Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and defending champions Real Madrid made winning starts in the Champions League group stage, but big-spending Chelsea suffered a shock 1-0 defeat away to Dinamo Zagreb. Watch the highlights and post-match reactions here.
Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland starred on Tuesday as Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City made winning starts in the Champions League group stage, but big-spending Chelsea suffered a shock 1-0 defeat away to Dinamo Zagreb.
Bayern Munich were placed in the same section as Robert Lewandowski’s Barcelona in Thursday’s draw for the Uefa Champions League group stage in Istanbul, while Erling Haaland will face his former club as Manchester City were paired with Borussia Dortmund.
Real Madrid are determined not to be knocked off their perch at the summit of European football this season as they prepare to start their campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Uefa Super Cup in Helsinki on Wednesday.
Two-time former champions Benfica will play Ukraine’s Dynamo Kyiv while Ruud van Nistelrooy’s PSV Eindhoven will face Glasgow Rangers after they all qualified for the final Champions League qualifying playoff round on Tuesday.
Uefa is considering introducing a four-team mini tournament at the start of each season, just before the Champions League group phase begins, European football’s governing body confirmed on Tuesday.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is still hurting from his side’s Uefa Champions League final loss against Real Madrid as he insisted the Reds deserved to win but Thibaut Cortouis was the difference.
Scotland captain Andy Robertson said missing out on the World Cup rounded off the toughest 10 days of his career after the Liverpool left-back also failed to get his hands on the Premier League and Champions League.
Real Madrid may be the most successful club in Champions League history but they defied the odds all along their way to victory in this season’s final against Liverpool. The question now is how long they can continue to do so with their current team.
Vinicius Junior scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris to become kings of Europe for a record-extending 14th time.