Thiaw helps Milan win away at Real – Sporting shoots Man City

Real Madrid have already suffered their second defeat of this Champions League season. The defending champions lost 1:3 (1:2) against AC Milan. Manchester City and coach Pep Guardiola also had to surprisingly admit defeat and lost clearly 1:4 (1:1) at Sporting Lisbon.

In a balanced first half at Real, Milan took the lead through German central defender Malick Thiaw after a corner (12th), before Vinícius Júnior equalized with a converted penalty kick (23rd). Of all people, ex-Madrilenian Álvaro Morata put the guests back in front with a goal before the break (39'). Tijjani Reijnders completed the deserved away win in the 73rd minute.

With six points from four games, Real are only in the middle of the table after half of the preliminary round and have to worry about direct qualification for the round of 16.

Haaland misses a penalty

It was also a bitter defeat for ManCity. Phil Foden scored the early 1-0 for the English champions (4th), but they missed further chances. Guardiola's team got the reward for this through Viktor Gyökeres, who completed a counterattack with the flattering equalizer (38th).

And things got even worse for the guests: First Maxi Araujo scored (46th), then Gyökeres increased the score with a penalty (49th). With his third goal – again from a penalty – the Swede made the final score (81st). Erling Haaland had previously hit the crossbar with a penalty for City. Manchester is still in the top third of the table with seven points.

Kehrer scores late for Monaco

Meanwhile, Juventus Turin couldn't get past a 1-1 (0-1) draw at OSC Lille. Very late, AS Monaco was able to celebrate the 1-0 (0-0) win against FC Bologna. German defender Thilo Kehrer pushed an extended corner over the line at the second post (86th).

The results:

Sporting Lissabon – Manchester City 4:1 (1:1)

OSC Lille – Juventus Turin 1:1 (1:0)

Real Madrid – AC Milan 1:3 (1:2)

PSV Eindhoven – FC Girona 4:0 (2:0)

Slovan Bratislava – Dinamo Zagreb 1:4 (1:2)

FC Bologna – AS Monaco 0:1 (0:0)

Borussia Dortmund – Sturm Graz 1:0 (0:0) – click here for the match report

FC Liverpool – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4:0 (0:0) – click here for the match report

Celtic Glasgow – RB Leipzig 3:1 (2:1) – click here for the match report

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