KYLIAN Mbappe scored four goals as Real Madrid held on for a 4-3 victory over Olympiacos in a UEFA Champions League thriller in Greece tonight.
Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman was also on target as Atalanta eased past Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 in Germany, while Vitinha struck a hat-trick in Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal keep their place at the top of the league table with a 3-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium over Bayern Munich, which ended the German side’s perfect start to the campaign, as Liverpool’s slump continued with a ninth defeat in 12 games following a 4-1 loss to PSV Eindhoven at Anfield.
In Greece, hosts Olympiacos took an early surprise lead through Francisco Chiquinho’s 20-yard strike.
But Mbappe stepped up for the visitors and struck three times in the space of seven minutes.
The Frenchman first ran on to Vinicius Jr’s wonderful pass behind the defence to finish calmly – and then headed in Arda Guler’s cross.
Mbappe looked unstoppable as he then beat the offside trap to net his hat-trick from Eduardo Camavinga’s pass.
He then found Vinicius, who found the net, but his effort was ruled out for an offside against the French forward.
But a bullet header from substitute Mehdi Taremi got Olympiacos back into the game.
Mbappe bagged his fourth with a close-range poked effort from Vinicius’ pass.
But Morocco striker Ayoub el Kaabi’s header again gave Olympiacos late hope.
It ended a three-game winless run for Real Madrid in all competitions and marked their first competitive win in Athens in their 10th visit.
In Germany, Lookman opened the scoring for Atalanta on the hour mark before Ederson, via an assist by the Nigeria international, and Charles De Ketelaere added further goals to make it a comfortable third victory for the Italian side in the competition.
In London, Noni Madueke scored his first goal for Arsenal as the Gunners maintain their 100% record in the Champions League.
Arsenal took the lead in the 22nd minute when Jurrien Timber headed in Bukayo Saka’s corner – the 10th goal that Arsenal have scored from a corner this season, the most of any side in Europe’s top five leagues.
Bayern grew into the match after going behind and equalised 10 minutes later when Joshua Kimmich hit a crossfield pass to Serge Gnabry and the former Arsenal forward played the ball across the area for 17-year-old Lennart Karl to score from close range.
It was the first goal that Arsenal had conceded in the competition this season but it did not stop them making it five wins from five.
England winger with Nigerian heritage Madueke put the Gunners in front when substitute Riccardo Calafiori fired a powerful cross into the area for him to help into the net.
The Gunners then wrapped up the win when Sunday’s north London derby hero Eberechi Eze clipped a pass over the defence and Gabriel Martinelli knocked the ball around goalkeeper Manuel Neuer – who was in no man’s land – to hand Bayern Munich their first defeat of the season.
At a subdued Anfield, Liverpool’s terrible run continued as they suffered a miserable home defeat by PSV.
The struggling Reds, on their worst run in over 70 years, have now lost three consecutive games in all competitions by a margin of three or more goals for the first time since December 1953.
Three wins in four matches, including a brilliant victory over Real Madrid last time out, had put Liverpool in a strong position in the league phase.
But this defeat left Slot facing serious questions about the current state of this team and just how he is going to fix it.
The visitors went ahead after just six minutes, Virgil van Dijk needlessly sticking his arm in the air in an attempt to claim a foul, but instead giving away a penalty for handball, which Ivan Perisic calmly slotted home.
Dominic Szoboszlai restored parity 10 minutes later when Cody Gakpo’s effort was parried away by goalkeeper Matej Kovár, but landed straight at the feet of the Hungarian midfielder for a simple tap-in.
But the Dutch league leaders restored their advantage when Mauro Junior played a defence-splitting pass and Milos Kerkez could not prevent Guus Til slotting home.
The home side’s misery was then compounded as substitute Couhaib Driouech poked in the rebound from Ricardo Pepi’s effort, sending the already-buoyant visiting supporters into raptures.
The Moroccan forward then added a second in stoppage time, slotting low into the bottom corner following a swift move, sealing their first victory over an English side since beating Tottenham in the 2008 Europa League and moved up to 15th in the standings, while Liverpool dropped to 13th.
RESULTS
FC Copenhagen 3-2 Kairat Almaty
Pafos 2-2 Monaco
Paris 5-3 Tottenham
Liverpool 1-4 PSV
Arsenal 3-1 Bayern München
Atleti 2-1 Inter
Frankfurt 0-3 Atalanta
Olympiacos 3-4 Real Madrid
Paris 5-3 Tottenham
Sporting CP 3-0 Club Brugge