Chelsea thump Barcelona in Champions League as Man City also lose

Barcelona and Manchester City both suffered significant losses in the Champions League on Tuesday as a result of defensive errors.

Chelsea moved into the top four with a comfortable 3-0 victory over 10-man Barcelona to win the third league game.

Barcelona lost a man just before half-time after defender Ronald Araujo received a second yellow card.

Jules Kounde scored an own-goal in the 27th, Estevao’s nice strike in the 55th, and Liam Delap’s close-range goal in the 73rd.

Leverkusen continue to be a man city’s problem.

In Pep Guardiola’s 100th Champions League game as City manager, his team struggled to adjust to Bayer Leverkusen’s quick transitions, and Barcelona suffered a 3-0 loss to Chelsea with an own goal and a red card.

Erling Haaland was one of the 10 changes made to Guardiola’s starting lineup following Saturday’s Premier League defeat to Newcastle, but it didn’t have the desired impact.

In the 23rd, Alejandro Grimaldo fired a low shot into the far corner of Leverkusen, and Patrik Schick added a second in the 54th, which was Leverkusen’s first goal.

With a win, City could have climbed to the top of the table, but the top three remained unchanged throughout the night. On Wednesday, Arsenal, Inter Milan, and Bayern Munich all play.

Both Benfica and Napoli both have record wins.

Samuel Dahl’s opening goal helped Benfica defeat struggling Ajax 2-0, Mourinho’s first Champions League victory. The two winless teams met in the Netherlands at No 36 versus No 35 in the standings before the game.

After Ajax goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros saved a header from Benfica’s veteran defender Nicolas Otamendi, left back Dahl unstoppable with a rebound. In the 90th, Leandro Barreiro added a second goal.

In all competitions, Ajax has lost five of its Champions League matches and only won one of its final ten games.

The only goal was scored by Canadian forward Promise David in the 1-0 victory over Galatasaray, a team that is without a full-back. Victor Osimhen, the Turkish side’s top scorer in the Champions League, was unhurt, and the Turkish side had 10 men on hand when Arda Unyay, 18, was shown two yellow cards.