Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2 at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, 20 October, handing Barcelona their first defeat of the season. Lamine Yamal had equalised for the visitors in the 79th minute before Vitinha scored in the 81st, and Fabián Ruiz added a late goal shortly before the final whistle. Désiré Doué and Lucas Hernández had also scored for PSG, while Xavi Espart and Yamal found the net for Barcelona. The win left PSG level on nine points with Liverpool at the top of the league phase, ahead of Liverpool on goal difference.
Liverpool trailed Villarreal 2-0 after an early error by Virgil van Dijk, with Georges Mikautadze scoring in the fourth minute and Sergi Cardona in the 29th. Alexis Mac Allister and Ronald Araújo levelled before half-time, and Florian Wirtz gave the hosts the lead in the second half, with Mac Allister scoring again. Rio Ngumoha, aged 18, was a prominent figure in the Liverpool attack. Tani Oluwaseyi pulled one back for Villarreal late in the match, but Liverpool held on for their third win from three matches.
Manchester City beat AEK Athens 5-1 at the Etihad Stadium without Erling Haaland, with Phil Foden scoring in the 34th, 65th and 76th minutes for his first Champions League hat-trick. Elliot Anderson opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Rayan Cherki added a goal in the 57th, while Stavros Pilios replied for AEK in the 52nd. Jérémy Doku stayed on the bench for the whole match. At Napoli, Matteo Politano scored in the first minute, but Jens Petter Hauge equalised for Bodø/Glimt in the 27th. Scott McTominay restored Napoli's lead before half-time, with a pass from Kevin De Bruyne setting up the goal, and Andreas Helmersen levelled after the break. McTominay scored again in the second half, an Odin Bjørtuft own goal followed late on, and Sondre Brunstad Fet made it 4-3 in added time. McTominay had missed about a month after a procedure in early September to treat an irregular heartbeat, and the win gave Napoli their first points of the campaign under head coach Massimiliano Allegri.
Roma beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0, with goals from Mario Hermoso, Nahuel Molina, Niccolò Pisilli and a penalty by Donyell Malen. PSV Eindhoven won 1-0 at Porto, with Guus Til scoring in the 57th minute, leaving Porto without a win and in 33rd place in the league phase. Borussia Dortmund beat Sabah 2-1 in Baku, with Serhou Guirassy scoring twice. Atlético Madrid drew 1-1 at Stuttgart after Jamie Leweling scored in the 36th minute and Julian Alvarez equalised in the 47th, his first goal of the season. Morten Hjulmand was sent off for Atlético, who finished the final half hour with ten men. Fenerbahce led Slavia Prague 2-0 early on through Aydin and Greenwood, but Pavel Kacor's volley in the 90th minute gave Slavia a 2-2 draw.
After the third round, Liverpool and PSG each have nine points, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund six, PSV Eindhoven four, and AEK Athens and Villarreal three each, according to the reported figures.
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Liverpool came back from 2-0 down to beat Villarreal 4-3 at Anfield, while Phil Foden scored a hat-trick in Manchester City's 5-1 win over AEK Athens on Tuesday, 20 October.
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