Calamitous own goal gives Tottenham 1-0 win against Villarreal
Real Madrid win 2-1 at home to Marseille as Alexander-Arnold off injured
Juventus snatch 4-4 draw with Dortmund in remarkable game, Qarabag come back to stun Benfica
Arsenal beat Athletic Club 2-0 as subs Martinelli & Trossard both score
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Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Surely all that red and white in the San Mames should make Arsenal feel at home? They've spent most of the game so far on the backfoot and now the home side have a free-kick inside the Gunners half.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Paul Robinson
Former Tottenham goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames
I've never been inside a football stadium where almost everyone has a home shirt on. It's red and white everywhere.
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Seventeen minutes on the clock. Arsenal are yet to register an attempt. They've not even had a touch inside the Spanish side's penalty box.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports
Athletic have tried to start quickly and get at Arsenal, that is what they are certainly attempting to do.
They have looked tidy around the box in possession. They have looked comfortable and tried to knit those little passes together.
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The perfect opportunity for the Gunners to go win the CL, their squad is far better than last season for sure!
Joey
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Paul Robinson
Former Tottenham goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames
Athletic Club are on the front foot now. You can tell with the noise in the stadium that the team and the crowd are growing in confidence.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
A corner for the home side ends in a wild attempt which is high and wide.
News from the boffins at Opta...Declan Rice has now been booked in four of his last eight Champions League appearances.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal have conceded just 18 goals in 24 Champions League matches under Mikel Arteta. The home side have had six touches inside the Gunners box but David Raya has not been forced into a save.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Ten minutes on the clock.
As expected, Athletic Club, roared on by their fans, have started strongly but the Gunners are well organised at the back.
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Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports
Eze just switched off ever so slightly there in his defensive duties and that allowed Gorosabel in behind. There were a couple of great defensive blocks there from the captain Gabriel.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Paul Robinson
Former Tottenham goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames
Declan Rice is protesting his innocence to the referee but it's clever play from Mikel Jauregizar. Rice was just a bit late.
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Can Arsenal just play simple football and pass the ball forward quickly? They will lose this game, if they're not careful.
Joseph
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
The set-piece is hammered into the wall and Arsenal clear. The ball cannons off Jurrien Timber.
Promise David (9 mins, pen)
The visitors have taken a surprise lead!
Christian Burgess is clumsily brought down by Ivan Perisic inside the PSV box.
Promise David then steps up from the spot and sends goalkeeper Matej Kovar the wrong way.
We have our first goal of the Champions League league phase this season.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Declan Rice brings down Mikel Jauregizar on the edge of the Arsenal box - and the England man is shown an early yellow card.
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Incredible stat... Athletic Club are the first Spanish side to start a Champions League game with 11 players who have never played Champions League football before since Real Madrid in September 1995.
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Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports
It was a bright move. It's not a good ball from Sancet. If he weights that ball perfectly then Berenguer is on goal. That has got to go down as a chance.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Alex Howell
BBC Sport football reporter in San Mames Stadium
It really is a special atmosphere inside the San Mames. When the teams walked out the noise was incredible.
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A first hint of danger from Athletic Club and Inaki Williams is at the heart of the move. Arsenal have registered 82.6% possession in the opening five minutes but much of that has been inside their own half.
Athletic Club 0-0 Arsenal
Despite the frenzy and thumping noise from the stands, it's been a low key start.
Image source, Getty Images| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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3 Qarabağ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
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8 Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
14 Bodø / Glimt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
16 Club Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
18 København | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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19 Galatasaray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
21 Kairat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
27 Olympiakos Piraeus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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29 Pafos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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30 Slavia Prague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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31 Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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32 Benfica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| |
35 PSV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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Manager: Thomas Frank
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Marcelino García
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Thomas Frank
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Marcelino García
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
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This will be the first meeting between Tottenham and Villarreal in European competition, with Spurs winning just one of their last 13 matches against Spanish opposition in major European competition (D5 L7).
Villarreal have played 14 matches against English opponents in the UEFA Champions League and are still looking for their first victory (D6 L8), while losing each of the last seven in a row. Over half of their defeats in the competition have been against English opposition (57% - 8/14).
This will be third time that Villarreal have played their opening game of a UEFA Champions League campaign against an English side (out of five seasons). The previous two were both against Manchester United and both finished 0-0, in 2005-06 and 2008-09.
Tottenham have only won their opening game of a European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign in two of their seven attempts (D2 L3). However, those two have arrived on the last two occasions where they have played their opener at home: 2-0 v Marseille in 2022-23 and 3-1 v Borussia Dortmund in 2017-18.
Villarreal’s last match in the UEFA Champions League came in the semi-finals of the 2021-22 edition, losing 2-5 on aggregate to Liverpool. The Spaniards won three of their six away games in that campaign (D1 L2), more than they managed in 14 away matches across their three previous appearances in this competition (W2 D5 L7).
Tottenham manager Thomas Frank will take charge of a team in the UEFA Champions League for the first time – in fact, his only previous experience of managing in European competition came in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League, winning just three of 10 matches with Brøndby IF (D4 L3).
42 percent of Tottenham’s goals in the UEFA Champions League (since 1992-93) have been scored by Harry Kane or Son Heung-min (37/89). Following the departures of both, the only current Tottenham player with more than one goal for the club in the competition is Richarlison (2).
Villarreal forward Georges Mikautadze has been directly involved in seven goals in eight starts in major European competition to date (four goals, three assists), with all of those coming for Lyon in the UEFA Europa League last season.
Randal Kolo Muani could feature for a fourth different team (Tottenham) in the UEFA Champions League since the start of 2022-23, having previously appeared for Eintracht Frankfurt, Paris SG and Juventus. No active Champions League player has played for as many as four different teams in this period.
Villarreal defender Juan Foyth made his UEFA Champions League debut for Tottenham back in December 2017 (v APOEL Nicosia). Indeed, the Argentinean remains the youngest player to start a home game for the club in the competition (19y 328d in that match).
