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Chelsea slumped to a 1-0 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb in matchday one of the 2022/2023 Uefa Champions Campaign.

Mislav Orsic scored in the thirteenth minute against the run of play with a lovely dink over Kepa Arizabalaga to consign the 2020/2021 champions to their third defeat in the last five matches.

The Croatian champions who had only previously won five group stage matches put in a performance of grit and determination against a Chelsea team who at times in the contest looked bereft of ideas.

The performance of the Blues will be of great concern to manager Thomas Tuchel as they have failed put in an assured performance in any of thier away games this season.

Elsewhere, Manchester City compounded the woes of an out of form Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan with Erling Haaland scoring his 11th and 12th goals of the season to lead the Citizens to a 4-0 win with Phil Foden and Reuben Dias adding a goal each.

Defending Champions Real Madrid faced an in form and spirited Celtic team in Glasgow but eventually broke the deadlock in the 54th minute with a strike from Vinicius Junior. Luka Modric and Eden Hazard adden futher goals in the 60th and 77th minutes to eventually see out the Scottish Champions. Los Blancos will however be sweating over the fitness of their captain and talisman, Karim Benzema who was substituted in the first half with a discomfort in his knee.

In othe results, Kylian Mbappe scored twice as PSG beat Juventus 2-1 in Parc de Princes, Benfica beat Macabi Haifa 2-0 in Lisbon, Italian Champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by RB Salzburg in Austria, Borussia Dortmund defeat FC Copenhagen 3-0 in Germany and Shakhtar Donetsk overcame RB Leipzig 4-1 in Germany.