Barcelona came from behind to beat Benfica in dramatic fashion on Tuesday in UEFA Champions League action, taking part in Matchday 7’s wildest game so far with a 5-4 win.
Benfica took a 3-1 lead before halftime thanks to Vangelis Pavlidis’s 30 minute hattrick, benefitting from multiple mistakes made by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Benfica made a mistake of their own by gifting Raphinha a second half goal, and matters became worse for Barcelona with an own goal from Ronald Araujo. Two penalties scored by Robert Lewandowski and a late equalizer from Eric Garcia, though, paved the way for Raphinha’s stoppage time winner.
It was not the only dramatic result on Tuesday, with Atletico Madrid beating Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 courtesy of a 90th minute winner from Julian Alvarez. Liverpool also kept their perfect streak alive with a 2-1 win over Lille, and Bologna picked up their first Champions League win of the season with a 2-1 victory over struggling Borussia Dortmund.
Tuesday’s results
- Monaco 1, Aston Villa 0
- Atalanta 5, Sturm Graz 0
- Atletico Madrid 2, Bayer Leverkusen 1
- Benfica 4, Barcelona 5
- Crvena Zvezda 2, PSV 3
- Liverpool 2, Lille 1
- Club Brugge 0, Juventus 0
- Slovan Bratislava 1, Stuttgart 3
- Bologna 2, Borussia Dortmund 1
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