Champions League Week 1 Recap

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John Abili, Soccer Correspondent

The 16/17 Champions League campaign started on September 13th. Notable results included Arsenal tying 1-1 with PSG in Group A, and Manchester City beat Monchengladbach 4-0 in Group C. In the same group, Barcelona crushed Celtic 7-0, with a hat-trick from Messi and 2 goals from Suarez. Bayern and Atletico won in Group D, beating Rostov and PSV 5-0 and 1-0 respectively. Tottenham is playing their Champions League home games at Wembley this season, but they got off to a bad start by losing 2-1 to Monaco. Group F saw Dortmund decimate Legia Warsaw 6-0 and Real Madrid complete a late comeback against Sporting to win 2-1. Leicester had a Champions League debut to remember as they beat Club Brugge 3-0. Finally, Jorge Sampaoli had a decent debut in the Champions League as his Sevilla side tied with Italian powerhouse Juventus.