On a night that saw Barcelona, Manchester City, and Inter Milan suffer crushing defeats and Champions League debutants Brest triumph 4-0 at Red Bull Salzburg, Dortmund came out on top.
The match between Arsenal and PSG, the French champions, in London was the main event of the day. This marked the beginning of the second round of matches in the European football league’s reorganized elite club competition. Two minutes later, Kai Havertz headed in a cross from Leandro Trossard to give the Gunners the lead. Shortly before halftime, Bukayo Saka doubled the lead with a skillful delivery of a free kick from the right that eluded everyone. The Gunners were deserving champions.
Two weeks earlier, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal had suffered their first Champions League defeat of the year, going down 0-0 away to Atalanta on matchday one.
