Liverpool Beat Villarreal 4–3 and Manchester City Beat AEK Athens 5–1 in the Champions League

Liverpool edged a seven-goal game against Villarreal, while Manchester City won 5–1 against AEK Athens on 20 October.

By Aneya Newsroom Desk · 20 Oct 2026

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Liverpool beat Villarreal 4–3 on 20 October, a game that produced seven goals. It followed a 2–1 win over Atlético Madrid on Matchday 1 and a 6–3 win at LASK on Matchday 2, leaving Liverpool on nine points.

Manchester City won 5–1 against AEK Athens on the same night, after a 2–0 win at Porto on Matchday 1 and a 2–4 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain on Matchday 2.

UEFA.com — reporting summarised and rewritten by our desk.

Other Matchday 3 results on 20 October: Roma 4–0 Slovan Bratislava, Napoli 4–3 Bodø/Glimt, Stuttgart 1–1 Atlético Madrid, Fenerbahçe 2–2 Slavia Prague, Sabah 1–2 Borussia Dortmund and Porto 0–1 PSV Eindhoven.

Matchday 4 is played on 3 and 4 November. On 3 November the fixtures include Atlético Madrid against Bayern Munich, Barcelona against Aston Villa, and Feyenoord against Inter.

Compiled from: UEFA.com. Figures are as reported on the dates shown and may have changed.