McTominay scores twice as Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4-3

Scott McTominay scored twice for Napoli in a 4-3 Champions LeagueChampions LeagueEurope win over Bodø/Glimt in midweek, on a night when nine matches in the competition produced 40 goals. The double came in a seven-goal game in Italy and is reported to be his first scoring since he returned from heart surgery.

The two goals took McTominay's tally for Napoli to 29 in 86 appearances for the club. It is the sort of return that keeps a midfielder's departure from his previous side in the conversation, and it arrived on an evening when attacking players across the competition were unusually productive.

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Scott McTominay's double for Napoli

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McTominay is reported to have undergone heart surgery and to have come back into the side before this fixture. Napoli have not publicly set out the medical background to that return, and the club has given no indication of how his workload will be handled afterwards.

PSG's late rally against Barcelona

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Paris Saint-Germain rallied late to beat BarcelonaBarcelonaLaLiga · Spain in a match that supplied six of the night's 40 goals. Barcelona were beaten despite an equaliser from Lamine YamalLamine YamalBarcelona · Spain · Forward, who found space to finish with a toe-poke. It was one of the few moments of individual skill to stand out on a night dominated by the sheer volume of scoring.

Porto lose to PSV

Porto were beaten 1-0 by PSV in another of the nine fixtures. It was a single-goal game on an evening when the goals came almost everywhere else, and it sat awkwardly beside the six-goal match in Paris and the seven-goal match in Naples.

Erik ten Hag and the Manchester United exit

McTominay's record in Italy has kept attention on Manchester UnitedManchester UnitedPremier League · England's decision to let him go, with Erik ten Hag reported to have been unhappy at how the club's hierarchy handled the midfielder's move to Naples. Those 29 goals in 86 games are the measure by which the call will be judged.

What is not yet known

The scorers and the timing of the goals in Paris have not been disclosed, and the full set of results from the nine fixtures has not been set out. Napoli have not publicly confirmed the medical detail behind McTominay's comeback, and no indication has been given of how his minutes will be managed after two goals on his return. The effect of the night's results on the competition table has also not been set out.