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Champions League: Juventus beat Dinamo Zagreb, Monaco held

Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic celebrates after scoring
Image: Juventus' Miralem Pjanic celebrates after scoring against Dinamo Zagreb

Miralem Pjanic scored one and set up another as Juventus recorded their first victory in Champions League Group H by beating Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 at Stadion Maksimir.

The Bosnian playmaker opened the scoring in the Croatian capital on Tuesday night before setting up Gonzalo Higuain for a quickfire second.

Injury forced Pjanic to remain in the changing room following half-time but Paulo Dybala added gloss to the scoreline with a long-range contribution shortly after the restart.

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Just to rub salt into Dinamo's wounds, home goalkeeper Adrian Semper managed to fumble Dani Alves' late deflected effort into his own net.

Juve - the 2015 finalists - reach four points after bolstering their opening-day draw with Sevilla with a maiden win, while Zagreb are rooted to the bottom of the pool after losing back-to-back games.

Elsewhere in Group H, Sevilla beat Lyon 1-0 at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan thanks to Wissam Ben Yedder's 52nd-minute goal, with Luciano Vietto also missing a penalty for the Spanish side.

Kamil Glik's injury-time goal rescued a 1-1 draw for Monaco at home to Bayer Leverkusen in Group E.

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Monaco's Polish defender Kamil Glik (C) celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League football match AS Monaco vs Bayer Leverkusen, on S
Image: Kamil Glik (C) scored a late equaliser for Monaco

Glik's sweet half-volley from the edge of the box flew into the top-left of goal in the 94th minute.

Former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez looked to have headed a 73rd-minute winner at the Stade Louis II.

The Mexico international, who enjoyed four largely successful seasons at Old Trafford from 2010 to 2014 before spending a campaign on loan at Real Madrid, scored his 100th goal since moving to Europe, most of which came for United before he joined Leverkusen just over a year ago.

Heung-Min Son's second-half strike earned Tottenham an important 1-0 win at CSKA Moscow.

Son Heung-min celebrates Tottenham's win
Image: Heung-Min Son was the match-winner for Spurs

FC Copenhagen claimed a comfortable 4-0 victory at home to Club Brugge in Champions League Group G.

Following an uneventful first half, the second came to life with goals from Thomas Delaney, Federico Santander and Mathias Jorgensen - after an own goal from Stefano Denswil - plus a missed penalty from Ludwig Augustinsson.

Copenhagen next face Leicester, who beat visitors Porto 1-0 thanks to Islam Slimani's first-half header.

Sporting Lisbon beat Legia Warsaw 2-0 at the Estadio Jose Alvalade thanks to goals from Bas Dost and Bryan Ruiz, while the other game in Group F saw Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid draw 2-2 in Germany

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