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Inter Milan won the first Champions League win of the season by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at San Siro despite Alessandro Bastoni’s red card.
The Nerazzurri were reduced to 10 men in the 68th minute after Bastoni received two yellow cards in three minutes, the second coming after putting his hands in the face of a Shakhtar player in an off-the-ball incident.
Nine minutes later, however, Inter took the lead when a wonderfully worked break ended with Augusto expertly controlling Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s superb floated pass before propelling the ball past Dmytro Ryznik.
It was Shakhtar’s first defeat in the league stage, and Sporting CP also fell from the unbeaten ranks when they fell to a stunning 3-2 defeat at home to LASK Linz, who picked up their first ever Champions League win.
Luis Suarez put Sporting ahead from the penalty spot in the fifth minute, only for Christoph Lang to equalize 10 minutes later.
The turnaround was completed in the 63rd minute when Sasa Kalajdzic headed home a LASK counter-attack to give the Austrian side the lead, who doubled their lead five minutes later when Krystof Danek fired a superb finish into the bottom corner.
Suarez’s second gave Sporting hope of clawing back a point, but LASK held on to write a wonderful new chapter in their history.
Real Betis maintained their 100 per cent record as Isco’s second-half penalty gave them a 1-0 win at Feyenoord. It is one of the five teams that has achieved the maximum points in three games.
At the other end of the league stage standings, Lille remain without a point after losing 4-2 at home to Galatasaray.
Yunus Akgun opened the scoring for Gala before a first-half brace from Soriba Diaoune put Lille ahead.
However, Alexey Batrakov equalized before half-time and Gala regained the lead early in the second half, Lille goalkeeper Berke Ozer credited with an own goal after he was unable to keep out a Lucas Torreira corner.
A deflected strike from Victor Osimhen sealed the points for Gala, the Nigerian refusing to celebrate as he returned to haunt the club where he made his name.
Lille’s neighbors Lens also tasted defeat as Club Brugge made it two wins from three to open their campaign with a 3-0 win at the Jan Breydel Stadium.
