By Victor Kanayo
Premier League defending champions Manchester City again failed to win after playing six straight matches.
This term, the Pep Guardiola side blew a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.
Victory Haul
Same night, Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to leave the French club in danger of elimination.
There were also big wins for Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen, while Inter Milan went top of the standings after five games and Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski reached a century of Champions League goals.
However, the biggest drama came at the Etihad Stadium, where City were cruising early in the second half with a three-goal advantage as they sought to end a run of five successive defeats in all competitions.
City are two points outside the top eight places which offer direct qualification for the last 16, while Bayern moved above them by beating PSG 1-0 in Munich.
They are a lowly 26th in the 36-team league, a point adrift of the positions which offer a place in the play-off round in February.
Inter, Gunners Romp
Inter lead the standings with 13 points, a point ahead of Barcelona and Liverpool, after a 1-0 win at home to RB Leipzig which means they are also still yet to concede a goal.
Arsenal romped to a 5-1 victory away to Sporting in Lisbon, as the Portuguese side adapt to life without coach Ruben Amorim, who has departed for Manchester United.
Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes all scored in the first half for Arsenal, before Goncalo Inacio pulled one back shortly after the restart.
Bukayo Saka converted a penalty on 65 minutes after Martin Odegaard had been brought down, and Leandro Trossard headed in to seal Arsenal’s win late on.
Atalanta, Atletico Also
Atalanta romped to a 6-1 win over rock-bottom Young Boys in Switzerland, with Mateo Retegui and Charles De Ketelaere both scoring braces.
Sead Kolasinac and Lazar Samardzic also netted for the Italians, with Silvere Ganvoula getting the hosts’ reply.
Florian Wirtz struck twice, including a penalty, as Leverkusen crushed Red Bull Salzburg 5-0, with Alejandro Grimaldo scoring a superb free-kick and Patrik Schick and Aleix Garcia also netting.
Julian Alvarez and substitute Angel Correa each scored twice and Marcos Llorente and Antoine Griezmann once as Atletico romped to a 6-0 win away to Sparta Prague.
Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Tammy Abraham were the scorers in AC Milan’s 3-2 win at Slovan Bratislava, whose goals came from Tigran Barseghyan and Nino Marcelli.
