Aaaaand… breathe! What a night it’s been in the Champions League! It had everything! Goals, comeback, red cards, no shortage of talking points and, above all, so much quality and entertainment!Although the clash of Liverpool and Atletico Madrid was hyped as the match of the night, the most eventful game was the one in Germany – the meeting of Borussia Dortmund and Ajax.Our 10-man side couldn’t quite hold on. pic.twitter.com/mHoHcPJO9B— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) November 3, 2021 The home team’s central defender Mats Hummels was sent off for a foul on Anthony in the first half of this thrilling encounter. Slow-motion replays of the incident suggested that the tackle wasn’t bad and that VAR intervention would surely see the sending off rescinded. But to the amazement of the packed Westfalenstadion, referee Michael Oliver confirmed the decision and told Hummels to go and take an early shower. The yellow-black crowd was annoyed, but their fortunes were changed just a few minutes later when the slightest contact with the tumbling Jude Bellingham in Ajax box resulted in a penalty decision. Captain Marco Reus stepped up and converted to give his team the lead.Ajax were knocking at the door after the break, enjoying most of the possession against ten-men hosts. Understandably, Dortmund tried to hang on and keep their lead until the end, but it was a difficult task against an attacking force as sweeping as Amsterdammers’. Their pressure resulted in an equalizer with 20 minutes left to play when Serbia and Ajax captain Dusan Tadic finished at the far post. He may have been unfortunate to slam his family jewels into the stanchion in the process, but he didn’t mind. A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do!Ouch! Dusan Tadic scores… (©Gallo Images)Sebastien Haller and Davy Klassen scored two late goals to give Ajax a famous win against a tiring Dortmund side who simply couldn’t cope with the Dutch champions – especially not with a man fewer on the pitch.Over at Anfield, there was just one team. Atletico, the team that’s notorious for being low-scoring games specialists, were totally off-colour. They shipped two quick goals early on and allowed Jurgen Klopp’s men to control the proceedings with some ease. Whatever was Diego Simeone’s gameplan, it was undone by Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane. And Cholo’s night went from bad to worse when defender Felipe was shown a red card for an overzealous tackle on Mane.Luis Suárez’ return to Anfield ends in a 2-0 loss and constant boos for their former star.The Liverpool fans let one game, where he was fighting to get his team in a Champions League final, wipe away 3.5 years wherein he gave so much to their club.Shameful really. pic.twitter.com/teugmDinnS— Warriors of Uruguay (@UruguayHeroes) November 3, 2021 Luis Suarez thought he’d scored on his return to Liverpool, but his strike was chalked off because of an earlier offside decision. It was a miserable night for Atletico as they seldom threatened Allison Becker in the home goal.Paris Saint-Germain found themselves behind in Leipzig, courtesy of an early strike from their former player Christopher Nkunku, but managed to turn the game around thanks to two Gini Wijanldum goals – his first for the French club. The Saint were seemingly cruising to a win but a late penalty from Dominic Szoboszlai meant Pochettino and his players had to settle with a point.Elsewhere, Manchester City beat Belgian team Club Brugge KV, Inter inflicted the first defeat on the competition’s surprise package Sheriff Tiraspol and Portuguese champions Sporting CP absolutely annihilated Turkish team Besiktas.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEGroup stageTuesdayWolfsburg – Salzburg 2-1 (1-1)/Baku 3, Nmecha 60 – Wober 30/Malmo – Chelsea 0-1 (0-0)/Ziyech 56/Villareal – Young Boys 2-0 (1-0)/Capoue 36, Danjuma 89/Sevilla – Lille 1-2 (1-1)/Ocampos 15 – David (p) 43, Ikone 51/Atalanta – Man.Utd. 2-2 (1-1)/Iličić 12, Zapata 56 – Ronaldo 45+1, 90+1/Dynamo Kyiv – Barcelona 0-1 (0-0)/Ansu Fati 70/Juventus – Zenit 4-2 (1-1)/Dybala 11, 58 (p), Chiesa 73, Morata 82 – Bonucci (og), 26, Azmoun 90/Bayern – Benfica 5-2 (2-1)/Lewandowski 26,61,84, Gnabri 32, Sane 49 – Morato 38, Nunez 74/WednesdayMilan – Porto 1-1 (0-1)/Mbemba 61 og – Luis Diaz 6/Real Madrid – Shakhtar 2-1 (1-1)/Benzema 14, 61 – Fernando 39/Sheriff Tiraspol – Inter 1-3 (0-0)/Traore 90+2, Brozovic 54, Skriniar 66, Sanchez 81/Sporting – Besiktas 4-0 (3-0)/Goncalves 31 pen, 38, Paulinho 42, Sarabia 56/RB Leipzig – PSG 2-2 (1-2)/Nkunku 8, Szoboszlai 90+2 pen – Wijnaldum 21, 40/Man.City – Club Brugge 4-1 (1-1)/Foden 15, Mahrez 54, Sterling 73 – Stones 17 og/Dortmund – Ajax 1-3 (1-0)/Reus 37 pen – Tadic 72, Haller 83, Klassen 90+3/Liverpool – Atl.Madrid 2-0 (2-0)/Jota 13, Mane 21/
