Champions League matchday 2, Wednesday: PSG win at City, Real Madrid score three late in Rome, Villa hit Fenerbahçe for six

Nine matches and 46 goals closed matchday 2. Paris Saint-Germain were three up at Manchester City after 32 minutes and won 4–2; Real Madrid trailed AS Roma 3–1 with seven minutes left and won 4–3; Aston Villa beat Fenerbahçe 6–0, and Liverpool scored six at LASK. There were five home wins, four away wins and no draws, and eleven goals came from substitutes. Nine clubs now have six points from two matches.

The early kick-offs

Feyenoord 3–2 Como: Assane Diao put Como ahead on 18 from Jacobo Ramón's pass and went off five minutes later. Gjivai Zechiel equalised on 20 from Luciano Valente's pass, and Anis Hadj Moussa scored on 52, set up by the half-time substitute Gaoussou Diarra. Robert Sánchez's own goal on 81 made it 3–1 to Feyenoord, and the substitute Anastasios Douvikas's goal on 90+3 came too late. Como had more of the ball, 52 per cent, and five shots on target, as many as Feyenoord.

LASK 3–6 Liverpool: Ronald Araujo scored on 22 from Konstantinos Tsimikas's pass, and Bradley Barcola on 24 from Lewis Koumas's and on 37 from Florian Wirtz's. Jeremie Frimpong scored the fourth on 51 from Tsimikas. Robert Ljubicic, a minute after coming on, scored for LASK on 63; Barcola completed his hat-trick on 66 from Frimpong's pass, and Koumas, also from Frimpong, made it 6–1 on 72. Florian Flecker, on at half-time, then scored twice in three minutes, on 74 and 77, both from Yvan Dibango's passes. Sky Sports reports that these were Barcola's first goals for Liverpool, six appearances after his £123m move from Paris Saint-Germain, and that Koumas led the line with Alexander Isak out; Liverpool's 19 first-half shots were a Champions League record for an away side. Liverpool had 26 shots in all.

The evening

Manchester City 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain: Désiré Doué scored on 13 from Fabián Ruiz's pass and set up Ousmane Dembélé on 15, and Vitinha made it 3–0 on 32 from Warren Zaïre-Emery's. Two half-time substitutes made City's goals: Iliman Ndiaye crossed for Erling Haaland on 53, and after Maghnes Akliouche had restored PSG's three-goal lead on 62 from Dembélé's pass, Ayyoub Bouaddi set up Haaland's second on 75. Ferran Torres, a PSG substitute, missed a penalty on 90. City had 27 shots to 15, but PSG put ten of theirs on target. Sky Sports notes it was City's first defeat of the season, with Pep Guardiola, their former manager, watching from the stands; "Two goals in two minutes created some problems for us," Enzo Maresca said.

AS Roma 3–4 Real Madrid: Marten de Roon put Roma ahead on 20 from Matías Soulé's pass, and Kylian Mbappé equalised on 25 from Yan Diomande's, on his 100th Champions League appearance, AFP notes. Donyell Malen scored on 51 from the half-time substitute Rodrigo Mora's pass and on 57 from Soulé's, a goal VAR confirmed. Madrid's bench turned it round: Carlos Espí scored on 83, five minutes after coming on, and Endrick on 85 from the pass of Arda Güler, who had come on with him at 59; Antonio Rüdiger won it on 90, also from Güler's pass. According to AFP, all three late goals came from corners, Rüdiger is a former Roma defender, and the Olimpico crowd honoured José Mourinho, Madrid's coach, who led Roma for two and a half years.

Aston Villa 6–0 Fenerbahçe: Johan Manzambi scored on 12, and Nicolas Jackson on 31 from Boubacar Kamara's pass and on 39 from Ross Barkley's. Barkley scored a penalty on 68 and another on 72 from Ibrahim Mbaye's pass, and the substitute Tammy Abraham made it six on 90, set up by Alysson, another substitute. Villa had eleven shots on target from 20. AFP calls it Villa's biggest European win, and their first home win of the season; Manzambi, 21, scored on his Champions League debut and on his birthday.

Real Betis 3–2 FC Porto: Borja Sainz had a goal ruled out by VAR for Porto on 42. Abde Ezzalzouli scored on 47 from Fran García's pass, and Porto turned it round with Gabri Veiga on 54 and the substitute Samuel Aghehowa on 61, from Pepê. Cucho Hernández, on at 62, equalised on 74 from Antony's pass, and Isco scored a penalty on 84, awarded after a VAR check. Real Betis had 17 shots to eleven; Porto have lost both matches.

Bodø/Glimt 1–0 Borussia Dortmund: Fredrik Sjøvold scored the only goal on 52 from Sondre Auklend's pass. Borussia Dortmund made four changes on the hour and had nine corners to four, but four shots on target. Bodø/Glimt have their first points.

Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 AEK Athens: Lovro Majer put AEK Athens ahead on 28 from Stavros Pilios's pass, and Pedrinho equalised with a penalty on 34 after VAR confirmed the award. Vinícius Tobias scored on 80 from Alisson's pass, and Gleiker Mendoza, on at 63, made it 3–1 on 86 from Isaque, who came on with him. Shakhtar Donetsk are unbeaten after two matches, with four points.

Slovan Bratislava 0–3 VfB Stuttgart: Deniz Undav scored on 29 from Angelo Stiller's pass, Sandro Cruz turned the ball into his own net on 64, and Ermedin Demirović scored on 90 from Lorenz Assignon's pass, both substitutes. Slovan Bratislava had 15 shots and one on target. VfB Stuttgart have six points and have conceded once.

The table after matchday 2

Every club has now played twice. Nine have won both: PSG, Barcelona and Aston Villa lead on six points and a goal difference of +7, PSG ahead on goals scored with ten, followed by Stuttgart, Liverpool, Sporting CP, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Real Betis. Bayern München and Shakhtar Donetsk have four. Eight clubs have no points, among them Inter, Napoli and Porto; Slovan Bratislava are 36th with a goal difference of −8. The full standings are on the Champions League page.

Numbers to know

• 46 goals on Wednesday, 78 across the two nights of matchday 2.
• Eleven goals by ten substitutes; Flecker scored two.
• Nine goals in Linz, the most of the night, and seven in Rome.
• Two own goals, by Robert Sánchez for Feyenoord and Sandro Cruz for Stuttgart, and three penalties scored, by Barkley, Isco and Pedrinho; Ferran Torres missed one.
• Manchester City had 27 shots and lost; Slovan Bratislava put one of 15 on target.

Next up

Matchday 3 starts on Tuesday 20 October with Fenerbahçe v Slavia Praha and Sabah v Borussia Dortmund at 16:45 UTC, then at 19:00 UTC Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona, Liverpool v Villarreal, Manchester City v AEK Athens and VfB Stuttgart v Atlético Madrid among seven matches. On Wednesday 21 October, Como v Manchester United and Lille v Galatasaray kick off at 16:45 UTC, and Bayern München v Arsenal and Real Madrid v RB Leipzig lead the 19:00 UTC matches. Every match is on the Champions League page.

Sources for the context: AFP via France 24, AFP via Yahoo Sports, Sky Sports, Sky Sports.