Champions League review: comebacks, thrashings and a Mauritanian first

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Named player of the match on Tuesday after providing the assist for Bisseck’s opener, Spence has seldom featured in his first season, having made his first Serie A start only in Saturday’s defeat to Milan.Como continue to win matches, as well as hearts and minds, and followed their 4-1 victory over Manchester United with an even more emphatic performance. Cesc Fàbregas’s team continue to defy expectations in their first Champions League campaign.

Having taken just two shots in his first 180 minutes of this season’s Champions League, the 28-year-old winger put Madrid on notice early on Wednesday. Koita threaded the ball into the defender’s path and Pilios coolly slotted it past Courtois.Ultimately, Madrid had too much talent for AEK’s defence.

Kylian Mbappé made no mistake, scoring his team’s second equalizer three minutes after Pilios’s effort. The competition resumes on 24 November with a hipster’s dream: Bodø/Glimt welcoming LASK, and Galatasaray hosting Aston Villa in the early kick-offs.Later, Como and AEK Athens will look to boost their hopes of progress, while Real Betis will aim to rebound from their first league-phase defeat when they visit Slovan Bratislava.