Bayern Munich and Manchester United made impressive starts to their 2026/27 UEFA Champions League league-phase campaigns after recording convincing victories on Matchday 1.
Bayern defeated Bodø/Glimt 5-0 in Bavaria, while Manchester United marked their return to the competition with a 4-0 victory over Champions League debutants Sabah at Old Trafford.
Bayern 5-0 Bodø/Glimt
Jamal Musiala opened the scoring shortly after the restart, before Harry Kane doubled Bayern’s advantage with a header.
Alphonso Davies then added a third with an unstoppable effort, while Michael Olise completed the scoring with two late goals.
Bodø/Glimt finished the match with 10 men after Odin Bjørtuft was shown a late red card.
Olise was named UEFA’s Player of the Match.
The victory extended Bayern’s impressive record of winning their opening Champions League match in each of their last 22 campaigns.
Manchester United 4-0 Sabah
Manchester United also enjoyed a dominant opening-night victory, defeating Sabah 4-0 as the Azerbaijani club made its Champions League league-phase debut.
Matheus Cunha put United ahead midway through the first half after the visitors had threatened to level the contest.
Bruno Fernandes then doubled the advantage before Benjamin Šeško added a third just three minutes later, giving United a commanding lead before half-time.
Lisandro Martínez completed the scoring to seal a 4-0 victory for Michael Carrick’s side.
Patrick Dorgu was named Player of the Match by UEFA.
Manchester United recorded their 300th European Cup match, making them the first English club to reach that milestone. It was also their first Champions League appearance since the 2023/24 campaign and their first time in the tournament since the introduction of the league phase.
Other games that went down were:
– Como 4-1 RB Leipzig
– Slavia Praha 2-3 Lens
– Fenerbahçe 1-1 Roma
– PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
