Real Madrid’s “five points” in Dortmund, Unai Emery’s Aston Villa’s “3X3” and Stuttgart’s “double” in Turin against Juventus were the results that stood out in Tuesday’s games of the 3rd. Champions League matchday. .
Last year’s last pair met at the Santiago Bernabéu, which froze as the Germans led 2-0 at half-time and held on for an hour.
Rüdiger’s fall signaled the collapse of Westphalia and the ‘Queen’, with an impressive Vinicius, turned the game on its head with an unrepeatable offensive crescendo, resulting in a 5-2 finish.
Aston Villa lead the points race with their third victory, but one game more than Liverpool, Leverkusen, Benfica and Brest, who play on Wednesday.
The “Villagers” beat Bologna at “Vila Park”, which had Babis Lykogiannis in the starting lineup, while the other English team that played on Tuesday, Arsenal, suffered badly with a 1-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk at ” Emirates”.
Sporting Lisboa easily beat Sturm Graz away from home (2-0), while Girona celebrated the first European victory in their history by beating Slovan Bratislava 2-0.
Great success also for Stuttgart, with a 1-0 victory over Juventus, in Turin, with a goal in the second minute of stoppage time, while Paris Saint-Germain didn’t avoid the mistake by going 1-1 against Eindhoven, in the French capital.
Results and top scorers:
- Milan – Club Brugge 3-1 (34′ Pulisic, 61′, 71′ Raiders – 51′ Sabe)
- Monaco – Red Star 5-1 (20′, 70′ Minamino, 45’+4 Embolo, 54′ Shingo, 90’+6 Aklius – 27′ pen. Endiage)
- Paris Saint-Germain – Eindhoven 1-1 (55′ Hakimi – 34′ Lang)
- Juventus – Stuttgart 0-1 (90+2 Touré)
- Arsenal – Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 (29′ auto. Riznik)
- Aston Villa – Bologna 2-0 (55′ McGinn, 64′ Duran)
- Girona – Slovan Bratislava 2-0 (42′ Gutiérrez, 73′ Juanpe)
- Sturm Graz – Sporting Lisbon 0-2 (23′ Santos, 53′ Gyokeres)
- Real Madrid-Dortmund 5-2 (60′ Rudiger, 63′, 86′, 90′ +3 Vinicius, 83′ Vasquez – 30′ Mullen, 34′ Gittens)