What happens when teams find out that in the new-look UEFA Champions League , draws don't help you and losses don't necessarily hurt? They go for it. Maybe they score a lot of goals in the process, maybe they give up a lot. Either way, we win.

In 18 matches this week, we got 71 goals (3.9 per match), including 43 on Tuesday alone. We got three 4-0 matches, two 5-1s, a 6-1, a 7-2, a 6-2 and a 4-2, plus a pair of 3-1s and a 3-0. And the three 0-0 matches we got were completely accidental -- they averaged 3.1 combined xG as well.

Action may be down in the Premier League , but Champions League Matchday 3 brought the thunder.

Of course, it also brought blowouts. Aside from the accidental 0-0s, only two other matches were decided by one goal. It appears that the sport's heavyweights remem

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