Champions League news

• Football Daily | Emiliano Martínez’s ears are ringing but Manchester United’s are burning

  03-10-2024 17:49
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!While Aston Villa showed a deficit of class by gouging their supporters when it came to the admission fee, the club got pretty much everything else spot on ahead of last night’s win over Bayern Munich. Off the pitch, their Big Cup Boys of 1982 were hosted at an official function held to honour their historic achievement, while their recently departed comrade Gary Shaw was remembered on the front of yesterday’s matchday programme. In
  
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• Juventus strike back and has Arne Slot been tested yet? – Football Weekly Extra podcast

  03-10-2024 15:26
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertson, and Nicky Bandini to discuss all the Champions League actionRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On today’s pod, the panel discusses all of Wednesday’s Champions League action. Aston Villa lit up Villa Park with a stunning win over Bayern Munich, featuring a brilliant Jhon Durán strike. Is the Colombian too
  
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• Champions League trend watch: French clubs surge as Celtic and Atlético stumble

  03-10-2024 14:45
  From Villa’s emotional win to a Dortmund blitz, we hand out honours (and dishonours) from the the second round of actionAston Villa - There wasn’t a dry eye in the house – among home fans anyway – as Aston Villa celebrated beating mighty Bayern Munich. For the German giants, who suffered a first group-stage defeat since 2017, Vincent Kompany’s coaching experience at this level could be in question. But credit Villa’s manager. Just as in the Premier League at B
  
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• Emery: Aston Villa analysed 'position of Neuer' before Bayern win – video

  03-10-2024 12:16
  Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at Villa Park in the Champions League. The Aston Villa striker Jhon Durán’s scored the only goal of the night by lobbing an out of position Manuel Neuer from range. Speaking after the shock win, the Aston Villa manager Unai Emery said: 'I can feel now proud of our work.'Unai Emery says Aston Villa targeted Manuel Neuer in triumph over Bayern Continue reading...
  
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• Unai Emery says Aston Villa targeted Manuel Neuer in triumph over Bayern

  03-10-2024 01:03
  
  Jhon Durán clinched Villa Park win with long-range lobManager alerted players to German’s habit of playing highUnai Emery said Aston Villa targeted Manuel Neuer’s sweeper-keeper habits after Jhon Durán lobbed the Bayern Munich goalkeeper to record a famous Champions League victory.Durán, on as a substitute in place of Ollie Watkins, scored a superb late winner to beat the six-time winners by a single goal, a replica of their 1982 European Cup final triumph agains
  
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• Aston Villa lose their inhibitions to craft fresh memories for a new generation | Jonathan Liew

  03-10-2024 00:50
  
  On a glorious night when the club celebrated its past, beating Bayern Munich has turned the clock forwardPau Torres gathers possession in front of the Holte End, where in 2016 a banner was unfurled reading: “No fight, no pride, no effort, no hope.” He threads the ball over the halfway line, where Tony Xia once stood as the new Aston Villa chairman and promised to build a theme park. In the dugout Unai Emery leans forward expectantly, just a few yards from where – six years ago
  
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• Champions League: Madrid rocked by Lille, 10-man Juventus roar back to win

  03-10-2024 00:00
  
  Jonathan David scores first-half penalty to shock holdersJuve stun RB Leipzig | Benfica hammer Atlético MadridA first-half penalty earned Lille a shock 1-0 home victory over holders Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase on Wednesday, ending the 15-time winners’ 14-game unbeaten run in the competition.Jonathan David converted from the spot three minutes into first-half stoppage time to hand Real, who had not lost in their previous 36 matches in all competitions, their first
  
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• Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich: Champions League – as it happened

  02-10-2024 23:34
  
  Jhon Durán came off the bench to score a stunning winner and end Bayern’s unbeaten start to the season1 min: Neuer spends plenty of time on the ball outside his area, waiting and assessing. There’s no rushed press from Villa on to the keeper, who goes short.Villa are in their usual claret and blue, while Bayern don their all-black outfits. The visitors kick off, moving from left to right on my screen. Continue reading...
  
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• Liverpool 2-0 Bologna, Lille 1-0 Real Madrid and more: Champions League – as it happened

  02-10-2024 23:16
  Liverpool secured a second win of the competition but Real Madrid suffered a shock defeat in LilleWe also have some pure Aston Villa v Bayern for you.Get in the mood for tonight with some preview material. Continue reading...
  
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• Jhon Durán’s audacious lob for Aston Villa catches Neuer and Bayern cold

  02-10-2024 23:09
  As returns to the biggest club stage go, Aston Villa’s went rather swimmingly, the substitute Jhon Durán nonchalantly putting Bayern Munich to bed with a stunning, off-the-cuff lob. This was a night that guaranteed a sense of mystique regardless of result and as the Champions League anthem filled the Villa Park air for the first time, the ground fell almost silent, the home supporters opening their ears in unison to drink it all in.Despite well-documented prices this was the hottest
  
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• Mohamed Salah’s screamer seals Liverpool’s victory over Bologna

  02-10-2024 22:57
  
  There are tougher tests to come and there is more work to be done, as Arne Slot frequently likes to remind Liverpool, but there is no disputing the belief, quality and momentum that is surging through this team under the guidance of their new head coach. Slot became the first Liverpool manager or head coach in history to record eight wins from his first nine matches as Bologna were dispatched in a hard-fought contest at Anfield.Alexis Mac Allister marked his and Slot’s Champions League hom
  
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• Liverpool v Bologna, Lille v Real Madrid and more: Champions League – live

  02-10-2024 19:30
  Updates from this evening’s Champions League matchesLive scoreboard – Wednesday’s latest | Email WillThis is what the sport needs!After a fine opening night win in Italy against Milan, this contrived new format means Liverpool are playing Italians again. This time, however, they are at home. Bologna are in town, having secured one victory in six Serie A games this season, offering little cause for optimism. Both teams had new coaches arrive over the summer but while Arne Slot h
  
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• Arsenal ease past PSG and Brest rise to second best – Football Weekly Extra podcast

  02-10-2024 15:58
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Fadugba, and Philippe Auclair to discuss all of Tuesday night’s Champions League actionRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On today’s pod, the panel breaks down Arsenal’s comfortable win over PSG at the Emirates. How many more brave headers does Kai Havertz need to score before people recognise his centre-forward c
  
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• Mikel Merino describes Arsenal training methods as unlike anything he has seen

  02-10-2024 13:11
  Midfielder refers to physical and mental challenges ‘There is no rest,’ Merino says after making debutMikel Merino says he is seeing football in a different way after his first month or so under Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. The Spain midfielder made a belated debut in Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League home win over Paris Saint-Germain, having recovered from the shoulder blade fracture sustained in his first training session.It has been a frustrating time for Merino, who signed from Re
  
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• Brendan Rodgers says Celtic's drubbing by Dortmund was 'a tough watch' – video

  02-10-2024 12:23
  Brendan Rodgers admitted Celtic 'weren't quite at our best' as Borussia Dortmund 'showed why they're a top, top team' in their 7-1 rout in the Champions League on Tuesday. He added: 'I don't think I've been involved in a game where I felt that every single mistake that we made got punished. And that's the level.' Karim Adeyemi fires hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund demolish Celtic Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal put their stamp on Europe with 'totally deserved' win over PSG – video

  02-10-2024 11:54
  Mikel Arteta praised Arsenal’s growing maturity as they outclassed his former team Paris Saint-Germain with a 2-0 win in the Champions League. Arteta said: 'I think we showed a lot of maturity in the way we played and we put our stamp in the way we want to behave in Europe against top teams, and I really like that.' The PSG manager, Luis Enrique, took the blame for the defeat, insisting that his players performed 'far from the minimum standards needed' but ultimately conceded that PSG's 'd
  
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• ‘This is the year’: Bukayo Saka backs Arsenal to win Premier League title

  02-10-2024 09:23
  
  Forward confident after successive runners-up finishesHe says win over PSG shows Arsenal are ‘a top team’Arsenal can end their 21-year wait for a Premier League title this season, Bukayo Saka said after his side beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in the Champions League.Arsenal finished runners-up in 2022-23 and took the Premier League title race to the final day last season before again finishing second behind Manchester City. The north London side are in the mix this season, sitting thir
  
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• Arteta hails Arsenal’s maturity after beating ‘one of best teams in the world’

  02-10-2024 00:43
  
  Arsenal ‘put stamp’ on Europe in win against PSGJurriën Timber subbed at half-time due to muscle injuryMikel Arteta praised Arsenal’s growing maturity after their clinical victory over Paris Saint-Germain kickstarted their Champions League campaign.A header from Kai Havertz and a free-kick from the stand-in captain, Bukayo Saka, in the first half sent Arsenal on their way to a win against the French champions as the summer signing Mikel Merino made his debut after recoveri
  
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• Kai Havertz leads clinical Arsenal to just the kind of of win they need | Barney Ronay

  02-10-2024 00:23
  
  Taking a 2-0 first-half lead against Paris Saint-Germain and holding it makes a pleasant change from the usual late dramaThere may be a sense of existential drift around the squash-ladder format of Uefa’s new Champions League, a sense of slackness, of football happening just because money says it has to happen. But you can only beat the 35 teams in front of you and this was on its own terms a very good win for Arsenal.It was also something new, a 2-0 defeat of Paris Saint-Germain in front
  
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• Karim Adeyemi fires hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund demolish Celtic

  02-10-2024 00:10
  
  The Champions League has a habit of inflicting these inglorious episodes on Celtic. It is difficult to shake the notion that this big fish will always drown when removed from its small domestic pond. Borussia Dortmund toyed with their visitors in a match that was over as a contest long before the half-time whistle blew. The Germans have won two out of two in this new format. They will have aspirations of equalling last season’s memorable tournament run, albeit with far sterner tests than t
  
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• Champions League: Leverkusen see off Milan as Barcelona bounce back in style

  01-10-2024 23:44
  
  Lewandowski hits two in 5-0 win against Young BoysTaremi stars for Inter | Brest extend perfect startA second half goal from Victor Boniface was enough to earn Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 home win over Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday, giving the German side a perfect start to their campaign while the Italians are still without a point.The only goal came six minutes after the break when Boniface fired home a rebound after Mike Maignan had parried a shot from Jeremie Frimpong. Continue reading
  
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• Arsenal 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain: Champions League – as it happened

  01-10-2024 23:20
  
  Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka led Arsenal to a no-fuss victory over toothless PSGPSG kick off. The 3,000-strong away end have their back in the noisy style.The teams are out. Arsenal in their famous red and white, PSG in first-choice blue. A crackling atmosphere in north London, despite the rain falling with extreme prejudice. We’ll be off in a minute, once fists have been bumped, coins are tossed, and Bukayo Saka takes receipt of the best pennant. Continue reading...
  
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• Dortmund 7-1 Celtic, Slovan Bratislava 0-4 Manchester City: Champions League – as it happened

  01-10-2024 23:10
  Celtic were marmalised in Germany, Manchester City cruised to victory and Leverkusen held on to beat MilanBreaking news that has nothing whatsoever to do with the Champions League or any European competition because the ban would only have applied to domestic games.56 min: Stuttgart 1-1 Sparta Prague Continue reading...
  
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• James McAtee’s first Manchester City goal caps win at Slovan Bratislava

  01-10-2024 23:05
  
  There were hints here of how Manchester City might struggle in Rodri’s absence as they could not achieve the control their No 6 often brings. Yet Pep Guardiola’s men still sailed to a 4-0 victory, James McAtee’s 73rd-minute strike the last of them, which was a first in club colours, and sealed City’s opening win of this 36-side league phase.Guardiola chose Ilkay Gündogan and Matheus Nunes in central midfield to fill the Rodri void but City could cede possession cheap
  
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• Kai Havertz hits high notes to knock down PSG and bolster Arsenal’s belief

  01-10-2024 23:03
  
  It was always likely to stand as a barometer for Arsenal as much as anything else. How would they measure up to Paris Saint-Germain, one of the powerhouses of the Champions League? Extremely well, was the answer.On a night to bolster the collective belief for the bigger challenges ahead, especially those that will surely come after the group phase of this competition finally reaches it climax, Arsenal showed their mettle in the duels and a cut and thrust to delight the home crowd. Continue readi
  
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• Dortmund v Celtic, Slovan Bratislava v Manchester City: Champions League – live

  01-10-2024 21:15
  Champions League updates from second set of gamesLive scoreboard | Read Football Daily | And email RobBreaking news that has nothing whatsoever to do with the Champions League or any European competition because the ban would only have applied to domestic games.56 min: Stuttgart 1-1 Sparta Prague Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal v Paris Saint-Germain: Champions League – live

  01-10-2024 21:15
  
  Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offLive scoreboard | Read Football Daily | And email ScottPSG kick off. The 3,000-strong away end have their back in the noisy style.The teams are out. Arsenal in their famous red and white, PSG in first-choice blue. A crackling atmosphere in north London, despite the rain falling with extreme prejudice. We’ll be off in a minute, once fists have been bumped, coins are tossed, and Bukayo Saka takes receipt of the best pennant. Continue reading.
  
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• Watkins talks up Kane rivalry before Champions League clash with Bayern

  01-10-2024 20:15
  Aston Villa striker ‘wants to be the man’ for EnglandBayern Munich visit Villa Park in repeat of 1982 finalThe question related to Harry Kane and the easy answer was the equivalent of a tap-in but instead Ollie Watkins paused before offering a candid assessment of the nuanced dynamic at play. For Watkins, Kane is his England captain, a teammate but also, to put it bluntly, the guy he is trying to displace. Kane, of course, is the country’s all-time record goalscorer and a guara
  
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• ‘I don’t accept mediocrity’: Slot urges Liverpool to improve before Bologna tie

  01-10-2024 19:08
  
  Manager critical of team’s mistakes in win at WolvesSlot prepares for first Anfield European nightArne Slot has said he will not accept mediocrity at Liverpool and every player who wears the famous red shirt must attain the highest standards.Liverpool went top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Wolves on Saturday but their new head coach remains critical of aspects of the performance. Slot will become the first Liverpool manager or head coach to win eight of his opening nine matches s
  
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• David Squires on … CBS blasting viral Champions League clips to our timelines

  01-10-2024 12:08
  
  Our resident cartoonist on the studio hijinks that take place on the midweek content generator that is UCL TodayGet a copy of a Squires cartoon in our Print ShopAnd you can pre-order his new book, Chaos in the Box Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta primed for reunion with Paris Saint-Germain

  30-09-2024 23:30
  
  Gunners manager prepares for a glamour Champions League tie, facing the club where he broke through on loan in 2001-02Mikel Arteta fun fact: when the Arsenal manager was a young player at Paris Saint-Germain, his roommate on hotel stays was Ronaldinho. And it is certainly fun to imagine how that went given Ronaldinho’s well-earned reputation as a party prince. Did they have the same bedtimes? “With me, he was always perfect,” Arteta says, with a smile.Sadly, Arteta was not aske
  
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• Luis Enrique omits Ousmane Dembélé for Arsenal clash over ‘respect’ issue

  30-09-2024 22:02
  
  PSG manager says star must meet ‘expectations of team’France international has four goals in seven appearancesArsenal have been dealt a boost on the eve of their Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain after Luis Enrique confirmed Ousmane Dembélé has been left out of his squad.Dembélé has scored four times in six Ligue 1 matches for PSG this season and played in the French club’s Champions League opening-match win against Girona earlier th
  
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• John Stones ‘100%’ ready to take Rodri’s midfield spot in Manchester City team

  30-09-2024 21:07
  
  Defender ‘enjoyed’ No 6 role in Champions League finalBratislava manager likens Guardiola to Antoni GaudíJohn Stones is “100%” ready to replace Rodri as Manchester City’s holding midfielder, with the defender stating he loves playing in the role.Rodri’s absence until next ­season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury has led Pep Guardiola to state he will find different ­solutions to replace the 28-year-old Spaniard who is con­sidered on
  
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• Brendan Rodgers says Celtic want to reach ‘next level’ against Dortmund

  30-09-2024 20:11
  
  Manager ‘really excited’ about team’s recent progressRodgers briefly managed ‘super professional’ Nuri SahinPainful experiences from Munich, Madrid, Paris and Barcelona would ordinarily cause Celtic to approach a Champions League trip to Borussia Dortmund with at least an element of trepidation. Instead, the striking confidence exuded by Brendan Rodgers tells the story of a team that has discovered its groove long before the clocks change. Rodgers is not promising a
  
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• Football’s thirst for money feeding discontent of the Rodri rebellion

  22-09-2024 09:00
  
  Now that players are feeling the burn so significantly as to consider striking, will the game’s powerbrokers take notice?“Madness.” Jules Koundé of Barcelona and France spoke for his profession. “If it keeps this way, there will be a moment where we have no other option.”Koundé backed Manchester City’s Rodri in raising complaints against the workload of elite professionals in Europe. There is serious talk of a players’ strike. The Spain mid
  
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• Champions League review: Barça flop, Celtic joint-top as Villa end 42-year wait

  20-09-2024 15:28
  
  From Sparta Prague’s first win in a generation to Milan’s toothless showing, we hand out honors (and dishonors) from the opening roundSo this was the Swiss system as the new Champions League rolled out with three nights of action. Who shone, who struggled during Matchday One? Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Two of the best saves’: Mikel Arteta hails David Raya after Atalanta heroics

  20-09-2024 00:56
  
  Penalty save earned Arsenal Champions League draw‘He’s been exceptional. You need that at this level’Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal were far from their best against Atalanta but praised David Raya for his brilliant double save from Mateo Retegui’s second-half penalty that rescued a point in their opening Champions League match.The Spaniard produced the game’s standout moment three minutes into the second half after first consulting with the Arsenal goalkeeping coach,
  
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• Champions League: 10-man Barcelona lose in Monaco, Leverkusen thump Feyenoord

  19-09-2024 23:50
  
  Barcelona’s Eric García sent off in 11th minute of 2-1 lossFeyenoord booed off after Leverkusen hit four in first halfBarcelona made a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign by losing 2-1 to Monaco after suffering an early blow from Eric García’s dismissal.García was shown a straight red card 11 minutes in for a foul on Monaco’s Takumi Minamino, who was clear in front of goal after a misplaced pass from Marc-André ter Stegen, the visi
  
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• Atalanta 0-0 Arsenal: Champions League – as it happened

  19-09-2024 23:07
  
  Goalkeeper David Raya saved a penalty and then produced an audacious second stop on the lineReport: Raya’s penalty save earns a draw at AtalantaThere goes the anthem, and Mikel Arteta and Gasperini share a moment of smiles and warmth.Kick-off approaches in Bergamo. And that means Arsenal are only 137 matches from reaching the final in Munich. Whereabouts in the top 36 will they end the night? Bergamo host the matches these days. Four years ago – and fatefully in the Covid-20 outbreak
  
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• David Raya’s double save from penalty earns Arsenal draw at Atalanta

  19-09-2024 23:03
  
  Mikel Arteta had promised that this week would be the acid test of how much Arsenal have improved this season and, on the evidence of this scrappy performance, they still have plenty to work on.But after overcoming the first hurdle against Tottenham on Sunday, it needed a miraculous double save from David Raya to rescue them from defeat in the opening match of their Champions League campaign after a disjointed display that only underlined just how much they are missing the captain Martin Ø
  
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• Manchester City’s bluntness against Inter may give Arteta’s Arsenal ideas

  19-09-2024 15:35
  Italian side’s low block stifled Pep Guardiola’s men and offered reminders of March’s Premier League stalematePep Guardiola had made the decision. The Manchester City manager had known for five or 10 minutes and so when the half-time whistle sounded in Wednesday night’s Champions League tie against Inter at the Etihad Stadium, he sprinted off to the dressing room, eager to put the plan in place.It is a major part of Guardiola’s greatness. The ability to see when and
  
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• Celtic’s swagger makes Champions League progress a legitimate target

  19-09-2024 12:52
  
  Strength in depth and a ferocious press may help European adventures to have competitive relevance once moreThe new Champions League format has capacity to bruise egos. Few teams finishing bottom of a section of four are likely to invite ridicule. Coming 36th out of 36th, or anywhere close to the foot of this expanded section, will be optically embarrassing.Brendan Rodgers had his eyes fixed on making a European impact long before the Champions League was remodelled. Celtic have realised their d
  
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• Brest take first steps into European football against all the odds | Luke Entwistle

  19-09-2024 12:05
  
  Preparations for Champions League bow was marred with player departures and stadium issues but draw offers hopeBy Eric Devin for Get French Football NewsSeventy-four years into their existence, having been founded in 1950, the chance for Stade Brestois to finally make their European debut has been long-awaited. Not only will Wednesday’s match mark the Champions League debut but the clash with Sturm Graz is Les Ti’Zefs’ maiden match in European football.Only promoted back from F
  
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• What’s the story? Manchester City and Inter serve up poor advert for new world | Barney Ronay

  19-09-2024 00:51
  
  This goalless, tension-free draw raised questions about the new Champions League format and City’s late-Pep visionWell, Rodri was right about one thing. We definitely need a few less games like this one. Welcome to the new world of Uefa expansionism, a competition without structure, designed solely to provide another roll of TV wallpaper, and on this evidence a place lacking some vital degree of tension or shape.The most dramatic moment at a room-temperature Etihad Stadium arrived on 78 mi
  
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• Kevin De Bruyne a doubt to face Arsenal due to groin injury in draw with Inter

  19-09-2024 00:48
  
  City playmaker taken off in Champions League matchGuardiola pleased with draw against Italian championsKevin De Bruyne is an injury doubt for Manchester City’s showdown with Arsenal on Sunday after suffering what appeared to be a groin injury in the Champions League goalless draw with Inter at the Etihad Stadium.The Belgian was hurt when running in on goal and being challenged by Yann Sommer, the Inter No 1, during the first half, afterwards seeming to clutch his groin area. Following trea
  
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• Champions League: Gazzaniga hands PSG win, Gittens double lifts Dortmund

  19-09-2024 00:04
  PSG 1-0 Girona, Club Brugge 0-3 Borussia DortmundSparta Prague sink Salzburg on return to top tableAn embarrassing late blunder from Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga gifted Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 home win, denying the Champions League debutants a point.After relentless PSG pressure, Nuno Mendes’s low ball across the goal looked comfortable for Gazzaniga, but he let it slip through his grasp and into the net in stoppage time, for an own goal that earned the hosts a victory that was dese
  
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• Celtic 5-1 Slovan Bratislava, Coventry 1-2 Spurs: Champions League and Carabao Cup – as it happened

  18-09-2024 23:29
  Celtic enjoyed a perfect opening night as Spurs rallied to turn defeat into victory at Coventry in the League CupPeeeeeeeeeep! We’re underway in the first of our two Carabao Cup ties tonight: Brighton v Wolves. Coventry v Tottenham will kick off at 8pm BST.A reminder that you can follow Manchester City v Internazionale on our own dedicated liveblog. Continue reading...
  
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• Manchester City 0-0 Inter: Champions League – as it happened

  18-09-2024 23:22
  
  İlkay Gündoğan missed a couple of late chances, but otherwise Inter kept City quiet6 min: Some room for Taremi down the left. He ventures into the City half, then switches play to Thuram on the right. Thuram reaches the edge of the box and rifles a low drive straight at Ederson, who claims. An early warning that while City will have the lion’s share of possession, Inter will have something to say on the counter.4 min: De Bruyne slips Grealish into space down the left. Greali
  
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• Celtic put five past Slovan Bratislava in dream Champions League opening win

  18-09-2024 23:12
  
  This proved a Celtic Park rarity. The Scottish champions were rampant against continental opposition, on an evening absorbing so many years of frustration for Celtic at elite level. New format, new Celtic, new danger.The paucity of Slovan Bratislava will most likely be borne out by subsequent Champions League outings but Brendan Rodgers and Celtic were fully entitled to relish what played out here after game upon game of European turmoil. Rodgers and his players will travel to Borussia Dortmund
  
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• Manchester City off-colour as Gündogan misses help impressive Inter earn draw

  18-09-2024 23:07
  
  Manchester City know only too well how tough a nut Inter are to crack. The greatest night of City’s history, the Champions League final triumph against them in 2023, was not without its difficulties; the heart-stopping moments have gilded the legend. This was another reminder of the quality of Simone Inzaghi’s Italian champions, albeit without the same levels of drama.The City supporters had come to see Erling Haaland and the striker’s latest assault on the history books. If he
  
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