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Manchester United 3-2 AS Roma

Manchester United ended their nine-game winless run after rallying back from two goals down to beat AS Roma 3-2 in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.

The Red Devils got off to a poor start when Matias Soule was left unmarked in the area after getting on the end of Rodrigo Mora’s cross before firing past Senne Lammens on 11 minutes.

The lead was doubled six minutes later after Roma were awarded a penalty for Ayden Heaven’s handball, which allowed Donyell Malen to slot home from 12 yards out.

United got themselves back in the contest in the 58th minute when Bruno Fernandes converted a penalty, which had to be retaken for an encroachment after the initial penalty was missed.

The Red Devils completed the turnaround in the final 15 minutes when Cunha levelled matters on 83 minutes before he completed his brace with a lovely finish to put United ahead.

The drama didn’t end there for Cunha, who picked up his second yellow card minutes later and was sent off as United held on to end their nine-game winless run.

Barcelona 3-0 Aston Villa

FC Barcelona climbed up to second spot on the League Phase table with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa at the Camp Nou.

Lamine Yamal got proceedings underway for the home side when he opened the scoring in the seventh minute.

Hansi Flick’s charges had to wait until the 52nd minute for the second goal as Raphinha fired past Zion Suzuki, before the Brazilian completed his brace just after the hour mark.

Villarreal 0-6 Paris Saint-Germain

Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain maintained their winning record in the League Phase with a 6-0 thrashing of Villarreal.

Luis Enrique’s charges made their dominance clear early on when they raced into a four-goal lead in the opening 20 minutes thanks to goals from Joao Neves, Desire Doue, Senny Mayulu and Fabian Ruiz.

Fabian Ruiz added his second goal in the 50th minute, before David Boly got his first goal for the club by rounding off the scoring in the 78th minute.

Atletico Madrid 0-2 Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich got back to winning ways in the Champions League after defeating Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Tuesday night.

The German champions took the lead ten minutes after the break when 18-year-old Lennart Karl found the back of the net.

The lead was doubled in the 74th minute when Harry Kane turned provider to pick out Konrad Laimer.

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