UCL talking points: Conte's rant, Liverpool's best XI, who is Clásico-ready?

The UEFA Champions League returned with a bang this midweek arsenic Matchday 3 offered plentifulness to speech about.

We had large wins for Arsenal (4-0 vs. Atlético Madrid), Paris Saint-Germain (7-2 astatine Bayer Leverkusen), PSV Eindhoven (6-2 vs. Napoli), Barcelona (6-1 vs. Olympiacos), Chelsea (5-1 vs. Ajax Amsterdam) and Liverpool (5-1 astatine Eintracht Frankfurt).

We besides got play with Real Madrid squeaking past Juventus 1-0 acknowledgment to a Jude Bellingham winner, and respective different large clubs -- similar Manchester City and Internazionale -- collected wins to springiness the apical extremity of the array a alternatively predictable look.

So what did we glean from the enactment overall, and what person we learned from these teams? ESPN writers Mark Ogden, Julien Laurens, Tom Hamilton and Gab Marcotti connection their thoughts connected Matchday 3.

- Ogden: Isak's exit leaves country for Ekitike to beryllium Liverpool's main man
- Olley: Arsenal gain connection triumph successful Champions League vs. Atléti
- From Ballon d'Or favourite to being benched: What's going connected with Vinícius?

Barça got a pre-Clásico assurance boost by putting six past Olympiacos, but however overmuch of it was their prime -- led by Marcus Rashford, who mightiness beryllium the reply up beforehand for present -- and however overmuch was it Olympiacos being connected the receiving extremity of immoderate atrocious refereeing?

Marcotti: The expected goals astatine the clip of the sending disconnected was 1.22 to 1.00 to Barcelona, truthful that's 1 mode of looking astatine it. And then, with the other antheral for much than fractional an hour, they piled connected successful garbage clip and won 6-1.

That said, it's a mi...