Two days after a 9-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Dinamo Zagreb fired coach Sergej Jakirović on Thursday. The Croatian champion said in a statement Jakirović’s assistant Sandro Perković will take over as the interim coach.

Matchday 1 of the Champions League has come to an end and what a matchday it was. Barcelona dropped points, Manchester City and Arsenal failed to win and there were some banner results already. Bayern Munich scored nine goals to move to number one in our power rankings but how did the other teams around UCL do?

If a team endures a terrible run of form, then sacking the coach is a viable option if that club wants to turn their fortunes around. In the case of Dinamo Zagreb coach Sergej Jakirović, that was his fate as he was given the sack by his club after a crushing 9-2 defeat to Bayern Munich on the first day of the Champions League: This is not the first time that Bayern handed out a defeat to another team which culminated in sacking their coach.

Harry Kane and Bayern Munich are scoring a torrent of goals under new coach Vincent Kompany, but the England striker still thinks they're vulnerable. Despite netting four times in Bayern's record-breaking 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Tuesday,

The record 9-2 hammering by Bayern Munich in Tuesday's Champions League opener has led to Dinamo Zagreb parting ways with coach Sergej Jakirovic. A statement on Thursday said the decision was amicable.

The Zagreb match might not have been close, but on different occasions, penalties can be the difference between max points or non at all.