Real's Difficult Defeat to Milan in the Champions League Match

Significant clashes: Real falls to Milan, and Manchester City struggles against Sporting in dynamic Champions League matches.

Real Madrid faced a tough defeat, succumbing to Milan in the fourth round of the Champions League. The encounter took place in the Spanish capital with the final score favoring the Italian guests at 3:1. Winning goals were scored by Malick Thiaw, Alvaro Morata, and Tijjani Reijnders. The hosts' sole successful strike was delivered by Vinicius, who converted a penalty kick.

In another significant encounter, Manchester City was overwhelmed by Sporting in Lisbon, losing 1:4. For the Portuguese side, Viktor Gyökeres stood out with a hat-trick, two of which were penalties, and the fourth goal was scored by Maximiliano Araujo. Phil Foden scored for the English team, but Erling Haaland missed an 11-meter penalty shot.

Monaco narrowly defeated Bologna away with a 1:0 victory, with Russian midfielder Aleksandr Golovin playing the entire match.

Currently, in the standings, Sporting with 10 points holds the second position, followed by Monaco also with 10 points in third place. Manchester City with 7 points is in sixth, while Real and Milan with 6 points take the seventeenth and eighteenth positions respectively.

In other matches of the day, the results were as follows: PSV — Girona — 4:0, Slovan — Dinamo (Zagreb) — 1:4, Borussia (Dortmund) — Sturm — 1:0, Liverpool — Bayer — 4:0, Lille — Juventus — 1:1, Celtic — Leipzig — 3:1.