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Barcelona and Arsenal win in Champions League, Bayern Munich stunned and misery for Man United

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Barcelona's Joao Cancelo, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's first goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Galatasaray and Barcelona in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Barcelona survived a scare against Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday. But Bayern Munich was stunned by a late equalizer from Viking in a 3-3 draw in Norway.

Arsenal rolled over Lille and it was more misery for Manchester United.

Barcelona’s 100 per ecnt start to the season was under threat down 1-0 to Galatasaray in Istanbul, but the Spanish champion rallied to a 4-1 win.

Harry Kane Jonas Urbig Bayern Munich Bayern Munich's Harry Kane and goalkeeper Jonas Urbig react after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Viking and Bayern Munich in Stavanger, Norway, Tuesday Oct. 13, 2026. (Carina Johansen/NTB via AP)

Bayern was in even more trouble against Viking, trailing 2-0 at halftime before Harry Kane turned the game around with two goals after the break. Luis Diaz looked to have completed the comeback, but a red card for Michael Olise and a 90th minute goal from Herman Haugen provided another twist.

Arsenal cruised to a 3-0 win at home over Lille and Atletico Madrid piled more pressure on United coach Michael Carrick with a 2-0 win at the Metropolitano.

Inter Milan fell to a surprise 4-3 home loss to Club Brugge, and Villarreal beat Napoli 3-1.

10 out of 10 for Barcelona

It’s 10 straight wins for Barcelona after it maintained its perfect record in all competitions despite early trouble in Turkey.

Barcelona celebrates Barcelona's players celebrate after teammate Barcelona's Anthony Gordon scored their side's third goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Galatasaray and Barcelona in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Aleksey Batrakov gave Galatasaray the lead before his team had a second goal ruled out for a tight offside. Joao Cancelo’s goal leveled the score just before halftime and it was all Barcelona after that with goals from Fermin Lopez, Anthony Gordon and Karim Adeyemi.

Late drama for Bayern

A bizarre sending-off for Olise paved the way for Norwegian team Viking to rescue a draw in its first Champions League home game since 1992.

Shortly after Bayern went ahead 3-2, Olise picked up two yellow cards in quick succession — the second for tossing the ball at opponent Zlatko Tripic while the referee was still booking him for his first foul.

Referee Georgi Kabakov gives a red card to Bayern Munich's Michael Olise during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Viking and Bayern Munich in Stavanger, Norway, Tuesday Oct. 13, 2026. (Carina Johansen/NTB via AP) Referee Georgi Kabakov gives a red card to Bayern Munich's Michael Olise during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Viking and Bayern Munich in Stavanger, Norway, Tuesday Oct. 13, 2026. (Carina Johansen/NTB via AP)

Tripic then provided the cross that allowed Haugen to head in the equalizer in the 90th minute.

Historic win for Sabah

Azerbaijani outsider Sabah claimed its first win in the league phase of the competition by beating Slavia Prague 2-0.

Second-half goals from Kaheem Parris and Joy-Lance Mickels secured the historic win in Baku. The club was only founded nine years ago.

Sporting Lisbon also sealed a 2-0 win at Lens through goals from Luis Suarez and Issa Doumbia.

James Robson, The Associated Press