Champions League: Manchester City and Real Madrid sink! Liverpool without mercy

Sporting and AC Milan created a surprise on Tuesday evening in the Champions League by beating Manchester City (4-1) and Real Madrid (3-1) respectively. Viktor Gyökeres scored a hat-trick for the Portuguese. Liverpool, for their part, were merciless with Granit Xhaka’s Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield Road (4-0). In the “Swiss derby”, Monaco won against Bologna (1-0) thanks to an assist from Breel Embolo.

Liverpool continued their flawless run in the Champions League. The Reds beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 on Matchday 4 to take the top spot with 12 points.

After a difficult first period, during which the Germans were slightly superior, Liverpool increased the pace. Bayer’s resistance was broken in the space of a few minutes with the successes of Diaz (61st) and Gakpo (65th).

Very successful, Diaz added even more to the bill (83rd/92nd). Granit Xhaka, at the heart of the game for the visitors, is still waiting to leave Anfield Road as a winner.

Defeat of Real

The match between Real Madrid and AC Milan, the two most successful clubs in the competition with fifteen and seven crowns respectively, resulted in a big surprise. The Italian visitors (with Noah Okafor from the 77th minute) won 3-1 against a Real side who were definitely not at their best these days, like Mbappé and Bellingham.

Thiaw (12th), Morata (39th) and Reijnders (73rd) scored the Rossoneri goals. From the penalty spot, Vinicius equalized (23rd). With 6 points, the Merengue have a little to worry about before their next match, which will send them to Liverpool…

Manchester City fessé

Before joining Manchester United, Ruben Amorim led Sporting Lisbon for their last big match, against… Manchester City. The Portuguese technician offered a superb gift to the supporters since his future ex-team beat the Citizens (with Manuel Akanji) 4-1.

The English opened the scoring with Foden (4th), but Sporting was able to react. Goals from Gyökeres (38th/49th pen/80th pen) and Araujo (46th) brought Pep Guardiola’s men to the ground. Haaland missed a penalty which would have brought his team within range of their opponents (69th). Manchester City thus conceded a third consecutive defeat in all competitions: rare enough to be underlined.

Monaco wins late

The Swiss derby between Bologna (with Remo Freuler and Dan Ndoye) and AS Monaco (with Breel Embolo) smiled on the Principality’s players. They won 1-0 thanks to a success from Kehrer served by Embolo in the 87th. Adi Hütter’s team has 10 points, just like Sporting.

After successively beating Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, Lille did not achieve a third feat. At home, the French scored 1-1 against Juventus.

RB Leipzig, for their part, suffered a fourth defeat in a row. In Glasgow, the Germans lost 3-1 against a surprising Celtic.

Finally, Borussia Dortmund, without the injured Gregor Kobel, won by the smallest of scores (1-0) against the Austrians from Sturm Graz.