Paris Saint-Germain, the defending UEFA Champions League title-holders, posted a 4-2 away result against Manchester City on Wednesday, while Bradley Barcola opened his account for Liverpool in style, netting three times in a 6-3 away fixture against LASK in Austria. On a packed evening of European football, Real Madrid recovered from a 3-1 deficit to edge Roma 4-3, while Aston Villa put six goals past Fenerbahce without reply at Villa Park.

The club's first home fixture at the Etihad Stadium since a Premier League tribunal found them to have broken financial regulations across a span of nearly ten years now places them in line for potentially far-reaching penalties.

Three goals had settled on the scoreboard before the 35th minute, with Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele, and Vitinha each finding the net to put PSG firmly in control. Two goals from Haaland after the interval lifted his Champions League tally for the tournament to four, with City completing a comeback while Guardiola watched on from the stands. Sandwiched between the Norwegian's two goals, PSG added a fourth when a strike from Maghnes Akliouche beat Gianluigi Donnarumma at the near post.

Donnarumma kept PSG's deficit from widening further by turning away a Ferran Torres penalty, yet the scoreline that eventually settled the contest matched the one City had conceded when the two sides faced each other in the Champions League in January 2025. Speaking to reporters afterwards, Luis Enrique noted that his squad had controlled much of the first half against a capable City side, though he acknowledged the result had remained open throughout and that a loss had never been entirely off the table. PSG, who carry consecutive Champions League titles into this campaign, have collected full points from both of their group-stage outings so far, with ten goals scored across those two fixtures.

Maresca, speaking to a television channel, argued that the 3-0 half-time scoreline understated his team's performance, pointing to the number of chances his players fashioned after the interval, with City due to face Barcelona the following week.

Arriving at the Raiffeisen Arena without a goal to his name for Liverpool, Barcola — who had joined the club from PSG in a costly summer deal — converted three times after Ronald Araujo had put the hosts, the Austrian champions, behind. Frimpong and Koumas added to the tally for Iraola's team, who had built a four-goal cushion before LASK pulled back three times inside a 15-minute stretch of the second half, with Ljubicic and Flecker — the latter netting twice — responsible for the comeback. Iraola, speaking about Barcola's hat-trick, noted that achieving such a feat at Champions League level is rarely straightforward and that the forward deserved to take satisfaction from it.

In Italy, goals from Marten de Roon and a Donyell Malen double had put Roma 3-1 ahead of Real Madrid with fewer than ten minutes left to play. Trailing by a goal, the away side mounted a recovery in the closing stages — moments after Kylian Mbappé had marked his 100th Champions League outing with a goal. A goal from Espí in the 82nd minute narrowed the deficit, Endrick then drew level, before Rüdiger converted a stoppage-time effort to hand Mourinho's side all three points.

Manzambi, who turned 21 on the day of the match, put Villa ahead against Fenerbahce with the opening goal — a result that ended as the club's largest winning margin in European competition. Two goals from Nicolas Jackson arrived in the opening half, while Ross Barkley added a pair of his own after the break, one of them converted from the spot. Abraham's sixth strike brought the tally to six unanswered goals, leaving the away side without a point to show from the contest.

A solitary strike from Fredrik Sjovold handed Bodo/Glimt a 1-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund, while in Spain, Real Betis edged Porto by three goals to two. Ezzalzouli gave Betis the lead shortly after the interval, though Gabri Veiga and Samuel Aghehowa both found the net to restore the advantage for Porto. Hernandez pulled the teams level once more, and with the final minutes ebbing away, Isco found the net to hand his side a lead they would not relinquish.

At Rotterdam's De Kuip, a 3-2 victory for Feyenoord over Como saw van Bronckhorst's side edge out the visitors managed by Fabregas. Feyenoord overturned a deficit opened by Assane Diao's opener, with Gjivai Zechiel and Anis Hadj Moussa each finding the net before goalkeeper Robert Sanchez's own goal extended the visitors' advantage to 3-1. A goal from Douvikas brought the deficit down by one.

Stamford Bridge — Chelsea's west London venue — served as Shakhtar Donetsk's home ground for the first time in the club's history, with the Ukrainian side recording a 3-1 victory over AEK Athens on the night. Majer's opener for AEK was cancelled out from the spot by Pedrinho, after which goals from Vinicius Tobias and Gleiker Mendoza carried Shakhtar to victory and moved them onto four points across their opening two fixtures. A goalless Slovan Bratislava side conceded three times on home turf as Stuttgart claimed all three points in the evening's remaining fixture.