Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2, Liverpool took down LASK Linz 6-3, and Real Madrid made a late comeback to edge out Roma 4-3, all on a great night of Champions League football on Wednesday.
PSG, the European champions, demonstrated their pedigree with three first-half goals from an impressive display of power and control at the Etihad.
Desire Doue was the first to score and then Ousmane Dembele added the second goal for the visitors. Vitinha increased the lead to three with a glorious shot from the penalty box.
Maghnes Akliouche further narrowed the deficit after the interval to pile pressure on City. Haaland strikes again to spark City but they don’t complete the comeback.
Liverpool and Real Madrid provide late excitement
Liverpool continued their clean sheet in the league phase with a 6-3 win against LASK in Austria. Bradley Barcola grabbed the headlines with a hat-trick, with Ronald Araujo, Jeremie Frimpong and Lewis Koumas also netting for the Reds.
LASK managed to claw back three second-half goals but could not rescue a win for themselves.
On the other hand, Real Madrid came from behind to beat Roma 4-3 by scoring three times in the final eight minutes.
Kylian Mbappe drew Madrid level with the penalty before Donyell Malen added his second to put Roma in front. Madrid equalized deep into stoppage time through Antonio Rudiger only for the visitors to grab a winner from the home side’s response.
Aston Villa heroics as Dortmund defeated
Aston Villa beat Fenerbahce 6-0, while Borussia Dortmund were eliminated after losing 1-0 to Bodo/Glimt.
The evening of European football continued as Feyenoord beat Como 3-2, for a game filled with goals.
