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Manchester City’s battle continued as Pep Guardiola’s side blew a three-goal lead in remarkable style on Tuesday to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League, while Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain to put the French club in danger of shutdown.

There were also big wins for Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen, while Inter Milan topped the table after five games and Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski reached a century of Champions League goals.

However, the biggest drama took place at the Etihad Stadium, where City took a three-goal lead early in the second half in an attempt to end a run of five consecutive defeats in all competitions.

Erling Haaland opened the scoring from a penalty just before half-time, and Ilkay Gundogan’s deflected shot made it 2-0 in the 50th minute.

Haaland struck again to make it 3-0, but Feyenoord’s comeback began after 75 minutes when Anis Hadj Moussa took advantage of some unfortunate defending to round goalkeeper Ederson and pull the ball back.

Substitute Santiago Gimenez made the score 3-2 after 82 minutes and the equalizer came a minute before the end.

Ederson was caught out again when Igor Paixao rounded the goalkeeper and Slovakia international David Hancko crossed to head in.

“We are conceding a lot of goals because we are not stable,” Guardiola complained.

“We have lost a lot of games lately. We are vulnerable and of course we need a win.”

It is the first time that a team has gone into the final 20 minutes of a Champions League match trailing by three goals and still avoided defeat, as the point boosts the Dutch’s hopes of progressing.

City are two points outside the top eight places that offer direct qualification for the last 16, while Bayern moved above them by beating PSG 1-0 in Munich.

South Korean defender Kim Min-jae scored the only goal seven minutes before half-time, heading in after goalkeeper Matvei Safonov failed to clear a corner.

PSG had Ousmane Dembele sent off in the second half and the French champions have just four points and three goals from five games.

They sit a lowly 26th in the 36-team league, one point behind the positions that offer a place in the play-off round in February.

“We have to win our last three games or we risk being eliminated,” PSG coach Luis Enrique admitted.

Lewandowski scored his 100th goal in the competition with an early penalty in Barcelona’s 3-0 home win over Brest, France.

Dani Olmo scored midway through the second half before Lewandowski sealed Barca’s victory at the death, his 101st goal in the Champions League – only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have scored more.

Inter lead the standings with 13 points, one point ahead of Barcelona and Liverpool, after a 1-0 win at home to RB Leipzig, meaning they are also yet to concede a goal.

Castello Lukeba’s own goal made the difference at San Siro, and Leipzig are one of only three teams to have lost five of five games.

Arsenal recorded a 5-1 win against Sporting in Lisbon as the Portuguese team adjusted to life without coach Ruben Amorim, who has left for Manchester United.

Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes all scored in the first half for Arsenal, before Goncalo Inacio pulled one back shortly after the restart.

Bukayo Saka converted a penalty in the 65th minute after Martin Odegaard was brought down, and Leandro Trossard headed in Arsenal’s victory late on.

Atalanta romped to a 6-1 victory over rock bottom Young Boys in Switzerland, with Mateo Retegui and Charles De Ketelaere both scoring a goal.

Sead Kolasinac and Lazar Samardzic also scored for the Italians, while Silvere Ganvoula got the hosts’ reply.

Florian Wirtz struck twice, including a penalty, as Leverkusen crushed Red Bull Salzburg 5-0, with Alejandro Grimaldo scoring a brilliant free-kick and Patrik Schick and Aleix Garcia also scoring.

Julian Alvarez and substitute Angel Correa scored twice each and Marcos Llorente and Antoine Griezmann once as Atletico romped to a 6-0 win away to Sparta Prague.

Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Tammy Abraham were the scorers in AC Milan’s 3-2 win over Slovan Bratislava, whose goals came from Tigran Barseghyan and Nino Marcelli.

Marko Tolic saw red in the final phase for Slovan, who is without a point.