The two English Premier League (EPL) representatives in Day-2 fixture of the UEFA Champions League, Arsenal and Man U were stunned after falling to shocking defeats against their opponents.
Arsenal travelled to French outfit, Lens and suffered a tough night after struggling to create clear cut chances thereby ending their run of nine unbeaten Champions League group games.
Arsenal’s woes were compounded with the injury to Saka who had earlier suffered a knock in their EPL match against Bournemouth over the weekend.
Arsenal took the lead through Gabriel Jesus but were pegged back by Lens with two goals.
The Gunners will next face Sevilla in a must win match in the UEFA Champions League.
Man U also fell short after mistakes from their goalkeeper Andre Onana caused them the game.
The Red Devils suffered a shocking 2-3 defeat at the hands of their visitor, Galatasaray.
10-man United led twice through Rasmus Hojlund, the second a brilliant effort as the 20-year-old took advantage of Davinson Sanchez’s slip to race 50 yards and beat Fernando Muslera with a deft finish.
The lead only lasted for 10 minutes as Wilfried Zaha, then Kerem Akturkoglu levelled.
Then Mauro Icardi who had failed to convert the penalty that followed a terrible Andre Onana mistake, amended his error when he sped clear of the hosts’ defence 9 minutes from time to punish Man U with a superb finish.
It is the first time United have started a Champions League group stage with successive defeats, and piles the pressure on manager Erik ten Hag.
Else where, Bayern left it late to defeat Copenhagen 1-2, while Real Madrid also secured a 2-3 victory away at Napoli.
