Ct was the top match of this 4th day of the Champions League, AC Milan traveled to Real Madrid. And the Rossoneri emerged as the big winners from this clash with a score of 3 goals to 1.
Thiaw first opened the scoring with a powerful header from a corner in the 11th before Vinicius equalized from the penalty spot 12 minutes later. 5 minutes before returning to the locker room, Morata was on the lookout for a ball pushed back by Lunin and put the Milanese back in control.
In the second half, Real moved into the AC Milan camp but with a well-executed counterattack and some great collective action between Leao and Reijnders, the Dutchman made the break and sealed the score at 1-3 .
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In the other shock of this day, Liverpool largely took the measure of Leverkusen. The Premier League leader won 4-0 against the reigning Bundesliga champion thanks to a hat-trick from Luis Diaz (61st, 83rd, 92nd) and a goal from Cody Gakpo (63rd).
In the other matches of the evening, Manchester City was surprised at Sporting Clube Portugal. The Citizens largely lost 4 goals to 1. Maximiliano Araujo (46th) and Viktor Gyokeres (38th, 49th, 80th) were the scorers on the Portuguese side. Phil Foden opened the scoring after 4 minutes of play for the Skyblues. Erling Haaland missed a penalty in the 67th minute. Zeno Debast played the entire match. Jérémy Doku moved up to the 77th. Kevin De Bruyne, who had not played since September 18, made his return to competition by going up in the 84th.
For its part, Juventus was held in check on the Lille field. The Dogues opened the scoring via Jonathan David shortly before the half-hour mark but Dusan Vlahovic equalized on the hour mark from the penalty spot. Dortmund and Monaco won by the smallest margin in the final minutes against Sturm Graz and Bologna respectively. Donyell Malen scored in the 85th minute for the Germans while Thilo Kehrer planted a rose 4 minutes from time for the Monegasques.
At the same time, Arne Engels’ Celtic won 3-1 against Loïs Openda’s Leipzig. Christoph Baumgartner opened the scoring (23rd, 0-1), but Nicolas Gerrit-Kühn allowed Celtic to get back on track with an assist from Engels (35th, 1-1) then move in front (45th+1, 2-1 ) before Reo Hatate sealed the score (72nd, 3-1). Engels played 68 minutes, Openda 82. Arthur Vermeeren and Maarten Vandevoordt remained on the bench in Leipzig.
Earlier in the evening, Dinamo Zagreb won 1-4 at Slovan Bratislava. Davud Strelec opened the scoring for Slovan after 5 minutes, but Zagreb then reversed the situation. Dario Spikic quickly equalized (10th, 1-1), then Petar Susic put the Croatian team in control (30th, 1-2) before Sandro Kulenovic scored a double (54th, 1-3; 72nd, 1 -4). Siemen Voet, starting left-back with Bratislava, played his first minutes in the Champions League.
At the same time, PSV largely beat Girona 4-0. After a quarter of an hour, and after two good chances, PSV opened the scoring thanks to Ryan Flamingo, on a throw-in (16th, 1-0). At the half-hour mark, Malik Tillman was already digging the hole (33rd, 2-0). Dominated, Girona saw its hopes of coming back reduced even further with the exclusion of its captain Arnau Martinez (54th). At the end of the match, Johan Bakayoko delivered a dry strike from a short corner (83rd, 3-0) before the festival was concluded with an own goal from the unfortunate Ladislav Krejci (88th, 4-0) .
