Watching Champions League football on a Thursday night is like seeing a polar bear in Ibiza — deeply jarring, probably a signifier of the endtimes, but, in the moment, actually pretty diverting.So it was on the third night of this mega matchday slash matchweek. On paper, the six fixtures held less appeal than the Tuesday and Wednesday offerings. But what they lacked in big-ticket intrigue, they made up for in goals — 23 of them, taking the total across all 18 first-round games to 69, an average of 3.83 per match — and an explosive late-night HR crisis, about which more presently.Manchester United were among the big winners of the night, brushing Champions League debutants Sabah aside to win their first game in this competition in over a thousand days. It was similarly plain sailing for Bayern Munich, who walloped slash-happy Bodo/Glimt, and for Como, everybody’s new favourite team.Elsewhere there was a dramatic late comeback by French upstarts Lens against Slavia Prague, while Roma and Shakhtar Donetsk picked up creditable points away to Fenerbahce and PSV Eindhoven respectively.Matchday 1 results on September 10Fenerbahce 1-1 Roma
PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Bayern Munich 5-0 Bodo/Glimt
