Manchester City’s struggles continued as Pep Guardiola’s facet remarkably blew a three-goal lead to attract 3-3 with Feyenoord within the Champions League on Tuesday, whereas Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to depart the French membership at risk of elimination. There have been additionally massive wins for Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen, whereas Inter Milan went high of the standings after 5 video games and Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski reached a century of Champions League objectives.
However, the largest drama got here on the Etihad Stadium, the place City have been cruising early within the second half with a three-goal benefit as they sought to finish a run of 5 successive defeats in all competitions.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring from a penalty simply earlier than half-time, and Ilkay Gundogan’s deflected shot made it 2-0 within the fiftieth minute.
Haaland struck once more to make it 3-0, however Feyenoord’s comeback started on 75 minutes when Anis Hadj Moussa took benefit of hapless defending to spherical goalkeeper Ederson and pull one again.
Substitute Santiago Gimenez bundled in to make it 3-2 on 82 minutes and the equaliser arrived a minute from the top.
Ederson was once more caught out with Igor Paixao going across the goalkeeper and crossing for Slovak worldwide David Hancko to go in.
“We concede a variety of objectives as a result of we aren’t steady,” complained Guardiola.
“We misplaced a variety of video games these days. We are fragile and naturally we’d like a victory.”
It is the primary time {that a} crew has gone into the final 20 minutes of a Champions League recreation trailing by three objectives and nonetheless averted defeat, as the purpose boosts the Dutch facet’s hopes of progressing.
City are two factors outdoors the highest eight locations which provide direct qualification for the final 16, whereas Bayern moved above them by beating PSG 1-0 in Munich.
South Korean defender Kim Min-jae scored the one objective seven minutes earlier than half-time, heading in after goalkeeper Matvei Safonov did not clear a nook.
PSG had Ousmane Dembele despatched off within the second half and the French champions have simply 4 factors, and three objectives, from 5 video games.
They are a lowly twenty sixth within the 36-team league, some extent adrift of the positions which provide a spot within the play-off spherical in February.
“We must win our final three matches, in any other case we danger being eradicated,” admitted PSG coach Luis Enrique.
Lewandowski century
Lewandowski notched his a centesimal objective within the competitors with an early penalty in Barcelona’s 3-0 house win over French facet Brest.
Dani Olmo netted halfway via the second half earlier than Lewandowski sealed Barca’s win on the loss of life, his a hundred and first objective within the Champions League — solely Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have scored extra.
Inter lead the standings with 13 factors, some extent forward of Barcelona and Liverpool, after a 1-0 win at house to RB Leipzig which implies they’re additionally nonetheless but to concede a objective.
Castello Lukeba’s personal objective made the distinction at San Siro, and Leipzig are one among solely three groups to have misplaced 5 video games out of 5.
Arsenal romped to a 5-1 victory away to Sporting in Lisbon, because the Portuguese facet adapt to life with out coach Ruben Amorim, who has departed for Manchester United.
Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes all scored within the first half for Arsenal, earlier than Goncalo Inacio pulled one again shortly after the restart.
Bukayo Saka transformed a penalty on 65 minutes after Martin Odegaard had been introduced 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 each scoring braces.
Sead Kolasinac and Lazar Samardzic additionally netted for the Italians, with Silvere Ganvoula getting the hosts’ reply.
Florian Wirtz struck twice, together with a penalty, as Leverkusen crushed Red Bull Salzburg 5-0, with Alejandro Grimaldo scoring an excellent free-kick and Patrik Schick and Aleix Garcia additionally netting.
Julian Alvarez and substitute Angel Correa every scored twice and Marcos Llorente and Antoine Griezmann as soon as as Atletico romped to a 6-0 win away to Sparta Prague.
Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Tammy Abraham have been the scorers in AC Milan’s 3-2 win at Slovan Bratislava, whose objectives got here from Tigran Barseghyan and Nino Marcelli.
Marko Tolic noticed pink on the finish for Slovan, who’re and not using a level.
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