Champions League football is what every player dreams of playing when they grow up and there were nine games on display this Wednesday.
Two English teams were in action as Aston Villa took on Bayern Munich, beating them 1-0 at Villa Park.
Meanwhile, Liverpool beat Italian side Bologna 2-0 to maintain their perfect start as well.
Read on to discover what happened in the seven other matches across Europe.
Girona 2-3 Feyenoord
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— Feyenoord Rotterdam (@Feyenoord) October 2, 2024
Girona and Feyenoord played out a thriller, with the visitors coming away as narrow victors.
David Lopez gave Girona an early lead before two goals in 10 minutes from Feyenoord put them in the driving seat.
Donny van de Beek equalised in the 73rd minute but a Ladislav Krejci own goal meant the Dutch side took all three points.
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Atalanta
Atalanta impressed on the European stage again, comfortably beating Shakhtar Donetsk.
First-half goals from Berat Dijimsiti and Ademola Lookman put the Europa League champions in the driving seat.
And a second-half strike from Raoul Bellanova was the icing on the cake for the Serie A side.
Benfica 4-0 Atletico Madrid
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— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) October 2, 2024
Benfica stunned La Liga side Atletico Madrid in front of a home crowd in Portugal.
Kerem Akturkoglu forged an early lead for the Eagles, before three second-half goals made it a 4-0 win.
Angel Di Maria was on the scoresheet, as was Orkun Kokcu from Turkey.
Dinamo Zagreb 2-2 Monaco
Dinamo Zagreb and Monaco played out a thriller in Croatia.
The hosts were two goals to the good, but gave up their lead late on.
Denis Zakaria scored a 90th-minute penalty to earn the French side a point.
Lille 1-0 Real Madrid
@LOSC_EN 1-0 @realmadriden
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— Real Madrid C.F. 
(@realmadriden) October 2, 2024
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