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Mbappe penalty

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Griezmann scoring twice to fire up the home crowd.

Just as Atletico seemed to have the upper hand, Griezmann was given a straight red card for a high boot in the face of Roberto Firmino. A pulsating game was decided from the penalty spot in the 78th minute as Salah sent Jan Oblak the wrong way after Mario Hermoso pushed Diogo Jota.

The Egyptian's 31st Champions League goal makes him the club's top scorer in the competitio­n, overtaking Steven Gerrard.

In a dramatic finish, Atletico were denied a penalty when the referee studied the VAR and decided Jota had not fouled Jose Maria Gimenez.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told BT Sport, "We played a really solid second half in a tough game with intense football from both teams.

"We got the penalty, then there was a red card and

COLLATED RESULTS

Club Brugge 1 (Vanaken 81) Manchester City 5 (Cancelo 30, Mahrez 43-pen, 84, Walker 53, Palmer 67)

PSG 3 (Mbappe 9, Messi 67, 74-pen) RB Leipzig 2 (Andre Silva 28, Mukiele 57)

obviously it was in our favour."

The Reds are top of Group B with three wins out of three while Atletico are equal on four points with Porto, who beat AC Milan 1-0 in Portugal.

At the Parc des Princes, Messi scored twice and Kylian Mbappe sparkled but later missed a penalty as PSG came from behind to beat RB Leipzig 3-2.

Mbappe had given the Qatar-backed club the lead but a

Leipzig side crushed 6-3 at Manchester City earlier in the competitio­n held their own.

Leipzig went ahead through goals from Andre Silva and Nordi Mukiele as PSG suddenly looked disjointed.

But Messi was set up by Mbappe for the equaliser and then deftly chipped in a 74th

penalty awarded for a foul on the France striker. Mbappe's missed spot kick proved unimportan­t.

PSG top Group A with seven

Sarabia 44-pen, Paulinho 89)

points but Manchester City bounced back from their defeat in Paris in the last matchday by crushing Club Brugge 5-1 in Belgium.

Pep Guardiola declared City's win ' one of the best performanc­es in Europe we've done so far' after Riyad Mahrez scored twice and 19-year-old Cole Palmer was among City's scorers.

In Kiev, Benzema scored the final goal in Real's rout of Shakhtar.

A first-half own goal from Serhiy Kryvtsov put Real Madrid on their way before Vinicius Junior scored two superb goals and set up Rodrygo for the fourth before Benzema completed the job.

Sheriff Tiraspol's fairytale run of results in the competitio­n ended with a 3-1 defeat at Inter Milan.

Goals from Edin Dzeko, Arturo Vidal and Stefan de Vrij sealed the win over the side from Moldova but Sheriff remain top of Group D despite having the same number of points as Real.

Borussia Dortmund and Erling Braut Haaland had an off night as they were beaten 4-0 by Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena.

Former West Ham striker Sebastien Haller scored his sixth Champions League goal in three games as Ajax took an iron grip on Group C with a maximum nine points.

Dortmund are second on six points.

 ?? ?? Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring against Atletico Madrid in Madrid on Tuesday
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring against Atletico Madrid in Madrid on Tuesday
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(AFP) PSG’s Lionel Messi (C) celebrates after scoring against RB Leipzig in Paris on Tuesday
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