Champions League Results: Arsenal Win At Napoli, Barcelona And PSG Score Six – 9 September 2026

The Champions League's league phase kicked off in style on Wednesday night, with Arsenal returning from Naples with all three points, Barcelona and PSG both scoring six, and Liverpool coming from behind to see off Atletico Madrid at Anfield. Full round-up and report from every headline fixture below, plus the night's other result in brief.

Wednesday's Results

Barcelona 5-1 Feyenoord

Raphinha scored twice either side of a Karim Adeyemi strike as Barcelona brushed Feyenoord aside at a raucous Camp Nou. Raphinha's third-minute opener set the tone immediately, and Adeyemi doubled the lead in the 22nd minute before the Brazilian added his second just after the hour. Lamine Yamal got in on the act with a 77th-minute goal of his own, and although Sem Steijn pulled one back for the visitors in the 82nd, Gabriel Jesus completed the rout three minutes later. Barcelona finished with 22 shots to Feyenoord's six and 67% possession, a dominant opening statement in Group phase.

Liverpool 2-1 Atletico Madrid

Liverpool came from behind at Anfield to beat an Atletico Madrid side that has enjoyed happy hunting there in the past. Marcos Llorente continued his good record at the ground with an early goal in the 17th minute, but Liverpool responded before half-time through Dominik Szoboszlai and completed the turnaround five minutes into the second half when Alexis Mac Allister struck. Liverpool were the busier side throughout, finishing with 16 shots to Atletico's eight despite seeing less of the ball, and held on for a first Champions League win of the campaign.

Napoli 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal made the long trip to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona count, with Martin Odegaard's 75th-minute strike settling a match the visitors dominated from start to finish. Arsenal fired a club-record 26 shots in a Champions League match, with Bukayo Saka, Mikel Merino and Piero Hincapie all missing good first-half chances before Odegaard finished off a patient 29-pass move with a low finish into the corner. Napoli's best opportunity fell to Kevin De Bruyne late on, but Arsenal held firm for a clean sheet and an ideal start to their European campaign.

PSG 6-1 Slovan Bratislava

Reigning champions PSG shook off a shaky run of domestic form in emphatic fashion, putting six past Slovan Bratislava at the Parc des Princes. Ousmane Dembele struck twice inside the opening half hour before Ferran Fornes took over, completing a hat-trick with goals in the 31st, 47th and 57th minutes. Suleiman Camara gave Slovan a brief consolation in between, but Fabian Ruiz added a sixth late on to underline PSG's dominance, with the hosts finishing the night with 32 shots and 68% possession.

Sporting CP 3-1 Galatasaray

Sporting CP recovered from an early setback to beat Galatasaray in an entertaining opener at the Estadio Jose Alvalade. Goncalo Inacio turned the ball into his own net inside six minutes to hand Galatasaray a shock lead, but Geny Catamo levelled midway through the first half and Sporting took control after the break, with Luis Suarez converting a 57th-minute penalty before Rodrigo Zalazar made it three six minutes later. Galatasaray, missing the injured Victor Osimhen, had 59% of the possession but couldn't find a way back into the game.

Also On Wednesday

Stuttgart 3-1 Viking: Ermedin Demirovic scored a hat-trick inside 12 second-half minutes to sink Viking on the Norwegian side's Champions League debut, taking some of the shine off what had been a positive opening 45 minutes for the visitors.

Results and match reports correct at the time of writing.