Bayern Munich guaranteed that they would take down the most sensible group A by beating Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 for their fourth consecutive victory, which came despite the dismissal of Marc Roca.
Robert Lewandowski’s first game and a purpose contrary to Maximilian Wober’s appearance gave the Bundesliga giants a mattress, and shortly after Roca’s firing, Leroy Sane added a third. Mergim Berisha claimed solace for Salzburg.
In the rest of the group, Atletico Madrid attracted Lokomotiv Moscow.
Atalanta recovered from his 5-0 win over Liverpool three weeks ago when goals from Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens gave Serie A a surprise victory over the Reds in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Liverpool were ruthless in Bergamo earlier this month and may have secured their way to the 16-way circular with a fourth consecutive Group D win, but was in bad shape at Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp made five adjustments and the bet failed when Ilic changed Papu Gomez’s center from the left in time before Gosens subsidized the house with a headbutt of Hans Hateboer in the 64th minute to give Atalanta a 2-0 win.
Atalanta leaving Merseyside with a wonderful victory opened the scoring when the Italian national team moved within two editions of Liverpool, with Ajax doing the same after defeating FC Midtjylland 3–1.
After a goalless first half, Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui hit five minutes after the reboot in Amsterdam before David Neres scored in half the time.
Visitors took one thanks to Awer Mabil’s penalty, but ended the match with 10 men after Erik Sviatchenko’s red card in extra time.
Phil Foden scored the goal, while Manchester City, once back, secured their position in the last 16 games with a 1-0 win over Olympiakos in Greece.
The 20-year-old returned home after a Raheem Sterling film in the 36th minute when City kept their 100 percent Group C record and reached the last 16 games with two games to spare.
The Greek champions were matches at war at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Piraeus, but the City, which created a series of transparent opportunities, never risked slipping.
Porto have one foot in the knockout phase after beating Marseille 2-0 in a tumultuous encounter in France, where they either ended the match with 10 men.
Zaidu Sanusi opened the scoring for visitors by scoring a rebound in his first purpose with Porto six minutes before half-time, Marseille gained a touch when Marko Grujic was sent off halfway through the time.
Moments later, Marseille defender Leonardo Balerdi won his orders after a foul on Moussa Marega in the area, which led Sergio Oliveira to move from home in the 72nd minute.
Eden Hazard’s 7th minute penalty and Achraf Hakimi’s purpose before the hour gave Real Madrid a 2-0 win in Group B against Inter Milan.
The Serie A look saw Arturo Vidal sent off after the Chilean midfielder earned two yellow cards in view of moments from another, the moment after appearing to face Premier League referee Anthony Taylor.
Madrid follow a point for Borussia Monchengladbach, who maintained their position in the organization’s most sensible with a 4-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk.
Lars Stindl’s penalty followed the goals of Nico Elvedi, Breel Embolo and Oscar Wendt.