Venezia 3-2 Roma

José Mourinho’s Roma are going through a difficult moment. After a strong start to the season, the Giallorossi have seen a dip in results and Sunday afternoon’s defeat to relegation-battlers Venezia was their second straight defeat in Serie A.

Mourinho’s side led at half time at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo but were ultimately beaten and have now taken just four points from their last five league matches. Roma have also struggled recently in the Europa Conference League, suffering an embarrassing 6-1 defeat to Bodo-Glimt in Norway and only managing a 2-2 draw in the return fixture at home.

On-loan Benfica forward Jota was in fine form in the Europa League on Thursday evening, scoring his first senior goal in continental football as Celtic won 3-2 in Hungary at Ferencvaros to give themselves renewed hope of reaching the knockout round.

On the managerial front, Vitor Pereira’s Fenerbahce also reignited their chances of progress with a convincing win over Antwerp in Belgium, while in the Europa Conference League Norwegian side Bodo Glimt continue to frustrate Jose Mourinho’s Roma after securing a 2-2 draw in the Italian capital.

Atalanta 2-2 Manchester United

A familiar story: Cristiano Ronaldo saves Manchester United in the Champions League. For the third matchday running, the Portugal captain struck late on to earn the Red Devils vital points in Group F – this time with a stoppage-time equaliser in Bergamo.

Ronaldo had already levelled once for the visitors at the end of the first half, but his brilliant strike in the 91^st minute added to winning goals against Atalanta and Villarreal at Old Trafford, and kept United top of the group when a damaging defeat was close.

As expected, Nuno Espírito Santo has been sacked by Tottenham Hotspur in the aftermath of their weekend defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League.

Nuno spent just four months in the job in North London, having left Wolverhampton Wanderers at the end of last season following four highly successful seasons in the Midlands.