Como equal Champions League record with stunning 9-1 win at Lens

Como beat Lens 9-1 to equal the Champions League’s biggest winning margin, strengthening their position in the top eight. The result also made Como only the second team to score nine goals in a Champions League match, after Bayern Munich.

Como led 3-0 at half-time, with Anastasios Douvikas scoring twice, then added five goals in 22 minutes after the break; Douvikas completed his hat-trick. Ruben Aguilar scored for Lens before Matteo Papaccioli added Como’s ninth in stoppage time. Como rose to fourth on nine points, while Lens fell to 33rd with three; Lens also recorded the heaviest defeat by a French club in the competition.