Paris Saint-Germain earned a 4-2 win over Barcelona in an exciting Champions League game on Tuesday night and Liverpool completed their comeback over Villarreal 4-3 at Anfield.
PSG and Barcelona provided a thriller in Paris, where hosts PSG continued their perfect start to the European campaign after a pulsating second-half.
Desire Doue scored for PSG in the 41st minute after bursting through to shoot strongly following a Lamine Yamal error.
Barcelona after the interval, equalising for the visitors with a finish after a pass from Fermin Lopez, on his first Champions League appearance.
Lucas Hernandez re-established PSG’s lead when he scored from a Doue corner with a header, though Barcelona would not lie down as Yamal scored from close range.
Now back in front, Vitinha scored with a shot from the edge of the area for PSG before Fabian Ruiz broke the game open for good by making it 4-2 late on, providing the European champions with victory.
Liverpool also staged a memorable comeback at Anfield when they trailed Villarreal 2-0 early in the game.
Hosts come back to take a 4-2 lead, with goals from a second-half brace from Alexis Mac Allister and Florian Wirtz helping the hosts claw back and then go in front. Liverpool win 4-3.
Manchester City had a far more comfortable evening, as Phil Foden netted a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over AEK Athens. Meanwhile, Roma got a good result with four goals against Slovan Bratislava.
Napoli defeated Bodo/Glimt 4-3 in another match with high scoring, and PSV lost by just 1-0 at Porto.
Atletico Madrid were evened out 1-1 as 10 men while defeated away from home to Borussia Dortmund, who defeated Sabah Baku 2-1 at away from home.
Fenerbahce and Slavia Prague played out a 2-2 draw after the latter’s late leveller.
Now, though, the focus shifts to Wednesday’s matches, as Arsenal will take on Bayern Munich in one of the most exciting games of the next phase of Champions League action.
