Champions League: Liverpool come from behind to beat Villarreal, Man City enjoy themselves
According to L'Équipe and Foot Mercato, Liverpool came from 2-0 down to beat Villarreal, winning for the third time in the Champions League. Manchester City thrashed Athens with a Foden hat-trick, reports Foot Mercato.
Liverpool produced a spectacular comeback against Villarreal on Tuesday evening in the Champions League. Trailing 2-0, the Reds eventually turned the game around against the Spanish club, according to L'Équipe and Foot Mercato. It was their third win in the competition, L'Équipe reports. Le Figaro describes the performance as "stunning" and notes the evening featured 40 goals in total.
Manchester City and Napoli on show
Manchester City won comfortably against Athens, with a hat-trick from Foden, Foot Mercato reports. Le Figaro, for its part, describes a City "having fun", carried by Cherki. Maxifoot adds that Foden and Cherki "delighted" and that City were carried by those two players. PSG, still spectacular, nevertheless bemoan three injuries, reports Maxifoot.
The other results of the evening
Napoli and Bodø/Glimt cancelled each other out, while Roma thrashed Bratislava, according to So Foot. Napoli recorded their first win, Foot Mercato adds. Stuttgart sit on the podium, according to the same source. Maxifoot also mentions that Alvarez came out of the shadows during this Champions League evening.
