The UEFA Champions League returned on Tuesday night with Sporting Lisbon and AC Milan being the biggest winners of the day.
Milan entered the home of reigning champions Real Madrid and picked a 3-1 win after grabbing the lead when Malick Thiaw rose highest to meet a Christian Pulisic corner kick. However, that lead didn’t last long as the referee pointed to the spot, and Vinicius Junior’s penalty turned things level.
The Santiago Bernabeu was eventually silenced again when Alvaro Morata returned to haunt his former club after pouncing on an initially saved shot with Rafael Leao sending the ball to Tijjani Reijnders, who put the game to bed.
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In Portugal, Manchester City’s unbeaten run was rocked by an impressive Sporting side who rallied for a 4-1 win.
The visitors grabbed an early lead after Phil Foden won the ball up high and smashed home the opener but the in-form Viktor Gyokeres grabbed the equaliser.
Manchester City were then stunned in quick succession only 20 seconds after the break. Maximiliano Araujo cruised through the visiting defence and snuck home the ball to turn things 2-1 before Sporting added a third via Gyokeres’ penalty. Erling Haaland had a chance to make things interesting but saw his penalty hit off the crossbar. Minutes later, Gyokeres secured a hat-trick with another spot kick of his own to pile on the humiliation.
