Champions League matchday 3, Tuesday: PSG beat Barcelona 4–2, Liverpool come from two down, Foden scores three

Nine matches and 40 goals. At the Parc des Princes Paris Saint-Germain scored twice in the last ten minutes to beat Barcelona 4–2, and at Anfield Liverpool were 2–0 down to Villarreal inside half an hour and won 4–3; the two are the only clubs with nine points from nine. Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4–3 for their first win, Phil Foden scored a hat-trick for Manchester City, and Atlético Madrid drew at VfB Stuttgart with ten men. Five home wins, two away wins and two draws.

The early kick-offs

Fenerbahçe 2–2 Slavia Praha: Fenerbahçe were two up after eleven minutes, Oğuz Aydın scoring on 4 from Milan Škriniar's pass and Mason Greenwood on 11 from Nélson Semedo's. Lukáš Provod pulled one back for Slavia Praha on 15, and Pavel Kacor, on as a substitute at 85, equalised on 90 from Emmanuel Ayaosi's pass. Each side had fifteen shots and four on target. It is Slavia's first point of the league phase.

Sabah 1–2 Borussia Dortmund: Serhou Guirassy scored on 10 and again on 53 from Joey Veerman's pass; in between, Aden McCarthy equalised for Sabah on 39 from Tymoteusz Puchacz's cross. Borussia Dortmund had 22 shots and nine on target, and Stanislav Pokatilov made six saves. UEFA counts Guirassy's goals as his 21st in 27 Champions League appearances.

The evening

Paris Saint-Germain 4–2 Barcelona: Désiré Doué put PSG ahead on 38 from João Neves's pass, and Xavi Espart, 19, equalised on 55 from Fermín López, who had come on for the injured Dani Olmo at 27. Lucas Hernández headed PSG back in front on 72, from Doué, and Lamine Yamal levelled again on 79. Then Vitinha scored on 81 and Fabián Ruiz on 86 from Achraf Hakimi's cross. PSG put fifteen of their 22 shots on target and Joan García made ten saves. Ousmane Dembélé went off at 20 with what Sky Sports calls a suspected hamstring injury; Olmo's injury came in his 100th match for Barcelona, the club says. Sky Sports counts it as Barcelona's first defeat in twelve matches this season, and Anthony Gordon told TNT Sports that PSG "deserved it".

Liverpool 4–3 Villarreal: Georges Mikautadze scored on 4 and Sergi Cardona on 29 from Nathan-Dylan Saliba's pass, and Sky Sports notes that Liverpool had not fallen behind so early in a major European home tie for about 25 years. Alexis Mac Allister headed in Konstantinos Tsimikas's corner on 36, and Ronald Araujo equalised on 45+2 from Rio Ngumoha's pass. Mac Allister scored again on 65, from Ngumoha, and Florian Wirtz, on for Araujo at half-time, got the fourth on 68 from Cody Gakpo's pass. Tani Oluwaseyi, from Ayoze Pérez, both of them substitutes, made it 4–3 on 87. UEFA named the 18-year-old Ngumoha player of the match; "He is only 18, still not the full package," said Andoni Iraola.

Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens: Elliot Anderson scored on 12, his first goal for City according to Sky Sports, and Phil Foden added the second on 34 from Rico Lewis's pass. Stavros Pilios replied for AEK Athens on 52, then Rayan Cherki scored on 57 from Foden's pass, and Foden scored again on 65, from Lewis, and completed his hat-trick on 76 from the substitute Ryan McAidoo. Sky Sports reports it was Foden's first hat-trick since April 2024; Erling Haaland stayed on the bench and Floyd Samba, 17, started in his place.

Napoli 4–3 Bodø/Glimt: Matteo Politano scored in the first minute, on 1, from Leonardo Spinazzola's pass, and Jens Petter Hauge equalised on 27 from Sondre Fet's. Scott McTominay put Napoli ahead on 41 from Kevin De Bruyne's pass, Andreas Helmersen made it 2–2 on 62, again from Fet, and McTominay headed the third on 75 from Politano. Odin Bjørtuft turned the ball into his own net on 88, which proved decisive when Fet scored on 90+4. Bodø/Glimt had 57 per cent of the ball; Napoli, beaten in their first two matches, have their first points.

VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Atlético Madrid: Jamie Leweling put Stuttgart ahead on 36, and Julián Álvarez equalised on 47 from Ademola Lookman, on at half-time. AFP reports it was Álvarez's first goal for Atlético since 29 April. Morten Hjulmand was sent off on 64 for a serious foul, a challenge AFP describes as studs-up on Angelo Stiller, and Stuttgart, with seventeen shots and nine corners, could not find a winner. Diego Simeone told Movistar+ that the match had been under control in the second half until the dismissal.

AS Roma 4–0 Slovan Bratislava: Mario Hermoso scored on 21 from Daniele Ghilardi's pass, Nahuel Molina on 39, Niccolò Pisilli on 52 from Donyell Malen's and Malen from the penalty spot on 58. AS Roma had 73 per cent of the ball and 26 shots; Slovan Bratislava had one, off target. UEFA counts eleven Champions League defeats in a row for Slovan.

FC Porto 0–1 PSV Eindhoven: Guus Til scored the only goal on 57 from Sven Mijnans's pass. PSV had 60 per cent of the ball and 18 shots to FC Porto's twelve, three on target each. PSV have their first win; Porto have lost all three matches.

The table after Tuesday

The clubs that played tonight have three matches and the rest two, so the table is uneven until Wednesday night. PSG lead on nine points with a goal difference of +9, ahead of Liverpool on nine and +5; Stuttgart, unbeaten, are third on seven. Of tonight's clubs, Barcelona, Manchester City and Dortmund have six; Aston Villa, Sporting CP, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Real Betis have six from two matches. At the bottom, Slovan Bratislava and Porto have lost all three, Slovan with a goal difference of −12; Inter, LASK, Lille and Galatasaray have no points from two. The full standings are on the Champions League page.

Numbers to know

• 40 goals in nine matches, seven each at Anfield and in Naples.
• Three goals by substitutes: Kacor, Wirtz and Oluwaseyi.
• One red card, Hjulmand's on 64, and one penalty, scored by Malen.
• PSG had fifteen shots on target against Barcelona; Slovan Bratislava had none in Rome.
• Two away wins: Dortmund in Baku and PSV in Porto.

Next up

Wednesday completes matchday 3: Como v Manchester United and Lille v Galatasaray at 16:45 UTC, then at 19:00 UTC Bayern München v Arsenal, Real Madrid v RB Leipzig, Inter v Shakhtar Donetsk, Aston Villa v Viking, Real Betis v Feyenoord, Club Brugge v Lens and Sporting CP v LASK. Matchday 4 follows on 3 and 4 November, with Villarreal v Paris Saint-Germain on the Tuesday and Fenerbahçe v Liverpool on the Wednesday. Every match is on the Champions League page.

Sources for the context: UEFA, FC Barcelona, AFP via France 24, Sky Sports.