{"id":14772,"date":"2024-10-24T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=14772"},"modified":"2024-10-24T14:34:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:34:56","slug":"ucl-matchday-3-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ucl-matchday-3-results\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 Roundup As Aston Villa And Liverpool Maintain Winning Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The UCL matchday 3 results generated a number of intriguing and fascinating scorelines across the continent on Tuesday and Wednesday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the second successive time in this season&#8217;s new look format, all four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/premier-league-barclays-era-deep-dive\/\">Premier League<\/a> sides tasted victory. Even more impressively, Aston Villa and Liverpool are the only sides who boast a 100% win record.<\/p>\n<p>With nine points on the board already, Villa and the Reds are on the right track for automatic qualification to the round of 16 in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>This season, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-does-the-new-uefa-champions-league-format-work\/\">UEFA Champions League<\/a> underwent a restructure meaning the top eight teams automatically progress to the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>Those finishing from 9th-24th will go head-to-head in a two-legged play-off to determine the remaining entries for the last-16 stage. The losing teams are completely eliminated from European competition.<\/p>\n<p>The same will apply to those who finish between 25th-36th. It is no longer possible for teams to drop into the UEFA Europa League owing to the new league format.<\/p>\n<h2>UCL Matchday 3 Results On Tuesday<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Arsenal and Aston Villa win as Vini Jr. hits a Dortmund treble<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s UCL matchday 3 results saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/arsenal-fc-2024-25-fixtures-for-premier-league-champions-league-fa-cup-league-cup\/\">Arsenal<\/a> and Aston Villa pick up vital home wins. The Gunners got the better of Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 thanks to a first-half Dmytro Riznyk own goal.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side are currently on seven points ahead of their trip to Inter on matchday 4. A victory in Italy will keep their automatic qualification hopes very much on track.<\/p>\n<p>Villa are yet to concede in this season&#8217;s competition as they top the league after three games. John McGinn and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jhon-duran-new-contract-aston-villa-2030\/\">Jhon Duran<\/a> scored in the second-half to secure a comfortable 2-0 win over Bologna.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Morgan Rogers cross \ud83d\udc4c<br \/>Jhon Dur\u00e1n finish \ud83c\udfaf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbdKhGllcA\">pic.twitter.com\/kbdKhGllcA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/1849420827718201740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Up next, Unai Emery&#8217;s side travel to Belgium to take on Club Brugge. The Spaniard will be quietly confident of maintaining his and Villa&#8217;s excellent start.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Vini Jr. hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/el-clasico-tickets-queue-real-madrid-mbappe\/\">Real Madrid<\/a>&#8216;s 15th UCL hat-trick as the reigning champions thought back from 2-0 down to thrash Dortmund 5-2 at the Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<p>Monaco, Milan, Stuttgart, Sporting and Girona all picked up vital wins. The only stalemate on Tuesday night came in Paris as PSG and PSV played out a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sensational Vini hat-trick \ud83e\udd75<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3YGZTAYQr2\">pic.twitter.com\/3YGZTAYQr2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/1849405476011700336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>UCL Matchday 3 Results On Wednesday<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Liverpool and Manchester City win again, Celtic earn draw as Barcelona thrash Bayern Munich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After their 1-0 win over RB Leipzig, Arne Slot&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/liverpool-2024-25-fixtures-for-premier-league-champions-league-fa-cup-league-cup\/\">Liverpool<\/a> are second in the league phase with nine points from nine. Darwin Nunez scored the winner in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Up next for the Reds sees an Anfield return for club legend Xabi Alonso. The Spaniard takes his Leverkusen side to Merseyside in hope of causing an upset.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City make it a Premier League top three after their resounding 5-0 win over Sparta Prague. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-city-vs-sparta-prague-champions-league-highlights\/\">Erling Haaland<\/a> scored the pick of the goals with a fantastic acrobatic effort.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Haaland&#39;s acrobatic finish \ud83d\ude31<br \/>Raphinha at his best \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<\/p>\n<p>Vote for your Goal of the Day \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCLGOTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCLGOTD<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heineken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Heineken<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/1849210767230275945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A trip to Portugal is up next for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-city-2024-25-fixtures-for-premier-league-champions-league-fa-cup-league-cup\/\">Cityzens<\/a> as they face Sporting Lisbon on matchday 4. Another victory will act as the perfect springboard for automatic qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Premiership champions Celtic picked up a very credible draw away to Atalanta. Brendan Rodgers&#8217; side has registered four points across their opening three games.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Raphina hit a hat-trick as Barcelona thrashed Bayern 4-1 and there were also victories for Lille, Dinamo Zagreb, Feyenoord and Inter. Brest and Leverkusen played out a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best performance? \ud83c\udf1f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WC1xl3lrHQ\">pic.twitter.com\/WC1xl3lrHQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/1849202279909568678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UCL matchday 3 results generated a number of intriguing and fascinating scorelines across the continent on Tuesday and Wednesday night. For the second successive time in this season&#8217;s new look format, all four Premier League sides tasted victory. 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