Champions League round-up: Vinicius Jr hits hat-trick in Real Madrid comeback

Elsewhere Paris Saint-Germain’s weaknesses on the biggest stage were once again exposed as they were held 1-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven.

COMEBACK KINGS: Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior celebrates. Pic: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez.

Real Madrid fought back from two goals down as Vinicius Jr grabbed a hat-trick in a thrilling 5-2 win over visitors Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

In a rematch of last-season’s final, Dortmund lit up the game with a two-goal blitz around the half-hour mark from Donyell Malen and Jamie Gittens to silence the Bernabeu crowd.

However, the champions were livelier after the break and broke Dortmund’s resistance with Antonio Ruediger’s header on the hour before Vinicius equalised with a close-range strike.

Lucas Vazquez put Real ahead in the 83rd minute with an unstoppable strike after a counter-attack and Vinicius, with two magnificent pieces of individual brilliance, wrapped up the win to leave his side level with Dortmund on six points from three games.

Girona full back Miguel Gutierrez scored in the first half and defender Juanpe added a second from a free kick in the 73rd minute as they beat visitors Slovan Bratislava 2-0 to record their first victory in the Champions League.

Paris Saint-Germain’s weaknesses on the biggest stage were once again exposed as they were held 1-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven.

The Ligue 1 leaders salvaged a point when Achraf Hakimi’s second-half strike cancelled out Noa Lang’s opener, leaving Luis Enrique’s side on four points after three games.

VfB Stuttgart claimed an impressive 1-0 win at Juventus thanks to El Bilal Toure’s stoppage-time strike as the hosts suffered their first loss this season.

The German side, without a win in the competition so far, had been more aggressive and got their reward in the 92nd minute when substitute Toure finally beat Juve’s back-up goalkeeper Mattia Perin, who was by far the Italians’ best player.

Stuttgart had wasted a golden chance to take the lead four minutes from time when Perin saved Enzo Millot’s penalty after a VAR check for a Danilo foul on Anthony Rouault, with the Brazilian defender picking up a second yellow card.

The visitors also saw Deniz Undav’s effort disallowed early in the second half for handball by the Germany striker.

Earlier in the day Monaco, and former Liverpool, forward Takumi Minamino netted a double as they overpowered visitors Red Star Belgrade 5-1 to advance to seven points.

AC Milan secured their first points with a 3-1 home win over Belgian champions Club Brugge with Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders scoring twice in the second half after Christian Pulisic opened the scoring with a direct goal from a corner kick.

Brugge were reduced to 10 men in the 40th when midfielder Raphael Onyedika was sent off for a foul on Reijnders following a lengthy VAR check.