Champions League matchday 4, Tuesday: PSG win 6–0 at Villarreal, Cunha turns Manchester United's night against Roma
Tuesday's nine results — PSG four up in 17 minutes at Villarreal, Manchester United 3–2 Roma, Bayern win in Madrid, Barcelona beat Villa — and the table.
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Nine matches and 26 goals. Paris Saint-Germain scored four times in the first 17 minutes at Villarreal and won 6–0, their fourth win in four, and Manchester United, two down to AS Roma at half-time, won 3–2 with two goals from Matheus Cunha, who was then sent off. Bayern München won 2–0 at Atlético Madrid, and Barcelona ended Aston Villa's winning start with a 3–0 win. Four home wins, four away wins and one draw; in seven of the nine matches only one side scored.
The early kick-offs
Galatasaray 2–0 VfB Stuttgart: Aleksey Batrakov scored twice in three minutes, on 12 and on 15, the second from Davinson Sánchez's pass. VfB Stuttgart had as many shots as Galatasaray, thirteen, and one more on target, but Uğurcan Çakır kept all five out. UEFA's pre-match notes had Galatasaray without a win in nine home matches against German clubs in European competition. Galatasaray now have six points, Stuttgart seven.
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Sporting CP: Issa Doumbia scored the only goal on 59. Shakhtar Donetsk had 54 per cent of the ball and fourteen shots, four on target, and Rui Silva made three saves. Sporting CP, beaten by LASK a fortnight ago, have nine points.
The evening
Villarreal 0–6 Paris Saint-Germain: João Neves scored on 9, Désiré Doué on 12 from Maghnes Akliouche's pass, Senny Mayulu on 13, and Fabián Ruiz on 17, again from Akliouche. According to franceinfo, Opta timed the fourth goal at 16 minutes and 2 seconds, the fastest any side has reached four in the Champions League. Ruiz scored again on 50 from Vitinha's pass, and David Boly, 17, on as a substitute at 74, made it six on 78 from Neves; franceinfo says it came on his first appearance in the competition. PSG had 71 per cent of the ball and twelve shots on target, and Péter Gulácsi made six saves. Franceinfo lists Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes as injured, and Ruiz told Canal+: "On a fait un grand match".
Manchester United 3–2 AS Roma: Matías Soulé scored on 11 from Rodrigo Mora's pass and Donyell Malen from the penalty spot on 17, a penalty SRF says was given for handball. Bruno Fernandes pulled one back from the spot on 58; SRF reports that he scored only at the second attempt. Matheus Cunha equalised on 83 and scored the winner on 86 from Shea Lacey, a substitute at 75, then was sent off on 90+1, for a second yellow card according to DPA. United had fifteen shots to Roma's seven. It is United's first Champions League win since their opening match; they and Roma have six and four points.
Atlético Madrid 0–2 Bayern München: Lennart Karl scored on 54, a goal Sportschau describes as a chip over Jan Oblak after he had won the ball from Robin Le Normand, and Konrad Laimer added the second on 74 from Harry Kane's pass. Bayern had 19 shots to Atlético's nine and committed only three fouls. Sportschau names Aaron Danks as Bayern's interim coach and Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry among the injured; Laimer said the win gives the team a lift "für die nächsten Wochen". Bayern have eight points, Atlético four.
Barcelona 3–0 Aston Villa: Lamine Yamal scored on 7, and Raphinha (Raphael Dias Belloli) added two in the second half, on 52 from Fermín López's pass and on 64 from João Cancelo's. UEFA's pre-match notes had Yamal level with Kylian Mbappé's record of 13 Champions League goals as a teenager, with one more needed to hold it outright. Barcelona had 65 per cent of the ball and eight shots on target to Villa's one. Villa had won their first three matches; DPA counts this as their first Champions League defeat of the season.
Feyenoord 0–3 Inter: Yann Bisseck headed in, on 8, from Djed Spence's pass, Pio Esposito scored on 34 and Piotr Zieliński on 54 from Nicolò Barella's. Inter put six of their eleven shots on target; Feyenoord, with more of the ball, managed two. Inter have six points, Feyenoord three.
LASK 4–0 Slovan Bratislava: Kasper Jørgensen scored on 19 from Moses Usor's pass and again on 37, from a free kick according to SRF; Robert Ljubičić made it three on 44 and Samuel Adeniran four on 48 from Sascha Horvath's pass. LASK had 29 shots and ten on target. Slovan Bratislava have lost all four matches.
Bodø/Glimt 0–0 Lille: the only draw of the night and the only match without a goal. Bodø/Glimt put all four of their shots on target and Lille three of nine; Nikita Haikin and Berke Özer made seven saves between them. Lille have their first clean sheet and one point from four matches.
The table after Tuesday
The clubs that played tonight have four matches and the rest three, so the table is uneven until Wednesday night. PSG lead on twelve points with a goal difference of +15, the only side with four wins. Barcelona, Aston Villa and Sporting CP have nine from four; Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis have nine from three, and Bayern, unbeaten, have eight. At the bottom, Slovan Bratislava have no points and a goal difference of −16, Porto none from three, and Lille one. The full standings are on the Champions League page.
Numbers to know
- 26 goals in nine matches; Manchester United v Roma was the only match in which both sides scored.
- PSG put twelve of their 22 shots on target in Villarreal.
- LASK's 29 shots were the most of the night.
- One red card, Cunha's on 90+1, and two penalties, scored by Malen and Fernandes.
- Four away wins: Sporting CP, Bayern, Inter and PSG.
Next up
Wednesday completes matchday 4: AEK Athens v Real Madrid and Fenerbahçe v Liverpool at 17:45 UTC, then at 20:00 UTC Borussia Dortmund v Real Betis, FC Porto v Napoli, Lens v Como, PSV Eindhoven v Club Brugge, RB Leipzig v Manchester City, Slavia Praha v Arsenal and Viking v Sabah. Matchday 5 follows on 24 and 25 November, with Paris Saint-Germain v AS Roma on the Wednesday. Every match is on the Champions League page.
Sources for the context: UEFA, DPA via Tagesspiegel, SRF, Sportschau, franceinfo.
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