Benzema's historic take
Real Madrid is gradually regaining its leadership in Group D. At home, Carlo Ancelotti's charges again beat Shakhtar Donetsk, but managed not with a defeat with five unanswered goals, but with a more modest 2: 1 victory, which Karim Benzema helped to win. ...
With a single point in the first round, the Ukrainian club almost lost all chances of reaching the playoffs, but tried to give the last fight at the Santiago Bernabeu and almost opened the scoring when Alan Patrick shot into the post.
But soon his partners played with the ball in their own penalty area, Vinicius Junior watched for Marlon's mistake and immediately passed a pass to his French team-mate to make history - Benzema was the author of Real's 1000th goal in the Champions League.
Shakhtar did not give up and managed to recoup even before the break when Fernando realized one of his three most poignant chances.
But the class of "Real" still made itself felt.
In the second half, the link between Vinicius and Benzema worked again, only now they themselves, without someone else's help, opened the defense of the guests.
The French striker has already scored 13 goals in a season, and it was the 21-year-old Brazilian who assisted him five times.
This victory was the third for Madrid in the current Champions League.
Goal flair of Alexander-Arnold
Liverpool, following Bayern and Juventus, scored 12 points in four rounds.
Half a time was enough for Jurgen Klopp's wards to again decide in their favor the outcome of the match with Atlético and win it with a score of 2: 0.
The two goal difference was created by Trent Alexander-Arnold with his exquisite passing. First, he hung from the flank on the forgotten by all Diogo Jota, who in the past had a five-year contract with Madrid, but the Portuguese did not play a single match for them. Eight minutes later, the British midfielder helped Sadio Mana complete his attack. The Senegalese has already scored 21 goals in the Champions League with Liverpool, equaling club legend Steven Gerrard.
Atletico failed to win back.
Even in the first half, Diego Simeone's team remained in the minority due to the removal of Felipe, who did not allow Mane to arrange another race.
After the break, the rivals exchanged goals canceled due to offside - Jota missed the chance to become the author of a double, and Luis Suarez never scored to his former club.
Liverpool secured the first place in Group B, while Atlético, along with Porto and Milan, will fight for a second place in the playoffs.
Unfair removal of Hummels
Ajax is also conducting the league campaign without misfires, although it was not so easy for him to win the fourth out of four.
The Dutch club managed to break the resistance of Borussia Dortmund, which suffered from the unfair removal of Mats Hummels, only towards the end of the match.
The controversial episode occurred in the 29th minute, when Hummels tried to tackle Antoni.
The Brazilian not only avoided a collision, but also stepped on his opponent's foot, but referee Michael Oliver showed the German defender a straight red card, and VAR only confirmed this decision.
As a kind of compensation, the referee soon appointed a penalty kick against Ajax, which was converted by Marco Reus.
But in the second half, the numerical superiority still made itself felt.
The Dutch club organized three retaliatory goals and won the battle for the leadership in Group C. Anthony, who suffered from a phantom foul, made two assists, one of which helped Sebastien Allaire to score the seventh goal in the Champions League - in the list of scorers, the Ivorian is second only to Robert Lewandowski, and in goals from the game caught up with him.
The defeat of Besiktas in Lisbon
The match in Lisbon turned out to be extremely productive, where Sporting hosted Besiktas in a dispute for the third place in Group C. The home team took responsibility for the entertainment and scored four unanswered goals against the Turkish club.
Sergey Karasev helped to start the rout.
The Russian referee awarded a penalty, which was converted by Pedro Gonçalves.
Seven minutes later, the Portuguese scored himself, swinging the defender and hitting the gate into the far corner.
Immediately followed by the third goal into the goal of Besiktas, now performed by Paulinho.
As in the last match between the two teams, Sporting players calmed down only after the fourth goal.
At the beginning of the second half, the guests' mistake led to another goal scoring, now from the side of Pablo Sarabia.
Besiktas conceded 12 goals in four rounds and caught up with Malmö, whose defense was previously considered the worst in the Champions League.
Sad draw in Leipzig
The main sensation of the day was presented by "Leipzig".
He took points from PSG at the last moment and ended his streak of three defeats in the Champions League.
The match ended with a score of 2: 2, and during the meeting the German club was even ahead of the Parisian grandee for some time.
This happened after Christopher Nkunku's goal in the eighth minute. The French head scored the fifth goal in four Champions League matches. Andre Silva, who gave the transfer, could immediately double the score thanks to a penalty, but Gianluigi Donnarumma guessed the direction of the blow and repelled the threat.
In the absence of Lionel Messi, who missed the game due to injury, Jorginho Wijnaldum volunteered for the role of PSG's savior.
The Dutchman scored his first two goals for the Parisians before the break and returned the lead to his team.
But the second half "Leipzig" played an order of magnitude better than the guests and earned a small reward.
In stoppage time, Dominik Soboslai converted a penalty and brought the bulls a draw.
True, the team's joy from her was short-lived - without a victory, the German club lost its chances to participate in the playoffs and, at best, will be able to compete with Brugge for third place in the group.