Foden hat-trick as City rout AEK 5-1; Liverpool edge Villarreal 4-3

Phil Foden fired a hat-trick as Manchester City bounced back from last week’s 4-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain with a 5-1 rout of AEK Athens at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, on matchday three of the Champions League league phase (Sportradar full-time: Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens).

Elliot Anderson opened the scoring on 12 minutes before Foden struck in the 34th, and City led 2-0 at half-time (mancity.news timeline). Stavros Pilios pulled one back for the Greek side seven minutes after the restart, but Rayan Cherki restored City’s two-goal cushion four minutes later and Foden added two more — completing his treble in the 76th minute (The Times live blog).

At Anfield, Liverpool survived a scare to beat Villarreal 4-3 and make it three wins from three in Europe (Sportradar full-time: Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal). The visitors stunned the hosts through Georges Mikautadze — pouncing on a Virgil van Dijk back-pass error in the fourth minute — and Sergi Cardona on 29 minutes (The Sun live blog).

Alexis Mac Allister halved the deficit on 36 minutes and Ronald Araujo levelled with a header in first-half stoppage time from Rio Ngumoha’s chipped ball. Mac Allister struck again on 65 minutes, set up by Ngumoha, before Florian Wirtz — on at half-time for Araujo — fired in his first goal of the season from Cody Gakpo’s pass three minutes later (This Is Anfield match report). Tani Oluwaseyi’s 87th-minute strike set up a nervy finish, but Liverpool held on. Ngumoha, with two assists, was man of the match (Rousing the Kop).