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Manchester City 2-4 Paris Saint-Germain

Reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain secured a 4-2 win over Manchester City in the League Phase of the UEFA Champions League.

The French giants drew first blood on 13 minutes just moments after Antoine Semenyo hit the woodwork as a swift counter-attack ended with Désiré Doué finding the bottom corner with a low strike from distance.

The lead was doubled a minute later when Doué turned provider on another counter and picked out the run of Ousmane Dembélé, who headed it past former teammate Gianluigi Donnarumma.

It got worse for Man City as PSG bagged a third goal in the 32nd minute as a neat passing move ended with Vitinha sending a first-time strike into the back of the net from the edge of the box.

Erling Haaland gave the hosts a glimmer of hope shortly after the break when he nodded home a cross from Ndiaye, which saw him become the club’s all-time leading scorer in the Champions League with 37 goals.

The entertainment continued into the latter stages as Maghnes Akliouche bagged PSG’s fourth, while Haaland netted a second consolation for the home side.

Luis Enrique’s men could have added a fifth goal late on, but Ferran Torres was unable to convert from the penalty spot.

AS Roma 3-4 Real Madrid

Real Madrid staged a late comeback to secure a 4-3 win over AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.

Roma sent the home side into a frenzy on 20 minutes when Marten de Roon found the back of the net with his first goal of the campaign.

Los Blancos weren’t behind for too long as Kylian Mbappé restored parity five minutes later with a wonderful strike from distance.

The Serie A outfit hit back in the second half as Netherlands international Donyell Malen bagged a quick-fire brace to put his side 3-1 up.

However, José Mourinho won the game from the bench as substitute Carlos Espi and Endrick both found the back of the net in the 83rd and 85th minutes to level proceedings.

It was left to former AS Roma defender Antonio Rüdiger to bag the winning goal for Real Madrid in the 90th minute.

Aston Villa 6-0 Fenerbahçe

Aston Villa maintained their winning start to the League Phase with a 6-0 thrashing of Fenerbahçe.

Unai Emery’s men took the lead in the 12th minute courtesy of a strike from Switzerland international Johan Manzambi.

Senegal star Nicolas Jackson then netted a quick-fire brace before the halftime break to put his side three goals up.

Ross Barkley did not want to be left out as he netted a brace of his own in the second half to complete the rout for the West Midlands side.

Tammy Abraham had the final say on the night when he bagged Villa’s sixth goal on 90 minutes.

Other Results:

Feyenoord 3-2 Como
Real Betis 3-2 FC Porto
Bodo/Glimt 1-0 Borussia Dortmund
Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 AEK Athens
Slovan Bratislava 0-3 Stuttgart

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