7 November 2026 Football News: Fenerbahçe Beat Liverpool

This week's European fixtures are in the books. The agenda opens with a historic night at Kadıköy and continues with Trabzonspor's Conference League defeat and the latest Süper Lig result.

Fenerbahçe come from behind twice to beat Liverpool

In matchday four of the Champions League league phase, Fenerbahçe beat Liverpool 3-2 at Kadıköy on 4 November. The Istanbul side fell behind twice and answered both times. Mason Greenwood, Archie Brown and Vedat Muriqi scored the goals that turned the match.

The moment of the night was Greenwood's free kick. Reports say he became the first player since Messi in 2019 to score a free kick against Liverpool in the Champions League. Muriqi's goal in the 79th minute proved to be the winner.

The result is about more than three points for Fenerbahçe. Reports say it was the club's first Champions League win in more than 18 years. Their previous win in the competition came against Chelsea in April 2008. Sources differ slightly on who scored for Liverpool, so we stick to the final score and Fenerbahçe's goals here.

The league phase is far from over, but a result like this should carry into the coming weeks, both in the standings and in the squad's confidence.

Real Madrid win late in Athens

Another eye-catching Champions League match took place in Athens the same night. Real Madrid won 3-2 away at AEK Athens. AEK went ahead through Aboubakary Koita and Jude Bellingham equalised. Mbappé levelled again, and Madrid kept pushing after Stavros Pilios put AEK back in front.

Federico Valverde was the hero, firing in a thunderous strike in stoppage time. Sources differ slightly on the exact minute, from 90+2 to the 92nd, but agree it came at the very end. The result takes Real Madrid to 12 points from four games, and they remain unbeaten in the league phase. Bellingham was reported to have become the youngest player to score in seven successive Champions League seasons.

Trabzonspor's Reis suffers his first defeat

The Conference League night was tougher for Trabzonspor. The Black Sea club lost 1-0 to Freiburg on 5 November. Lucas Höler scored the only goal in the 14th minute.

It was the first defeat under head coach Thomas Reis. The German had won his first seven matches in charge, and this was also the first game in which his side failed to score. After the match, Reis argued his team deserved a draw and said they would start a new run.

Trabzonspor had opened their Conference League campaign with a 4-2 win over KuPS and a 2-0 win over Hearts. After matchday three they remain on six points, and Freiburg also reached six. The table is still tight and there is plenty of room to recover.

Kasımpaşa win at Gaziantep FK in the Süper Lig

In one of the latest Süper Lig results, Kasımpaşa won 2-0 away at Gaziantep FK. Reports say Haris Hajradinović scored in the 3rd minute and from a penalty in the 21st to give the visitors an early cushion. They held on to take the three points.

The takeaway

Two different European stories emerged for Turkish football this week: a long-awaited big win for Fenerbahçe, and the first brake on the rise under Reis at Trabzonspor. Real Madrid's late win in Athens shows how tight the race at the top of the league phase is. The next Süper Lig round and the clubs' reactions to these results will shape the agenda in the coming days.

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