Champions League LIVE: Club Brugge vs Man City, Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool, Shakhtar vs Real Madrid and all the action

PSG pick up all three points against a hard-fought Leipzig with goals from both Mbappe and Lionel Messi, who is fitting into the French side seamlessly.

FT: PSG 3-2 RB Leipzig

Kylian Mbappe may have missed the penalty in the final minutes of stoppage time, but it doesn't matter. 

<p>Liverpool extend their perfect Champions League record with a huge 3-2 away victory over Atletico Madrid, courtesy goals from Mohamed Salah and Naby Keita.</p> <p>The home side definitely gave the Reds a run for their money, coming back from two goals and having to play with 10 men and without Antoine Griezmann in the second half – but it was a day for the Reds.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">AC Milan ✅<br> Porto ✅<br> Atletico Madrid ✅<br> <br> Liverpool mean business in the Champions League this season 💪 <a href="https://t.co/2xCZxUNHAm">pic.twitter.com/2xCZxUNHAm</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450566768603373575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

FT: Atletico 2-3 Liverpool

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="et">🔴⚪️ Ajax 4-0 Borussia Dortmund ⚫️🟡<br> <br> Dortmund are HUMBLED 😳 <a href="https://t.co/Ar1MlB57Fo">pic.twitter.com/Ar1MlB57Fo</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450565659440689161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

FT: Ajax 0-4 Dortmund

And it's Karim Benzema who wraps up the game for Real Madrid with a fifth goal! Stunning.

GOAL! Shakhtar Donetsk 0-5 Real Madrid

Mohamed Salah steps up to the plate and does he deliver! He slots it in firmly into the left side of the goal, putting Liverpool back into the lead with the spot-kick. The Reds are back in front against 10-man Atletico Madrid.

GOAL! Atletico Madrid 2-3 Liverpool

And it's Messi again with a second goal to put PSG firmly in the lead against RB Leipzig! <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">LIONEL MESSI SCORES A SECOND ⚽️⚽️<br> <br> Give him the ball and he does magic 🪄 <a href="https://t.co/Ai0yb71J7d">pic.twitter.com/Ai0yb71J7d</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450561680254152715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

GOAL! PSG 3-2 RB Leipzig

Who else could it have been!? The Argentina man levels up the scoreline for PSG with a fine finish as the game nears the final 20-minute mark. Woosh!

GOAL! PSG 2-2 RB Leipzig

Rodrygo with the goal from a Vinicius Jr assist, and that surely,&nbsp;<em>surely</em>&nbsp;is game over now.

GOAL!!! Shakhtar Donetsk 0-4 Real Madrid

Unbelievable!&nbsp;Nordi Mukiele has launched the ball straight into the back of the net. What an effort! RB Leipzig take the lead against PSG!

GOAL!!! PSG 1-2 RB Leipzig

<p>The Atletico goalscorer has been sent off&nbsp;due to a <em>very&nbsp;</em>high boot aimed at Roberto Firmino! This could change everything.</p> <p>Diego Simeone is incensed.</p>

RED CARD! Antoine Griezmann is sent off!

STRIKE! Vinicius Jr has scored to double Real madrid's lead, exacting their revenge on Shakhtar Donetsk for their win away at the Bernabeu in the reverse fixture last month!

GOAL! Shakhtar 0-2 Real Madrid

Real Madrid have finally taken the lead against Shakhtar, with&nbsp;Krivtsov scoring an own goal!

GOAL! Shakhtar 0-1 Real Madrid

Would you look at that! RB Leipzig have equalised away at the Parc des Princes, thanks to Andre Silva!

GOAL! PSG 1-1 RB Leipzig

Ajax have doubled their lead against the Bundesliga side, and this time it's Daley Blind with the effort!

GOAL! Ajax 2-0 Dortmund

And the home team have pulled one back! It was the corner conceded by Trent Alexander-Arnold that led to the gaol, and it's a piledriving effort by Koke that gets a final touch by Antoine Griezmann!

GOAL! Atletico Madrid 1-2 Liverpool

It's the Frenchman with a glorious goal after a PSG counter-attack. PSG lead 1-0!

GOAL! PSG 1-0 RB Leipzig

<p>MOHAMED SALAH SCORES! Who else could it have been? It's a gorgeous goal from outside of the box in under seven minutes! It caught a slight deflection on its way through, but what a spectacular effort from the Egyptian.</p> <p>Actually – hold on that, it's been given to James Milner instead! What a man.</p>

GOAL! Atletico Madrid 0-1 Liverpool

<p>A final flourish!</p> <p>This has been a rampant evening in Belgium for Manchester City and they serve up a fifth finish now.&nbsp;Fernandinho loops the long ball over the top and Riyad Mahrez beats the defence out to it.</p> <p>He casually slots home and that will be a brace for him.</p>

GOAL: Brugge 1-5 Man City

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">19-year-old Cole Palmer scores his first Champions League goal for Man City! 📈<br><br>No nerves on the big stage 🥶<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/EUVdLzNj4g">pic.twitter.com/EUVdLzNj4g</a></p>— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1450526240696373249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

WATCH: Palmer lands maiden CL goal for Man City (UK only)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📋 The starting XI for tonight 👀<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSGRBL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSGRBL</a><br><br>🔴🔵<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllezParis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AllezParis</a> <a href="https://t.co/Kr71zXUIjG">pic.twitter.com/Kr71zXUIjG</a></p>— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) <a href="https://twitter.com/PSG_English/status/1450520308121804802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📋 <a href="https://twitter.com/jessemarsch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jessemarsch</a>'s XI to take on <a href="https://twitter.com/PSG_inside?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PSG_inside</a>!<br><br>🔴⚪ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreLeipzig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreLeipzig</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSGRBL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSGRBL</a> <a href="https://t.co/mt02JGLRkw">pic.twitter.com/mt02JGLRkw</a></p>— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) <a href="https://twitter.com/RBLeipzig_EN/status/1450520011282567171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: PSG v Leipzig

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your Atleti starting XI 🔴⚪ <a href="https://t.co/g2a2tUzzmZ">pic.twitter.com/g2a2tUzzmZ</a></p>— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) <a href="https://twitter.com/atletienglish/status/1450515876969689096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🟡 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🔴<br><br>How we line up for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ATMLIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ATMLIV</a> 👊</p>— Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1450516688542261257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: Atletico v Liverpool

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Foden ➡️ Cancelo<br><br>A beautiful pass from Phil Foden is finished off by a striker's touch and finish from their Portuguese full-back 👌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/tNFUhi123P">pic.twitter.com/tNFUhi123P</a></p>— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1450512675650297856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

WATCH: Foden lays on Cancelo opener for Man City (UK only)

<p>Penalty to Sporting - and duly dispatched by&nbsp;Pablo Sarabia after VAR awards the call!</p> <p>Domagoj Vida handles the ball in the area moments after&nbsp;Sebastian Coates almost bagged a hat-trick and the decision goes against him.</p> <p>The visitors are two goals to the good and it isn't even half-time.</p>

GOAL: Besiktas 1-3 Sporting

<p>Well, that&nbsp;equilibrium didn't last long now, did it?</p> <p>Three minutes after they were pinned back, Sporting hit the front for the second time inside the first half-hour, and it is their Captain Fantastic who does the job again.</p> <p>Sebastian Coates takes another header from a team-mate -&nbsp;Paulinho this time - and diverts it into the back of the net with his own similar finish once more.</p>

GOAL: Besiktas 1-2 Sporting

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our team! 🔵⚫ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CLUMCI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CLUMCI</a><br>Come oooon FCB! 👊🏼 <a href="https://t.co/VP92vD7mL2">pic.twitter.com/VP92vD7mL2</a></p>— Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClubBrugge/status/1450484383966658568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">🚨 TEAM NEWS IS IN! 🚨<br><br>XI | Ederson, Walker, Dias (C), Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Mahrez, Grealish.<br><br>SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Ake, Sterling, Gundogan, Jesus, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Palmer.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ManCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ManCity</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/LrUC6sDhYi">pic.twitter.com/LrUC6sDhYi</a></p>— Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1450484384516149254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: Brugge v Man City

<p>Thanks for sticking with us on the liveblog tonight, and we'll be back tomorrow with the second wind of Champions League games.</p> <p>Until then! Turrah 👋</p>

That's a wrap, folks!

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lionel Messi + Kylian Mbappe = Cheat code 👆 <a href="https://t.co/ToyMKe3zrK">pic.twitter.com/ToyMKe3zrK</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450575657516339200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Game: won ✅

<p>Jugen Klopp on Diego Simeone not shaking his hand:&nbsp;"We don't like that but yes the situation is clear.</p> <p>"I want to shake his hand. His reaction for sure, like mine, was not so cool. The next time we see each other we will shake hands definitely. It's nothing. He was obviously angry, not with me but with the game. There is nothing else."</p>

🗣 Klopp: 'I want to shake his hand!'

<p>Jurgen Klopp to BT Sport: "A tough game which we expected. We did surprisingly well at the beginning. Did we expect it to be that defensive? Probably not. It was not so easy. We scored two wonderful goals then played good football.</p> <p>"It was 2-0 then obviously Atletico are not too bothered about having possession. The first goal we gave away then the second, it was nice play but the gaps we had there...That was not alright. At half time I think everyone in the stadium thought it was only going one way and we thought 'let's give it a proper try again,'</p> <p>"We played a really solid second half in a tough game with intense football from both teams. We got the penalty, then there was a red card and obviously it was in our favour."</p>

🗣 Klopp: 'A tough game'

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Estadio Metropolitano.<br> Mo Salah.<br> Penalty.<br> 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 end.<br> <br> Pure poetry ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/U5DwSkrqDV">pic.twitter.com/U5DwSkrqDV</a></p> — Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1450573349327884294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Phew! 😲

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kylian Mbappe searching for where that penalty landed 🚀<br> <br> Lionel Messi won't be so kind next time 😅 <a href="https://t.co/DGNGiUiusA">pic.twitter.com/DGNGiUiusA</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450568435394568202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

🔭

Aaaaand the striker has just talked himself into a yellow card in the dying minutes of stoppage time, trying to argue with the last challenge involving Virgil van Dijk. The Uruguay international is not happy about many things tonight.

Luis Suarez given yellow card

<p>After the referee consulted VAR, he disallowed the penalty, despite the initial contact from Diogo Jota inside the box.</p> <p>Tensions are increasing now as we head into the final ten minutes of regular time.</p>

VAR says no penalty to Atletico!

Penalty to Atletico!

An unfortunate penalty to give away by Atletico heading into the final 15 minutes, with the referee giving the decision instantly.

Penalty to Liverpool!

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lionel Messi goal 🤝 Kylian Mbappe assist <a href="https://t.co/7uU4HIlzlm">pic.twitter.com/7uU4HIlzlm</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450560018416340999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Leo ❤️ Kylian!

Ajax with a fourth goal against Dortmund, this time from Sebastien Haller.

GOAL! Ajax 4-0 Dortmund

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">2+1 - Antoine Griezmann is the first player in UEFA Champions League history to score twice and be sent off. Comedown.</p> — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1450555793733001229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Ruh-roh!

James Milner has been given a yellow card now, with the Atletico players now very enthusiastic to give the veteran midfielder a sending-off.

Atletico Madrid 2-2 Liverpool

Ajax have now extended their lead over Dortmund to three goals, courtesy a stirke by Antony!

GOAL! Ajax 3-0 Dortmund

This game is just end-to-end madness 🤯 <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Chances at both ends. Oblak saves Mane's header, then Alisson saves from De Paul. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LFC</a></p> — Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiljonesgoal/status/1450554657458331659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Antoine Griezmann: PUMPED ☑️<br> Diego Simeone: PUMPED ☑️<br> <br> Atletico Madrid never lie down 💪 <a href="https://t.co/P8gnYdUOsL">pic.twitter.com/P8gnYdUOsL</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450548770287009799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

🧨

We've reached the break in these second round of Champions League fixtures, with the following scores: Shakhtar 0-1 Real Madrid, Porto 0-0 AC Milan, Ajax 2-0 Dortmund, Inter 1-0 Sheriff, Atletico Madrid 2-2 Liverpool, PSG 1-1 RB Leipzig

⏰ HT in the Champions League

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="und">nvm <a href="https://t.co/PxKTDgzqWF">https://t.co/PxKTDgzqWF</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450546895911374850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

🤦‍♂️

Another fumble by Liverpool! Alisson launched forward to distribute the ball, only for the effort to ricochet against Joel Matip – they were lucky to escape a lurking Antoine Griezmann!

<p>It was a brilliant counter-attack effort from Atletico Madrid with Joao Felix sprinting down the right-hand side. They are ruthless when they have time and space to go forward, but luckily Alisson was on hand to make yet another crucial save.</p> <p>Atletico are all fired up.</p>

<p>And Atletico have equalised!</p> <p>What a comeback from the home team, with Antoine Griezmann grabbing his second of the game. They are back in this fixture! Now&nbsp;<em>this</em>&nbsp;is a Diego Simeone side.</p>

GOAL! Atletico Madrid 2-2 Liverpool

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">9 - Mohamed Salah has become the first player in <a href="https://twitter.com/LFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LFC</a> history to score in nine consecutive matches for the club. Inevitable. <a href="https://t.co/SRNNYCum5Q">pic.twitter.com/SRNNYCum5Q</a></p> — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1450544187083001860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

It's Mohamed Salah's world and we're all just living in it

WHAT A SAVE by Alisson! Atletico looked clear on goal until the Brazilian goalkeeper made a huge save to deny Antoine Griezmann. Wow!

Atletico Madrid 1-2 Liverpool

That was quite a rather long VAR check as they confirmed that Antoine Griezmann's goal was not offside.

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kylian Mbappe made his first Champions League goal of the season look too easy 😎 <a href="https://t.co/IDKnOEjHNt">pic.twitter.com/IDKnOEjHNt</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450541364224081926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

🇫🇷👑

<p>Liverpool ahve scored another through Naby Keita! It's an absolute rocket from the Guinean, and Liverpool are ruthless here.</p> <p>What a goal!</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">What a hit! First-time, on the volley after Atletico clear Alexander-Arnold's cross to him.<br> <br> 2-0 and Liverpool are in dreamland here.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LFC</a></p> — Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiljonesgoal/status/1450541086582218754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> </center>

GOAL! Atletico Madrid 0-2 Liverpool

Oh dear. It's an own goal by Marco Reus into his own net! Ajax lead 1-0.

GOAL! Ajax 1-0 Dortmund

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">5+ - Manchester City have scored 5+ goals in a game 40 times since Pep Guardiola took over, which is as many as the second and third-most combined in English football during this time:<br> <br> 40 - Manchester City<br> 21 - Liverpool<br> 19 - Spurs<br> <br> Insanity. <a href="https://t.co/wbeLrASlBh">pic.twitter.com/wbeLrASlBh</a></p> — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1450537415488286720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

What can't they do?

<p>Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool, PSG vs RB Leipzig, Ajax vs Dortmund, Shakhtar vs Real Madrid.</p> <p>Here we go!</p>

We are now off in the second round of Champions League fixtures!

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">This kid's putting everything on the line to get Messi's shirt 😂 <a href="https://t.co/lEcpu1d5fp">pic.twitter.com/lEcpu1d5fp</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450534881889558534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

What an exchange this would be...!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5+ - This is the 19th time a Pep Guardiola side has scored 5+ goals in a UEFA Champions League match, more than twice as many times as any other manager's sides have done so (Arsène Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson, 8). Barrage. <a href="https://t.co/vxPD8jmv1L">pic.twitter.com/vxPD8jmv1L</a></p>— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1450530657483034628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rapid-fire

<p>The whistles have gone - and it is a pair of absolutely resounding wins for Manchester City and Sporting Lisbon!</p> <p>A Riyad Mahrez double is the highlight for Pep Guardiola, while Cole Palmer has had a night he will never forget.</p> <p>And now, with the starter complete, it is time for the main course...</p>

FT: Brugge 1-5 Man City

<p>The capstone for Sporting - and what a capstone that is!</p> <p>A break down the middle is almost undone for the visitors, but&nbsp;Paulinho picks up the pieces and nails an absolute blinder of a shot, sweeping it across the face of goal to nestle home.</p> <p>Absolutely fantastic stuff.</p>

GOAL: Besiktas 1-4 Sporting

<p>The hosts will avoid pulling a blank against the Premier League champions!</p> <p>If there has ever been a statement of intent needed for Pep Guardiola and company looking to avenge last year, this was it - but Club Brugge have at least got one back.</p> <p>Hans Vanaken takes the&nbsp;Ruud Vormer.delivery and slots a right-footer home at close range.</p>

GOAL: Brugge 1-4 Man City

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="pt" dir="ltr">⚽𝕆 ℕ𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕆 𝟙𝟙 𝕀ℕ𝕀ℂ𝕀𝔸𝕃⚽<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCPorto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FCPorto</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCPACM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FCPACM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/gJhYCuAWFd">pic.twitter.com/gJhYCuAWFd</a></p>— FC Porto (@FCPorto) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCPorto/status/1450519482980503565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔴⚫️ The 11 Diavoli to face the Dragons<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortoMilan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PortoMilan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SempreMilan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SempreMilan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a><a href="https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EASPORTSFIFA</a> <a href="https://t.co/S0Hz81eWvR">pic.twitter.com/S0Hz81eWvR</a></p>— AC Milan (@acmilan) <a href="https://twitter.com/acmilan/status/1450526682373398534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: Porto v Milan

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">⚠️ Attention please, this is our team. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ajabvb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ajabvb</a> <a href="https://t.co/uDM5Ghkurc">https://t.co/uDM5Ghkurc</a> <a href="https://t.co/3Na6zUL81X">pic.twitter.com/3Na6zUL81X</a></p>— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) <a href="https://twitter.com/AFCAjax/status/1450518576365031427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">⚔️ Alle für den Auswärtssieg! ⚔️ <a href="https://t.co/mfqtRWUozT">pic.twitter.com/mfqtRWUozT</a></p>— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) <a href="https://twitter.com/BVB/status/1450518426867445763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: Ajax v Dortmund

<p>Young guns, go for it - Cole Palmer has his first Champions League goal and Manchester City's rout of Club Brugge is complete!</p> <p>The teenager has been on the field around two minutes but adds the visitors' fourth. Raheem Sterling - also on from the bench - helps build a fast break and cuts it back off the left for him.</p> <p>Palmer meets it, controls it, and sweeps a lovely finish from the edge of the box and in at the left post.</p>

GOAL: Brugge 0-4 Man City

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">💺 | LINE-UP <br><br>Director Simone Inzaghi has chosen his actors for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InterSheriff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InterSheriff</a> 👇<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForzaInter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForzaInter</a> <a href="https://t.co/7VbKiBPzDN">pic.twitter.com/7VbKiBPzDN</a></p>— Inter 🏆🇮🇹 (@Inter_en) <a href="https://twitter.com/Inter_en/status/1450519019564507141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: Inter v Sheriff

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">⚒🧡 Our line-up for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShakhtarRealMadrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ShakhtarRealMadrid</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChampionsLeague</a> super match 🔥<br><br>⭐️ Follow the game online: <a href="https://t.co/Jvm7r7RY1Y">https://t.co/Jvm7r7RY1Y</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shakhtar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Shakhtar</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/7gtZAHAlo1">pic.twitter.com/7gtZAHAlo1</a></p>— FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCShakhtar_eng/status/1450520128811065351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📋✅ Our starting XI 🆚 <a href="https://twitter.com/FCShakhtar_eng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FCShakhtar_eng</a>!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/DZ8P44tU3j">pic.twitter.com/DZ8P44tU3j</a></p>— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) <a href="https://twitter.com/realmadriden/status/1450519032210284545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: Shakhtar v Madrid

<p>Game, set and match - surely! - to Manchester City!</p> <p>Kevin De Bruyne blazed an excellent chance over the crossbar just before the break - but he's on the mark here with a fine delivery for Kyle Walker.</p> <p>The England right-back sails through to meet the ball and&nbsp;Simon Mignolet parries the shot into the back of his own net.</p>

GOAL: Brugge 0-3 Man City

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Luis Suarez starts on the bench against Liverpool 😔 <a href="https://t.co/TkTQ9e3ww2">pic.twitter.com/TkTQ9e3ww2</a></p>— Goal News (@GoalNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoalNews/status/1450519930592452616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Suarez benched for Liverpool visit

<p>Two halves and six goals so far - what a busy start to the Champions League we have today!</p> <p>It is Manchester City and Sporting CP who are out in front by two-goal margins each in the early kick-offs, but the former are definitely sitting more comfortable than the latter.</p> <p>Besiktas are already threatening a comeback, but Club Brugge will have their work cut out.</p>

HT: Brugge 0-2 Man City

<p>It's almost five goals in one half - but no, VAR dashes Besiktas' hopes once more!</p> <p>The offside call goes against them after they had looked to pull one back.</p> <p>That will pretty much be the last act of their first half too.</p>

NO GOAL: Besiktas 1-3 Sporting

<p>And another from the penalty spot!</p> <p>Riyad Mahrez takes it to&nbsp;Stanley N'Soki and goes down. The call comes and Brugge are fuming.</p> <p>But no matter. Up steps the Manchester City winger and he clips a tidy finish into the bottom-left corner. The visitors are in cruise control now.</p>

GOAL: Brugge 0-2 Man City

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">6 - Riyad Mahrez has scored six goals in his last seven UEFA Champions League matches, while the Algerian has scored more goals against Club Brugge than he has versus any other side in the competition (4 in 3 games). Hitman. <a href="https://t.co/YNfesM8bng">pic.twitter.com/YNfesM8bng</a></p>— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1450516030678315012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mahrez on song

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2 - João Cancelo has scored in two of his last three UEFA Champions League matches, netting as many goals as he managed in his first 30 appearances in the competition. Marauding. <a href="https://t.co/V3MTXBgqMe">pic.twitter.com/V3MTXBgqMe</a></p>— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1450512604712034311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Cancelo cruising

<p>The breakthrough comes for Manchester City in Belgium - and it is a sublime ball from Phil Foden, absolutely sublime!</p> <p>The England man looks up and sweeps a long ball over the heads of the defence from halfway.&nbsp;Joao Cancelo is there to meet it on the edge of the box and he controls it off his chest with aplomb.</p> <p>The finish is tucked between&nbsp;Simon Mignolet's legs and he wheels away in celebration. Champion stuff.</p>

GOAL: Brugge 0-1 Man City

<p>There's the&nbsp;equaliser!</p> <p>Besiktas have looked hungry for a response and they have one.&nbsp;Miralem Pjanic provides the ball after a corner and Cyle Larin is the man to finish the job.</p> <p>His header sails into the top-right corner and this game is back on level pegging.</p>

GOAL: Besiktas 1-1 Sporting

<p>The Portuguese hit the front on the road!</p> <p>It is Sporting who net the first goal of the day, and it's a slice of set-piece sweetness. The corner comes in from the right flank and&nbsp;Goncalo Bernardo Inacio is there to glance a touch.</p> <p>Skipper Sebastian Coates is on the far side of the box and he redirects his team-mate's header with one of his own to bury it at the left post.</p>

GOAL: Besiktas 0-1 Sporting

<p>The teams are out, the absolute banger of the Champions League anthem has been bellowed - and we are underway in our early kick-offs!</p> <p>Brugge have proven frustrating already to their bigger rivals. Manchester City could have a fight on their hands today.</p>

KO: Brugge v Man City

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="nl" dir="ltr">⚫️🟡 Haaland<br>🔴⚪️ Gravenberch<br>⚫️🟡 Bellingham<br>🔴⚪️ Timber<br>⚫️🟡 Malen<br>🔴⚪️ Antony<br><br>Ajax v Borussia Dortmund is 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 🤩 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXGN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NXGN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/CXDSFmFWhS">pic.twitter.com/CXDSFmFWhS</a></p>— Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1450496260453060611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The kids are alright

<p>"I wish Paris Saint-Germain all the happiness in the world," Christopher Nkunku said in an interview with&nbsp;<em>Onze Mondial</em>&nbsp;in the summer of 2021.</p> <p>He does not&nbsp;have any hard feelings towards the club that raised him, but he does not miss it either.</p> <p>And as Nkunku prepares to step back on the Parc de Princes pitch for just the second time since leaving for RB Leipzig in 2019, the 23-year-old Frenchman could hardly be in better form</p> <p><a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/star-france-psg-regret-nkunku-leave-leipzig/pne6cnp61g5r12shhkygmz2p5" target="_blank">Michael Yokhin has the story here.</a></p>

Should PSG regret letting Nkunku leave for Leipzig?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5 - Manchester City have won five of their six European matches against Belgian opponents (L1). Their last match against a side from Belgium came in October 2003 against KSC Lokeren, a 1-0 away win in the UEFA Cup with a goal from Nicolas Anelka. Pedigree. <a href="https://t.co/5BO8rnj4dY">pic.twitter.com/5BO8rnj4dY</a></p>— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1450498203892191235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Belgian delights

<p>Rio Ferdinand was adamant when asked to compare Mohamed Salah and Luis Suarez, and why wouldn’t he be?</p> <p>“I’d take Mo Salah,” insisted the former Manchester United and England defender. “What he’s done in the last four seasons, I think he’s immense."</p> <p>The two are expected to spar tonight and ahead of that, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/salah-suarez-liverpool-legends-champions-league-showdown/10xm7bdyk7hpr1y2132bnram9e" target="_blank">Neil Jones has explained why there is only one winner as to who is a Liverpool legend.</a> (Hint: it's not the one who has a track record of biting people.)</p>

Salah or Suarez? Only one winner in Liverpool legends debate

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">4 - Atlético Madrid are winless in four home UEFA <a href="https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChampionsLeague</a> matches (D3 L1), their joint-longest run without a home win in the competition (also four in December 2009). Challenge. <a href="https://t.co/fvv5sXDrws">pic.twitter.com/fvv5sXDrws</a></p>— OptaJose (@OptaJose) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJose/status/1450492226648293381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not a happy house

<p>While there have been rumours and counter-rumours over the past month or so, Raheem Sterling certainly upped the ante on Thursday when he revealed that he would&nbsp;consider a move away from Manchester City if it offered the opportunity of more minutes on the pitch.</p> <p>"If there was the option to go somewhere else for more game time, I would be open to it,"&nbsp;Sterling&nbsp;said during an interview at the Financial Times Business of Sport US summit&nbsp;in New York.&nbsp;"Football is the most important thing to me."</p> <p>The England international is back on the bench for this game and y<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/what-next-sterling-man-city-exit-hint/61wweo1ze6lj1w6pcd9ovmd6d" target="_blank">ou can read more of our man&nbsp;Jonathan Smith's musings here as we build up to kick-off</a>.</p>

What next for Sterling amid Man City uncertainty?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">📄 Sporting CP maçı ilk 11'imiz. 🦅<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BJKSCP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BJKSCP</a> <a href="https://t.co/AtqUbGuW1f">pic.twitter.com/AtqUbGuW1f</a></p>— Beşiktaş JK (@Besiktas) <a href="https://twitter.com/Besiktas/status/1450488184496791559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="pt" dir="ltr">É este o nosso 1⃣1⃣ inicial para o jogo de hoje! 🦁<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BJKSCP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BJKSCP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LineUpSCP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LineUpSCP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DiaDeSporting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DiaDeSporting</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OndeVaiUmV%C3%A3oTodos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OndeVaiUmVãoTodos</a> <a href="https://t.co/qG3JiKSKmS">pic.twitter.com/qG3JiKSKmS</a></p>— Sporting Clube de Portugal 🏆 (@Sporting_CP) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sporting_CP/status/1450487586862997506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Team News: Besiktas v Sporting CP

<p>Once more, the cream of the European crop dive into battle against each other, as the long road to next year's final continues to hot up. There has already been a fair number of shocks in this one - and there could be plenty more today. In order of play, we've got:</p> <p><strong>1745: Besiktas v Sporting CP<br> 1745: Club Brugge v Manchester City<br> 2000: Ajax v Borussia Dortmund<br> 2000: Atletico Madrid v Liverpool<br> 2000: Inter v&nbsp;Sheriff Tiraspol<br> 2000: Paris Saint-Germain v RB Leipzig<br> 2000: Porto v Milan<br> 2000:&nbsp;Shakhtar Donetsk v Real Madrid</strong></p> <p>(All times BST)</p>

Today's order of play

<p>Hello and welcome, everybody, to <strong>Goal</strong>'s live matchday coverage!<br> </p> <p>There's only one show in town today - and it's the biggest club football one of them all. (No, not the&nbsp;Copa Libertadores, the <em>other </em>biggest club football one of them all.)</p> <p>It's Champions League time once more, as matchweek three of the group stages gets underway - and judging by the roller-coaster of the campaign so far, there's going to be no shortage of action tonight!</p>

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