Barcelona striker Thierry Henry would be forgiven for having a sly look at results elsewhere in Europe despite the Catalans' convincing 3-0 Champions League Group E win over Lyon on Wednesday.
After one of the biggest transfer deals of the summer, and a subsequent long wait to find his scoring boots, Henry finally ended his Spanish goal drought with an injury-time goal that moved Barcelona top of their group.
Henry has now scored 43 goals in the Champions League and sits fourth in the competition's all-time list behind Raul (57), Ruud van Nistelrooy (50), and Andrei Shevchenko (47).
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But loyal fans would be quick to point out that most of Henry's goals were scored with Arsenal, who at Emirates stadium continued to impress in his absence with a 3-0 win over Sevilla in Group H.
Buoyed by manager Arsene Wenger's further two-year commitment to the club in spite of Henry's departure in the summer, the Gunners were fully deserving of the win over the two-time defending UEFA Cup champions.
Premiership rivals Manchester United were not to be outdone, securing a 1-0 away win at Sporting Lisbon, the first for an English club at Sporting, courtesy of their former starlet Cristiano Ronaldo.
Rangers were celebrating with a deserved 2-1 win over German champions VfB Stuttgart.
The blue half of Glasgow will undoubtedly awake with a smile on its face following arch rivals Celtic's 2-0 humbling at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.
One of the biggest shocks of the night came in Istanbul, were Fenerbahce found delight in a 1-0 victory over Italian champions Inter Milan.
Inter coach Roberto Mancini said: "They were better throughout the 90 minutes and deserved to win. We didn't really play well and should have done better."
PSV Eindhoven's 2-0 win over CSKA Moscow at home moved them top of Group G ahead of the Turks, who had striker Deivid to thank for their 43rd minute winner for which Inter had no response.
Elsewhere Serie A leaders Roma continued their impressive form, moving top of Group F ahead of Manchester United thanks to a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kiev.
Slavia Prague made a positive start to their first appearance in the group stages, the Czechs' 2-1 win over Steaua Bucharest moving them to second in Group H behind Arsenal.
Barcelona, meanwhile, were given a boost by Lyon, who have slowly begun to find their rhythm on the domestic front but just couldn't muster an attacking formation against the Spanish league giants.
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