The Rafinha show - Barca's revenge on Bayern, Inter's ecstasy in compensation, Liverpool defeated Leipzig, Dinamo's celebration in Austria

The 3rd round of the Champions League has been completed - Barcelona beat Bayern 4:1

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Barcelona outclassed Bayern (4:1) in the derby of the 3rd round of the Champions League.

The show at "Montjuic" was played by the Brazilian Rafinha, who scored three goals for Barcelona - in the first, 45th and 56th minutes, and Robert Lewandowski also entered the list of scorers in the 36th minute.

The goal for Bayern was scored by Harry Kane in the 18th minute.

Four years ago, in the semi-finals of the Champions League, Bayern beat Barcelona 8:2 in Lisbon, with Hansi Flick on the bench and Levandovski on the field. The roles were reversed tonight, the German coach and the Polish striker now helped the Catalans serve the Bavarians sweet revenge.

And not only for that defeat - Bayern beat Barca in the next four matches, with a goal difference of 11:0.

Barcelona is ninth with six points, and Bayern is only 23rd after its second defeat - it has only three points.

In the next round, Barcelona will play against Red Star in Belgrade, while Bayern will meet Benfica in Munich.

Liverpool beat Leipzig 1:0 away, with great difficulty, thanks to Darwin Nunes' goal in the 27th minute.

Twice the home team hit the net, both times it was offside.

The "Reds" are the only ones with all three victories, along with Aston Villa.

Manchester City leads the column of seven teams with seven points each, after tonight's convincing triumph against Sparta at the "Etihad" - 5:0.

Scorers for City were Phil Foden in the third, Erling Haaland in the 58th and 68th, John Stones in the 64th and Mateus Nunes from the penalty in the 87th minute.

Dinamo from Zagreb conquered Austria - 2:0 against Salzburg away from home!

"Blues" have four points, which in the bulky table after three goals is enough for 22nd place - in the zone of teams that would go further.

Sandro Kulenović in the 49th minute and Bruno Petković in the 84th minute brought down Salzburg, and Šlager made it easier for the guests with a red card in the 62nd minute.

Inter only found a way to victory against Young Boys in Bern in the 93rd minute - Markus Thiram scored after Dimarko's cross.

Arnautović missed a penalty before that.

Inter is seventh with seven points.

Lille is the sensation of the start of the Champions League - after Real, the "mastiffs" defeated another Madrid giant, and that too away - 3:1 against Atlético.

The "Kolćoneros" took the lead with a goal by Julián Alvarez in the eighth minute, and Lille was turned around by goals from Edon Žegrova in the 61st and Jonathan David in the 74th and 90th minutes.

Lille is 15th with six points, and Atlético is 27th with only three.

Feyenoord's players beat Benfica 3:1 on the away field in Lisbon.

The scorers for Feyenoord were Ajase Ueda in the 12th and Antoni Milambo in the 33rd and from the penalty spot in the second minute of stoppage time.

The goal for Benfica was scored by Kerem Akturkoglu in the 66th minute.

Both teams recorded two wins and one loss in the first three rounds.

Standings provided by Sofascore

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