CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND UP: Ex-Tottenham youngster Marcus Edwards scores for Sporting Lisbon

English forward Marcus Edwards scored one goal and set up another to help Sporting Lisbon defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 and spoil the German club’s Champions League debut on Wednesday.

Sporting stunned the home team with two quick-fire goals early in the second half. Edwards opened the scoring with a deflected shot in the 65th, two minutes before he set up Francisco Trincao for 2-0.

Substitute Nuno Santos completed the scoring with another incisive attack in the 82nd minute.

Edwards came through Tottenham’s academy before moving to Portuguese side Vitória de Guimaraes in 2019.

After scoring 17 goals in 77 appearances for the side, he moved to Sporting in January and has scored five goals in 17 appearances to date. 

Next week, Sporting host Tottenham who also opened up with a victory, while Eintracht Frankfurt face a difficult away trip to Marseille.

Elsewhere, teenager Abakar Sylla scored the only goal just before half-time as hosts Club Bruges beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0.

The 19-year-old scored in the 42nd minute when his flicked header from a corner to the near post was caught by Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, but he fell back over the line with ball in hand to give the Belgian champions a winning start to their Group B campaign.

It was Sylla’s first goal for the club in his fifth start and topped a strong individual performance.

Sub Griezmann sealed victory for the hosts with a close-range header in the 101st minute

Leverkusen had the ball in the Bruges net twice in the space of four second-half minutes, but both were called back for offside.

The first was a tight call when Callum Hudson-Odoi’s curling 73rd-minute free kick almost evaded all and bounced into the net, with the faintest of touches along the way from tall striker Patrik Schick.

Yet it was disallowed after a touchline review by the Bosnian referee Irfan Peljto. VAR showed Leverkusen’s Jonathan Tan was fractionally offside as he jumped alongside Schick, trying to get a touch onto the free kick.

The referee had a much easier decision soon after when Schick put the ball in the net but from a clearly offside position.

Teenager Abakar Sylla scored the only goal as Club Bruges beat Bayer Leverkusen

Leverkusen created more chances but failed to find their range, although Moussa Diaby forced home goalkeeper Simon Mignolet to touch his rasping shot onto the post and away to safety in the first half.

Mignolet was also at full stretch to deny a stinging free kick from substitute Adam Hlozek two minutes into stoppage time at the end of the game.

Bruges are at Porto next week while Leverkusen host Atletico Madrid at the same time in their next group games.