the far corner (90').
Arsenal took a point from the Europa League winners three days before the league clash at Manchester City. Atalanta's new star striker Mateo Retegui was denied a penalty by David Raya, but the Arsenal goalkeeper also dived to keep out his header (51').
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