Summary

  • FT: Arsenal 2-0 PSG - Havertz header & Saka free-kick

  • FT: Slovan Bratislava 0-4 Man City - Gundogan & Foden with early goals, Haaland & McAtee

  • Celtic beaten 7-1 at Dortmund, plus wins for Barcelona, Leverkusen & Inter

  • Brest thrash Red Bull Salzburg, Stuttgart draw with Sparta Prague

  1. Six changes for Man Citypublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 1 October
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    Slovan Bratislava v Man City (20:00 BST)

    Manchester City

    Former Tottenham and Stoke centre-back Kevin Wimmer starts for Slovan Bratislava. David Strelec starts as the lone striker.

    Slovan Bratislava XI: Takac, Blackman, Kashia, Bajric, Wimmer, Savvidis, Ignatenko, Barseghyan, Tolic, Weiss, Strelec.

    Subs: Trnovsky, Hrdina, Voet, Medvedev, Marcelli, Mustafic, Mak, Zuberu, Pauschek, Gajdos, Szoke, Metsoko.

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    Manchester City make six changes for tonight's game against Slovan Bratislava.

    Stefan Ortega, John Stones, Matheus Nunes, Savinho, Phil Foden and Jeremy Doku all come into the side.

    Man City XI: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Gundogan, Nunes, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland.

    Subs: Ederson, Carson, Walker, Dias, Kovacic, Grealish, Bernardo, McAtee.

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  2. Arsenal unchangedpublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 1 October
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    Arsenal v Paris St-Germain (20:00 BST)

    Arsenal

    There was a doubt over the fitness of Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori but he is fit enough to start. Ben White, who was hoping to be back after a knee problem, is not involved.

    Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Saka, Partey, Rice, Martinelli, Havertz, Trossard.

    Subs: Neto, Porter, Gabriel Jesus, Kiwior, Jorginho, Merino, Sterling, Kacurri, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri, Robinson, Butler-Oyedeji.

    Paris St-Germain XI: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Zaire Emery, Vitinha, Neves, Doue, Lee, Barcola.

    Subs: Safonov, Tenas, Fabian, Asensio, Muani, Mayulu, Lucas Beraldo, Skriniar, Zague, Naoufel El Hannach, Mbaye.

  3. Raining in north Londonpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 1 October

    Arsenal v Paris St-Germain (20:00 BST)

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    It's absolutely chucking it down at the Emirates which is only going to add to the fun. Meanwhile, there are already a loud group of PSG fans inside the ground making themselves heard 75 minutes before kick-off.

  4. Man Utd successfully appeal against Fernandes redpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 1 October

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    Away from the Champions League for one second.

    Breaking news involving Manchester Unitedcaptain Bruno Fernandes who has avoided a ban after the club successfully appealed against his red card in Sunday's loss to Tottenham.

    The 30-year-old was shown a straight red card for a foul on Spurs midfielder James Maddison and would have faced a three-match suspension for serious foul play.

    However, United successfully argued that the decision to send him off was wrong and Fernandes will now be available for his side's forthcoming Premier League fixtures against Aston Villa, Brentford and West Ham.

    Read more here.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 1 October

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    Will Arsenal and Manchester City pick up their first wins of the campaign? Can Celtic get their first victory over German opposition?

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  6. Will Man City win?published at 18:40 British Summer Time 1 October

    Slovan Bratislava v Man City (20:00 BST)

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

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    The new long-winded Champions League group stage reduced some of the jeopardy in Manchester City's 0-0 draw with Inter Milan but there is no doubt it will be a disappointment to Pep Guardiola and City that they could not start their quest for a second triumph in the tournament with a victory.

  7. Celtic face European heavyweightspublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 1 October

    Borussia Dortmund v Celtic (20:00 BST)

    Tom English
    BBC Scotland's chief sports writer

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    Having faced some lightweights so far this season Celtic are now entering an altogether different division - a Champions League game against last season’s runners-up in their own storied ground. The “acid test” as Brendan Rodgers is calling it.

    In boxing parlance, we’ve had an undercard that’s lasted weeks, a series of mismatches that Celtic have won with a remorseless intensity.

    Scotland is a comfort zone for Rodgers’ team. Very little about Dortmund is expected to be comfortable.

    Dortmund are not in a great place right now, but these things are relative. They finished fifth in the Bundesliga last season - their lowest placing since 2015 - and only qualified for the Champions League because Germany were given an extra spot.

    Of course they made the Champions League final, but they were fortunate to go that far. In their semi-final Paris St-Germain hit the woodwork five times over two legs.

    And the team that started against Real Madrid in the final? Mats Hummels, Jadon Sancho and Niclas Fullkrug have all moved on. Marco Reus and Sebastian Haller got game-time as well but neither of them are there now.

    In recent weeks they’ve conceded two goals - in a 4-2 win - to Bochum, one of the weakest teams in the league - and they lost 5-1 to Stuttgart five days before.

    As one Dortmund observer said on Monday, they’re capable of incredible sloppiness and they’re unsettled in defence, but they’re still Dortmund and still dangerous when the mood hits.

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  8. Big night under the lightspublished at 18:35 British Summer Time 1 October

    Arsenal v Paris St-Germain (20:00 BST)

    This feels like a big night under the lights for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal even at this early stage of the season.

    The French champions at the Emirates.

    Bring. It. On.

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  9. Arsenal, Man City & Celtic in actionpublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 1 October

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    Hello!

    Another big midweek of European action starts here with nine games including:

    Arsenal v Paris St-Germain

    Borussia Dortmund v Celtic

    Slovan Bratislava v Man City

    * 20:00 BST kick-offs.

  10. Euro lift-off?published at 18:29 British Summer Time 1 October

    Worldie saves.

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    Injuries to key players.

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    And two 0-0 draws!

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    The first games in this season's new-look Champions League might have lacked goals for both Arsenal and Manchester City but they were not without incident.

    Will tonight be the night they both get their first Euro wins of the campaign?