Viktor Gyokeres nets hat-trick to defeat City; AC Milan breeze past Real Madrid

In one of the most intriguing Matchday 4 matches of the 2024–2025 UEFA Champions League, Sporting CP hosted Manchester City. On Matchday 4, Manchester City takes on a strong Sporting CP team in an intriguing Champions League matchup. As the matches starts Manchester City finds themselev in strong postion as Phil Foden opens the account by scoring a brilliant goal which gave City lead by 1-0 in the match.

But the things turned out even worse for  Manchester City when Viktor Gyokeres scored his first goal in 36 mintues of the game. Later it turned out to be over worse for the Manchester City as he scored his hat-trick and lead his team in wining position. While star striker Erling Haaland missed penalty as Sporting Lisbon defeated Manchester City 4-1.

In the Champions League league stage, Real Madrid is on the verge of suffering their second loss of the year. With just a short time remaining against AC Milan, Carlo Ancelotti's team is presently behind 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu after losing to Lille on MD2. Real Madrid has lost two of their last four Champions League games this season, unless they pull off a huge comeback. After the crushing defeat in El Clasico ten days earlier, it would also be back-to-back defeats.

Liverpool defeated Bayer Leverkusen

Six-time champions Liverpool and German champions Bayer Leverkusen faced off at Liverpool's famous Anfield Stadium on November 5 in Matchweek 4 of the UEFA Champions League 2024. It is anticipated that Xabi Alonso would return to his old team as a visiting manager. Alonso scored a penalty against AC Milan in the historic comeback final in Istanbul in 2005, helping the Reds win the UCL. However the homecoming did not lasted well for Xabi Alonso as Liverpool defeated Bayer Leverkusen by 4-0 at home. 

Meanwhile Borussia Dortmund faced Sturm Graz at Signal Iduna Park. While the match was a dead lock until Donyell Malen scored the lone goal of the match which