Aston Villa and Real Betis maintain perfect Champions League records as Inter win and LASK shock Sporting

Aston Villa continued their impressive start to the Champions League league phase with a 3-1 victory over Norwegian visitors Aston Viking, keeping them among the teams with a perfect record after three rounds.

Ross Barkley opened the scoring for Aston Villa in the 23rd minute before Emiliano Buendia doubled their advantage 14 minutes later. Henrik Heggheim added a third in the 62nd minute, while Peter Christiansen scored Aston Viking’s only goal in the 84th minute.

The result moved Aston Villa on to nine points in second place, behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain on goal difference.

Real Betis also claimed their third victory of the competition, beating Feyenoord 1-0 at home. Isco scored the decisive goal in the 59th minute.

Paris Saint-Germain, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis are level on nine points at the top of the Champions League, in that order.

Club Brugge moved to six points after a convincing 3-0 win against French side Lens. Hans Vanaken put the Belgian team ahead in first-half stoppage time, before Joaquin Seys made it 2-0 five minutes after the interval.

Carlos Forbes completed the scoring in the 72nd minute. Club Brugge are 11th in the table, while Lens remain on three points in 27th place.

Inter finally secured their first points and first victory of the Champions League campaign by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0.

Carlos Augusto scored the only goal in the 77th minute, lifting Inter to 20th place with three points.

The defeat was Shakhtar Donetsk’s first in the competition this season. They remain on four points in 17th position.

There was a major surprise in Lisbon, where LASK Linz defeated Sporting Lisbon 3-2 at the home of the Portuguese side.

Sporting took an early lead through Luis Javier Suarez in the fifth minute, but LASK responded by scoring three times. Christoph Lang scored in the 68th minute, while Sasa Kalajdzic found the net in the 63rd minute.

Luis Javier Suarez scored again in the 89th minute, but Sporting could not find an equaliser.

The result denied Sporting Lisbon a third victory and left them on six points in 12th place.