Champions League: Arsenal stay perfect, Man City beat Real Madrid away

Table-topping Arsenal made it six wins from six and cemented their place at the top of the league phase table with a 3-0 win against Club Brugge, while Manchester City emerged victorious 2-1 from their trip to Real Madrid.
Superb Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli strikes helped Arsenal move to six wins from six in the league phase. One of seven changes to the XI that defeated Bayern on Matchday 5, Madueke hit a scintillating opener on 25 minutes when he held off Joaquin Seys deep in Club Brugge’s half, drove forward and thundered a long-range strike into the top-right corner.
The hosts twice came close through Aleksandar Stanković later in the first half, but Arsenal responded emphatically after the break – Madueke heading in Martin Zubimendi’s cross on 47 minutes before Martinelli cut in to curl a superb third nine minutes later. The return of Gabriel Jesus, out of action since January, added further sweetness for the Gunners, UEFA reports.
Meanwhile, Nico O’Reilly’s instinctive strike and Erling Haaland’s cool penalty sealed a comeback victory for the Man City.
Real Madrid enjoyed the brighter opening, Vinicius Junior dinking wide early on before Rodrygo applied a neat finish to a sweeping move just ahead of the half-hour.
Pep Guardiola’s men were behind for a little over seven minutes, levelling when O’Reilly pounced after Thibaut Courtois was unable to hold a Joško Gvardiol header. With half-time approaching, Haaland marked his 50th Champions League start with a calm spot kick following a foul on the Norwegian international by Antonio Rüdiger.
Substitute Endrick came closest to conjuring up an equaliser, but nodded against the crossbar late on.
Elsewhere, Leverkusen’s Alejandro Grimaldo found a late equaliser to deny Newcastle a win on their travels in Germany.
Anthony Gordon’s fine second-half performance had looked like enough only for Grimaldo to run into the area and smash past Aaron Ramsdale with two minutes remaining.
Leverkusen led when captain Robert Andrich’s header hit Bruno Guimarães on the back and deflected in, Gordon levelling by drilling in a penalty after Nick Woltemade had been fouled.
The England man then crossed for teenager Lewis Miley to head in but Grimaldo had the last word.
Athletic Club hold PSG to goalless draw, Dortmund held by Bodo/Glimt
Paris Saint-Germain were held to a goalless draw in Bilabao as Athletic Club became the first team in this season’s Champions League to prevent the holders from scoring.
Unai Simon was the hero for the hosts, producing a string of big saves including two point-blank stops against Senny Mayulu and a late attempt by fellow Spaniard Fabian Ruiz.
Bardley Barcola came closest for Paris when he raced in behind but his shot crashed back off the crossbar as it remained all square at San Mames.
In another match, Bodo/Glimt twice battled back from behind to take a spirited point away at Dortmund with a 2-2 draw.
Dortmund largely controlled the game but Nikita Haikin in the Bodo goal made two smart saves to keep the visitors in it.
Julian Brandt opened the scoring for Dortmund, Haitam Aleesami equalising before the break. Brandt added his second before Haikin’s stops allowed Jens Petter Hauge to wrongfoot Gregor Kobel down the other end and claim a battling draw for his side.
Elsewhere, Second-half goals from Weston McKennie and Jonathan David helped Juventus to back-to-back wins in the Champions League. Both sides had chances in the first half, Pafos striker Anderson hitting a post.
The hosts started the second half with real purpose, however, and the pressure finally told when McKennie blasted into the net after nice build-up play.
As Pafos pushed for an equaliser shortly after going behind they were hit on the counter, Kenan Yıldız picking out David who finished coolly to seal the points.
Copenhagen earned successive wins in the Champions League proper for the first time since 2010/11 as Andreas Cornelius swept in a 90th-minute winner at Villarreal for 3-2 win.
The visitors took an early lead when Mohamed Elyounoussi applied a first-time finish, but Villarreal levelled two minutes into the second period through Santiago Comesaña.
The Danish side retook the lead a minute later as Elias Achouri swept in Yoram Zague’s cross with his first touch, Villarreal again pegging them back when Tani Oluwaseyi – another second-half introduction – prodded in on 56 minutes. Then came Cornelius’ winner.