PSG Beat Barcelona in Six-Goal Thriller, Liverpool Come Back from 0-2

In the UEFA Champions League, Europe's top club football competition, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) beat Spanish champions Barcelona 4-2 at home in a league-phase match. English club Liverpool, meanwhile, defeated Spain's Villarreal 4-3 at home after trailing 2-0 within the first half hour. After three rounds, PSG and Liverpool occupy the top two places in the overall standings with maximum points.

PSG v Barcelona

Désiré Doué scored the opener in the 38th minute: after a mistake by Lamine Yamal in his own half, Doué beat Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia with a shot from the edge of the box. Barcelona's 19-year-old defender Xavi Esparrt levelled at 1-1 ten minutes into the second half. PSG regained the lead in the 72nd minute when defender Lucas Hernandez headed in from a corner.

Yamal made it 2-2 in the 79th minute with a shot from a tight angle. PSG responded quickly, though: Vitinha restored the lead with a long-range strike in the 81st minute, and Fabian Ruiz added a fourth in the 86th.

Liverpool's comeback

Villarreal led 2-0 inside the first half hour through goals from Georges Mikautadze and Sergi Cardona. Before the break Liverpool levelled, with Alexis Mac Allister and Ronald Araujo, who is on loan from Barcelona, on target. In the second half Mac Allister scored his second, and Florian Wirtz made it 4-2. Villarreal pulled one back in the 87th minute to make it 4-3, but the hosts held on. Liverpool have yet to drop points in the competition.

Other results

Manchester City beat AEK Athens 5-1, with Phil Foden scoring a hat-trick. Roma won 4-0 against Slovan Bratislava, Napoli beat Norway's Bodø/Glimt 4-3, PSV Eindhoven won 1-0 away at Porto, and Stuttgart drew 1-1 with Atlético Madrid.