Salvation of Real Madrid, 11th consecutive defeat of Marseille and 10,000th goal of Liverpool: what was the most memorable day of the Champions League

Strong-willed victory for Atlético

The position of the teams in the group A table has acquired the expected shape.

Atlético have rehabilitated themselves for a major defeat at Bayern Munich and have scored their first three points in the current Champions League season.

Diego Simeone's charges in their field prevailed over Salzburg and took second place.

True, the game turned out to be extremely tense, and until the 85th minute the teams had two goals scored.

At the end of half an hour of the game, Marcos Llorente brought the hosts ahead with a billiard blow, but after 11 minutes Dominic Soboslai equalized the score, and at the beginning of the second half, Madrid issued an own goal.

The Austrians could have created a sensation, but at the key moment João Felix said his weighty word.

He, together with Angel Correa, left out of work all the enemy's defense and literally rolled the ball into an empty net, and then struck spectacularly from the air from outside the penalty area.

The forward has become one of the youngest doubles in the Champions League with Atlético.

He reached this bar at the age of 20 for 252 days.

At a younger age, only Sergio Aguero (20 years 106 days) succeeded in this.

Salvation of Real Madrid and the leadership of Shakhtar

Another Madrid team also experienced serious problems in the second round of the group stage.

The victory over Barcelona in El Clásico made the Real Madrid fans forget about the defeat at Shakhtar, but the performance in the European Cup almost turned into a fiasco again.

Regular defensive failures and Lucas Vasquez's unconvincing play as a right-back allowed Borussia Mönchengladbach to lead with a two-goal difference by the 58th minute.

The double was marked by the son of the legendary Lilian Thuram, Marcus.

He became the second Frenchman after Ludovic Julie to score twice with a creamy club in the Champions League.

But Real showed character and in the very ending upset Jann Sommer twice.

In the period from 87th to 93rd minute Karim Benzema and Casemiro distinguished themselves once and helped Real Madrid score the first points at this stage.

At the same time, the Frenchman established two achievements at once.

He scored in the 16th consecutive season of the tournament and hit the gates of 30 different teams in the championship.

The second confrontation within Group B was not so effective.

Shakhtar and Inter have done without goals.

The guests acted sharper and had several excellent chances, but the ball stubbornly did not go into the net.

In some episodes, the 19-year-old goalkeeper of the hosts Anatoly Trubin showed miracles of reaction, while in others the Nerazzurri were frankly unlucky.

So, Romelu Lukaku and Nicolo Barella shook the crossbar once, and Lautaro Martinez missed from five meters.

As a result, the match with the participation of "Inter" in the group stage for the first time in 11 years ended in a goalless draw, which did not allow him to take the lead in the group.

Shakhtar remained on the first line with four points, while Antonio Conte's players were two points behind.

Major win for Manchester City and Porto's success

Pep Guardiola's wards won a second victory in a row and came out on to a clear first place in Group C. “Manchester City” left no chances for “Marseille” away, sending three unanswered goals into the opponent's goal.

Kevin De Bruyne scored an assistant double while Ferran Torres scored in his first two games for the Citizens in the Champions League.

The last time Mario Balotelli did this was in 2011.

As for Marseille, they continued their unsuccessful streak in the main European competition.

The Provençals lost in the 11th match in a row and are close to Anderlecht's anti-record (12 games).

The last time a team from France won in the same 2011.

Then he beat Inter in the 1/8 finals in his field.

In a parallel match, Porto confidently took over Olympiacos.

The meeting at "Dragau" ended with a score of 2: 0 in favor of the hosts, who scored the winning goal already in the 11th minute.

The captain of the guests Andreas Buhalakis made a gross mistake at his own goal, and Fabiu Vieira struck an accurate blow.

And five minutes before the end of regular time, Sergio Oliveira consolidated the dragons' advantage.

They scored their first points in the group and beat the Greeks in the table.

Liverpool's anniversary goal and Zapata's double

The D quartet is also led by a team from England.

Liverpool won their second victory in a row and with six points settled in the first line.

For the meeting with Midtjylland, the Reds came out with a semi-reserve squad.

Jurgen Klopp's charges got by with just two accurate shots, one of which turned out to be historic.

In the 55th minute, Diogo Jota scored with the transfer of Trent Alexander-Arnold and became the author of the 10,000th goal of the Merseysides in history.

And already in stoppage time, Mohammed Salah converted the 11-meter and doubled the hosts' lead.

The second match within the group turned out to be much more exciting.

Atalanta and Ajax delighted their fans with bright, attacking football.

Moreover, in the first half, the guests were much closer to success, but in the second the hosts managed to escape defeat.

Four goals fit in just two short stretches, and the main characters were the center-forwards of the rivals - Lassina Traore and Duvan Zapata. It took the author of the pent-trick at the BBB-Venlo goal only eight minutes to first earn a penalty, and then distinguish himself, and the Colombian's double was drawn in the period from 54th to 60th minute. In the remaining time, Anthony and Ruslan Malinovsky had good chances, but the score remained the same. As for Alexey Miranchuk, he was included in the application, but did not enter the field.