Liverpool beaten as Madrid, Arsenal, City and Dortmund happy
4.11.2026, 22:00
Liverpool saw their 100% record in the Champions League end on Wednesday with a 3-2 loss at Fenerbahçe, but Real Madrid are still perfect after Federico Valverde's injury-time rocket secured a 3-2 win at AEK in Athens.
Real Betis failed to make it four wins from four after a 2-1 defeat in their first-ever meeting with Borussia Dortmund in Germany. Konstantinos Karetsas grabbed the winner after goals from Aitor Ruibal and Fabio Silva.
Erling Haaland sealed Manchester City's thrilling 3-2 success at RB Leipzig. Castello Lukeba's own goal was cancelled out by Ridle Baku following a Gianluigi Donnarumma mistake. Antonio Nusa then levelled again after Enzo Fernández's header before the Norway icon's 78th-minute decider.
Last season's runners-up Arsenal extended their run to 19 European games unbeaten - excluding last May's shoot-out loss to PSG - with a 2-1 win at Slavia Prague, whom they also beat away last term.
The Czechs, who last won in the competition in 2007, were undone this time by Noni Madueke and a first of the season for Viktor Gyökeres.
Fourth-placed debutants Como again amazed 9-1 in Lens, Porto defeated 10-man Napoli 4-1, Viking prevailed 4-1 over Sabah and Germany hopeful Nicolò Tresoldi netted in Club Brugge's 2-1 win at PSV Eindhoven.
LIverpool are eighth, just inside the automatic last-16 spots with four games left, while Fenerbahçe lie 19th after a topsy-turvy clash in Istanbul.
Teenager Trey Nyoni, part of a youthful Reds starting XI, struck via a deflection that foxed Brazil's Ederson for his first senior Liverpool goal.
His compatriot keeper Alisson was similarly wrong-footed by former Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood's deflected free-kick.
Alexander Isak headed in fellow substitute Cody Gakpo's cross with help from Ederson after the interval, but Englishman Archie Brown and Vedat Muriqi header's - amid a static defence - turned the game around.
"Cheap goals. Messy goals," Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola said. "In the stadium it was almost impossible to communicate."
Los Blancos leave it late again
Madrid drew in similarly noisy Athens after the hosts had taken a deserved lead through Aboubakary Koita's thumping finish.
Jude Bellingham was flagged offside when the visitors thought they had first levelled, but there was no doubt about his delightful backheel flick.
"It was just instinct really. The cross from Marc [Cucurella] was good, I found myself in a good position and managed to do the only thing that came naturally in that position," he told UEFA.
Stavros Pilios took advantage of lax defending to put 29th-placed AEK back in front, but Kylian Mbappé's tap-in and substitute Valverde's cracker won it. Koita was red-carded late on.
José Mourinho's record winners, who have won seven on the bounce, also hit back to triumph 4-3 at Roma this term.
Madrid sit second, behind holders Paris Saint-Germain on goal difference. The French side are also perfect after hammering Villarreal 6-0 on Tuesday.
Like on Tuesday, all Champions League games held a minute's silence for deceased Tenerife player Jesús de Miguel.