Fenerbahçe beat Liverpool 3-2 in the Champions League
· BehindLines newsroom
Fenerbahçe beat Liverpool 3-2 in Istanbul on Wednesday, November 4, in matchday four of the Champions League league phase. Vedat Muriqi scored the winner with a header in the 79th minute.
According to Yahoo Sports' account, two goals came before the break, from Trey Nyoni and Mason Greenwood, and the sides went in level; the page does not say which team each scored for. Alexander Isak put Liverpool back in front in the 69th minute. Archie Brown equalised for Fenerbahçe about four minutes later, before Muriqi beat Alisson with a header in the 79th.
The 3-2 scoreline and the venue (Istanbul) are confirmed by 112.ua, which published the evening's results, and by the CBS Sports schedule, which lists Fenerbahçe 3, Liverpool 2 under Wednesday, November 4. On the same night, according to Yahoo Sports, Real Madrid won 3-2 in Athens against AEK with a stoppage-time goal from Federico Valverde, after trailing twice (Aboubakary Koita in the 12th minute, Stavros Pilios with 15 minutes left) and levelling through Jude Bellingham and then Kylian Mbappé in the 78th, and Manchester City beat Leipzig 3-2 with Erling Haaland scoring in the 78th minute.
CBS Sports notes that the league phase, which reaches its halfway point with this matchday, ends on January 27: the top eight teams advance directly to the knockout round, while the next 16 go to a playoff round.
What remains unknown is the effect on the standings: the sources read publish no updated table, nor the minutes or scorers of several goals.