After the 3rd week of the UEFA Champions League

The 3rd week of the UEFA Champions League 2024-2025 season concluded with matches played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Following the first three weeks of the league, Aston Villa, with three wins out of three, is at the top of the table on goal difference, while Liverpool is in second place.

The UEFA Champions League, the most important organization in European club football, completed its 3rd week with matches played on October 22 (Tuesday) and October 23 (Wednesday). A total of 51 goals were scored in the week, which featured 18 matches. The most significant victory of the week was achieved by Manchester City, which defeated Sparta Prague 5-0. At the end of the third week, Aston Villa, one of the two teams that won all their matches, took the lead on goal difference. Liverpool, with 9 points, ranked second. After three weeks, the team with the most goals in the league is Borussia Dortmund with 12 goals, while Aston Villa, Manchester City, Inter, Arsenal, and Atalanta have not yet conceded any goals.

Aston Villa and Liverpool made it 3 out of 3

Aston Villa and Liverpool won all their matches after the first three weeks in the UEFA Champions League. In the 3rd week of the league, Aston Villa defeated the Italian representative Bologna, which they hosted, 2-0, adding 3 points to their tally. Liverpool also finished the week without errors by defeating the German team Leipzig with a single goal away from home.

The biggest win was achieved by Manchester City with a score of 5-0

In the Champions League, the biggest win of the 3rd week was marked by Manchester City, which defeated Sparta Prague 5-0. The goals that brought victory to the English representative were scored by Philip Foden, Erling Haaland (2), John Stones, and Matheus Nunes. With this win, the Manchester team increased its points to 7 and settled in 3rd place on goal difference.

Real Madrid and Barcelona recorded significant victories over Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich respectively

In the standout match of the week, the reigning champion Real Madrid came from behind to defeat Borussia Dortmund, coached by Nuri Şahin, 5-2. In another important match of the week, Barcelona won against Bayern Munich with a score of 4-1.

Kerem Aktürkoğlu continues to score goals

National players Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Orkun Kökçü, who play for Benfica, suffered a 3-1 defeat at home against Feyenoord in the 3rd week. Kerem scored Benfica’s only goal in the match. The 26-year-old player increased his Champions League goal tally to 3 this season with this goal and managed to celebrate scoring in all three matches he played.

The 4th week matches in the Champions League will be played on November 5-6.

The matches played in the 3rd week of the league and the results are as follows:

Milan: 3 – Club Brugge: 1

Monaco: 5 – Kızılyıldız: 1

Paris Saint-Germain: 1 – PSV: 1

Juventus: 0 – Stuttgart: 1

Arsenal: 1 – Shakhtar Donetsk: 0

Aston Villa: 2 – Bologna: 0

Girona: 2 – Slovan Bratislava: 0

Sturm Graz: 0 – Sporting: 2

Real Madrid: 5 – Borussia Dortmund: 2

Atalanta: 0 – Celtic: 0

Brest: 1 – Bayer Leverkusen: 1

Manchester City: 5 – Sparta Prag: 0

Leipzig: 0 – Liverpool: 1

Barcelona: 4 – Bayern Münih: 1

Atletico Madrid: 1 – Lille: 3

Benfica: 1 – Feyenoord: 3

Salzburg: 0 – Dinamo Zagreb: 2

Young Boys: 0 – Inter: 1