Forty-four goals, nine matches and not a single draw: the UEFA Champions League's League Stage 4 Wednesday never let up. Como ran riot at Lens with a 9–1 win, Real Madrid came from behind late in Athens, and Fenerbahçe beat Liverpool. Five of the nine wins came away from home, Arsenal's among them.
AEK Athens 2–3 Real Madrid: Valverde snatches it late
Real Madrid were 2–1 down in the 75th minute and still left with the win. Koita (12') and Bellingham (32') traded first-half goals, and Pilios put AEK Athens back in front. Kylian Mbappé, player of the match, levelled in the 78th minute for his fourth Champions League goal in 4 games. Federico Valverde then struck the winner in the 90+2.
Real arrived on five straight wins and are second; AEK are 30th. Real had 24 shots to 9 and 70% of the ball.
Fenerbahçe 3–2 Liverpool: Greenwood drives the upset
Fenerbahçe beat Liverpool with only 32% possession, a contradiction the scoreline settles. The goals came from Nyoni (25'), Mason Greenwood (29'), Isak (69'), Archibald Brown (73') and Vedat Muriqi (79'). Greenwood was player of the match. Fenerbahçe, with one win in their last five, are 19th; Liverpool are eighth. Each side had six shots on target.
Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Real Betis: Fábio Silva breaks the deadlock
After a goalless first half, player of the match Fábio Silva scored in the 49th minute. Aitor Ruibal (67') and Konstantinos Karetsas (72') completed the scoring. Dortmund are 12th and Betis 11th, both on 9 points. Dortmund had 15 shots to 11.
FC Porto 4–1 Napoli: Gabri Veiga leads the second-half surge
Bednarek (11') and Scott McTominay (43'), now on 3 Champions League goals in 3 games, made it 1–1 at the break. Porto then pulled clear through Gabri Veiga (71'), the player of the match, Jakub Kiwior (80') and a Samu penalty (90'). Porto, on three straight wins coming in, are 26th, one place above Napoli. Porto shot 19 times to 11.
Lens 1–9 Como: Douvikas hits a hat-trick in a rout
Douvikas (7', 32') and Nicolás Paz (40') had Como 3–0 up at half-time. Seven more goals followed after the break, six of them Como's, including Douvikas's third in the 57th minute. The player of the match now has 6 Champions League goals in 4 games; Paz has 3. Como, unbeaten in five wins coming in, are fourth; Lens are 33rd. Twelve of Como's 18 shots were on target.
PSV Eindhoven 1–2 Club Brugge: Sommer stands firm
Nicolò Tresoldi put Club Brugge ahead in the 25th minute, his fifth Champions League goal in 4 games, before Kodai Sano (54') and Carlos Forbs (65') shared the rest. PSV had 27 shots, the most of the day, but Yann Sommer made 7 saves and was player of the match. Brugge are ninth, PSV 24th. PSV held 62% of the ball.
RB Leipzig 2–3 Manchester City: City edge a five-goal contest
A Castello Lukeba own goal (37') had Manchester City ahead at half-time. Ridle Baku (49'), Enzo Fernández (58'), Antonio Nusa (61') and Erling Haaland (78') scored after the break. Nusa was player of the match in defeat; Haaland has 5 Champions League goals in 3 games. City are seventh, Leipzig 29th. City kept 64% of the ball.
Slavia Praha 1–2 Arsenal: Gyökeres seals the job early
Madueke (9') and Viktor Gyökeres (38'), the player of the match, had Arsenal 2–0 up by half-time. Wiktor Nowak's 90th-minute reply came too late. Arsenal are third, Slavia Praha 34th. Slavia outshot them 18–12.
Viking 4–1 Sabah FA: Botheim bookends the win
Patrick Mbina (11') and Erik Botheim (27') made it 1–1 at the break. Zlatko Tripić (69'), the player of the match, Henrik Falchener (81') and Botheim again (90+4') finished it, with Aiden McCarthy sent off in the 77th minute. Viking are 22nd, Sabah FA 31st. Viking had 21 shots to 16.
