MANCHESTER: Manchester City suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at home to Olympique Lyonnais in their opening Champions League Group F game on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Captain Paul Pogba produced an outstanding performance garnished by two goals to help Manchester United to a resounding 3-0 win at Swiss debutants Young Boys Bern in their Group H opener.
UEFA Champions League
Wednesday's Results
GROUP E
Ajax 3-0 AEK Athens
Benfica 0-2 Bayern Munich
GROUP F
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 1899 Hoffenheim
Manchester City 1-2 Lyon
GROUP G
Real Madrid 3-0 Roma
Viktoria Plzen 2-2 CSKA Moscow
GROUP H
Valencia 0-2 Juventus
Young Boys 0-3 Manchester United
Tuesday's Results
GROUP A
Club Brugge 0-1 Borussia Dortmund
Monaco 1-2 Atletico Madrid
GROUP B
Barcelona 4-0 PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
GROUP C
Red Star Belgrade 0-0 Napoli
Liverpool 3-2 Paris Saint Germain
GROUP D
FC Schalke 04 1-1 FC Porto
Galatasaray 3-0 Lokomotiv Moscow
Lyon took the lead from City in the 26th minute through Maxwel Cornet, who drove home after Fabian Delph made a hash of clearing a Nabil Fekir cross from the left.
With the suspended City manager Pep Guardiola forced to watch from the stands, Fekir the made it 2-0 to the French side in the 43rd minute with a sweetly struck drive after being set-up by Memphis Depay.
It could have been 3-0 when Depay hit the post on the hour but after that let-off City earned themselves a lifeline through Bernardo Silva, who produced a smart finish after a superb jinking run from substitute Leroy Sane.
Lyon, however, smothered City's attack well and kept chances to a minimum in the latter stages as they held on for an impressive victory.
At Bern, United's Pogba bossed midfield on the artificial pitch and fired United ahead in the 35th minute with a goal of the highest quality, drilling a left-foot shot into the top corner from the edge of the penalty area after side-stepping his marker.
The France World Cup winner made it 2-0 with a contentious 44th-minute penalty, harshly awarded by German referee Deniz Aytekin after Luke Shaw's cross struck Kevin Mbabu's arm as the defender tried to avoid contact.
A darting run by Pogba midway through the second half released Anthony Martial and the forward scored with a clinical finish from eight metres after his compatriot's good work left him with time and space to find the back of the net.
Roared on by a vocal home crowd, Young Boys charged at United in the opening 30 minutes, forcing two saves by David De Gea as the Spain goalkeeper kept out long-range efforts from Mohamed Ali Camara and Christian Fassnacht.
United's defence looked vulnerable on either flank to the home team's breakaways, although 19-year-old Portuguese right back Diogo Dalot showed pace going forward on his debut for the Premier League side.
After Marcus Rashford clipped the outside of the post with a flicked shot in the 22nd minute, United's nerves were settled when Pogba broke the deadlock out of nothing thanks to a piece of sublime individual skill.
Young Boys' hopes of a comeback evaporated after Pogba confidently converted the penalty and Martial, enjoying a rare start up front, made no mistake at the near post as United maintained cruise control in the second half.