Antonio Rudiger hits late winner to cap remarkable Real Madrid comeback

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Antonio Rudiger fired a last-minute winner as Real Madrid hit back from 3-1 down to beat Roma 4-3 at the Olympic Stadium.

Donyell Malen struck twice early in the second half to put Roma in control after Kylian Mbappe had cancelled out Marten de Roon’s opener for the Italian side before the interval.

Real pulled one back through Carlos Espi in the 83rd minute and after substitute Endrick’s header hauled Jose Mourinho’s side level two minutes later, Rudiger pounced after Roma had failed to clear a 90th-minute corner.

Shaktar Donetsk won their ‘home’ tie at Stamford Bridge 3-1 against AEK Athens, thanks to two goals in the last 10 minutes from Vinicius Tobias and Gleiker Mendoza.

Lovro Majer gave AEK a first-half lead before Pedrinho’s penalty levelled it up for Shakhtar, who were playing in London due to the on-going war in Ukraine.

Holders Paris St Germain produced a first-half masterclass in a 4-2 win against Manchester City, whose former boss Pep Guardiola was watching on at the Etihad Stadium.

Luis Enrique’s side stormed into a 3-0 lead at the break after goals from Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha.

Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring for Manchester City
Erling Haaland scored twice and hit the woodwork for City (Martin Rickett/PA)

Erling Haaland’s header early in the second period reduced the deficit and after Maghnes Akliouche had fired PSG’s fourth, the Norway striker struck his second.

Enzo Fernandez and Haaland then both hit the woodwork before Ferran Torres’ last-minute penalty for PSG was saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Bradley Barcola fired a hat-trick and Ronald Araujo also scored his first goal for Liverpool as they won 6-3 in Austria against LASK.

Araujo’s header and a first-half double from £122million signing Barcola gave Andoni Iraola’s side a 3-0 interval lead and Jeremie Frimpong headed them 4-0 up early in the second period.

Robert Ljubicic pulled one back for LASK and after Barcola struck his third, Lewis Koumas added Liverpool’s sixth before Florian Flecker’s late double added some respectability to the scoreline.

Nicolas Jackson and Ross Barkley both scored twice as Aston Villa sealed their first home win of the season and their biggest European win by thrashing Fenerbahce 6-0. Johan Manzambi and Tammy Abraham were also on target.

Bodo/Glimt secured a 1-0 home win against Borussia Dortmund, while Isco’s late penalty clinched Real Betis a 3-2 home win over Porto, Feyenoord bounced back from their opening 5-1 defeat to Barcelona by beating Ces Fabragas’ Como 3-2 in Rotterdam and Stuttgart won 3-0 on the road against Slovan Bratislava.

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