Despite this tempting display, the real shock at the top of the table was in the clash between Liverpool (9 points) and Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso (7 pts) who therefore returned to the Anfield side. If the first period did not offer the spectacle hoped for, the English stepped on the accelerator in the second half to score two goals in quick succession on the hour mark. The victory was even very large in the end thanks to two new goals (4-0).
In the upper echelons of the ranking, Manchester City (7 pts) wanted to avoid a third defeat in a row during a perilous trip to Sporting Portugal (7 pts). If Foden's quick goal reassured Guardiola, the aftermath was disastrous. A few minutes before the break, Gyokeres equalized but it was especially after the break that everything fell apart as Sporting scored two new goals in the five minutes following the restart. Haaland even missed a penalty. Worse, Gyokeres scored a third goal, a second from the penalty spot, at the end of the match. City were never able to recover and conceded another defeat (3-1).
In the other matches, we will note the good point taken by Lille against Juventus (1-1) and the important victories of Dortmund against Sturm Graz (1-0), of Celtic against Leipzig (3-1) which did not still not taken the slightest point, but also from Monaco to Bologna (0-1).
At the start of the evening, PSV won 4-0 against Girona with a superb goal from Johan Bakayoko while Dinamo Zagreb left Slovan Bratislava no chance (1-4).
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