Troy Parrott has opened his account as a Champions League goalscorer on Tuesday, as he scored the winner for Real Betis.

Parrott, who made a name for himself in AZ Alkmaar (and of course, the Republic of Ireland national team), transferred to the Spanish side in a €20million move.

Parrott has been settling in nicely to life in Seville, scoring the winner against Real Madrid last weekend and making his Champions League debut for the side against French team LOSC Lille.

LILLE, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 8: Troy Parrott of Real Betis scores the fifth goal to make it 2-3 in duel with Nathan Ngoy of Lille during the UEFA Champions League match between Lille v Real Betis at the Stade Pierre Mauroy on September 8, 2026 in Lille France (Photo by Pim Waslander/Soccrates Images/Getty Images)
Troy Parrott has opened his account as a Champions League goalscorer on Tuesday, as he scored the winner for Real Betis. Pic: Pim Waslander/Soccrates Images/Getty Images)

Lille opened the scoring thanks to Ayase Ueda in the 12th minute, although Marc Bartra managed to equalise just 21 minutes later.

While it was game on for five minutes, Alexsandro scored in the 36th minute for Lille, meaning that they had a 2-1 cushion at half time.

Betis came out swinging in the second half, with Bartra scoring both his and Betis’ second goal of the night in the 49th minute.

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Parrott scored the winner for his side for the second time, having previously scored the winner in La Liga against Real Madrid last weekend. Pic: Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images

From there, Buckingham Street’s starboy continued his dream start to life at Betis, as he scored what ended up being the winner thanks to a perfect through ball before firing a goal in from his left foot in the 53rd minute.

It wasn’t the final dramatic part of the night — Kylian Mbappé’s younger brother Ethan ended up getting sent off just three minutes later — but Lille ended up getting pecked by the parrot, as Betis left France as 3-2 winners.

Parrott made his home debut last week against Spanish giants Real Madrid, coming off the bench against José Mourinho’s side — an appearance that had layers to it, as Parrott made his Tottenham Hotspur debut under Mourinho.

While Mourinho had previously said that Parrott ‘wasn’t ready’ for regular first-team appearances for Spurs, Parrott showed that he’s matured as a player — scoring what ended up being the winner for Betis in a huge upset against Los Blancos.

Speaking to ESPN, Parrott described his goal, saying: ‘That’s a striker’s job, you know? To go in after the ball and hope that it will fall in front of me. Look, in a game, I might do this 10 times, and it might not happen.

‘So yeah, this is a mentality thing to just keep going, and yeah, hopefully it comes, and today it did.’