UEFA LC: Ajax, Liverpool and City unroll, PSG held in check by Leipzig
Liverpool and Ajax kept up their excellent records in the Champions League this season to qualify for the last 16 on Wednesday, while a Paris Saint-Germain side missing Lionel Messi were held by RB Leipzig.
Jota and Mané gave Liverpool a 2-0 lead against the colchoneros Atlético, who was demoted to ten after Hermoso’s dismissal.
Manchester City also moved to the top of Group A with a 4-1 win over Club Brugge in the Champions League this evening.
In Lisbon, we registered a full card of the Portuguese Sporting against the Turkish Besiktas 4-0, including a hat-trick since the first period.
Here are the full results of the evening:RB Leipzig 2 – 2 PSGBorussia
Dortmund 1 – 3 Ajax
Sheriff 1 – 3 Inter
Sporting CP 4 – 0 Beşiktaş
Liverpool 2 – 0 Atlético Madrid
Manchester City 4 – 1 Club Brugge
AC Milan 1 – 1 Porto
Real Madrid 2 – 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Statistical side for today:
Riyad Mahrez has secured 7 goals in his last 7 games in the Champions League. Only Lewandowski Drapeau of Poland (10) scored more goals than Mahrez (8) in LC1 in 2021.
Georginio Wijnaldum procured the 2nd double of his Champions League career after the one against Barça with Liverpool on May 7, 2019.
PSG have obtained at least 1 goal in their last 36 UCL group stage games. The Parisians have yielded at least 1 goal in 11 of their last 12 games played in LC.
Christopher Nkunku becomes the 2nd French player to reach the 10-goal record with a European Top 5 club this season after Karim Benzema (13).
The Reds won tonight the third victory of their 13 home games against the Spanish teams in C1.
Sébastien Haller becomes the second player in history to procure 7 goals in his first 4 Champions League games after Erling Haaland.