Liverpool won 3-2 at 10-man Atletico with record-setter Mohamed Salah opening the scoring then maintaining the Reds' perfect record penalty to grab the points.

The Egypt star becoming the first Reds player to score in nine consecutive games.

Naby Keita made it 2-0 for the visitors but an Antoine Griezmann double levelled matters by halftime, only for the France striker to spoil his night by earning a straight red card for a high foot on Roberto Firmino before the winner.

Man City showed their quality as they dismantled Club Brugge 5-1 in Belgium but a Lionel Messi double kept Paris Saint-Germain top of Group A.

Left-back Joao Cancelo opened the scoring for City on the half hour and Riyad Mahrez doubled the lead with a penalty he won himself before the break.

It was then the turn of right back Kyle Walker to claim his first Champions League goal in 39 games in the 53rd minute and midway through the second half youngster Cole Palmer also claimed his maiden goal in Europe's elite competition.

Brugge had enjoyed an impressive campaign so far with a home draw to PSG and brilliant win in Leipzig and Hans Vanaken's alert finish gave them late consolation.

But Mahrez's second immediately quashed any outside hopes of a comeback against last season's beaten finalists

"One of the best performances we have done in Europe, definitely," Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said.

City are a point behind PSG, who top the group on seven after Messi's 74th-minute Panenka' penalty got them past Leipzig 3-2.

Messi had equalised after Andre Silva and Nordi Mukiele cancelled the opener from Kylian Mbappe, who was brilliant throughout but blazed an injury-time penalty over the bar.

Porto won 1-0 over visitors AC Milan to join Atletico on four points while the seven-time champion Italians have yet to get off the mark in Group B.

Moldovan minnows FC Sheriff lost for the first time, 3-1 at Inter Milan who are now third in Group D on four points.

Edin Dzeko, Arturo Vidal and Stefan de Vrij were on target for Inter while Sebastien Thill - scorer of Sheriff's spectacular late winner in Madrid - produced a curling free kick from long range to temporarily draw the visitors level in the 52nd minute.

Sheriff were joined on six points by Real Madrid, who cruised 5-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk with Vinicius Junior bagging a double after an own goal and before strikes from Rodrygo and Karim Benzema.

In Group C, Ajax won the battle of teams with perfect records by crushing Borussia Dortmund 4-0 while Sporting took their first points with a 4-1 win at Besiktas, who have suffered three straight defeats.

Australian Associated Press