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PARIS, France: Holders Paris Saint-Germain made a smooth start to their bid for a third consecutive Champions League title as Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 rout of Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday, while Liverpool came from behind to beat Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n
Barcelona kicked off their campaign by scoring five goals against Feyenoord, while Arsenal impressed with a 1-0 win at Napoli.<\/p>\n
PSG, who are hoping to become only the fourth club to win three European Cups in a row, visit Manchester City and host Barca in their next two European games.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the Champions League, we always play against tough teams, but we have to be focused first in Ligue 1 because we didn\u2019t start in the right way,\u201d said Torres, with PSG yet to win a domestic game this season.<\/p>\n
But they wasted little time in picking apart Yaya Toure\u2019s Slovan at the Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n
Ousmane Dembele hammered in a rebound and then nodded in a deflected cross to put Luis Enrique\u2019s men two goals ahead inside 22 minutes.<\/p>\n
Torres tapped home Dembele\u2019s cross just after the half-hour mark and drilled in his second less than two minutes after the restart.<\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s World Cup final hero completed his hat-trick in the 57th minute, shanking a shot with his knee that spun into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n
Suleiman Camara crashed in a consolation for Slovan, but Fabian Ruiz had the final say for PSG when he pounced on a mishit clearance.<\/p>\n
Liverpool made it successive victories after winning at Ipswich in the Premier League last week by beating Atletico 2-1 at Anfield.<\/p>\n
Atletico grabbed a 17th-minute lead as Julian Alvarez, starting for the first time this season after failing to force a move away from the club, played in Marcos Llorente to dink the ball over Alisson in the Liverpool goal.<\/p>\n
Llorente has now scored five times in three visits to Anfield, after netting a double at Liverpool last season and in Atletico\u2019s dramatic last-16 victory in 2020.<\/p>\n
Liverpool hit back five minutes before the break through Dominik Szoboszlai, courtesy of a clever backheeled pass from Ronald Araujo.<\/p>\n
Alexis Mac Allister then hammered the hosts in front five minutes into the second half with a left-footed strike from outside the box, and Atletico could not find a response.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve loved it. The atmosphere has been incredible and I feel lucky, lucky to experience it,\u201d said Liverpool\u2019s new manager Andoni Iraola after his Champions League coaching debut.<\/p>\n
Odegaard sinks Napoli<\/strong><\/p>\n Arsenal missed several first-half chances at the Stadio Armando Diego Maradona, with Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret making an excellent save to keep out Mikel Merino\u2019s header.<\/p>\n Piero Hincapie fired over a golden chance from just three yards out as the English champions continued to push after half-time, but last season\u2019s runners-up finally forged ahead with 15 minutes left.<\/p>\n Martin Odegaard, who scored the winner against Chelsea at the weekend, played a clever one-two with Christos Tzolis on the edge of the area and crashed a shot in off the far post.<\/p>\n Barcelona made an excellent start to their latest bid to end a 12-year wait to lift the trophy, as Raphinha continued his superb form by scoring twice in a 5-1 thumping of Feyenoord.<\/p>\n Hansi Flick\u2019s men, who lost to Atletico in the quarter-finals last season, have won all five of their matches in all competitions so far this season, scoring five goals in four of them.<\/p>\n \u201cWe controlled the game, we are dominant and this is fantastic to see. This is our style and how we want to play,\u201d said Flick.<\/p>\n Raphinha put Barca into a third-minute lead before a brilliant long-range strike from summer signing Karim Adeyemi.<\/p>\n Brazilian Raphinha, playing up front this season after the departures of Robert Lewandowski and Torres, made it eight goals already for the campaign in the second half.<\/p>\n Lamine Yamal netted a free-kick which crept through the wall, and although Sem Steijn pulled one back for Feyenoord, Gabriel Jesus came off the bench and then headed in his first Barca goal.<\/p>\n Ermedin Demirovic scored a first-half hat-trick as Stuttgart eased to a 3-1 home win over Norwegian champions Viking, playing in the competition for the first time in 34 years.<\/p>\n Sporting, quarter-finalists last season for the first time since 1983, fought back to see off Galatasaray 3-1 in Lisbon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n