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Champions League: PSG beat Barça 4-2, Liverpool overturn Villarreal 4-3

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Champions League: PSG beat Barça 4-2, Liverpool overturn Villarreal 4-3

Paris Saint-Germain beat FC Barcelona 4-2 on matchday three of the league phase, while Liverpool won 4-3 against Villarreal after trailing by two goals. Manchester City won 5-1 against AEK Athens and AS Roma beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0, according to Africatopsports.

Paris Saint-Germain beat FC Barcelona 4-2 on matchday three of the Champions League league phase on Tuesday 20 October 2026, while Liverpool overturned a two-goal deficit to beat Villarreal 4-3, Africatopsports reports.

In Paris, Désiré Doué, Lucas Hernandez, Vitinha and Fabián Ruiz scored for PSG. Xavi Espart and Lamine Yamal scored for Barça. At Anfield, Alexis Mac Allister scored twice for Liverpool, Florian Wirtz also contributed to the comeback and Tani Oluwaseyi scored for Villarreal.

Manchester City beat AEK Athens 5-1, with Phil Foden scoring a hat-trick. Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4-3, notably thanks to two goals from Scott McTominay, and AS Roma won 4-0 against Slovan Bratislava. PSV Eindhoven won 1-0 at Porto, Dortmund beat Sabah 2-1, while Fenerbahçe-Slavia Prague and Stuttgart-Atlético Madrid ended in draws, 2-2 and 1-1.

Liverpool’s result continues the match’s storyline after coming back from 0-2 to 2-2 against Villarreal, as already reported on 20 October. PSG-Barcelona had also been listed among the day’s fixtures in the match preview.

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