Holders Real Madrid suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Lille in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Aston Villa defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in a repeat of the 1982 European Cup final.
Liverpool continued their flying start under new boss Arne Slot with a 2-0 victory at home to Bologna to secure a second successive win over Italian opposition this season.
Kylian Mbappe made his return from injury for Madrid in France as a substitute but he was upstaged by Jonathan David, whose penalty condemned Carlo Ancelotti’s side to a first loss in all competitions since January — a run spanning 36 matches.
“It hasn’t been a very good night for us, we shouldn’t look for excuses,” said Ancelotti.
“We could have equalised at the end but it wouldn’t have been deserved.”
Canada international David, scorer of a hat-trick in Ligue 1 at the weekend, buried his spot-kick at the …