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Key occasions
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Objective! Atletico 0-1 Bayer (Hincapie, 45+1)
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Objective! Crimson Star 0-3 PSV (Flamingo, 44)
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Objective! Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Stuttgart (Leweling, 39)
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Objective! Liverpool 1-0 Lille (Salah, 34)
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Objective! Benfica 3-1 Barcelona (Pavlidis, 30 pen)
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Penalty to Benfica!
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Crimson card for Atletico v Leverkusen (26)
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Objective! Crimson Star 0-2 PSV (De Jong, 23)
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Objective! Benfica 2-1 Barcelona (Pavlidis, 22)
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Objective! Crimson Star 0-1 PSV (De Jong, 17)
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Objective! Benfica 1-1 Barcelona (Lewandowski, 13 pen)
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Objective! Bologna 0-1 Borussia Dortmund (Guirassy, 15 pen)
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Objective! Slovan Bratislava 0-1 Stuttgart (Leweling, 12)
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Objective! Benfica 1-0 Barcelona (Pavlidis, 2)
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Kick-offs throughout Europe
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Last rating: Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa
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Last rating: Atalanta 5-0 Sturm Graz
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Preamble
Objective! Atletico 0-1 Bayer (Hincapie, 45+1)
High-quality, superb header from a Mukiele cross and the Atleti plan of seeing out with ten is out of the window. There’s some tempers fraying.
Objective! Crimson Star 0-3 PSV (Flamingo, 44)
One other nook, and this time the ball bounces out and Flamengo rifles a volley dwelling.
Liverpool 1-0 Lille: Salah is put by way of, in that candy spot and but misses, bending his left-foot shot past the far put up.
Liverpool 1-0 Lille: Probably not an amazing European night time to this point. Liverpool doing sufficient. Mohamed Salah in jocular chat with the referee. There’s an harm to Curtis Jones in the intervening time.
Objective! Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Stuttgart (Leweling, 39)
There’s some VAR confusion right here as Leweling takes the ball down and slots. He was onside. And the English officers usually are not widespread in Slovakia.
Membership Brugge 0-0 Juventus
It’s freezing chilly in Bruges, and that’s given rise to a type of intriguing tactical battles you hear about.
Objective! Liverpool 1-0 Lille (Salah, 34)
Salah, sure, guess who. Jonathan David is robbed by Tsimikas, and an extended ball ahead finds the Egyptian king. A superb cross from Curtis Jones. Lille suppose David was fouled.
Objective! Benfica 3-1 Barcelona (Pavlidis, 30 pen)
A hat-trick for the Greek striker. He has been borne presents by Szczesny, who has had a nightmare.
Penalty to Benfica!
Szczesny – oh no – runs out and collides with Aktürkoğlu. It’s virtually as if he was a retired goalkeeper a couple of weeks in the past.
Liverpool 0-0 Lille
This has been one of many quiter video games of the night time.
Crimson card for Atletico v Leverkusen (26)
Pablo Barrios is sliding in and rakes down the ankles of Mukiele. He doesn’t protest an excessive amount of, although Diego Simeone is seething.
Objective! Crimson Star 0-2 PSV (De Jong, 23)
One other nook, one other header and De Jong does what he does, having had the Crimson Star followers pelt the PSV gamers with snow balls.
Objective! Benfica 2-1 Barcelona (Pavlidis, 22)
And but it’s Benfica who return in entrance. Sczczesny got here out on to a ball from Otamendi. He and his defender collide, and Pavlidis has an open aim to fit into. Balde acquired clattered. That was utter farce.
Benfica 1-1 Barcelona
Trubin, the Benfica goalkeeper, is in for a busy night time as Barca choose up their rhythm. The newest save comes from Lewandowski.
Objective! Crimson Star 0-1 PSV (De Jong, 17)
It’s the previous man, the membership legend, and within the traditional means, with an excellent header from a nook. It’s his first aim of the Champions League marketing campaign.
Liverpool 0-0 Lille
Promising assault by Newcastle legend Cabella however Lille delay and Liverpool get it clear. As we stated earlier than, be careful for the French groups.
Objective! Benfica 1-1 Barcelona (Lewandowski, 13 pen)
Balde is fouled, and VAR spots it. Lewandowski does his no run-up routine and slots.
Objective! Bologna 0-1 Borussia Dortmund (Guirassy, 15 pen)
He virtually acquired caught out on the Panenka. The goalie virtually will get it away.
Bologna 0-0 Borussia Dortmund
There’s a penalty name, for a shirt pull.
Objective! Slovan Bratislava 0-1 Stuttgart (Leweling, 12)
Stuttgart went at it from the beginning and get their reward when Denis Undav’s run units up the possibility for Leweling to transform. That places Stuttgart within the prime 20.
Benfica 1-0 Barcelona
It’s all Benfica, Barca rocking again on their heels.
Liverpool 0-0 Lille
Early sighter from Salah, who cuts inside after which shoots on aim. Not sufficient to beat the Lille goalkeeper.
Benfica 1-0 Barcelona
Barcelona had an early probability by way of Lamine Yamal however have been caught chilly. They’ve slipped from early season and kicked off in second place.
Objective! Benfica 1-0 Barcelona (Pavlidis, 2)
An early strike within the Iberian derby. Carreras’s ball inside and one hell of a end from Pavlidis, first-time, and wallop. Wow!
Liverpool 0-0 Lille
Gabriel Gudmundsson has an early glimpse of the Liverpool aim and fires extensive.
Kick-offs throughout Europe
And away we go….
A phrase on Dortmund, whose coach Nuri Sahin is below strain. He’s dropped Julian Brandt and Emre Can from the match at strugglers Bologna.
Champions League soccer in January: it’s going to take some getting used to.
Like holding Wimbledon in August and the Six Nations in Could.
Right here’s the desk AS IT STANDS forward of kick-off.
OK, right here comes Gerry Marsden, which suggests it’s virtually time for kick-off within the 8pm kick-offs. A lot on the road tonight throughout the matches, many a permutation
Last rating: Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa
Villa went behind early to Wilfried Singo’s aim and by no means acquired going towards an excellent Monaco crew. A final-gasp Jhon Duran overhead wasn’t going to chop it. Villa should beat Celtic subsequent week, whereas Monaco journey to Inter.
Last rating: Atalanta 5-0 Sturm Graz
Atalanta have been 3-0 up on Sturm Graz, and that’s going to place them in an honest place for a type of top-eight positions. Then, Ademola Lookman acquired the fourth within the ninetieth minute earlier than Marco Brescianini acquired one other. Sturm’s outdoors probability of creating the highest 24 is gone.
In the meantime, within the different earlier recreation, Atalanta are main Sturm Graz 1-0. That may carry them to 3rd, although with loads of soccer to be performed this match day. Villa are in peril of slipping from the highest eight; Monaco may go to ninth. A lot to play for. Thanks, Uefa, thanks!
Not going to plan for Villa within the Principality.
Brugge v Juventus groups
Membership Brugge: Mignolet, Sabbe, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper, Nwadike, Jashari, Talbi, Vanaken, Tzolis, Jutgla. Subs: Jackers, Romero, Vetlesen, Meijer, Vermant, Nilsson, Skoras, Nielsen, Siquet, Spileers, Seys.
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Savona, Gatti, Kalulu Kyatengwa, Cambiaso, Locatelli, Douglas Luiz, Weah, Koopmeiners, Mbangula, Gonzalez. Subs: Francisco Conceicao, Vlahovic, Yildiz, McKennie, Adzic, Thuram, Fagioli, Rouhi, Perin, Pinsoglio
Benfica v Barcelona groups
Benfica: Trubin, Araujo, Silva, Otamendi, Carreras, Aursnes, Florentino, Kokcu, Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Schjelderup. Subs: Soares, Bah, Amdouni, Arthur Cabral, Di Maria, Barreiro, Prestianni, Rollheiser, Beste, Nuno Felix, Bajrami, Rego.
Barcelona: Szczesny, Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde, Casado, Gonzalez, Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha, Lewandowski. Subs: Pena, Kochen, Torres, Fati, Torre, Christensen, Lopez, Victor, de Jong, Garcia, Fort, Gerard.
So, Nunez begins for Liverpool, and Ethan Mbappé, brother of, is on the bench for Lille. “Trent” is benched although that’s nonetheless a powerful crew choice from Arne Slot.
Liverpool v Lille groups
Liverpool: Alisson, Bradley, Quansah, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones, Salah, Nunez, Diaz. Subs: Jaros, Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Danns, Morton.
Lille: Chevalier, Mandi, Diakite, Alexsandro Victor, Gudmundsson, Mukau, Andre, Bakker, Arnar Haraldsson, Cabella, David. Subs: Mannone, Caillard, Gomes, Sahraoui, Meunier, Bayo, Mbappe, Ismaily, Bouaddi, Cossier.
Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen groups
Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Molina, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan,
Llorente, De Paul, Barrios, Simeone, Alvarez, Griezmann. Subs: Musso, Gomis, Azpilicueta, Gallagher, Koke, Correa, Lemar, Samuel Dias, Riquelme, Witsel, Mandava, Le Normand.
Bayer Leverkusen: Kovar, Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie, Mukiele, Xhaka, Palacios, Grimaldo, Frimpong, Wirtz, Tella. Subs: Hradecky, Lomb, Hofmann, Andrich, Arthur, Schick, Boniface, Garcia, Hawighorst, Stepanov, Onyeka.
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Be careful for these French golf equipment: Monaco are at the moment beating Aston Villa, and Lille lie in look ahead to Liverpool.
Preamble
The seventh of eight weeks, and towards many’s predictions, fairly so much to play for. Not solely are there play-offs to keep away from, or play-offs to hunt refuge in, there’s the truth that the group stage additionally shapes the knockouts through the use of seeding to reward good group performances. So, a lot on tonight and tomorrow earlier than subsequent week sees 18 (eighteen) ties performed directly.
The permutations are sophisticated however a win towards Lille would see Liverpool by way of to the knockouts, no play-off. Past that, even Barcelona, regardless of kicking off in second towards Benfica might need to attend for the ultimate spherical to know their destiny. They want a win and for different outcomes to favour them, together with that of Aston Villa within the early recreation with Monaco.
Bayer Leverkusen away to Atlético Madrid, fourth v eleventh may go some technique to deciding if both go to the final 16 or straight to the quarter-finals. Ought to Celtic beat Younger Boys, the worst crew within the group stage, then the play-offs beckon.
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