Massacre in Bruges

The reporting day of the Champions League turned out to be rich in goals. In eight matches, the teams scored 35 goals in total. The most productive match took place in Belgium, where Manchester City put in place Brugge, who scored four points in the first two group stage matches - 5: 1. "Citizens" possessed an overwhelming advantage and, if they were lucky, they could have excelled ten times. Two more goals of the guests at the very beginning of the first half due to various violations of the rules were canceled by the refereeing team.

The hosts kept their goal intact for half an hour, but then allowed to strike an accurate blow to the defender João Cansel, who joined the attack.

Riyad Marez followed up with a penalty kick.

And in the second half of the meeting, even 19-year-old Cole Palmer, who came on as a substitute, managed to be noted.

Only 141 seconds was enough for him to send a shell to the far corner from the penalty line.

Josep Guardiola was so impressed with his team's performance that he named it one of City's best in European competition.

However, the Spanish specialist should get used to this for a long time, because the teams headed by him have scored five or more goals in the Champions League 19 times.

The specialist is confidently leading in this indicator, ahead of Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger (eight each).

Comeback in Paris

How faded Lionel Messi looks in Ligue 1 matches with PSG, so clearly manifests itself in the Champions League.

If in the national championship the Argentine has not yet opened the scoring, then in the main European Cup he scored three times.

In the second round, he hit the gates of Manchester City, and in the third round he scored a double in the home confrontation with Leipzig.

It turned out unexpectedly difficult for the favorite, although Mauricio Pochettino could not count on two strikers at once: the injured Neymar and the one who was not included in the application due to the break with his wife Mauro Icardi.

But Kylian Mbappe remained in the ranks, who opened the scoring in the ninth minute.

The disastrous start did not bother the opponent.

Even before the break, Andre Silva restored the balance, and after Nordi Mukiele brought the German team forward.

At this difficult moment for the Parisians, Messi came to the fore.

At the 67th minute, the footballer finished off the ball on target from the bar.

Almost immediately Mbappe earned a penalty, which the partners entrusted to Lionel.

The Argentinean was not afraid to mockingly perform "Panenka", brought victory to PSG and scored the 123rd goal in the Champions League.

Moreover, in the added time by the referee, the French team was entitled to one more penalty.

Messi could have scored a hat-trick, but he was not greedy and gave up the right to punch Mbappe.

The Frenchman, unlike his partner, did not use his chance by sending a shell to the stands.

Thriller in Madrid

The confrontation between Atlético and Liverpool ended with a similar score. The Merseysides have scored three points on the road and are confidently leading in Group B with one hundred percent performance. And Diego Simeone's charges can only be satisfied with the fact that they showed character and almost pulled out the unsuccessfully started meeting. By the 13th minute, they managed to miss twice. Mohammed Salah opened an account. The Egyptian moved from the right flank to the center in the style of Messi and sent a shell from the left to the far corner. Then Nabi Keita fired a powerful shot.

However, the hosts found their own hero - Antoine Griezmann. The Frenchman had an inspired match and, even before the break, scored a double and returned the Madrid team to the game. But at the very beginning of the second half, the striker crossed out all his efforts. Trying to catch the ball in the air with his foot, he inaccurately hit Roberto Firmino in the face with spikes. Probably, the world champion simply did not see the opponent, but the referee had no choice but to remove the forward.

In the absence of the scorer, the team stopped creating chances and gave up the initiative to the rival, so the penalty kick to Jan Oblak's goal followed completely from the logic of the game. The penalty kick was confidently converted by Salah, who now has five goals in the current Champions League draw. In the top scorers of the tournament, the Egyptian is second only to Ajax's Sebastien Aller (6). But after just a few minutes, Daniel Siebert pointed to the point already in the penalty area of ​​the English team. Diogo Jota was knocked down by Jose Jimenez on the set, and the violation of the rules at first glance seemed obvious. However, colleagues on VAR called on the German to watch a replay, after which he changed his mind.

So Madrid lost the opportunity to escape, and Simeone remained so annoyed with the defeat that he did not even shake hands with Jurgen Klopp.

However, the mentor of the Reds treated his colleague's act with understanding and expressed the hope that at the next meeting they would still greet each other.

Surprise in Amsterdam

The main surprise of the game day was the defeat inflicted by Borussia by Ajax.

It seemed that away from Dortmund, they were able to compete with the champion of the Netherlands, but the fight did not work out - 0: 4.

The owners have shown that they are again a serious force.

In three matches of the Champions League, they scored nine points out of nine possible, at the same time leaving no chance for Sporting (5: 1) and beating Besiktas (2: 0).

The main star of the team at the moment is Sebastien Aller, who moved to Amsterdam from West Ham in the summer.

The footballer, who had not previously played in the main European Cup, scored five times in the first two matches of the Champions League, including poker in Lisbon.

This time he was content with one goal, but he assisted Daily Blinda and Anthony.

Another ball into his own net was sent by Marco Royce.

But the guests practically did not threaten strangers and did not manage to upset 37-year-old Remko Pasver.

Even Erling Holland had almost no chances to excel.

Humiliation in Kiev

But the biggest victory of the game day was recorded in Kiev. Real Madrid had no right to lose points after a sensational defeat to Sheriff and literally destroyed Shakhtar - 5: 0. The Pitmen were ruined by their own blunders. Up to the 37th minute, zeros burned on the scoreboard, while experienced Sergei Kryvtsov, trying to interrupt the cross, sent the ball exactly into the net of his own goal. And at the beginning of the second half, Dodo threw a shell from an out-of-bounds in the center of the field right on the move of Karim Benzema. The guests punished the opponent for a blot, and Vinicius Junior doubled the lead.

The Brazilian can be safely called the best footballer of the confrontation, because after five minutes he scored a double.

Moreover, the goal of the Latin American turned out to be very beautiful.

At the entrance to the penalty area, he threw the ball past two opponents, then caught Kryvtsov in the opposite direction and shot from under Marlon into the near corner.

On this he did not stop and gave an assist to Rodrigo.

Karim Benzema put an end to the meeting.

The Frenchman scored the 290th goal in the creamy and now shares the fourth place in the list of the best scorers in the history of the club with Santillana.

Only Alfredo Di Stefano (308), Raul (323) and Cristiano Ronaldo (450) are ahead of them.