Bayern Munich fought past 10 men Paris Saint Germain 1-0 thanks to Kim Min-jae’s winner to boost their chances of automatic qualification and leave the visitors in trouble after a third defeat in the competition.

With PSG’s only win to date against Girona in their opener, they were desperate for points, but Bayern struck first as South Korea’s Kim headed home from close range after goalkeeper Matvei Safonov saved a corner in the 38th minute had whistled.

Things got worse for Luis Enrique’s PSG when Ousmane Dembele was sent off for a tackle that earned a second yellow card in the 57th minute, leaving an already struggling side down to 10 players.

Safonov made amends for his earlier mistake by tapping Jamal Musiala’s shot onto a post, but despite some late pressure, PSG could not deny Bayern.

The Bavarian club climbed to eleventh place with nine points from five games, one point clear of the top eight places that provide automatic qualification for the last sixteen. PSG are 26th out of four, outside the play-off spots with three games to go.

An own goal by the RB Leipzig defender Castello Lukeba gave Below a 1-0 home win in the Champions League as the Italian champions moved provisionally top of the standings. Inter took the lead in the 27th minute after Lukeba turned the ball into Leipzig’s own net following Federico Dimarco’s free kick.

Unbeaten Inter top the table with 13 points from five games, one point more than second-place Barcelona – who beat Brest 3-0 in a simultaneous kick-off – and Liverpool, who host Real Madrid on Wednesday. After five consecutive defeats in the competition, Leipzig is still looking for the first points of the competition phase.

Robert Lewandowski scored twice Barcelona on the way to a 3-0 home win Brestwith the Polish striker joining Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the only players to pass the 100 goal mark in the competition.

Lewandowski put Barca ahead after being fouled by goalkeeper Marco Bizot and converting from the spot in the 10th minute. The home side squandered several chances to extend their lead and were almost caught out by a pair of counter-attacks from the French side before Dani Olmo got their second after dribbling past two defenders, with Lewandowski completing the win in extra time.

Diego Simeone was happy with it Atletico Madrid‘s impressive performance in a 6-0 thrashing Sparta Prague in, with two goals from Julián Álvarez. The Argentine manager said he was excited about his compatriot’s evolution after a bumpy start to the season when he was signed from Manchester City for big money and high expectations.

“Anything that means winning makes me happy. If the team gets the chance to keep playing like this and scoring goals, so much the better,” said Simeone. “We kept taking the game where we wanted it, we piled up chances and Julián’s goal from a free kick was a beautiful goal.

“Julián is a top-level player who has played for River Plate, Manchester City and Argentina. He has gone from strength to strength since he joined us, and we expect the best from him.” After Álvarez and Marcos Llorente had given Atlético a three-goal lead, Antoine Griezmann and Ángel Correa came off the bench to complete the celebrations, with Correa scoring twice in the closing minutes.

Milan achieved their third consecutive win with a 3-2 victory over Slovenian Bratislavaheld on after the home side attempted a late comeback. The first half ended on level terms when Milan’s Christian Pulisic opened the scoring in the 21st minute, before a quick counter-attack led to Slovan Tigran Barseghyan’s equalizer three minutes later.

Milan struggled to clear Slovan before substitute Rafael Leão put them ahead again in the 68th minute and Tammy Abraham took advantage of a horror back pass from David Strelec to extend their lead three minutes later. Slovan pulled a goal back through Nino Marcelli in the 88th minute, but then Marko Tolic was shown two yellow cards in quick succession and Milan came through the late drama to move to nine points.

Bayer Leverkusen got their Champions League campaign back on track with a 5-0 home win Red Bull Salzburgwith Florian Wirtz scoring twice and the visitors having their goalkeeper Alexander Schlager to thank for preventing an even bigger defeat.

Leverkusen, who were defeated 4-0 at Liverpool in their last match, took an early lead. Wirtz scored from the penalty spot in the eighth minute and Alejandro Grimaldo scored from a free kick three minutes later. Wirtz scored again on the half-hour mark as Leverkusen threatened to run riot, Patrik Schick added a fourth goal 16 minutes after the break and Aleix García rounded off the win.

Leverkusen’s return to victory after also drawing 1-1 with Brest takes them to 10 points, while Salzburg remain on three points after their fourth defeat in five games.