PSG beat Manchester City 4-2 on Maresca's first defeat. Barcola's hat-trick lifts Liverpool to 6-3, Villa score six in a record win and Martínez's outburst rumbles on at United
Manchester City lost 4-2 to Paris Saint-Germain, Sky Sports reported, with Erling Haaland scoring twice; it was Enzo Maresca's first defeat of the season, and Pep Guardiola was at the ground. ESPN said it was City's first home match since the guilty verdict. Liverpool won 6-3 at LASK, with Bradley Barcola scoring a hat-trick, the BBC, Guardian and Telegraph said. Aston Villa beat Fenerbahçe by six goals in a record win, the Guardian and BBC reported, and Real Madrid won 4-3 at Roma, Football Italia and the BBC said. At Manchester United, Lisandro Martínez issued a statement after criticising the club's hierarchy; the BBC says he apologised and Sky Sports says he did not.
The Champions League shows which English clubs are close to the European elite. City's defeat comes as the club faces the consequences of the guilty verdict, and United's row shows the cost of a poor run.
Fans can check the league phase table; for everyone else, the City and United stories will run in the news pages, not just on the sports ones.
The facts are the scores. The question marks are Martínez's wording and what the club does next. We have no confirmed sanction, so we report none.
DailyDrop U.K. edition No. 11 · Morning · THU., OCT. 15, 2026