Champions League, 4th matchday
FC Liverpool – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4:0
Bayer Leverkusen suffered their first defeat in the Champions League. The Werkself lost 4-0 (0-0) to Liverpool FC, the former club of Bayer coach Xabi Alonso, on Tuesday evening. The German soccer champions remain at seven points after four of eight preliminary round games. Luis Díaz gave Liverpool the lead in the 61st minute, Cody Gakpo (65th) made it 2-0. Díaz continued to increase (83./90.+2). With twelve points, the Reds are clearly on course for direct qualification for the round of 16.
Borussia Dortmund – Sturm Graz 1-0
Donyell Malen scored Borussia Dortmund to an important 1-0 win against Sturm Graz in the Champions League. Malen scored the decisive goal in the 85th minute and enabled Borussia, who had recently been criticized a lot, to achieve a strong interim result of three wins and one defeat in the premier class. Coach Nuri Sahin’s team played superiorly against the Austrian champions for long stretches, but did not create enough compelling scoring chances for a long time. With nine points, Borussia is in the top group in the new league format and has the best prospects of moving directly into the round of 16.
Celtic Glasgow – RB Leipzig 3:1
RB Leipzig also suffered a defeat in the fourth preliminary round game of this Champions League season and is still waiting for the first point. The Saxons lost 1:3 (1:2) at Celtic Glasgow. This means that the second place in the Bundesliga table’s chances of progressing are getting worse and worse. Christoph Baumgartner gave Leipzig the lead in the 23rd minute. Former RB young player Nicolas Kühn (35th/45th+1) with a brace and Reo Hatate (72nd) turned the game around. Celtic have seven points after four games.
The German champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen are visiting Liverpool FC in the top duel on the fourth matchday of the Champions League. On Tuesday (9 p.m./Amazon Prime Video) Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso will return to the legendary Anfield Road. The 42-year-old Spaniard played for Liverpool from 2004 to 2009. Apart from Aston Villa, the Premier League club is the only team without losing a point after three match days in the premier football league. But Bayer is also doing well: the Werkself have picked up seven points so far.
Borussia Dortmund wants to take the momentum from the Bundesliga weekend with the 2-1 win against RB Leipzig into the European Cup. BVB will also welcome SK Sturm Graz, who are still without a point, at 9 p.m. (DAZN). However, the Dortmund team has to compete with a skeleton force due to many failures.
At the same time (DAZN) RB Leipzig is under pressure. The Saxons have to be prepared for a heated atmosphere at Celtic Glasgow and want to get their first win of this Champions League season.
