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#ChampionsLeague: Victor Osimhen nets in Lille’s defeat to Chelsea, Barca beat Inter [Results & Table]

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Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen scored his first Champions League goal in Wednesday’s clash between Lille and Chelsea in the Group H match of the UEFA Champions League.

Osimhen failed to find the target on his debut in Lille’s 3-0 defeat to Ajax.

Although his lone goal was not enough to secure any point for Lille as Willian’s excellent second-half volley gave Chelsea 2-1 victory.

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Chelsea now sit third in Group H following Ajax’s 3-0 win over Valencia.

Luis Suarez scored a brace as Spanish La Liga side Barcelona came from behind to beat Inter Milan in the Champions League Group F match.

Lautaro Martinez gave Antonio Conte’s Inter a deserved lead in the first five minutes of the match and went close to a second, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen expertly keeping out his header.

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Suarez levelled with a wonderful volley from Arturo Vidal’s cross.

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Then Lionel Messi, on his return from an injury, found Suarez – whose first touch took him past defender Diego Godin – and he blasted in the winner.

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Those were Suarez’s first two Champions League group goals in over three years.

 

 

See results and table: 

GROUP E

Genk  – 0 Napoli

Liverpool 4 – 3 RB Salzburg

GROUP F

Slavia Prague  – 2 Borussia Dortmund

Barcelona 2 – 1 Inter

GROUP G

RasenBallsport Leipzig  – 2 Lyon

Zenit St. Petersburg 3 – 1 Benfica

GROUP H

Lille 1 – 2 Chelsea

Valencia  – 3 Ajax

 

See table:

Source: BBB

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