Arsenal and Manchester City won significant Champions League matches on Wednesday, but Liverpool slumped to their first defeat of the group stage after a 3-2 defeat at Fenerbahce in Istanbul.
The Reds looked set to secure yet another European triumph after building up a 2-1 advantage only for Fenerbahce to draw level and then snatch all three points.
Teenager Trey Nyoni put Liverpool ahead before Mason Greenwood scored an unfortunate deflected free-kick to earn a point for the visitors. AEK came from behind to draw 2-2 with Borussia Dortmund, before Real Madrid, inspired by Jude Bellingham, fought back from 2-0 down to beat AEK Athens 3-2 – Federico Valverde with the late winner.
Arsenal and City maintain winning runs
Arsenal extended their unbeaten run in the Champions League by beating Slavia Prague 2-1 in the Czech Republic.
Noni Madueke opened the scoring for Gunners before Viktor Gyokeres struck a second to put the visitors further ahead. Slavia pulled one back deep into stoppage time to make things a little nervy for Mikel Arteta’s side in the final moments of the game.
Manchester City also secured a hard-fought away victory, defeating RB Leipzig in a thrilling encounter. Erling Haaland scored a late winner to seal the points after both sides traded goals.
In other group stage action, the record books were made to be broken as Como registered one of the biggest margins of victory in Champions League history when hammering Lens 9-1.
FC Porto secured their opening points of the campaign with a 4-1 win at Napoli, and Borussia Dortmund snatched their first win to hand Real Betis their first defeat of the tournament.
Club Brugge also saw off PSV while Viking beat Sabah comfortably.
Round four brought significant shifts in the league-phase table, with Arsenal, Manchester City and Real Madrid increasing their leads as the group stage approaches the knockout qualification battle.
