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Manchester City’s woes deepened in the Champions League on Tuesday as Pep Guardiola’s side squandered a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord at the Etihad Stadium.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain, putting the French club on the brink of elimination. Elsewhere, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, and Bayer Leverkusen claimed dominant wins, while Inter Milan climbed to the top of the standings after five matches.
The most dramatic action unfolded in Manchester, where City seemed to be cruising after goals from Erling Haaland (two, including a penalty) and Ilkay Gundogan’s deflected strike gave them a 3-0 advantage by the 57th minute.
However, Feyenoord’s comeback began in the 75th minute when Anis Hadj Moussa capitalized on defensive errors to score. Substitute Santiago Gimenez reduced the deficit further in the 82nd minute, and the equalizer came a minute from full-time.
Igor Paixao set up David Hancko, who headed home to complete a remarkable turnaround.
LEWANDOWSKI CENTURY
Lewandowski notched his 100th goal in the competition with an early penalty in Barcelona’s 3-0 home win over French side Brest.
Dani Olmo netted midway through the second half before Lewandowski sealed Barca’s win at the death, his 101st goal in the Champions League — only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have scored more.
Inter lead the standings with 13 points, a point ahead of Barcelona and Liverpool, after a 1-0 win at home to RB Leipzig which means they are also still yet to concede a goal.
Castello Lukeba’s own goal made the difference at San Siro, and Leipzig are one of only three teams to have lost five games out of five.
Arsenal romped to a 5-1 victory away to Sporting in Lisbon, as the Portuguese side adapt to life without coach Ruben Amorim, who has departed for Manchester United.
Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes all scored in the first half for Arsenal, before Goncalo Inacio pulled one back shortly after the restart.
Bukayo Saka converted a penalty on 65 minutes after Martin Odegaard had been brought down, and Leandro Trossard headed in to seal Arsenal’s win late on.
ATALANTA, ATLETICO HIT SIX
Atalanta romped to a 6-1 win over rock-bottom Young Boys in Switzerland, with Mateo Retegui and Charles De Ketelaere both scoring braces.
Sead Kolasinac and Lazar Samardzic also netted for the Italians, with Silvere Ganvoula getting the hosts’ reply.
Florian Wirtz struck twice, including a penalty, as Leverkusen crushed Red Bull Salzburg 5-0, with Alejandro Grimaldo scoring a superb free-kick and Patrik Schick and Aleix Garcia also netting.
Julian Alvarez and substitute Angel Correa each scored twice and Marcos Llorente and Antoine Griezmann once as Atletico romped to a 6-0 win away to Sparta Prague.
Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Tammy Abraham were the scorers in AC Milan’s 3-2 win at Slovan Bratislava, whose goals came from Tigran Barseghyan and Nino Marcelli.
Marko Tolic saw red at the end for Slovan, who are without a point.
OUTSTANDING ARSENAL THUMP SPORTING
Bukayo Saka scored one goal and set up another as Arsenal thrashed Portuguese side Sporting 5-1 in their Champions League clash at the Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday, their biggest away win in the competition in 21 years.
Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead early on before Kai Havertz and Brazilian defender Gabriel added two more goals before halftime as Arsenal overwhelmed their hosts.
Goncalo Inacio pulled a goal back for Sporting early in the second period, but Saka restored Arsenal’s three-goal advantage with a penalty and Leandro Trossard got a fifth for their biggest away win in the Champions League since victory by the same scoreline at Inter Milan in 2003.
Arsenal moved above Sporting to seventh place in the 36-team table with 10 points from their five games. The Portuguese side have the same number of points but are one position back on goal-difference.
INTER TAKE LEAD WITH NARROW WIN OVER LEIPZIG
Inter Milan took another step towards direct qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League with Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Leipzig which moved the Italians top of the table.
Castello Lukeba’s own goal midway through the first half was enough for Inter, who are the only team yet to concede a goal, to win their fourth straight match in Europe’s elite club competition.
Italian champions Inter lead Barcelona and Liverpool, who host Real Madrid on Wednesday, by a point after a narrow win which should have finished with a more emphatic scoreline for the hosts.
Simone Inzaghi’s side return to their Serie A title defence at high-flying Fiorentina on Sunday after a routine win at a far from full San Siro which makes a top-eight finish extremely likely with three matches remaining.
(With inputs from agencies)
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