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How it stands after tonightâs matches.
What a night of Champions League football! Rúben Amorim says farewell to the Estádio José Alvalade with an emphatic win and simultaneously won over half of Manchester; Celtic recorded one of their best European victories in an electric home comeback against Leipzig; Milan beat Real Madrid in their home for the first time in 15 years in a merited victory; Lille and Juventus play out a draw which the French side will be disappointed with after a dubious penalty and Dortmund and Monaco earn the three points by the skin of their teeth with late goals.
Full-time across the grounds
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Sporting 4-1 Manchester City
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Celtic 3-1 RB Leipzig
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Real Madrid 1-3 Milan
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Lille 1-1 Juventus
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Bologna 0-1 Monaco
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Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Sturm Graz
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Liverpool 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen
GOAL! Bologna 0-1 Monaco (Kehrer 86)
We officially now have had a goal in every game tonight after the Monaco captain scores from his first touch after a corner comes in at the far post.
GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Sturm (Malen 85)
Finally! Malen hammers straight into the corner after being played in by Guirassy. Dortmund really should have wrapped this up ages ago. VAR takes a look but the goal is given quickly.
GOAL! Sporting 4-1 Manchester City (Gyökeres 80 pen)
Well this was unexpected. Nunes pulls back Catamo in the box (a gift for his former club, maybe?) and Gyökeres shows Haaland how itâs done from the spot (again).
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-3 Milan (Reijnders 73)
Statement from Milan! Leão on the left evades a challenge and surges forward before finding Reijnders completely unmarked in the box. The pass is behind the goalscorer but he takes a funny little half-flick touch before finishing it off. Not sure how many times Real Madridâs defence is going to pretend that they ⦠do not have to defend.
GOAL! Celtic 3-1 RB Leipzig (Hatate 72)
Oh no! Itâs a mistake from Gulacsi and Hatate cannot believe his luck. The RB Leipzig keeper opts to first parry a ball in before deciding to catch it but he makes the decision too late and the midfielderâs quick thinking and quick feet forces an instint finish! Could this be the marquee victory Celtic have needed in this competition?
PENALTY MISS! Sporting 3-1 Manchester City
Drama in Lisbon! Silva takes a shot that hits the arm of Diomande, who is diving down trying to block the shot. It goes to VAR who deem it a penalty due to Diomandeâs arm being in an âunnatural positionâ (our favourite words here on the Guardian sports desk).
The boos and the whistles are deafening as Haaland stands over the ball and his effort hits the bar. Pandemonium for all the Sporting fans!
Liverpool have just scored twice at Anfield against the German champions ⦠Follow along with Rob Smythâs MBM.
GOAL! Lille 1-1 Juventus (Vlahovic 60 pen)
André concedes a penalty for a foul on Conceição. There is contact in the trip but the Juve player certainly milks it ⦠Vlahovic steps up and his penalty goes straight to the bottom right.
More from all you!
Gary leads with a perfect pun:
Rúben Amorim beating Pep and Man City before he even moves to Old Trafford wouldnât be very sporting.
Gory on what the Lisbon faithful favour:
I think Sporting fans prefer Sporting CP (Club Portugal) or simply Sporting to Sporting Lisbon but you know what thought did – followed a muck cart because he thought it was a wedding.
And Krishna with the correction:
Arajuoâs shot is indeed powerful if it can evade Everton!
Yikes from me! Has been fixed â¦
GOAL! Sporting 3-1 Manchester City (Gyökeres 49 pen)
Well then. Twenty seconds after the kick-off from Sportingâs goal, Gvardiol fouls Trincão in the box after pushing him from behind and Gyökeres fires the penalty straight into the bottom right corner. Do City even have the best Scandinavian striker anymore?
GOAL! Sporting 2-1 Manchester City (Araújo 46)
Weâre back underway and 20 seconds later Sporting are in front! The hosts pass the ball around and Gonçalves feeds a neat ball to Araújo, whose powerful shot evades Ederson.
Some half-time emails!
I reckon Steve will get some calls from some producers soon for this idea:
So Noel Gallagherâs on co-comms for the game. No doubt Rod The Mod will be doing the Celtic game?
Peter has apparently just learned poker:
Pep Guardiola may boast a Norwegian ace, but Ruben Amorim has got a Gyökeres up his sleeve.
Krishna with the analysis:
It is foolish to write off Real Madrid, more so when you have Carlo at the helm. But have they started to appear less invincible this season. Mbappeâs curse?
They have looked weaker but a part of me wants to say they always do this. They will probably go on and win their 567th CL in May. That being said, they have now trailed in each of their last three European matches – Lille, Dortmund and now Milan.
Paul with the correction:
TNT continually refer to Sporting CP as Sporting Lisbon in their TV coverage. Ask any Sporting fan and theyâll be pretty upset by that â basic error!! You guys are not doing it though!!
Not sure what you mean?? Anyway, I will use half-time to catch up on the latest Edu news coming out of London Arsenal London.
And Robin is uninterested in all of this:
Iâve reached the point of not caring less about any of the results in the Champions League. When we reach the last two rounds, it might have jeopardy for a couple of teams, but it already feels like an awful lot of ties where the results have very little consequence.
Do I have a half-time read for you. Check it out below.
Half-time scores
The half-time whistle has blown across the grounds. Here is where we stand:
GOAL! Celtic 2-1 RB Leipzig (Kühn 45+1)
What a time to get a second goal! Fantastic counterpress from Celtic in the right hand corner is perfect, suffocating the visitors. Itâs a perfect ball from Taylor which finds Kühn and he only has one goal in mind. Celtic Parkâs roof might just fly off from the noise.
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-2 Milan (Morata 39)
Again, no defence in sight for the hosts and the Italian side are happy to capitalise. The striker is quick to react after Leãoâs chance and puts his side ahead with a goal into an empty net. He does love a goal against Real Madrid, that you cannot deny.
GOAL! Sporting 1-1 Manchester City (Gyökeres 38)
Heâs had a poor opening half but the striker does what he has time and time again â show up in the big moments. Quenda finds Gyökeres with a weighted and he outpaces Simpson-Pusey before equalising.
GOAL! Celtic 1-1 RB Leipzig (Kühn 35)
Beautiful strike from Kühn, who gets the ball far on the right, dribbles inside and is given all the time to hit one as the ball hits the inside of the post before surging in.
GOAL! Lille 1-0 Juventus (David 27)
A fantastic through ball from Zhegrova finds the striker who surges forward and finishes with his right foot at the far post. The assist takes three Juve players out of the game and makes it the goal of the night so far.
GOAL! Celtic 0-1 RB Leipzig (Baumgartner 23)
The hosts have impressed but it all comes undone from a corner. Kamplâs inswinging corner is deflected off a Celtic head before it finds Baumgartner who nods it past Schmeichel before the keeper can even react.
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-1 Milan (VinÃcius Jr 23 pen)
The Brazilian is brought down in the box by Emerson in what is a clear foul and he dinks a cool penalty down the middle to level it in Madrid.
Bologna 0-0 Monaco: The ball is in the back of the net but it is disallowed after a VAR check after Singo fouls Skorupski.
GOAL! Real Madrid 0-1 Milan (Thiaw 12)
Madridâs defence is caught sleeping as Thiaw rises above everyone in the box and thumps a header straight past Courtois from a perfect Pulisic corner for his first goal for the club.
Pulisic is having some season so far in Italy â that is now seven goals and four assists in all competitions this season.
Sporting 0-1 Manchester City: Huge chance for the hosts that they fail to capitalise on. City lose the ball and Gyökeres runs onto the pass to counters. He is 1v1 against Ederson but his shot is straight into the keeperâs hands. Why did he not go round him there?!
GOAL! Sporting 0-1 Manchester City (Foden 4)
So sloppy from Morita. Heâs easily disposed by Foden and the City midfielder is able to run onwards and strike the opener. Strange from Israel. The goalkeeper thinks his defender will block the shot and he completely mistimes his attempted save.
Welcome to Manchester, Amorim.
Kick-off across the grounds
After a moment of silence for the flood victims in Valencia we are underway across the grounds. Here we go!
Results from the two early kick-offs:
Letâs take a look at some fun stats â one for each of the late games:
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Erling Haaland needs one goal to reach the landmark figure of 45 goals in the Champions League. He could achieve that tonight on what is only his 43rd appearance in the tournament. The fastest player to 45 goals remains Ruud van Nistelrooy, who reached the milestone on his 56th outing.
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Kasper Schmeichel celebrates his 38th birthday today, becoming the joint oldest player to feature in a Champions League game on his birthday, joining former Arsenal goalkeeper, David Seaman, who started against Schalke in September 2001.
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Kylian Mbappé needs just one more goal to join Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema, Raúl González, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Thomas Müller and Thierry Henry as players who have scored 50 times in the Champions League (excluding qualifying).
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Borussia Dortmund have won their past 10 games in all competitions at their home ground, and are unbeaten in their past 11. But they have lost three of their previous 18 in the Champions League at home.
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Monaco have won just three of their last 15 European meetings against Italian opposition.
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This is the first ever meeting between Lille and Juventus in any competition.
Alistair Johnston tells TNT Sports his rallying cry for his Celtic teammates: still be in Europe at the turn of the year.
Celtic Park on a Champions League night. There is nothing like it. I am not even sure if the noise made is humane. Itâs impossible to not get shivers up your spine.
Four points after three matches and we have a chance to put ourselves in the drivers seat. There is huge ambition within this group. We do want to be playing in Europe in January. It is a big aim for us this year. Itâs not going to be easy but matches like this give you a great opportunity for it.
Our first email of the night comes from Krishna:
Hasnât anyone told Amorim that the moniker for OT has changed to Theatre of Nightmares? Or doesnât he follow football? Who in his right mind would walk into the quicksand that is further made unstable by the blue whirlpool circling it relentlessly?
The very best will of course want a challenge and he clearly thinks he can be the guy to turn it around. Many close to him can attest to the fact that he is a young, fresh, manager on the way up, with vision and drive and personality.
But the worry is that it is somehow bigger than Amorim and Erik ten Hag and all the others before him. Is there simply something about the United job that is just too big, too difficult, too chaotic? Letâs see.
Xabi Alonsoâs Anfield homecoming is set to be special, as the former Reds midfielder returns with the German champions Bayer Leverkusen. In an alternate universe Alonso could have been the one on home teamâs touchline as he was linked once Jürgen Klopp announced his departure. But he doesnât have time for ifs and maybes.
Letâs talk about the game tomorrow, itâs more interesting than my future. It feels great to be back after a few years. Itâs always special. You notice the development of the club, the new stands look pretty amazing. Is a big game against Liverpool in a great moment, it cannot get much better than that.
I am not thinking that much [about how he will be received]. I am thinking more about how to prepare for the game. I might think about my memories when I go for a walk or a run tomorrow. I know the city, I love it and I still have friends here, but I donât have time for tourism.
Read Andy Hunterâs preview below.
And follow my colleague Rob Smythâs MBM of the match in Liverpool here.
Brendan Rodgers has called Celtic fans who use fireworks selfish and has reiterated his call for supporters to stop using pyrotechnics, with the Bonfire Night Champions League visit of RB Leipzig raising fears of a Uefa ban.
Supportersâ use of fireworks during last monthâs 7-1 defeat by Borussia Dortmund led to Celtic being fined by Uefa and told their fans will be banned from attending an away fixture if there is another such incident within two years. The warning was heeded when Celtic drew away to Atalanta two weeks ago, but kick-off was delayed at Saturdayâs Scottish League Cup semi-final against Aberdeen after yet another Celtic pyro display. Uefa is keeping a close eye on the matter.
Itâs just exactly what we said before, itâs not something that we really want to see. Thereâs that sanction hanging over the club and we really donât want that.
Read more on Rodgersâ thoughts below.
The two 5.45pm GMT kick-offs are heading into the final 20 minutes and here is how things stand.
PSV lead Girona 2-0 with Ryan Flamingoâs header from a throw-in opening their account before Malik Tillman doubled their lead drilling a powerful, right-footed effort after some fine dribbling skills. A second yellow for Arnau MartÃnez means a comeback for the Spaniards is unlikely.
Slovan striked early after David Strelec got on the end of a counterattack but the hosts now trail Dinamo 1-3 after goals from Dario Spikic, Petar Sucic and Sandro Kulenovic.
Team news: Borussia Dortmund v Sturm Graz
Team news: Bologna v Monaco
Team news: Lille v Juventus
Team news: Real Madrid v Milan
Team news: Sporting v Manchester City
Your City line-up in Lisbon! ð©µ
XI | Ederson, Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Bernardo (C), Savinho, Foden, Nunes, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Wright, O’Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand#ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/vuuzxNkMe3
— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 5, 2024
Team news: Celtic v RB Leipzig
Here is a sneak peak of David Squiresâs latest cartoon on Manchester Unitedâs hive mind choosing Rúben Amorim.
Check out the full cartoon below.
The current Champions League table as it stands. Aston Villa top with nine points from three games, naturally.
A reminder as to how the new rules of the competition work. At the end of the league phase, the top eight teams will advance to the round of 16. Teams 9-16 will advance to knockout phase playoffs (seeded) and teams 17-24 will advance to knockout phase playoffs (unseeded). The bottom 12 will be eliminated from Europa and will none will drop to the Europa League (unlike previous seasons).
Preamble
Any hopes Rúben Amorim might have had for a peaceful send-off from Sporting have well and truly disappeared. The Manchester United-bound manager got his first taste of the British press when he was hounded for not answering a question in English (though he handling the scrutiny with a calmness).
Tonight, he faces Pep Guardiolaâs Manchester City in what could be seen as his unofficial audition for the United faithful. A win against their arch-rivals who have dominated in recent years would make Amorim an instant favorite at Old Trafford, though heâs careful not to let expectations get too high.
And if he loses? Some will surely overreact, but the reality is that a Sporting win over the English champions would be a genuine upset. For now, tonightâs clash in Lisbon offers many fans their first real look at Amorimâs style of play and a chance to imagine how it might translate to the Premier League.
Elsewhere, Real Madrid will hope to bounce back from a disastrous and humbling el classico and embarrassing and ill-advised Ballon dâOr boycott against an inconsistent Milan side; Brendan Rodgers aims to bolster Celticâs European form against RB Leipzig, still winless in Europe this season; Bologna will need a win against Monaco if they want to make the next round; the Austrian champions Sturm have the tough task of silencing the Yellow Wall at Dortmund; and Lille are somehow favourites against Juventus after strong showings against Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.
It is shaping up to be an exciting one so join me for our Champions League matchday four liveblog. Kick-offs across Europe at 8pm GMT.
And, as always, if you have any thoughts, questions, complaints or predictions that youâre keen to share then feel free to send me an email.
