Champions League 2018-19: 5 best results from gameweek one

The Champions League was back with a bang this week, and the tournament's opening two matchdays provided plenty of exciting encounters and surprising defeats.

Real Madrid have won the tournament for the last three seasons, but without their talismanic striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, and their former manager, Zidane, Los Blancos will no doubt feel the pressure from the other big teams in Europe this season.

There were also some old faces back in the tournament, with the likes of Inter Milan and PSV Eindhoven making their returns to the tournament this week.

Which teams looked the most impressive in the opening two match-days, though? Let's take a look at through the five most impressive results from game-week one, and find out.

#5 Real Madrid 3-0 Roma

Isco picked up a goal against Roma last night

When Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid this Summer, many fans were worried that their reign of dominance in Europe would be brought to an end.

The Spanish giants have proved their doubters wrong thus far though, remaining unbeaten in La Liga, and picking up an incredibly comfortable victory over last season's Champions League semi-finalists, Roma, at the Bernabeu.

While Ronaldo was busy getting an early shower for Juventus, Madrid were cruising to victory against Roma thanks to goals from Isco, Gareth Bale, and Mariano.

It will certainly be interesting to see how far the reigning champions can go without their talismanic striker, but based on last night's performance, don't be surprised to see them making it to the final once again this season.

#4 Young Boys 0-3 Manchester United

Pogba was on fine form for Manchester United in Switzerland

Manchester United suffered a horrid start to the 18/19 Premier League campaign, losing 2 of their opening three games and failing to capture any deadline day deals.

United seem to have turned a corner following their 3-0 home defeat to Tottenham though, and they registered their third straight victory in all competitions by comfortably defeating Young Boys 3-0 last night.

Paul Pogba, whose future was looking uncertain a few weeks ago, scored twice in Switzerland, with Anthony Martial adding a third midway through the second half.

While there won't be many fans expecting Manchester United to win the Champions League, this was an impressive start on a game week where two other English slides failed to deliver.

#3 Manchester City 1-2 Lyon

Manchester City looked deflated following defeat to Lyon on Wednesday night

Manchester City have famously struggled to live up to expectations when it comes to Europe, and if this week's opening result is anything to go by, this year will be no different.

The result was easily the biggest shock of the opening round, with many fans predicting a comfortable victory for Manchester City, who have started the Premier League season strong.

It's unclear exactly what caused such a dismal display from City, who looked a shadow of their record-breaking Premier League side from last season.

Manager, Pep Guardiola spent the game in the stands, seeing out a touchline ban from last season's competition, and perhaps this was one of the reasons the team looked so uninspired.

#2 Liverpool 3-2 PSG

Liverpool fans were in good voice as they beat PSG on Tuesday night

While everyone has been talking about disappointing PSG's performance was on Tuesday night, some time should be taken to appreciate the strength of the performance given by Jurgen Klopp's men.

Liverpool have had an incredibly impressive start to the campaign, and for at least 70 combined minutes of this match-up, they looked comfortably in control against one of the best sides in Europe.

Daniel Sturridge made his first Champions League start since 2012, and immediately repaid Klopp's faith in him by scoring on the half an hour mark. Liverpool would double their lead minutes later, with James Milner slotting home a penalty.

The Premier-League side got complacent in the second half, allowing PSG to come back and level the score, but the Reds were relentless, and Roberto Firmino grabbed a late winner for the team, who will be hoping to go one better than last year this time around.

#1 Barcelona 4-0 PSV Eindhoven

Could Barcelona finally get the trophy away from Real Madrid

It's been four years since Barcelona have won the Champions League, and after throwing away their quarter-final against Roma in last year's tournament, the Catalan giants will be hoping they can finally snatch the trophy away from Real Madrid this year.

The La Liga champions started their campaign strongly, handing out a 4-0 spanking to the Dutch side, PSV Eindhoven.

Group B has been labelled as 'the group of death' by many journalists, but if Barcelona's opening performance is anything to go by, then they should comfortably finish top of the group.

A hat-trick from Lionel Messi and a goal from Dembele were more than enough to seal what was a very impressive opening day victory for the side.