Both Real Madrid, the Spanish champion, and Manchester City, the English club, suffered a harsh loss to the Italian Milan, 1-3, and the Portuguese Sporting, 1-4, respectively, while the other English team, Liverpool, continued its journey with a full score by defeating the German Bayer Leverkusen, 4-0, on Tuesday in the fourth round of the Champions League. Europe Football.
At the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Milan dealt an additional blow to Real Madrid, which came from a 4-0 loss in the local league at home to its rival Barcelona.
Real suffered its second defeat in the competition, after the first in the second round against French Lille (0-1), so its score froze at 6 points.
With only its second victory in its eighth visit to Real Stadium in the continental competition, Milan seemed to have regained its balance after the two defeats in the first two rounds against Liverpool of England 1-3 and Bayer Leverkusen of Germany 0-1, achieving its second victory in a row after the first against Club Brugge of Belgium (3- 1).
Milan took the lead in the 12th minute with a header by German defender Malick Thiao, then Real pressed hard in search of an equalizer, but was collided with the brilliance of French goalkeeper Mike Magnane, before Brazilian Vinicius snatched a penalty kick from his compatriot Emerson Royal, who put it into the net himself in the “Panenka” style ( 23).
Former Real Madrid player Alvaro Morata put Milan back in front after he was in the right place to follow up on a shot that was blocked by Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin by Portuguese Rafael Leao (39).
The first half ended with the Royal hosts falling behind, who pressed at the beginning of the second, but were close several times to receiving the third goal until it happened through Dutchman Tijani Reinders (73).
Amorim falls Seti
In Lisbon, coach Ruben Amorim led his current team, Sporting of Portugal, to deepen the wounds of Manchester City by beating them 4-1, including a hat-trick by Swedish Victor Guerkerich, a few days before he took over the coaching helm for neighbor United.
This is the third loss in a row for the men of Spanish coach Pep Guardiola in various competitions, after they fell by one score (1-2) to Tottenham in the League Cup final and Bournemouth in the Premier League.
This is also the first loss for City in the continental competition, so its score froze at seven points from two wins and a draw, while Sporting achieved its third victory, raising its score to 10 points.
As of November 11, Amorim will take over the task of coaching Manchester United, whose Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag was dismissed from his position last Monday and his compatriot and assistant Ruud van Nistelrooy was appointed in his place on a temporary basis.
City scored early when Phil Foden snatched a ball from Japanese Hidemasa Morita in the middle of his team’s field, penetrated into the area and shot it powerfully with his left hand to the right of Uruguayan goalkeeper Franco (4).
After opportunities for both teams, especially City, Gueckeres equalized when he received a ball inside the area from Giovanni Quinda and shot it with his left hand to the right of Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson (38).
Sporting surprised its guest with an early goal at the beginning of the second half when Pedro Gonçalves passed the ball to Araujo inside the area, and he shot it powerfully with his left hand between Ederson’s legs (46).
Sporting won a penalty kick after Trincao was obstructed by Croatian Joshko Gvardiol, and Gjokeris successfully scored it (49).
City won a penalty kick as a result of a handball by Ivorian defender Ousmane Diomande, and Haaland shot it with a strong left foot that hit the crossbar outside the field (69).
Mozambican substitute Jenny Catamo snatched a second penalty kick for Sporting after being blocked by Portuguese Matheus Nunesh, so Guquerès took it again and shot it successfully (81).
Full marks for Liverpool
At Anfield, Liverpool continued its out-of-the-ordinary trend with a fourth successive victory over its German guest, Bayer Leverkusen, 4-0, including a hat-trick for Colombian Luis Dias.
It is the fourth win in a row for Liverpool, and it is at the top with 12 points, three points ahead of its former partner, compatriot Aston Villa, who is visiting Club Brugge of Belgium on Wednesday at the end of the fourth round.
Liverpool has prepared well for the expected fiery summit against its guest, Aston Villa, next Sunday in the local league, which is at the top of the standings.
On the other hand, Leverkusen suffered its first loss in the tournament, compared to two wins and a draw.
Liverpool was upset by the return of its former midfielder, the current Spanish coach of Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso, to Anfield, the stronghold of the club for which he defended from 2004 until 2009.
After a fruitless first half, despite some opportunities, Dias succeeded in giving Liverpool the lead when he received a ball creeping behind the defense from Curtis Jones, so he penetrated into the area and played it into the goal (61).
Dutchman Cody Khakpo added a second goal with a header from close range following a cross pass to Egyptian Mohamed Salah (63), who continued his gift and passed a similar cross from the right side to Dias this time, so he prepared it for himself and shot it with his right into the goal (83).
The Colombian international concluded the festival with his third and fourth personal goals for his team following a counterattack that was ended by Uruguayan international substitute Darwin Nunes with a powerful shot that bounced off Finnish goalkeeper Lukasz Hradecki and set up in front of the unmarked Dias, who followed it into the empty goal (2+90).
Dortmund wins and Juventus draws
Dortmund compensated for the defeat against Real by defeating Austria’s Sturm Graz with a goal by Dutch substitute Doniel Malen (85), achieving its third victory.
After losing in the last round at home to Stuttgart, Germany, 0-1, Italian Juventus saved a point, raising its score to seven, by tying with its French host, Lille, which has the same score, with a goal by Serbian Dusan Vlahovic (60 from a penalty kick) versus a goal by Canadian Jonathan David (27). ).
Scottish Celtic deepened the wounds of its German guest, Leipzig, and inflicted their fourth defeat in a row, achieving their second victory, after turning a deficit against them into a 3-1 win, while Monaco raised its score to 9 points by defeating its Italian host, Bologna (one point), with a goal by German Thilo Kehrer (86). ).
Dutch PSV Eindhoven achieved its first victory over Spanish Girona 4-0 in a match the latter completed with ten players, while Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb turned its deficit against its Slovakian host Slovan Bratislava into a 4-1 victory.
