A controversial penalty paves the City's triumphant debut

It was not an easy start to the Champions League for the last two Premier League winners, Manchester City (3-1 against Porto) and Liverpool (0-1 against Ajax).

Yes, both were released with victory, that of

even with two goals difference, but by no means were their rivals surpassed before and they had moments of real suffering that put their respective triumphs in check.

Porto, who were visiting Etihad, was losing steam as the game approached its end, but even went ahead on the scoreboard.

, one of the most promising footballers of the new Colombian batch, surprised the

in the 13th minute with a crossed whip that put Porto ahead.

Midway through the first half, however,

equalized the match thanks to a controversial penalty from former Real Madrid player

, since before the offense

stepped on

with the tacos

, despite which the VAR did not correct the decision of the referee.

The second half was already much more comfortable for Guardiola's team, especially from minute 65, when Gündogan successfully executed a direct free-kick against which Marchesín could have done more.

Porto already ran out of hardly any arguments to seek a draw and City's victory was certified by

shortly after jumping from the bench.

A great goal from the Valencian, who faced, cut in the area and found the empty corner of Porto's goal to tie the 3-1 with which the clash reached its end.

An Ajax under construction

Liverpool suffered more in Amsterdam, saved by an own goal.

It is true that he arrived with important and numerous casualties such as

,

,

,

and

, who broke the crusader over the weekend, but it is no less so that this Ajax has nothing to do with the one who fell in love with the world whole two years ago.

They are no longer

,

,

,

... Retain

on the bench and he tries to reinvent itself once again, but still tender and construction equipment.

The future is predicted for this new Ajax, but not yet present to defeat an entire Liverpool, no matter how depleted it arrived.

The first part was quite flat, with greater dominance of

, although without generating excessive danger.

In fact, Liverpool got their goal on the scoreboard thanks to a false clearance by

that ended up inside

goal

.

Beyond a

Vaseline

that

, an improvised central in Amsterdam, took out under the sticks, almost nothing else happened before the break.

2-2 at the Meazza

Everything changed after going through the dressing room, from which Ajax came out with a couple more marches.

gave the first warning, a few seconds after the second half started, setting up a shot to the post, and minutes later Adrián saved a shot from

after a vertiginous counterattack.

Occasions that led to the never seen before: Klopp slamming

,

and

into the shower

.

Despite some moments of difficulty, the movement helped him to preserve the victory, although it did not dispel the doubts he offered.

For the rest of the day, Gladbach, Madrid's next rival, was about to give the bell on the Inter court (2-2).

Those of

went ahead on the scoreboard, but the German side came from

behind to take the lead.

, with his second goal of the night, saved the furniture in the 90th minute. Atalanta, for their part, comfortably thrashed Danish Midtjylland (0-4) and the other two rivals of Atlético, Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow , tied in Austria (2-2).

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