PSG 4-2 Barcelona, Liverpool 4-3, Manchester City 5-1
PSG completed a late comeback to win 4-2; Liverpool prevailed 4-3 and Manchester City dominated 5-1 in Champions League action.
Champions League matchday brought high drama on October 20, 2026: Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2 in Paris, Liverpool edged Villarreal 4-3, and Manchester City ran riot with a 5-1 win over AEK Athens.
At the Parc des Princes PSG opened the scoring in the 38th minute through Dezire Due, who capitalised on a visiting error to put the hosts ahead. Barcelona levelled early in the second half when Havi Espart scored in the 55th minute, but the game swung back in PSG’s favour.
Lukas Ernandez headed PSG back into the lead in the 72nd minute from a corner, and although Lamin Jamal brought Barcelona level again with a smart finish in the 79th, Vitinja struck from distance in the 81st to restore PSG’s advantage. Fabian Ruiz sealed the result with a goal in the 86th minute, completing a late flourish by the French side.
In Liverpool’s thriller against Villarreal, the Spanish visitors shocked Anfield by taking the lead in the fourth minute after Mikautadze took advantage of a mistake by Virgil van Dajk. Sergi Kardona doubled Villarreal’s lead in the 29th, but Aleksis Mek Alister reduced the deficit in the 36th with a header. In stoppage time of the first half Ronald Arauho nodded in from a Rio Ngumoa delivery to make it 2-2.
The hosts kept pushing after the break: Mek Alister scored again to complete the turnaround and put Liverpool 3-2 ahead, and Florian Virc added a fourth to make it 4-2. Villarreal pulled one back late to make the final score 4-3 in what proved to be the most exciting match of the evening.
Other results
- Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens — Eliot Anderson opened in the 12th minute (his first for City); Fil Foden scored twice before half-time and completed a hat-trick in the 76th with an assist from Ryan MekAido; Rijan Sherki scored AEK’s goal in the 57th.
- Roma 4-0 Slovan Bratislava — Roma led 4-0 after 64 minutes.
- Sabah 1-2 Borussia Dortmund
- Fenerbahçe 2-2 Slavia Prague
- Stuttgart 1-1 Atletico Madrid
- Porto 0-1 PSV Eindhoven
- Napoli 4-3 Bodo/Glimt
Photo: press material from the event
