Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat Maccabi Haifa 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League group stages, avenging a defeat against the same opposition in 1998 to continue their 100% continental record this term.The Greens were backed by a vocal crowd at Sammy Ofer Stadium and valiantly took the game to Christophe Galtier’s star-studded PSG side, keeping Gianluigi Donnarumma busy. Kylian Mbappé still had two good opportunities early on, but he was unable to take either of them and having shown they could hold their own, Maccabi Haifa astonished PSG by taking a 24th-minute lead. Tjarron Chery applied a clinical finish to Dolev Haziza’s pinpoint cross, in turn scoring the club’s first UCL group stage goal since 2002.Shortly after Neymar had a penalty call turned down, Frantzdy Pierrot thought he’d doubled Maccabi’s lead but the celebrations were quickly halted by the offside flag. Within five minutes, Les Parisiens drew level when Mbappé’s driven cross bounced off Dylan Batubinsika to Lionel Messi, who controlled and slotted the ball home. Chery hit an audacious strike moments before halftime that forced Donnarumma into a good save.As Maccabi Haifa continued to impress, Pierrot got a foot on Pierre Cornud’s drilled shot but got too much on it to find the target. At the other end, substitute Abdoulaye Seck robbed Sergio Ramos of an easy header at the back post, before Cornud slid in outstandingly to reach the loose ball ahead of Nordi Mukiele when Messi’s effort was saved. There was no denying the visitors in the 69th minute though, as Messi slipped the ball through for Mbappé, who rediscovered his finishing touch to net a tenth goal in just eight games across all competitions this season.Kylian Mbappé gives PSG the lead with a fantastic finish, what an assist from Lionel Messi 🐐!!! pic.twitter.com/INL7Aeorcp— Football Report 🕊☮️🌍🌎🌏 #BerhalterOut (@FootballReprt) September 14, 2022 After latching onto Marco Verratti’s searching pass, Neymar struck clinically in the 88th minute, as PSG ended their five-match winless run in UCL away games, while extending their undefeated streak in all competitions to 19 matches. Meanwhile, Maccabi Haifa have already done better than 2009, when they lost each of their UCL group games without scoring, but that will be scant consolation on a night when they all-too-briefly dared to dream.Elsewhere, Napoli secured their first ever UCL win on British soil with a comfortable 3-0 victory over 10-man Rangers at Ibrox, extending the Italian side’s unbeaten run to 12 matches. Coming into the contest after back to back 4-0 losses, firstly to fierce rivals Celtic and then to Ajax in UCL matchday one, Rangers knew the importance of a fast start in front of a raucous Ibrox crowd. The hosts very nearly found a breakthrough inside the opening minute but Alfredo Morelos directed a header from inside the six-yard box wastefully wide of the target. Napoli responded well to the early scare in an electric opening to the match, as Piotr Zieliński rattled the outside of the post with a powerful long-range strike.CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Moment of magic from Haaland and Cancelo wins it against DortmundBoth sides looked a constant threat during the opening half-hour, with Scott Arfield, James Tavernier, and Morelos all denied by Alex Meret, while Allan McGregor did well to thwart Giovanni Simeone at the other end. Having survived an early onslaught, the visitors began to take control of proceedings with halftime approaching, and came within inches of taking the lead when Khvicha Kvaratskhelia curled a superb effort narrowly wide of the post.CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Benzema can rest, Valverde and Asensio are hereThe second half began at breakneck speed, with Rangers on the front foot, in search of an opener. However, the match was soon turned on its head in the 55th minute when James Sands brought down Simeone, receiving a second yellow card in the process. Zieliński stepped up to the spot and saw his penalty saved by McGregor, but was allowed a second chance after Matteo Politano tucked away the rebound following encroachment into the box. McGregor dusted himself off, and dived to his right to remarkably deny Zieliński again.CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Benfica runs over Juve in Turin for the 18th consecutive winArmed with the numerical advantage, Napoli looked to stamp their authority on the final half-hour and were gifted a golden opportunity again, when a shot from Kvaratskhelia struck the outstretched arm of Borna Barišić inside the box. Politano assumed the responsibility this time, and drilled the ball into the bottom-right corner to open the scoring. The remaining 20 minutes were comfortably managed by the visitors, who added late gloss to the scoreline when substitutes Giacomo Raspadori and Tanguy Ndombele both found the net with a pair of clinical finishes.The only goalless match of the evening happened in Denmark were Copenhagen held their ground against Sevilla.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ROUND 2TuesdayPlzen – Inter 0-2 (0-1)/Dzeko 20, Dumfries 70/Sporting – Tottenham 2-0 (0-0)/Paulinho 90, Gomes 90+3/Liverpool – Ajax 2-1 (1-1)/Salah 18, Matip 89 – Kudus 27/Leverkusen – Atl.Madrid 2-0 (0-0)/Andrich 84, Diaby 87/Porto – Club Brugge 0-4 (0-1)/Jutgla 15, Sowah 47, Olsen 52, Nusa 89/Bayern – Barcelona 2-0 (0-0)/Hernandez 50, Sane 54/Olympique Marseille (3.60) Eintr.Frankfurt 0-1 (0-1)/Lindstrom 43/WednesdayAC Milan – Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 (1-0)/Giroud 45 pen, Saelemaekers 47, Pobega 77 – Orsic 56/Shakhtar – Celtic 1-1 (1-1)/Mudryk 29 – Bondarenko 10 og/Chelsea – Salzburg 1-1 (1-1)/Sterling 48 – Okafor 75/Real Madrid – RB Leipzig 2-0 (0-0)/Valverde 80, Asensio 90+1/Copenhagen- Sevilla 0-0Man.City – Dortmund 2-1 (0-0)/Stones 80, Haaland 84 – Bellingham 56/Juventus – Benfica 1-2 (1-1)/Milik 4 – Joao Mario 43 pen, Neres 55/Maccabi Haifa – PSG 1-3 (1-1)/Chery 24 – Messi 37, Mbappe 69, Neymar 88/Rangers – Napoli 0-3 (0-0)/Politano 68 pen, Raspadori 85, Ndombele 90+1/***odds are subject to change***©FlashScore
