Liverpool beat Villarreal 4-3 in thrilling Champions League encounter

Liverpool beat visitors Villarreal 4-3 in the match between the two sides in matchday three of the UEFA Champions League league phase, played on 20 October 2026 at 22:00 Saudi Arabia time (Damascus).

Villarreal began the match strongly and took a two-goal lead through Georges Mikautadze in the 4th minute and then Sergi Cardona in the 29th minute, before Liverpool responded with a goal from Alexis Mac Allister in the 36th minute and a goal from Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva in the 45+2nd minute to level the score before the end of the first half.

In the second half, Liverpool continued to press and Alexis Mac Allister scored his second goal in the 65th minute before Florian Richard Wirtz added a fourth goal in the 68th minute, before Villarreal narrowed the gap through Tanitoluwa Oluwatimikhin Oluwaseyi in the 87th minute without managing to find an equaliser.

Alexis Mac Allister was named man of the match after scoring two goals in 90 minutes played in full, with a performance rating of 9.19.

Statistically, Liverpool dominated possession with 53 against 47 in favour of Villarreal, and had 22 shots compared to 14 for Villarreal, of which 7 were on target against 5 for Villarreal. Liverpool also won 8 corners compared to 2 for Villarreal, while the expected goals (xg) figure stood at 2.41 for Liverpool against 1.54 for Villarreal. The match saw no red cards, while Villarreal received two yellow cards compared to none for Liverpool.

With this result, Liverpool raised their tally to 6 points from two wins in two matches to sit in fifth place with 8 goals scored and 4 conceded, while Villarreal remained on 3 points from a win and a loss in two matches to sit in 14th place with 5 goals scored and 4 conceded.