Champions League Roundup: Madrid's Late Winner, Liverpool Stunned, Como's Record-Tying 9-1 Rout
Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League league phase concluded Wednesday with nine games: Real Madrid edged AEK Athens 3-2, Fenerbahçe stunned Liverpool 3-2, Como routed Lens 9-1 to equal the competition's single-game scoring record, Manchester City beat RB Leipzig 3-2, and Arsenal stayed unbeaten with a 2-1 win at Slavia Prague.
In Athens, Koita put AEK ahead in the 12th minute and Jude Bellingham levelled in the 32nd. Pilios restored the hosts' lead in the 75th, Kylian Mbappé equalised three minutes later, and Federico Valverde struck a stunning winner at 90+2 to keep Madrid perfect through four matches.
Liverpool led twice in Istanbul but held each lead for only four minutes, falling 3-2 to Dirk Kuyt's Fenerbahçe for their first defeat of the campaign.
Cesc Fàbregas's Como became only the second team ever to score nine in a Champions League game, Tasos Douvikas netting a hat-trick among seven different scorers in the 9-1 demolition of Lens. City won in Leipzig through a Lukeba own goal plus goals from Enzo Fernández and Erling Haaland, while David Raya's clean sheet survived until the 90th minute in Arsenal's 2-1 win.
Elsewhere: Borussia Dortmund beat Real Betis 2-1, Porto thrashed Napoli 4-1 with Rafa Marín sent off, PSV lost 2-1 to Club Brugge, and Viking earned their first-ever Champions League win, 4-1 over Sabah. The matchday produced 70 goals across 18 games.
(Source: UEFA)
Source: UEFA
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