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Como beat Manchester United 4-1 in Champions League upset

Como beat Manchester United 4-1 in the Champions League on Oct. 21, with Nico Paz scoring twice. Aston Villa and Real Madrid maintained perfect starts, while Bayern Munich drew 2-2 with Arsenal.

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Mestalla stadium stands beside an urban street in Valencia, Spain. / EconoTimes.ai
Mestalla stadium stands beside an urban street in Valencia, Spain. / EconoTimes.ai

Como beat Manchester United 4-1 in the Champions League on Oct. 21, with Nico Paz scoring twice in a home victory at Giuseppe Sinigaglia, according to ESPN.

ESPN described United's loss as one of their most embarrassing European defeats. Como recorded their second win in three matches, while United suffered their second defeat.

Paz opened the scoring in the second minute and struck again in the 57th, after Anastasios Douvikas scored in the 49th. Jacobo Ramón added a header in the 76th before Joshua Zirkzee scored in the first minute of stoppage time. The attendance was 10,875.

Aston Villa maintained their perfect start with a 3-1 win over Viking FK at Villa Park, where 33,410 attended. Villa have won all three of their matches.

Ross Barkley scored a header in the 23rd minute, and Emiliano Buendía converted a penalty in the 37th. Henrik Heggheim's own goal followed in the 62nd before Peter Christiansen scored for Viking in the 84th.

Real Madrid also earned a third win from three matches, beating RB Leipzig 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu before 73,016 spectators.

Bernardo Silva scored in the 43rd minute and Arda Güler in the 52nd. Kylian Mbappé scored in the 83rd, Tidiam Gomis in the 85th and Yan Diomande in the 87th.

Arsenal drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, with Declan Rice scoring an 82nd-minute equaliser. The match drew an attendance of 75,000.

Eberechi Eze put Arsenal ahead in the 25th minute before Alphonso Davies equalised in the 35th. Harry Kane's penalty gave Bayern the lead in the 61st.

Galatasaray beat Lille 4-2 at Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy before 44,142 spectators. Yunus Akgün scored in the second minute, followed by Soriba Diaoune in the seventh and 39th.

Alexey Batrakov scored a header in the 44th minute. Berke Özer's own goal came in the 52nd, and Victor Osimhen scored in the 61st.

LASK Linz won 3-2 at Sporting CP, where 48,985 attended at Estádio José Alvalade. Luis Suárez converted a fifth-minute penalty and scored again in the 89th.

Christoph Lang scored in the 15th minute, Sasa Kalajdzic in the 63rd and Krystof Danek in the 68th.

Club Brugge beat Lens 3-0 at Jan Breydel Stadium before 26,023 spectators. Hans Vanaken scored in first-half stoppage time, three minutes beyond the 45th, followed by Joaquin Seys in the 50th and Carlos Forbs in the 72nd.

Internazionale beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 through Carlos Augusto's 77th-minute goal at San Siro, where 73,352 attended.

Real Betis completed the day's nine matches with a 1-0 win over Feyenoord Rotterdam. Isco converted a 59th-minute penalty at Estadio La Cartuja before 67,524 spectators, giving Betis their third win in three matches.

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