The Champions League returned to our screens this week and with it the incredible drama that comes with Europe's top tips free soccer
Tuesday was a poor one for the English clubs, who dominated last season with Tottenham meeting Liverpool in the final, as Napoli beat Liverpool and Chelsea fell to a shock defeat lớn Valencia.
Dortmund managed lớn keep substitute Lionel Messi quiet, and should have secured all three points against Barcelona, while Salzburg hit six past hopeless Genk.
On Wednesday, Tottenham blew a two-goal lead as they could only manage a draw at Olympiacos.
Spurs were 2-0 up after half an hour but Daniel Podence's goal on the stroke of half-time let Olympiacos back into it and Mathieu Valbuena's spot-kick after the restart gave the hosts a deserved point.
Manchester City bounced back from a shock defeat against Norwich with a win away at Shakhtar Donetsk as Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus got themselves onto the scoresheet in a 3-0 victory.
Here, Tom Carnduff takes a look at the five big talking points from the first round of fixtures- According to the soccer predictions page!
Not many would have predicted a 19-year-old making his Champions League debut would lead the goal-scoring charts after matchday one...
However, Erling Haaland - son of former Leeds and Manchester City midfielder Alf-Inge - netted a first-half hat-trick as Salzburg hammered Genk 6-2 in their group opener.
"He is a great player but even more important for me is that he’s a great young man," Salzburg boss Jesse Marsch said afterwards.
"He shows up every day, he works hard and takes nothing for granted. He gives everything for his teammates every day and does it with a smile."
Haaland is emerging as one of Europe's hottest prospects, with scouts from over 50 clubs reportedly observing him in recent months.
It's also seen him move into 16/1 lớn finish as the Champions League top goalscorer after hitting 25% of Lionel Messi's winning tally in 2018/19 with just one game played.
That's made him more fancied for the accolade than the likes of Harry Kane, Antoine Griezmann and Eden Hazard - incredible work at such an earlier point in his career.
Next up for Salzburg? A trip lớn Liverpool, where Virgil van Dijk will have lớn be at his very best in order to keep the youngster quiet.
