Paris : A brace from Lionel Messi guides Paris to make a comeback in a 3-2 victory against RB Leipzig at Parc De Princes . While at Wanda Metropolitano Liverpool went past Atlético Madrid with the identical score line.
Kylian Mbappé had opened the scoring as early as the nineth minute, however the lead was blown up by goals from Andre Silva (24′) and Nordi Mukiele(57′) gave RB Leipzig a 2-1 lead till the stroke of an hour of the regulation time. Seven minutes later from the hour mark, Lionel Messi slotted in the equalizer for the French side and later at 74th , he scored the winner from an awarded spot kick. However, Mbappé sent another sport-kick over the bar in the dying minutes of the match denying Paris of the fourth goal.
At the same time, Wanda Metropolitano witness a peak of a game, as Liverpool advance past Atlético Madrid after Antoine Griezmann was sent off, scoring a brace following a high boot on Roberto Firmino. Greizmann had scored two back to back goals, to put his side on the level, after the visitors had gone up 2-0 following two early goals from Mohammed Salah and Naby Keita in the eighth and 13th minutes respectively. With 12 minutes of regulation time remaining Salah scored from an awarded penalty to put his team ahead. Liverpool now sit at the top of the table with nine points from three encounters.
Football drama reached it’s peak as Ajax squashed Dortmund 4-0 at Amsterdam while Real Madrid secured a 5-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk with Vinicius Junior finding a brace.
A lone goal from Luis Diaz saw Porto get past AC Milan, while FC Sheriff registered a 3-1 loss at the hands of Inter Milan.
A brace of Riyad Mahrez, along with goals from Joao Cancelo, Kyle Walker and Cole Palmer saw Manchester City triumph 5-1 against Club Brugge.
