Raphinha treble guides Barcelona to 4-1 rout of Bayern

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Barcelona captain Raphinha scored a hat-trick to lead them to a commanding 4-1 home victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday, ending a near decade-long winless run against the German powerhouse.

After six consecutive losses in which they were outscored 22 goals to four by Bayern, including a humiliating 8-2 defeat in the Champions League quarter-finals four years ago, Barcelona got their revenge with a great attacking performance led by their Brazilian captain.

Barca are ninth in the standings on six points from three games while Bayern are 23rd on three points after a second consecutive defeat.

Elsewhere, Erling Haaland back-heeled home a stunning strike, the first of two goals on the night for Manchester City's goal-scoring machine, as City cruised past Sparta Prague 5-0 to remain unbeaten.

Phil Foden, John Stones and Matheus Nunes also scored for Pep Guardiola's side who climbed to third in Europe's elite club competition with seven points after three games, while Sparta have four points.

Substitute Marcus Thuram scored in stoppage time to give Inter Milan a 1-0 win at Swiss champions Young Boys after the Italian side had missed a penalty early in the second half.

Federico Dimarco teed up Thuram with a brilliant cross from the left and the France forward sealed the win from point-blank range.

Marko Arnautovic could have given Inter the lead from the spot in the 48th minute but Young Boys goalkeeper David von Ballmoos dived to deny his low strike before blocking a follow-up from Denzel Dumfries.

Inter moved up to seventh place with seven points from three games while Young Boys remained without a point.

In other games, Lille stunned hosts Atletico Madrid with a 3-1 comeback win, while Darwin Nunez took full advantage of a rare start with the winner in Liverpool's 1-0 victory at RB Leipzig.

Teenager Antoni Milambo netted twice as Dutch side Feyenoord sprang a surprise with a 3-1 away victory at Portuguese giants Benfica, while Atalanta spurned several chances as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home by a defensively resilient Celtic.

The draw left both Atalanta and Celtic in the playoff positions in the standings, with the Italian side in 12th place with five points and Celtic in 18th with four points after three rounds.

Brest and Bayer Leverkusen played out a 1-1 draw, which ended both teams' two-game winning starts to the competition.

Meanwhile, Sandro Kulenovic and Bruno Petkovic scored second-half goals as Dinamo Zagreb secured a 2-0 win at 10-man RB Salzburg, only their second ever away victory in the league phase of the competition.

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