The best chances are dropping for Atalanta and Mario Pasalic has just sent a header wide of goal, but goalless it remains.

Kairat keeper Sherkhan Kalmurza had just made a great save to keep it goalless, but this is a rash decision as he dashes off his line and dives at the feet of Franco Mastantuono, only to wipe him out and concede a penalty.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Istanbul

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Still two hours to go before kick-off between Galatasaray and Liverpool at Rams Park but the lights have just been dimmed inside the stadium and deafening anthems started blaring out over the public address system.

It is full of atmosphere already and there are hardly any fans in the stadium yet.

Real Madrid are getting closer. Kylian Mbappe curls an effort at goal from inside the penalty area and it would've crept inside the far post, only for teenage keeper Sherkhan Kalmurza to fling himself to his left and push the ball away.

The 18-year-old is going to have to have the game of his life if his side are to get anything from this one.

Not too many early chances in the Atalanta v Club Brugge match, although Brazilian Ederson has just dragged an effort wide for the hosts when 25 yards out and in a central position.

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It's an historic night in Cyprus as Pafos welcome German giants Bayern Munich to town in their first ever home game in the Champions League proper.

The Cypriots have already got a point on the board after securing an impressive 0-0 draw at Olympiakos on matchday one, having played over 65 minutes with 10 men after Bruno Felipe's red card.

However tonight's task is on another level entirely. Bayern arrive in imperious form, having lost just three of their last 49 group stage/league phase games.

They also have England captain Harry Kane firing on all cylinders up top, with 12 goals and three assists to his name already this season.

Vinicius Jr with a great chance to put Real Madrid ahead as he breaks clear of the Kairat defence and only has 18-year-old home goalkeeper Sherkhan Kalmurza to beat.

The Brazilian flicks a shot goalwards with the outside of his boot but can only steer it well wide of goal. Should've done better.

BBC iPlayer

As Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge this evening, you can take a look back at one of his greatest achievements - one which led then Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to choose the Portuguese manager to lead the club - winning the Champions League with Porto in 2004.

Have a watch of How to Win the Champions League: Jose Mourinho on BBC iPlayer for firsthand insights from one of the most iconic managers in football history.

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho told the media in Monday's Champions League news conference: "I am not a blue any more. I am red now and I want to win."

Speaking in Stamford Bridge's Drake Suite, which has three photos of him and celebrates the title-winning matches, he was very matter of fact about his return to the Bridge and how theBlues are simply Benfica's opponents.

"It's not so deep to be back here because I live in London and am used to going past here every day," he said. "I have been back here with three different teams – Benfica is my fourth."

But when pressed about his time at the club and his legacy, he added: "Of course, I will always be a Blue. I am part of their history and they are part of my history.

"I helped them to become a bigger Chelsea and they helped me to become a bigger Jose.

"When I say I am not a Blue, I hope everybody understands that I am speaking about the job that I have to do. But in relation to these pictures, there are not many clubs that do this, because in many, many clubs it looks like there is a fear of what happened in the past and there is a continuous transformation of pictures.

"Sometimes it looks like they want to delete people that made history in the clubs.

"I don't think Chelsea fans will boo me because, at least on the street, they are the ones that disturb me for pictures and autographs."

Something Tottenham must conquer tonight is the artificial pitch in Norway.

Spurs did play and win on this very pitch in May but they opted not to train on the plastic surface.

Boss Thomas Frank said: "If we have training here [Norway] and we want to do a little bit of tactical [work], it would be a little bit more obvious what we would do.

"I know the surface is different. If you really want to get used to it you need to train here day in, day out as Bodo do. We are ready for that challenge but, for me, it was the tactical reason."

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Kairat create a chance inside only nine seconds, only for a header to be planted straight at Thibaut Courtois. What a start that would have been for the underdogs.

The first two of tonight's matches are under way with Kairat looking to cause an almighty surprise against Real Madrid, with Atalanta entertaining Club Brugge in northern Italy.

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Liverpool

Plenty of Liverpool fans have made the journey to Istanbul and there is a strict security operation in place to ensure all of them arrive and leave Galatasaray's Rams Park ground safely.

Thirty free 80-seater buses have been ferrying away fans from Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square to the ground several hours before kick-off.

Supporters have been warned they may be held back after the game for at least 90 minutes,, external while there are 110 steps up to the visitor’s concourse area and there is no elevator available.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Istanbul

A big game for Liverpool as they try to recover from their first defeat of the season at Crystal Palace with a Champions League meeting against Galatasaray here in Istanbul - and you can already tell this will be some atmosphere in the Rams Park tonight.

Galatasaray fans were gathering in their thousands in the bars and cafes near the stadium several hours before kick-off and Istanbul's notoriously heavy traffic was building up at the same time, making a walk here the chosen option.

This will be lively.

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For years, Galatasaray fans welcomed opponents to Istanbul by displaying 'welcome to hell' messages.

Galatasaray remains one of the most intimidating places to visit and Liverpool's players will have 50,000 fans booing and whistling every touch.

According to reports,, external dozens of home supporters gathered outside the Liverpool team hotel in Istanbul in the early hours of this morning to set off fireworks in an attempt to disrupt Arne Slot's players.

Will there be fireworks on the pitch?

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Real Madrid

Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso believes his side can soon move on from their 5-2 derby defeat by Atletico Madrid at the weekend.

Julian Alvarez scored twice as Atletico came from behind to claim a dominant derby win on Saturday and hand Real their first La Liga defeat of the season.

Alonso admitted that while his side “didn’t compete well enough”, they must now turn their attention to Champions League action.

“I think that both in victory and defeat we have to last for 24 hours, the feeling, for better or for worse. Then obviously we make analyses,” Alonso told reporters in a pre-match press conference on Monday.

"It’s not just the attitude, it was rhythm and also tactical things that we have analysed, things about the game.

“I don’t just explain everything with attitude, that’s a bit simplistic, but things we have to improve at the level of play, at the level of solutions and at the level of rhythm to compete better.

“We didn’t compete well enough – 24 hours have passed, we have done an analysis, it has stayed inside so we can use it and now we are already in Champions League mode.”

Kairat boss Rafael Urazbakhtin hopes his side can find form similar to their qualifying campaign ahead of a tough test against Real Madrid.

The Kazakhstan side’s qualification campaign culminated with a penalty shoot-out win against Celtic in the play-offs last month, but they were beaten 4-1 by Sporting in their first game of the league phase.

“Real Madrid don’t have any obvious weaknesses. We found a few small things, but every team has those,” said Urazbakhtin. “We’ll try to build on what we saw. We have a strong team spirit and are well organised. We’ll try to play like we did in qualifying. A lot depends on our fans.”

Tuesday’s game is Real’s second Champions League fixture this season after beating Marseille 2-1 in their opener earlier this month, where two successful Kylian Mbappe penalties proved to be the difference.

Real boss Xavi Alonso added: “We are still in the construction phase, in the phase of improving. I don’t know how long it will last, but we are still taking steps forward. And to take two steps forward even sometimes you have to take one step back.

“We want to keep improving, we want to keep defining how we want to be, both on a football level and on a team personality level. That’s where we’ll be able to improve.”

Ask Me Anything

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Kairat Almaty make their home debut in the league phase of the Champions League tonight against Real Madrid.

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team has been looking at one of this season's competition debutants...

Why are Kazakhstan part of Uefa?

Kazakhstan have been part of Uefa since April 2002, and its clubs and nations have competed in Uefa competitions ever since.

After the USSR was dissolved 1992, the Independent Football Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Fark) was formed. Kazakhstan joined Fifa and the AFC, Asia's governing body, in 1994.

But after Fark reformed to the Football Federation of Kazakhstan (KFF) in 2000, the KFF campaigned to switch to Uefa, due to part of their territory being in Europe.

In 2001, KFF left the AFC and became members of Uefa a year later.

Kazakhstan's first qualifying campaign as part of Uefa came in the 2006 World Cup, but they are yet to qualify for a World Cup or European Championship since joining.

Read our full explainer piece here