International football
Liverpool come back from 0-2 to beat Villarreal 4-3, Foden hat trick in City's 5-1; 33 goals in one Champions League night
Mac Allister scores twice and 18-year-old Ngumoha provides two assists; Napoli win 4-3 against Bodø/Glimt, Atlético held in Stuttgart.
By ANN Newsroom · Newsroom
October 20, 2026, 23:15 · Updated 12:22 · 2 min read
In brief
- Liverpool were down 0-2 but won 4-3 and remain perfect with three wins from three games.
- Manchester City beat AEK 5-1 with a Phil Foden hat trick, without Haaland on the pitch.
- Roma won 4-0, PSV triumphed in Porto, and Fenerbahçe were held by a 90th-minute Slavia equalizer.
Tuesday night in the Champions League produced 33 goals in nine matches, with Liverpool staging another comeback at Anfield. Villarreal took the lead in the fourth minute when Georges Mikautadze capitalized on a Virgil van Dijk error, and doubled it through Sergi Cardona in the 29th minute.
Alexis Mac Allister pulled one back with a header in the 36th minute from a Tsimikas corner, and Ronald Araújo equalized in first-half stoppage time with a header from a Rio Ngumoha cross. In the second half, Ngumoha broke through again and set up Mac Allister for 3-2 in the 65th minute. Three minutes later, Florian Wirtz scored his first goal of the season to make it 4-2. Villarreal pulled one back only in the 87th minute.
Ngumoha, star of the night
According to Opta statistics, 18-year-old Ngumoha became the third-youngest player to provide more than one assist in a Champions League match. With the win, Liverpool have nine points from three games.
Other results
Manchester City, without Erling Haaland, beat AEK Athens 5-1. Phil Foden scored a hat trick, while Rayan Cherki and Elliot Anderson also got on the scoresheet, the latter for the first time in a City shirt. The Greeks' only goal was scored by Albania national team defender Stavro Pilo.
Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4-3 with two goals from Scott McTominay, while Roma crushed Slovan Bratislava 4-0. PSV won 1-0 in Porto with Guus Til's goal in the 57th minute. Stuttgart were held 1-1 by Atlético Madrid, who equalized through Julián Álvarez, while Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 at Sabah, helped by Serhou Guirassy's 23rd goal in the competition. Fenerbahçe let slip a 2-0 lead against Slavia Prague, who equalized in the 90th minute.
