Champions League reports: Lionel Messi scores record goal in Prague & Inter Milan earn first win against Dortmund

Champions League scores

• Ajax 0-1 Chelsea
• RB Leipzig 2-1 Zenit St Petersburg
• Benfica 2-1 Lyon
• FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-3 Napoli
• Internazionale 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
• KRC Genk 1-4 Liverpool
• Lille 1-1 Valencia CF
• Slavia Prague 1-2 Barcelona

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Lionel Messi made Champions League history as Barcelona scraped an unconvincing 2-1 success at Slavia Prague to move top of Group F.

Messi became the first player to score in 15 consecutive seasons of the competition by putting the visitors ahead inside three minutes.

Slavia Prague also became the 33rd different team Messi has scored a Champions League goal against, moving him level with former Real Madrid strikers Raul and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Czech champions Slavia deservedly levelled through Jan Boril early in the second half, but Barca secured a sixth successive win in all competitions thanks to a fortuitous own goal from Peter Olayinka.

Victory for Ernesto Valverde's men moved them on to seven points from three European fixtures and above Borussia Dortmund in the table following the German club's 2-0 loss to Inter Milan at the San Siro.

Inter claimed their first Champions League win of the campaign to keep them in contention for making the knockout stages on their return to the competition.

Lautaro Martinez scored for the fourth successive game after 22 minutes before Antonio Candreva punished Dortmund on the break in the closing moments.

Martinez was the best player on view but the Argentina striker blotted his copybook just before Candreva's first Champions League goal when his poor spot-kick was saved by Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki.

In Group G, RB Leipzig came from behind to beat Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 after second-half goals from Konrad Laimer and a stunner from Marcel Sabitzer overturned Yaroslav Rakits'kyy's opener.

Benfica beat Lyon in the other game in that group, with Pizzi claiming an 86th-minute winner after Memphis Depay cancelled out Rafa Silva's early opener.

Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to score a dramatic late winner as Chelsea boosted their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stages with a 1-0 win over Ajax in Amsterdam.

Striker Batshuayi, on in place of Tammy Abraham, emphatically smashed home via the underside of the crossbar four minutes from time following a pass from fellow substitute Christian Pulisic.

Victory at the Johan Cruyff Arena was a sixth in succession in all competitions for Frank Lampard's Blues and moved them level on six points with their hosts at the top of Group H.

Ajax thought they had taken a 35th-minute lead but Quincy Promes' close-range finish was disallowed for a marginal offside call following a VAR review, while Edson Alvarez headed against a post during a frustrating night for the Dutch champions.

Valencia were prevented from joining Chelsea and Ajax on six points by a late equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Lille.

Jonathan Ikone struck five minutes into stoppage time for the French side after Valencia went ahead through Denis Cheryshev and later had Mouctar Diakhaby sent off for two bookable offences.

In Belgium, Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain announced his return to the Champions League after an 18-month absence with two goals in a 4-1 win in Genk.

The England international missed all but 20 minutes of last season with a serious knee injury sustained in the semi-final win over Roma in this competition in April 2018.

Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah also scored for Jurgen Klopp's Reds, before substitute Stephen Odey grabbed a late consolation for the hosts.

Liverpool stay second in Group E after Napoli won 3-2 away to Red Bull Salzburg.

Dries Mertens overtook Diego Maradona to become the second highest goalscorer in the Italian club's history with a brace in Austria.

Lorenzo Insigne claimed the winner for Carlo Ancelotti's side, with exciting 19-year-old Erling Haaland's brace not enough for the hosts.

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