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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE · EINDHOVEN

FORBS BREAKS AWAY TO WIN IT FOR BRUGGE

PSV Eindhoven 1, Club Brugge KV 2. PSV Eindhoven: Kodai Sano 54; Club Brugge KV: Nicolo Tresoldi 25, Carlos Forbs 65. A superb counter-attack settles it after Sano's deflected effort cancels out Tresoldi's header

Club Brugge kept up their push to get out of the league phase with a battling win at the Philips Stadion that lifts them to ninth.

After a slow start, Nicolo Tresoldi broke the deadlock. PSV failed to clear a corner, the ball was dinked back into the middle, and the striker nodded in his fifth Champions League goal of the campaign.

Carlos Forbs had chances to extend the lead before the break, while Sergino Dest was PSV's biggest threat and forced Yann Sommer into a couple of good saves.

PSV levelled when Brugge failed to clear Lutsharel Geertruida's low cross. Kodai Sano collected the loose ball and his shot took a big deflection before curling inside the far post.

Brugge went back in front with a superb counter-attack. Joaquin Seys won the ball on the edge of his own area and released Forbs, who raced through and calmly slotted into the far corner.

PSV go to Real Madrid on 24 November. Brugge host Liverpool the following evening.

Where it leaves them: PSV Eindhoven 24th on 4 points; Club Brugge KV 9th on 9 points.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

KARL AND LAIMER SINK ATLETI

Atletico Madrid 0, Bayern München 2. Bayern München: Lennart Karl 54, Konrad Laimer 74. Bayern back to winning ways at the Metropolitano

Bayern Munich ended a run of two successive draws with a 2-0 win at Atlético Madrid, with both goals in the second half.

Lennart Karl forced a turnover in the Atlético box on 54 minutes and dinked his finish past the onrushing Jan Oblak. Twenty minutes later Harry Kane picked out Konrad Laimer, who smashed in the second. There was no goal for Kane, who has just been crowned Ballon d'Or winner, AP reported.

Marcos Llorente and Giuliano Simeone came closest for Diego Simeone's side, but Manuel Neuer kept them out on his 164th Champions League appearance. Laimer was UEFA's player of the match.

Where it leaves them: Atletico Madrid 23rd on 4 points; Bayern München 13th on 8 points.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

BATRAKOV'S FOUR-MINUTE DOUBLE

Galatasaray 2, VfB Stuttgart 0. Galatasaray: Aleksey Batrakov 12, 15. Stuttgart's unbeaten start ends in Istanbul

Jamie Leweling drove Maximilian Mittelstädt's cross against both posts early on. Galatasaray answered with two goals from Aleksei Batrakov inside four minutes, the second from Davinson Sánchez's incisive pass.

Uğurcan Çakır tipped over a second-half strike from Deniz Undav and denied Dženan Pejčinović one-on-one. The 2-0 win takes Galatasaray to six points, one behind Stuttgart.

Where it leaves them: Galatasaray 18th on 6 points; VfB Stuttgart 14th on 7 points.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

DOUMBIA WINS IT FOR SPORTING

Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Sporting CP 1. Sporting CP: Issa Doumbia 59. Three wins from four, a day after the coach left

Sporting won 1-0 at Shakhtar a day after announcing they were parting ways with coach Rui Borges, AP reported. Under interim coach Tiago Fernandes, Issa Doumbia swept in just before the hour to finish an incisive move.

Alisson Santana hit the base of the post for Shakhtar, and Rui Silva claimed Newertton's powerful header in added time. It was Sporting's third win from four, and United go there on 25 November.

Where it leaves them: Shakhtar Donetsk 21st on 4 points; Sporting CP 10th on 9 points.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

STALEMATE IN THE ARCTIC

Bodo/Glimt 0, Lille 0. Lille take their first point of the campaign

Bodø/Glimt and Lille drew 0-0 in a game of few clear chances. Nikita Haikin pushed away a low shot from Dilane Bakwa in the first half. After the break Berke Özer denied Sondre Auklend, Ole Didrik Blomberg and Odin Bjørtuft for the visitors. UEFA named Lille's Calvin Verdonk player of the match.

Where it leaves them: Bodo/Glimt 25th on 4 points; Lille 35th on 1 point.

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