PSG 4-2 Barcelona, Manchester City 5-1 AEK, Napoli 4-3 Bodø/Glimt: Champions League – as it happened

And with that, my race is run. I’ll be back for more tomorrow, bye!

Here’s Barney Ronay on Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 Barcelona:

Fire, noise, fury, a sense of empty energy. And across town, a football match too.

Do any of these randomly pitched autumnal Champions League fixtures mean anything? Probably not when you’re Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona, and the only game in town is risk-free TV income and a semi-guaranteed place in the knockout stuff.

But this was still a dazzling occasion at the Parc des Princes as the champions of France and Spain played out a light, open, frictionless, exhibition-style game of football. PSG finished 4-2 winners, having been pegged back to 2-2 at one stage. But this was also a game where the score almost didn’t seem to matter at times, and where the only really hard message was the frailty of the Barcelona backline and PSG’s thrilling attacking energy in these midweek A-games.

Much more here:

Enzo Maresca talks Man City 5-1 AEK Athens:

I think it was a complete performance. It was not easy, especially after the PSG game. We had two games, Ipswich and today, that we needed to win. We did our job. We conceded a goal in transition that probably we could make something better in that situation, but we scored five and probably could have scored more. Some of the players were not playing many minutes, they were ready and that is important. It’s the best feeling for any manager, when you make many changes but at the end the performance is good, so happy for that.

[Foden’s form] is good news for me, because he’s doing well and this is what we want. Happy for him, but also happy for the team that we have one more weapon we can use. We had three players from the academy who made their debuts tonight. It’s nice news for the academy and we are happy for that.

Rio Ngumoha has a chat about Liverpool’s win over Villarreal, and his two assists:

Without the team playing well I wouldn’t have played well. Individually I enjoyed myself tonight, so that’s good. As I get older, affecting games is really important. Today to get two assists and help the team get three points, there’s nothing more I can ask for. At half-time the gaffer was just saying to keep the mentality there and keep fighting.

Watching some of the highlights of the night, and Phil Foden’s finish for his second goal just gets more ridiculous the more times you see it and the slower the motion it’s shown in. Rico Lewis set it up, and this is what he’s got to say about the evening:

Even though we had the win against Ipswich we wanted to put it right in this competition [after losing to PSG last week]. Today we’ve put our stamp down, got the goals and ultimately the three points. The one thing I can say is, everything’s clear. Everyone knows the idea. And when everyone knows the idea it makes everything 10 times easier. Everything’s going smooth right now. It helps when you’re two, three goals up because you relax, and then you can see we’re playing free-flowing and happy football.

And here’s Andy Hunter on Liverpool’s 4-3 win over Villarreal:

Andoni Iraola and Iñigo Pérez parked their long and close friendship in the buildup to the Champions League duel between two old Athletic Bilbao teammates. They will have a humdinger of a contest to dissect when communications are restored. Liverpool, driven by Alexis Mac Allister and ignited by Rio Ngumoha, recovered from two goals down against Villarreal to maintain their 100% record in the competition in emphatic style.

Mac Allister struck twice as Liverpool fought back from a tepid start to record a third successive win in all competitions. They were given a scare when Tani Oluwaseyi volleyed in a late third for Villarreal but were well deserving of their latest impressive result.

Much more here:

Will Unwin has filed his match report from the Etihad:

Enzo Maresca has called for Manchester City to make their own noise on the pitch to drown out the cacophony surrounding them but maybe a quiet night at the Etihad Stadium was what they needed all along. AEK Athens were easily dispatched in a businesslike manner, as Phil Foden announced his return to form with a hat-trick to get City’s Champions League campaign back on track after being pummelled by Paris Saint-Germain.

The match was uneven throughout as Foden shone on the wing and later down the middle, with goals from Elliot Anderson and Rayan Cherki helping to ease City to victory in front of half-full stands. Stavros Pilios’s consolation was more a reward for the boisterous fans in yellow and black than for the overall efforts of the visitors.

Much more here:

Tonight’s games have all ended, and they ended like this:

Champions League
Fenerbahce 2-2 Slavia Prague
Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal
Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens
Napoli 4-3 Bodo/Glimt
Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 Barcelona
Porto 0-1 PSV
Roma 4-0 Slovan Bratislava
Sabah 1-2 Borussia Dortmund
Stuttgart 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Also! In the Championship
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Portsmouth

And in League One
AFC Wimbledon 0-3 Mansfield
Blackpool 2-0 MK Dons
Bromley 0-4 Leicester
Burton 0-0 Bradford
Cambridge 2-2 Wycombe
Doncaster 0-2 Stockport
Huddersfield 4-1 Peterborough
Luton 2-1 Barnsley
Notts County 2-0 Sheff Wed
Oxford 2-1 Wigan
Stevenage 3-0 Plymouth

League Two
Barnet 1-3 Swindon
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Salford
Cheltenham 4-2 Fleetwood
Chesterfield 1-1 Colchester
Crawley 2-3 Shrewsbury
Exeter 2-0 Crewe
Gillingham 1-1 Port Vale
Northampton 0-1 Tranmere
Rochdale 2-2 Grimsby
Rotherham 2-2 Newport
Walsall 3-0 Oldham
York 1-1 Accrington

What does all of this do to the Champions League table, I hear you ask? Still very early days, but right now it looks like this:

It’s all over in Paris, and the PSG juggernaut rumbles scarily on! Six goals, and there could have been many more, on a gripping night, but nobody can stop PSG right now.

GOAL! It’s Napoli 4-3 Bodo/Glimt! And that’s how it ends! The ball is chipped into the box, headed into the bar, and turned in by Sondre Brunstad Fet!

Only two Champions League games remain in progress, and they’re both currently 4-2 to the home team. In Naples they’re in the last of four added minutes, in Paris the first of three.

The final whistle blows in Manchester, where City have cantered to another comfortable win thanks (in part) to Phil Foden’s hat-trick.

And that is surely that! Hakimi spears the ball across goal from the right, and Fabian Ruiz is unmarked at the far post as he turns it in!

GOAL! Napoli 4-2 Bodo/Glimt! And that is a complete mess. Bodo should have cleared that easily, but instead Giovane robbs Sjovold on the Napoli left, runs infield and from nearly on the byline sends in a low cross which is deflected into the net by a desperate defender!

More drama at Anfield, where Tani Oluwaseyi has scored the Spaniards’ third and it’s now Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal and back on a knife-edge!

And two minutes later PSG lead once more! A cross from the right is headed out to Vitinha, 25 yards out, and he chests it down, lets it bounce, and then volleys hard and low past Joan Garcia!

That is a beautifully taken goal! Zaire-Emery tries to cut out a lofted pass to Lamine Yamal but only gets his eyebrows to it, and Yamal – latest custodian of the captain’s armband for Barcelona – runs onto it, gets into the area and lifts the ball into the roof of the net from a silly angle!

Liverpool meanwhile have scored twice in four second-half minutes to take a 4-2 lead over Villarreal, with Florian Wirtz getting the fourth. They have only ever come from two down to win once before in the Champions League – and that was also against Villarreal!

And the third of the right-wing-cross-created goals comes in Naples, where Politano – scorer of the first goal – chips the ball into the box with his left foot, and Scott McTominay – scorer of the second and now also the third – meets it with an excellent header. It’s Napoli 3-2 Bodo/Glimt!

Phil Foden completes his hat-trick in Manchester! McAidoo crosses low from the right, and Foden just has to turn it in from the six-yard line!

A corner from the right, Lucas Hernandez outjumps Anthony Gordon, and he sends the ball into the top corner – one of three goals from right-wing crosses across the continent in the space of about 45 seconds!

Now they hit the post! Hakimi slides the ball across from the right, and Ferran Torres’ sidefoots into the base of the stanchion!

A really good chance for PSG, but Doue overhits his pass to Ferran Torres and the moment passes.

PSG have brought on Akliouche for Kvaratskhelia, and Zabarnyi for Marquinhos. “I’m watching PSG vs Barcelona,” writes Michael Meagher. “Marquinhos was wearing black boots. I didn’t know they even made them anymore …”

More big-name injury news from Paris, where Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has now been helped off.

That’s a nice goal, and a ludicrous finish! The ball is lifted into the penalty area – no pressure on the ball, and a ridiculously deep back-line – Lewis cushions it back into the path of Foden, and he half-volleys right into the top corner, off the inside of the post!

GOAL! It’s Napoli 2-2 Bodo/Glimt! Andreas Helmersen levels for Bodo/Glimt with a nice enough, and very precise, shot but that was just too easy!

Red card! Atletico Madrid’s Morten Hjulmand catches Stiller’s ankle from behind, and it’s an early bath for him!

Barcelona’s right-back brings the scores level! He passes infield to Fermin Lopez, inside his own half, spots space opening up in front of him and sprints into it. Lopez spots him – hard not to, given how bright the Barcelona kit is – and picks the pass, and Xavi Espart runs into the area and puts his laces through it, giving Safonov no chance!

That is coolly done! The ball is played across the edge of the area from the right to Rayan Cherki, running onto it on his right foot. He lets it run across him and shifts onto his left, Arriaga is completely befuddled by it, and he uses his new-found space to slam a shot past Brignoli!

And it’s 4-0! The keeper goes the right way, but the ball goes the right way quicker. And the deadlock is broken at Porto! It’s a scuffed shot from Miljnans on the right of goal, which was going wide until Guus Til turned it in, and it’s Porto 0-1 PSV!

And now a penalty for Roma! Wesley Franca is fouled in the box, and Malen has grabbed the ball …

There’s been a third for Roma at home to Slovan Bratislava! It’s a bit of a mess, with Barseghyan losing the ball as he tried to shepherd it out of play, leading to a brief outbreak of penalty-area ping-pong that ends with Pisilli hammering it into the roof of the net.

Game on! AEK have put together a couple of decent attacks in the second half and this time they’re rewarded! Stavros Pilios is in all sorts of space as he runs onto a ball infield from the left, carries it into the box, and slides a low shot past Donnarumma that nestles inside the far post!

Atletico Madrid equalise within two minutes of the restart! Julian Alvarez has the goal, finding the toppest of bins from Ademola Lookman’s pass infield from the left.

Peeeeep! Manchester City kick off the second half!

The referee ends a spell of intense PSG attacking with a half-time whistle in Paris, and here are the scores as they stand at 8.50pm BST:

Champions League (8pm kick-offs unless otherwise indicated)
Fenerbahce 2-2 Slavia Prague (final score)
Liverpool 2-2 Villarreal
Manchester City 2-0 AEK Athens
Napoli 2-1 Bodo/Glimt
Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Barcelona
Porto 0-0 PSV
Roma 2-0 Slovan Bratislava
Sabah 1-2 Borussia Dortmund (final score)
Stuttgart 1-0 Atletico Madrid

Also! In the Championship (Football League fixtures 7.45pm starts unless otherwise indicated)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Portsmouth

And in League One
AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Mansfield
Blackpool 0-0 MK Dons
Bromley 0-3 Leicester
Burton 0-0 Bradford
Cambridge 0-1 Wycombe
Doncaster 0-0 Stockport
Huddersfield 1-0 Peterborough
Luton 2-0 Barnsley
Notts County 1-0 Sheff Wed
Oxford 1-0 Wigan
Stevenage 2-0 Plymouth

League Two
Barnet 0-3 Swindon
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Salford
Cheltenham 3-0 Fleetwood
Chesterfield 1-0 Colchester
Crawley 1-0 Shrewsbury
Exeter 1-0 Crewe
Gillingham 1-0 Port Vale (8pm)
Northampton 0-1 Tranmere
Rochdale 1-0 Grimsby
Rotherham 2-1 Newport
Walsall 2-0 Oldham
York 0-0 Accrington