US midfielder Malik Tillman scores in PSV Eindhoven's 4-0 win over Girona in Champions League

United States midfielder Malik Tillman scored 1 extremity and group up different arsenic PSV Eindhoven hit Spanish squad Girona 4-0 successful nan Champions League connected Tuesday

United States midfielder Malik Tillman scored 1 extremity and group up different arsenic PSV Eindhoven hit Spanish squad Girona 4-0 successful nan Champions League connected Tuesday.

Tillman group up Ryan Flamingo for nan Dutch club’s opening goal, past scored himself successful nan 33rd infinitesimal erstwhile he hit Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga astatine his adjacent post.

It was nan 22-year-old Tillman’s first Champions League extremity for PSV since joining nan nine from Bayern Munich successful 2023. He helped nan squad triumph nan Dutch convention title successful his debut season.

Tillman almost group up a 3rd aft nan break but Luuk de Jong’s changeable collapsed backmost disconnected nan post.

Girona defender Arnau Martínez was sent disconnected pinch his 2nd yellowish paper for a foul connected de Jong soon afterward.

Johan Bakayoko scored precocious earlier an ain extremity from Ladislav Krejčí – his 2nd of nan title – completed PSV’s win. It was nan Dutch champion’s first triumph of nan convention shape aft an opening nonaccomplishment astatine Juventus followed by 2 draws.

Girona has 1 triumph and 3 defeats truthful acold successful its title debut.

Dinamo Zagreb dealt Slovan Bratislava its 4th consecutive conclusion successful nan title arsenic nan visitors came from down to triumph 4-1 successful Bratislava.

The later games Tuesday included AC Milan's sojourn to Real Madrid successful a gathering betwixt nan competition’s astir successful clubs. Madrid’s title triumph past play was a grounds 15th, while Milan is adjacent pinch 7 titles.

Also later, Xabi Alonso returns to Liverpool pinch his German championship-winning Bayer Leverkusen team. Alonso helped Liverpool triumph nan Champions League title successful 2005 erstwhile it came from 3 goals down successful nan 2nd half against Milan.

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