Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter

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Chelsea have added youngsters Ato Ampah, Harrison McMahon, Kaiden Wilson, Richard Olise (brother of Michael), Josh Acheampong and Harrison Murray-Campbell to their Conference League squad to play Astana in Kazakhstan.

Tyrique George, Kiano Dyer, Sam Rak-Sakyi and Shim Mheuka were already included.

Manager Enzo Maresca is due to speak to the media this morning after getting special dispensation to hold the club's news conference at their training ground despite Uefa usually stipulating match previews are done in the country the match is played.

It is part of an effort from Chelsea to manage their workload.

The Chelsea squad face an eight-hour flight, and will play Thursday's tie in a time zone that is five hours ahead and at temperatures that are forecasted to be as low as minus 11.

BBC Sounds

As part of our round-up, we will bring you the best lines from the latest edition of the Football Daily podcast.

Presenter Mark Chapman is joined by pundits Paul Robinson and Mark Albrighton, along with BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Alistair Bruce-Ball, for the Champions League Debrief.

The pod features interviews with Unai Emery, Arne Slot, Virgil van Dijk and Brendan Rodgers, as well as Pep Guardiola on Manchester City’s trip to Juventus, while Italian football expert Mina Rzouki discusses the form of the Serie A sides.

Listen to the full podcast.

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OK, before getting all the reaction to Tuesday's ties, here is a reminder that you can watch back all of the action from this week's Champions League on the BBC highlights show from 22:40 GMT this evening on BBC One or via the iPlayer.

Alternatively, clips from all games will be available to view on the BBC Sport website and app.

The Daily Star

A big talking point in this morning's newspapers is a story circulating that Manchester United are open to selling England forward Marcus Rashford in January.

The Star reports that the planned move would help raise funds to rebuild new manager Ruben Amorim's squad.

You can read more reports on United's plans in today's edition of the BBC Sport gossip column.

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The Daily Express

The Express also leads on Arne Slot's angry response to Liverpool's win and Ross Barkley's winner for Aston Villa, which keeps Unai Emery's side "among Europe's elite".

There is also a story on a planned rebellion from European football rulers against the prospect of another winter World Cup.

John Cross reports that while Saudi Arabia is set to be confirmed as the host of the 2034 tournament at a Fifa Congress meeting later today, not every member country is happy at the prospect of a repeat of the scheduling that saw the 2022 World Cup in Qatar staged in November and December.

We will bring you news of Fifa's announcement later.

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot was unhappy with the intensity his players showed against Girona, especially with the way they failed to press the Spanish side, who were allowed 13 shots at goal.

"If you ask me about all the six games, I am really pleased with the results and I am really pleased with the five games [leading up to the Girona match] but I am far from pleased with the performance," said Slot.

"[We had] hardly any control over the game, maybe the second half was a bit better, but I am trying to be positive."

Use the play icon on the clip below to listen to more of Slot's interview.

Daily Mirror

The Mirror leads on Liverpool's 100% start to the new extended league phase of the Champions League, but also flags manager Arne Slot's angry response to his side's display.

Slot's interview coming up...

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Let's have a quick look at the main headlines in this morning's national newspapers before delving into all the reaction from Tuesday night's games...

We will bring you all the reaction from Tuesday night's Champions League matches, which also included a landmark goal for Kylian Mbappe and key wins for Paris St Germain and Bayern Munich.

There will also be build-up to tonight's ties, including all the latest from the Arsenal and Manchester City camps.

And stick around for an interesting line from Pep Guardiola, who says he does not plan on taking another managerial job in club football when he finally leaves the Etihad.

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Martin Dowden
BBC Sport Scotland

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Celtic claimed another valuable away point in a goalless draw at Dinamo Zargreb to leave progression to the latter stages in their grasp.

Brendan Rodgers' side stretched their unbeaten Champions League run to four matches to move to nine points, with a home tie against Young Boys to follow in January, followed by a trip to Aston Villa.

They came into this fixture knowing three points all but guaranteed progress to the latter stages of the Champions League.

But their haul of one remains of good value, leaving progression very much there for the taking.

Remember, Opta is predicting that 10 points will give the Scottish champions more than a 90% chance of securing a play-off place.

Alex Brotherton
BBC Sport journalist

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Aston Villa were twice pegged back by winless RB Leipzig but scored late to all but clinch a place in the Champions League knockout stages.

Ross Barkley's deflected strike secured victory late on after Lois Openda and Christoph Baumgartner cancelled out goals from John McGinn and Jhon Duran respectively.

Victory leaves Unai Emery's side third in the standings with 13 points after six games and in a strong position to finish in the top eight and qualify directly for the last 16.

The graph below gives an indication of how many points will be needed to secure knockout football in this season's Champions League.

Liverpool, on 18 points, are pretty much guaranteed a place in the last 16, while Aston Villa will have more than an 80% chance of joining them with one more win from their final two games - more on Villa next.

Teams that reach 10 points look to be all but assured a place in the play-offs...

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Remember, the top eight teams after eight games of the new extended league phase of the Champions League will go straight through to the last 16.

Sides that finish from ninth to 24th will progress to knockout football but face an extra two-legged play-off.

Teams that finish 25th or below will be eliminated from European competition.

After Wednesday's matches, the league phase will resume on 21/22 January before the final round of matches on 29 January.

Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

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Liverpool are all but through to the Champions League last 16 after Mohamed Salah's penalty clinched victory at Girona.

Arne Slot's side were gifted a second-half spot-kick when former Manchester United and Everton midfielder Donny van de Beek caught Luis Diaz's heel in the penalty area.

Salah dispatched his penalty with ease, sending Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga the wrong way to net his 46th Champions League goal.

Returning visiting goalkeeper Alisson Becker made a handful of good saves as Liverpool continued their perfect start to this season's Champions League, and the Reds will be assured of a top-eight finish - sending them straight into the last 16 - if they get a point from their final two fixtures in the league phase.