Real Madrid preserved their perfect Champions League record with a 3-2 comeback win over AEK Athens on Wednesday, while Liverpool lost 3-2 away to Fenerbahçe. Federico Valverde scored Madrid’s winner in the 92nd minute after the Spanish side had twice fallen behind.
Aboubakary Koita gave AEK the lead before Jude Bellingham equalised in the 32nd minute with a flicked finish. Stavros Pilios put the hosts ahead again in the 75th, but Kylian Mbappé levelled three minutes later. Valverde then struck from long range to secure Madrid’s fourth win in four league-phase matches and leave the club on 12 points. UEFA’s matchday report confirmed the result and scorers.
Bellingham’s goal came in his 60th Champions League appearance, a milestone confirmed by UEFA. Mbappé also extended his scoring run in the competition to six consecutive matches, according to the match account.
Fenerbahçe end Liverpool’s winning start
Liverpool twice took the lead in Istanbul but could not hold on. Trey Nyoni opened the scoring, and Alexander Isak put the visitors ahead again in the second half. Mason Greenwood and Archie Brown scored for Fenerbahçe before Vedat Muriqi netted the winner.
The defeat ended Liverpool’s perfect start in the competition and left them with nine points. Fenerbahçe’s match report records Muriqi’s goal in the 79th minute.
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