Football · Lens, Istanbul, and Athens
Como routs Lens 9:1 in Champions League as Liverpool lose 3:2 at Fenerbahce
Como won 9:1 away at Lens on Wednesday, 4 November, the biggest away win in Champions League history according to SRF. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Dortmund and Arsenal also won, while Liverpool lost 3:2 at Fenerbahce, their first dropped points of the league phase.
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In brief
Como scored nine goals at Lens on Wednesday, 4 November, after leading 3:0 at halftime, with Anastasios Douvikas scoring three and Nico Paz scoring once and assisting twice.
Liverpool lost 3:2 at Fenerbahce, with Vedat Muriqi scoring the winner in the 79th minute after Liverpool had led twice.
Real Madrid beat AEK Athens 3:2, with Federico Valverde scoring in the 92nd minute, extending their run to seven straight wins across competitions.
Erling Haaland scored in the 78th minute as Manchester City beat RB Leipzig 3:2 after Leipzig had equalised twice in the second half.
- 65th minuteRuben Aguilar pulls one back for Lens, 7-1
- 69th minuteBaturina scores, Como 8-1 ahead
- 91st minutePapaccioli scores, final score 9-1
Como rout Lens 9:1
Como won 9:1 at Lens on Wednesday, 4 November, the biggest away win in Champions League history according to SRF. The Champions League debutant was already 3:0 up at halftime, and Anastasios Douvikas scored three goals while Nico Paz added one goal and two assists. Ruben Aguilar pulled one back for Lens at 1:7 in the 65th minute, a consequence SRF called a footnote. Blick noted that Liverpool's 7:0 win at Maribor on 17 October 2017 was no longer the best away result, and that seven different Como players found the net.
Douvikas, who has scored in every Champions League match this season according to Blick, now has six goals and leads the scorers' list. Como were playing their fourth match and had won three of them, coached by Cesc Fabregas. The Italian side's goals came at a steady pace, with the tenth and final goal of the night arriving in the 91st minute.
- Anastasios Douvikas
- 3 goals
- Nico Paz
- 1 goals
- da Cunha
- 1 goals
- Kempf
- 1 goals
- Liberali
- 1 goals
- Baturina
- 1 goals
- Papaccioli
- 1 goals
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Real Madrid and Manchester City win late
Real Madrid beat AEK Athens 3:2 at the Agia Sophia Stadium. Aboubakary Koïta gave the Greek side the lead after 12 minutes, and Jude Bellingham equalised for Real before Stavros Pilios put the hosts ahead again around the 75th minute. Kylian Mbappé levelled once more, and Federico Valverde struck from distance in the 92nd minute. According to The Guardian, the win gave Real seven straight victories across all competitions and a 100% start in the group phase, while Blick reported that Real held 70% of the ball over the match.
Manchester City won 3:2 at RB Leipzig, with Erling Haaland scoring in the 78th minute. Leipzig had equalised twice in the second half through Ridle Baku and Antonio Nusa, according to Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Arsenal won 2:1 at Slavia Prague.
Liverpool lose at Fenerbahce
Liverpool lost 3:2 at Fenerbahce in Istanbul, which Watson described as the first dropped points of their league phase. Trey Nyoni (25th minute) and Alexander Isak (69th minute) put Liverpool ahead twice, but Mason Greenwood (29th minute) and Archie Brown (73rd minute) equalised each time. Vedat Muriqi headed the winner in the 79th minute. Three days earlier, Liverpool had lost 1:0 at Arsenal in the Premier League, and coach Andoni Iraola's side gave up the lead twice in Turkey.
Dortmund, Brugge, Porto and the rest
Dortmund beat Betis Sevilla 2:1 at home, and Betis had started the competition with three wins. Fábio Silva scored in the 49th minute, Ruibal equalised in the 67th, and Konstantinos Karetsas won it in the 72nd after replacing the injured Serhou Guirassy early on. Gregor Kobel was in goal for Dortmund. At PSV Eindhoven, Brugge won 2:1, with Yann Sommer making saves until Carlos Forbs scored the winner after roughly an hour. Porto beat Napoli 4:1, with Napoli, who have three points from four games, losing Marín to a red card in the 88th minute. Stavanger beat Sabah 4:1 in the same round.
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Sources and context
- der StandardCL wins for Real, ManCity, BVB, ArsenalCL-Siege für Real, ManCity, BVB, Arsenal - Como gewann 9:1 · original in German
- Neue Zürcher ZeitungChampions League: Record win for Como, first defeat for LiverpoolChampions League: Rekordsieg für Como, erste Niederlage für Liverpool · original in German
- watson.ch/Dortmund holds the lead against Betis +++ Como gifts Lens 9 (!) goalsDortmund bringt die Führung gegen Betis über die Zeit +++ Como schenkt Lens 9 (!) Tore ein · original in German
- Blick.chChampions League newcomer Como ensures a historic eveningCL-Neuling Como sorgt für historischen Abend · original in German
- Cesc Fabregas
- Como coach
- Anastasios Douvikas
- Como forward who scored three goals at Lens
- Nico Paz
- Como player who scored one goal and assisted two at Lens
- Federico Valverde
- Real Madrid midfielder who scored the winner at AEK Athens
- Erling Haaland
- Manchester City striker who scored the winner in Leipzig
- Vedat Muriqi
- Fenerbahce forward who scored the winner against Liverpool
- Andoni Iraola
- Liverpool coach
- Gregor Kobel
- Dortmund goalkeeper
- Organizations
- Real Madrid CF
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