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Osimhen nets hat-trick to become UCL top scorer as Club Brugge hold Barcelona

Ajax are still without a point in Champions League after Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen bagged a hat-trick to power Galatasaray to a 3-0 victory in Amsterdam on Wednesday.

With the latest goals, Osimhen becomes the top scorer with six goals in this season’s Champions League, one ahead of Haaland, Harry Kane, and Kylian Mbappe.

Manchester City also eased to a 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund to stay unbeaten in the Champions League, while Barcelona salvaged a point at Club Brugge.

Phil Foden twice curled in from outside the area and Erling Haaland slammed home his fifth goal of the competition as City brushed Dortmund aside at the Etihad.

Waldemar Anton pulled one back for Dortmund before Rayan Cherki netted City’s fourth in stoppage time.

Pep Guardiola’s side have 10 points from four matches and sit fourth in the table at the halfway stage of the league phase.

Arsenal equal 122-year record with Champions League win

Inter moved back alongside Bayern Munich and Arsenal at the top with a fourth straight win after scraping past Kazakh outsiders Kairat Almaty 2-1 on Wednesday.

Barcelona came from behind three times to rescue a 3-3 draw in Belgium as Lamine Yamal helped them overcome a shaky defensive performance.

Alejandro Garnacho spared Chelsea’s blushes as the Argentine’s equaliser rescued a 2-2 draw against Qarabag.

Dan Burn’s superb header set Newcastle on their way to a 2-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao.

Jose Mourinho’s Benfica slumped to a fourth defeat in a row as Patrik Schick got the only goal in a 1-0 win for Bayer Leverkusen in Lisbon.

Lazar Samardzic hit a 90th-minute winner as Atalanta downed Marseille 1-0 at the Velodrome despite missing an early penalty.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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