Real Madrid produced a dramatic late comeback to defeat Roma 4-3 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, while Paris Saint-Germain claimed a thrilling 4-2 victory over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
Madrid recovered from a 3-1 deficit, scoring three goals in seven minutes to secure their second consecutive Champions League victory.
Marten de Roon gave Roma the lead in the 20th minute before Kylian Mbappé equalised five minutes later. Donyell Malen then struck twice early in the second half to put the Italian side 3-1 ahead by the 57th minute.
Madrid manager José Mourinho responded with substitutions as his team searched for a way back into the contest.
Carlos Espí reduced the deficit in the 83rd minute before Endrick headed home Arda Güler’s corner three minutes later to level the score.
Antonio Rüdiger completed the turnaround in the 90th minute, converting another Güler corner to give Madrid a dramatic 4-3 win.
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At the Etihad Stadium, PSG defeated Manchester City 4-2 in an encounter that produced six goals.
Désiré Doué and Ousmane Dembélé scored within two minutes of each other before Vitinha extended PSG’s lead to 3-0 in the 32nd minute.
Erling Haaland responded with two second-half goals for City, reducing the deficit and raising hopes of a comeback. However, Maghnes Akliouche scored PSG’s fourth to secure the victory for the visitors.
Liverpool also enjoyed a high-scoring night, beating Austrian side LASK 6-3, with Bradley Barcola recording his first hat-trick for the club.
Ronald Araújo, Jeremie Frimpong and Lewis Koumas also scored for Liverpool, while Florian Flecker netted twice and Robert Ljubičić added another for the hosts.
Aston Villa recorded the biggest victory of the evening, thrashing Fenerbahçe 6-0 at Villa Park.
Johan Manzambi opened the scoring in the 12th minute before Nicolas Jackson scored twice to give Villa a commanding half-time advantage.
Ross Barkley added two more goals after the break, including a penalty, before Tammy Abraham completed the rout in the 90th minute.
In Spain, Real Betis recovered from a second-half deficit to defeat Porto 3-2 in another dramatic encounter.
Abde Ezzalzouli put Betis ahead shortly after half-time, but Gabri Veiga and Samu Aghehowa scored to turn the match in Porto’s favour.
Cucho Hernández equalised for the Spanish side in the 74th minute before Isco converted a penalty to complete the comeback.
Feyenoord also came from behind to beat Como 3-2 in the Netherlands.
Assane Diao gave Como an early lead before Gjivai Zechiël equalised in the 20th minute. Anis Hadj Moussa then put Feyenoord ahead after the break, while an own goal by Como goalkeeper Robert Sánchez extended the hosts’ advantage.
Anastasios Douvikas scored in stoppage time for Como, but Feyenoord held on for the victory.
Norwegian side Bodø/Glimt claimed a 1-0 home win over Borussia Dortmund, with Fredrik Sjøvold scoring the decisive goal in the 52nd minute.
Shakhtar Donetsk came from behind to defeat AEK Athens 3-1. Lovro Majer put the Greek side ahead before Pedrinho equalised before half-time.
Vinicius Augusto and Gleiker Mendoza then scored late goals to secure the win for Shakhtar.
Elsewhere, Stuttgart defeated Slovan Bratislava 3-0. Deniz Undav opened the scoring in the 29th minute before an own goal by Sandro Cruz doubled the German side’s lead.
Ermedin Demirović added a third in the closing stages to complete a comfortable victory.
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