Como beat Man United 4-1 as Champions League table takes shape after Matchday 3

Wednesday's results

Como beat Manchester United 4-1 in the Champions League league phase on Wednesday, Oct. 21, and Arsenal came from behind to draw 2-2 at Bayern Munich, according to UEFA's matchday round-up and NBC Sports. Both reports record nine results across the evening. ^{[1] [2]}

UEFA credits Nicolas Paz with two goals for Como, one in the second minute, with Tasos Douvikas and Jacobo Ramon also scoring. Joshua Zirkzee scored United's goal in added time. NBC Sports lists the same Como scorers and says United have won one of three league-phase games. ^{[1] [2]}

At Bayern, Alphonso Davies and Harry Kane, from a penalty, scored for the hosts, and Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice replied for Arsenal, UEFA reports. Real Madrid beat RB Leipzig 4-1 at the Bernabeu, with Kylian Mbappe among the scorers, according to NBC Sports and UEFA. ^{[1] [2]}

The other Wednesday scores, each reported by both outlets: Aston Villa 3-1 Viking, Lille 2-4 Galatasaray, Club Brugge 3-0 Lens, Inter 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk, Real Betis 1-0 Feyenoord, and Sporting CP 2-3 LASK. ^{[1] [2]}

Tuesday's confirmed results

Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2 on Tuesday, Oct. 20, a result carried by ESPN and Al Jazeera, and Liverpool beat Villarreal 4-3, according to ESPN and UEFA's results list. ^{[6] [7] [8] [5]}

UEFA's list also shows Roma 4-0 Slovan Bratislava, Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens, Napoli 4-3 Bodo/Glimt, Porto 0-1 PSV Eindhoven, Sabah 1-2 Borussia Dortmund, Stuttgart 1-1 Atletico Madrid and Fenerbahce 2-2 Slavia Praha. This article does not report those seven scores as confirmed, because a second source has not been checked for them, and one other outlet gave a different score for Fenerbahce-Slavia. ^[5]

Where the table stands

After all 18 matches of the round, PSG, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis lead with nine points from three games, in that order on goal difference, per the Sky Sports table updated Oct. 21. Sky shows PSG and Villa level on +9, ahead of Liverpool and Real Madrid on +5 and Betis on +3. ^{[3] [4]}

Stuttgart and Arsenal follow on seven points. Barcelona, Como, Manchester City, Club Brugge, Sporting CP and Borussia Dortmund are on six, with Bayern Munich on five, Sky and Pulse Ghana both show. Barcelona hold eighth place on goal difference, the last of the automatic last-16 spots, with Como ninth. ^{[3] [4]}

Manchester United sit 21st on three points with a goal difference of minus one, inside the 9th to 24th band that Sky says goes to the playoffs. Inter are 20th and Napoli 22nd, also on three. Lille, Porto and Slovan Bratislava have no points. ^{[3] [4]}

Format and what is next

Sky's table key says the top eight teams qualify directly for the last 16, positions nine to 24 enter the playoffs and the bottom 12 are eliminated. Each club plays eight league-phase matches, so five rounds remain; the table above reflects results through the evening of Oct. 21 and will change with every matchday. ^[3]

The trend interest in the standings coincides with Como's win over United, but the sources reviewed do not state why searches rose. Tables can differ slightly between outlets in how ties on points are ordered; Sky and Pulse Ghana show the same order for all 36 clubs. ^{[3] [4]}