Champions League: Como routs Manchester United 4-1 as Arsenal salvage 2-2 draw at Bayern

Manchester United were beaten 4-1 by Como in the UEFA Champions League at Lake Como on October 21, 2026, while Declan Rice's late equaliser secured a 2-2 draw for Arsenal away to Bayern Munich on the same night.

The Como result intensified scrutiny on Manchester United manager Michael Carrick and extended United's poor run; Como, managed by Cesc Fàbregas, scored four at home in driving rain and the tournament debutants recorded their second 4-1 home win of this Champions League campaign. United are now seven games without a win in all competitions, have recorded just one Premier League victory this season and have suffered consecutive defeats in Europe.

Nico Paz struck twice for Como, with Tasos Douvikas and Jacobo Ramon adding the other goals in the 4-1 victory, a defeat United suffered on the banks of Lake Como that the report described as their joint-heaviest loss in the Champions League in the last 30 years. Joshua Zirkzee pulled one back for United at the death but could not prevent the heavy defeat.

The result has left Carrick under pressure. "I have not given my own position any thought," Carrick said. "For us to play in that way, it's not acceptable. It wasn't a good performance at all," he admitted, with the club now facing further questions after the Wembley-era heavy loss.

At the Allianz Arena, Arsenal recovered from an early injury to Bukayo Saka when substitute Eberechi Eze put them ahead before Alphonso Davies drew Bayern level before the interval. Harry Kane supplied the assist for Davies's goal and then converted a second-half penalty to put Bayern in front, his 10th strike this season in all competitions, before Declan Rice struck in the 82nd minute to earn Arsenal a point.

Kane reflected on the match for broadcaster DAZN: "We looked dangerous, we got the goal and we had a moment there where we could have killed off the game," he said. "Probably a draw was a fair result overall... There's a lot of games and we've got players with injuries, players missing tonight, so we take the point and move on."

Real Madrid recorded a 4-1 win over RB Leipzig at the Bernabéu, with Bernardo Silva and Arda Guler scoring either side of half-time and Kylian Mbappé making it 12 goals in 12 games this season for Real before Tidiam Gomis pulled one back; Yan Diomande completed the victory with a volley against his former club. "We know every point is important to get into the top eight, we know we have to win as many games as possible -- we've won three and there are five to go," Mbappé told Movistar.

Other notable matches saw Aston Villa beat Viking Stavanger 3-1 with goals from Ross Barkley, an Emiliano Buendía penalty and an own goal by Henrik Heggheim, while Peter Christiansen scored for the visitors. Inter Milan recorded a 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk after Alessandro Bastoni was sent off and Carlos Augusto's late goal secured Inter's first points. Real Betis won 1-0 against Feyenoord via an Isco penalty, Club Brugge defeated Lens 3-0 through goals from Hans Vanaken, Joaquin Seys and Carlos Forbs, and Galatasaray beat Lille 4-2 with Yunus Akgün, Aleksey Batrakov and Victor Osimhen — plus a Nabil Bentaleb own goal — after Soriba Diaoune had netted both goals for Lille. LASK picked up their first points with a 3-2 victory over Sporting in Lisbon; Luis Suarez scored twice for Sporting, including an early penalty, while Christoph Lang, Sasa Kalajdzic and Krystof Danek scored for the visitors.

Reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain sit top of the 36-team standings after beating Barcelona 4-2 on Tuesday, but PSG confirmed on Wednesday that winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in that game and will undergo surgery in the coming days amid doubts as to whether he will play again this season.

Real Madrid are one of five teams with three wins from three in this season's Champions League; as Mbappé noted, "we've won three and there are five to go," with the group-stage campaign moving into its next rounds and teams preparing for the remaining fixtures.