Super comeback for "MU", large victories for "Barca" and "PSG"
Yamal surpassed Mbappe, Raphinha left behind Neymar and Rivaldo, and Kane failed to break Ronaldo's record.
Super comeback for "MU", major victories for "Barça" and "PSG"
On the evening of November 3, 9 matches took place within the framework of Round 4 of the UCL overall group stage. "PSG" leads the standings after winning 4 matches in a row, "Barcelona" achieved a major victory in a match against "Aston Villa" that was expected to be difficult, and "Bayern", after two consecutive draws, won in Madrid to enter the top eight.
**"Barcelona" – "Aston Villa" 3:0**
Yamal, 7 (1:0). Raphinha, 52 (2:0). Raphinha, 64 (3:0)
**"Barcelona":** Garcia, Cubarsí, Martín, Cancelo, Fariñas (Balde, 82), Pedri (Gavi, 70), Rodri (Bernal, 46), Fermín López (de Jong, 70), Gordon, Yamal, Raphinha (Gabriel Jesus, 70)
**"Aston Villa":** Suzuki, Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Maatsen, Cash, Kamara, Gomes (Barkley, 62), Manzambi (Goretzka, 62), Buendía (Mbaye, 62), McGinn (Abraham, 77), Jackson (Alisson, 77)
**Yellow cards:** Raphinha, 45 – Maatsen, 11. Buendía, 31. Jackson, 45
This season, "Barcelona" has been easily demolishing relatively modest opponents and scoring as many goals as they like. At the same time, they struggle in matches against top opponents: the Catalans lost to "PSG" and "Real" within one week. "Aston Villa" under Unai Emery was also a competitive team. But "Barça" faced no difficulty in the match against the English side.
Much of the match was decided after a gross error in "Villa's" defense. In the seventh minute of the match, while building out from the back, Gomes carelessly passed sideways, and Yamal, taking possession of the ball, accurately hit the far corner.
With this, he surpassed Mbappé in the number of goals scored in the UCL under the age of 20 (14 against 13). Overall, the 19-year-old winger is having a very impressive season: he has already registered a 17+12 goal+assist stat line in 18 matches for "Barcelona" and the national team. Out of these, he scored three goals and provided four assists in four UCL matches.
The "Aston Villa" defenders, however, did not learn a lesson from "Barcelona's" high press. The visitors continued to play out from the back on the ground, and a second goal could have been conceded in the 26th minute.
This time, goalkeeper Suzuki was surrounded by three opposing players and was unable to clear the ball.