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Defending champions Real Madrid, English champions Manchester City and German champions Bayer Leverkusen suffered bitter defeats in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Real were beaten 3-1 at home by AC Milan, while City lost 4-1 at Sporting Lisbon. Liverpool are top of the table and have maximum points after four games following a 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen. RB Leipzig lost 3-1 at Celtic Glasgow despite Christoph Baumgartner's first CL goal.
Sporting ice-cold against City
Sporting's goal machine Viktor Gyökeres kept the upper hand in the duel between the star strikers and Erling Haaland. The Swede scored three times, first from a quick counter-attack (38') and then twice from penalties (49', 80'), and now leads the CL scoring charts with five goals. Maxi Araujo also scored for the Portuguese champions 20 seconds after the break.
City's early lead through Phil Foden (4') was worthless in the end - partly because Haaland missed a great chance to open the scoring and slammed a penalty against the crossbar (69'). Ruben Amorim left his last home game as Sporting coach with the recommendation of a prestigious win against future city rivals Manchester United. There he will take over from Erik ten Hag next week.
Real defeat after 15 games
Milan scored first through the German Malick Thiaw with a header from a corner (12'). After Vinicius Jr. equalized from a penalty (23'), Alvaro Morata scored for his boyhood club to restore the visitors' lead (39'). Tijjani Reijnders scored the final goal after a pass from Rafael Leao (73'). For Real, without the injured David Alaba, it was their first defeat after 15 home CL matches without defeat. Both teams are on six points after four rounds.
Liverpool now leaders
Liverpool decided the match against Leverkusen with a phenomenal second half. Man of the match was Luis Diaz with three goals. First, the Colombian scored with a spectacular lob after an ideal pass from Curtis Jones (61'). He also scored from Mohamed Salah's cross (83') and from a rebound (92'). A headed goal from Cody Gakpo only counted after VAR intervention (65). Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso conceded his first CL defeat of the season at his former place of work.
Monaco remain unbeaten
Compatriot Stefan Posch and Bologna must continue to wait for the first CL win in the club's history. The Italians were beaten 1-0 by coach Adi Hütter's AS Monaco after a late goal from Thilo Kehrer (87') and are on just one point after four games. Monaco remain unbeaten in the top flight and, like Sporting, are just two points behind Liverpool. OSC Lille and Juventus Turin, like Dinamo Zagreb, are on seven points after a 1-1 draw in their head-to-head.
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