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Manchester City football players managed the draw of Wednesday’s program of the 4th round of the main phase of the Champions League. Citizens added their third triumph in this year’s edition against Borussia Dortmund, which they easily defeated 4:1.

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05.11.2025 20:40 , updated: 23:19

The players of FC Barcelona had to settle for only a draw on the field of FC Bruges, when they drew 3:3 in Belgium despite losing three times. Thus, Barcelona dropped out of the top eight in the Champions League table. Inter Milan is still 100 percent, which added a fourth victory against Kajrat Almaty (2:1).

The Catalans did not have an ideal start to the match and were losing after the first half. Carlos Forbes made two forays through the right side, who in the sixth minute served the ball to the finishing Nicol Tresoldi, less than 10 minutes later he beat Wojciech Szczesný himself. The favorite was able to respond with an equalizing accurate strike in the eighth minute, when Ferran Torres prevailed after a break.

After the change of sides, the home Belgians faced a difficult task – to defend their unexpected lead. After an hour of play, only Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez made the Brugg defense stand out. The first-named skillfully bypassed a pair of players in front of the penalty area, Lopez tapped the ball with his heel and the 18-year-old super talent equalized with an outside instep. The home team was without a lead again for only a moment.

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The “Blaugranas” did not guard another run for the defense of Forbes, who scored for the second time in the duel – 3:2. Yamal was the most active player on the favorite’s side, his attempt in the 77th minute was unfortunately headed by Christos Tzolis, and Barca responded successfully for the third time – 3:3. In the end, the guests were still stiff, Romeo Vermant scored after a mistake by the goalkeeper Szczesny. However, the Belgian striker helped himself in the slide with a foul, which was also confirmed by the VAR system in cooperation with the main referee Anthony Taylor, and the division of points was a reality.

Manchester City laid the foundation for success in the first half of the game. They sent up to seven shooting attempts at the opponent’s goal and beat goalkeeper Gregor Kobel twice in the first half hour. First, Phil Foden presented himself with a header from outside the penalty area, followed by the Norwegian gunner Erling Haaland with the 18th goal in the 14th competitive duel for ManCity in the current season.

After the change of sides, the triumph of coach Pep Guardiola’s men was definitively ensured by Foden’s second goal, which he scored in an almost identical manner to the first act. Waldemar Anton gave a glimmer of hope in the 72nd minute, but City kept the three points and substitute Rayan Cherki sealed the difference in the second half with three goals.

At home, Inter Milan had the task of confirming the role of the clear favorite against Kazakh Kajrat Almaty. Captain Lautaro Martinez calmed down the Nerazzurri with a goal at the end of the first half. Complications for the Milanese were caused in the 55th minute by the goal of visiting player Ofri Arad, who was the first to score in this year’s LM edition into Inter’s net. Carlos Augusto rejected the hesitation of the favorite in the 67th minute, he moved Inter to the goal of 12 points, one score behind the leader Bayern Munich and the second Arsenal, who are the only ones who have not collected so far.

Four losses in four games, that’s what Ajax Amsterdam’s record looks like. The famous Dutch club lost to Inter Milan, Olympique Marseille, Chelsea and Galatasaray Istanbul. The victory of the serial Turkish champion was directed by the Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, who scored twice in the space of six minutes after an hour of play, completing his hat-trick in the 78th minute with the second converted penalty.

The third triumph in a row was achieved by the players of Newcastle United. The representative of the English Premier League took the lead against the Spanish Athletic Bilbao in St. James’ Park in the 11th minute thanks to defender Dan Burn. Shortly after the change of sides, Brazilian midfielder Joelington increased the difference to two goals. Both prevailed with uncompromising headers. This duel was the only one in Wednesday’s program that had a Slovak track. It was led by referees from Slovakia, Ivan Kružliak in the position of chief, who was assisted on the lines by his compatriots Branislav Hancko and Ján Pozor.

A single goal decided Bayer Leverkusen’s victory at Benfica Lisbon. Czech attacker Patrik Schick secured three points for “Pharmaceut” in the 65th minute. He also had only one scorer in the duel in Marseille, where the home Olympique lost to Atalanta Bergamo in the 90th minute after a successful finish by Lazar Samardžič. Together with Ajax, Benfica is without a point, the team from Portugal is in the penultimate 35th place only thanks to a more positive score.

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FC Chelsea players drew 2:2 with home team FK Karabakh in Baku, Azerbaijan. Chelsea started more actively in Baku. In the 12th minute, Andrey Santos dropped the ball, but five minutes later, the same player sent out Estevao, who stuck an opponent and finished right at the near post – 0:1. The home team answered in the 29th minute, Camilo Duran hit the post, but Leandro Andrade already made waves from the goal post.

The turnaround was ensured by Marko Jankovič from the penalty awarded by the referee at the hand of Jorrell Hat in his own penalty area. After the change of sides, the English representative switched to a higher level, Alejandro Garnacho took care of the equalizer with a sharp shot. “The Blues” had several chances for a third goal at the end, but they did not use them. Both teams have seven points after four matches.

The first victory in the league phase is celebrated by FC Pafos, who beat the Spanish Villarreal 1:0. The triumph of the Cypriot team was decided in the 47th minute by Derrick Luckassen, who shortly after the break scored with a header from Ken Sem’s corner kick. The Cypriot club has five points after its first victory in the LM, the “yellow submarine” has recorded its third loss, in the main stage of the LM it has so far won only one point for a draw with Juventus (2:2).