Jules Kounde's quickfire brace of headers helped Barcelona fight back to edge past Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Champions League at Camp Nou, marking a much-needed win for the Catalan side.
After a draw against Club Brugge and a loss to Chelsea, Barcelona found their stride to climb to 14th in the standings, level on 10 points with several teams, as they aim for a top-eight finish to secure direct qualification for the last 16.
Frankfurt, meanwhile, sit 30th with four points from six matches.
Frankfurt struck first in the 21st minute through Ansgar Knauff on the counter but Barca's persistence paid off as Kounde scored twice early in the second half.
In the 50th minute he nodded home from just inside the box from Marcus Rashford's cross and, in the 53rd, the French defender jumped high in a crowded box to head the winner from a Lamine Yamal cross.
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS - DECEMBER 9: Julian Alvarez of Atletico de Madrid shoots to score his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD6 match between PSV Eindhoven and Atletico de Madrid at PSV Stadion on December 9, 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Rene Ni
Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat PSV Eindhoven 3-2 away on and move up to seventh spot in the Champions League standings, all but ensuring their progress to the knockout stages.
Julian Alvarez (above), David Hancko and Alexander Sorloth all took advantage of some sloppy defending by their Dutch hosts to score after PSV had taken an early lead through Guus Til.
The Spanish side had to hold on desperately at the end as PSV came surging back when Ricardo Pepi pulled back a goal five minutes from time.
It set up a grandstand finish with a vociferous crowd urging the home side on but despite several chances PSV could not force a dramatic late draw.
MUNICH, GERMANY - DECEMBER 09: Lennart Karl of FC Bayern München gestures during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD6 match between FC Bayern München and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Football Arena Munich on December 09, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Getty Image
Bayern Munich scored three times in 12 minutes in the second half to race back from a goal down and beat Portuguese visitors Sporting 3-1 and stay on course for a top-eight finish in the league phase.
Goals from Serge Gnabry, teenager Lennart Karl (above) and Jonathan Tah between the 65th and 77th minutes gave the Bundesliga leaders an impressive comeback win after Sporting took a surprise lead thanks to a Joshua Kimmich own goal nine minutes after the restart.
Man-of-the-match Karl, aged 17 years and 290 days, became the youngest player in Champions League history to score in three consecutive appearances.
Mason Greenwood scored twice as Olympique de Marseille came from behind to claim a 3-2 victory over hosts Union St Gilloise, significantly boosting their chances of reaching the knockout rounds.
The win moves Marseille to nine points from their six games and into 16th position in the league table. Union are in 25th and outside of the knockout places with six points, also from six matches.
Union took the lead inside five minutes when Anan Khalaili picked up the ball on the edge of the box, cut inside and drilled a low shot in at the near post.
Marseille were level as Igor Paixao reacted quickest to the loose ball when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's shot was only parried by goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen.
Greenwood's first goal put the visitors in front as he linked well with Aubameyang and fired into the net from 12 yards, before adding a second when he turned his defender and blasted past Scherpen.
Union narrowed the deficit to a single goal when Khalaili grabbed his second and thought they had equalised on two occasions, but were fractionally offside on both.
In Kazakhstan, Gelson Martins scored the only goal of the game on 73 minutes to give Olympiacos a 1-0 win at Kairat Almaty.
Folarin Balogun's lone goal secured AS Monaco a 1-0 victory over Galatasaray, extending the French side's unbeaten streak in the competition to five matches.
Elsewhere, Spurs beat Slavia Prague 3-0, Liverpool scored late for a 1-0 win at Inter, while Chelsea lost 2-1 in Atalanta.
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