VALVERDE THUNDERBOLT KEEPS REAL PERFECT

AEK went ahead early when Aboubakary Koita drove in a powerful finish. Jude Bellingham levelled in the 32nd minute with an outrageous back-heel across the face of goal. At 23 years and 128 days, he became the youngest player to score in seven successive Champions League seasons, passing team-mate Kylian Mbappe.

AEK kept going and got their reward 15 minutes from time. Stavros Pilios made a goal-saving block to deny Mbappe, then raced the length of the pitch to finish an attack at the near post.

Three minutes later, Mbappe levelled at the far post from Denzel Dumfries' ball. Two minutes into stoppage time, Federico Valverde, set up by Brahim Diaz, thundered a right-footed shot from outside the box into the top corner.

Koita was sent off after the final whistle as the hosts' frustration boiled over.

Villa had won three out of three and arrived on a club-record run of four straight wins in the competition. Seven minutes in, it went wrong. Zion Suzuki played the ball to João Gomes, Pedri pressed, and the slack pass went straight to Lamine Yamal, who curled in. UEFA says the goal made him the highest-scoring teenager in Champions League history.

Villa had chances to reply in the first half and took none of them, which their manager kept coming back to. Barcelona did not miss theirs. Seven minutes after the break Fermín López found Raphinha on the edge of the area, and his shot deflected off Pau Torres's heel and past Suzuki. Twelve minutes later João Cancelo got away from John McGinn and crossed for Raphinha to score from six yards.

Leon Goretzka sent a glancing header against the post, and Suzuki saved from Fermín after another loose pass. Yamal missed twice late on. PA's report notes that Emery has now lost 15 of his 16 trips to face Barcelona.

The win, in front of 52,662, took Hansi Flick's side level with Villa on nine points and above them into second.

“In this level you must be more ruthless.” – Unai Emery, TNT Sports

Emery would not blame Gomes. "João Gomes started not very confidently with the ball, not only for the error he made but that was part of our style, so I'm not blaming him," he said. "We have worked over four years together and we've made those mistakes before and we will always overcome those mistakes."

"If we could score one goal with the chances we had in the first half, maybe it would have been different, but we were not clinical," he told TNT Sports. "Overall we are competing fantastically in the Champions League with nine points. The 3-0 is more than we suffered but we accept this defeat."

McGinn called it "a huge learning curve for us". "Barcelona made the right decisions at the right times and scored really good goals," the Villa captain said. "I think we are competitive against teams at this level, we have shown that whether it is Bayern Munich or PSG."

Pio Esposito headed in Djed Spence's deflected cross before half-time. Piotr Zieliński's powerful drive from distance went in off a post after the break. Cristian Chivu's side move to six points, three more than Feyenoord, and Spence was UEFA's player of the match.

Before kick-off, both teams stood for a minute's silence for Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel, who died after an on-field collision in a Spanish second-division match on Monday.

The breakthrough came four minutes into the second half. England Under-21 midfielder Jobe Bellingham's shot was saved by the foot of Betis goalkeeper Alvaro Valles, and former Wolves striker Fabio Silva was well placed to convert the rebound.

Betis equalised in the 67th minute. Substitute Aitor Ruibal had been on for five minutes when he arrived unmarked at the back post to turn in Abde Ezzalzouli's low cross.

Dortmund responded at once. Bellingham's diving header drew a brilliant one-handed save from Valles, and Nico Schlotterbeck headed over. In the 72nd minute, Silva found 18-year-old Konstantinos Karetsas, who scored his first Champions League goal with a low strike.

Both sides have nine points from four games. Dortmund play at Arsenal on 24 November.