Paul Shuster:, external As a United fan it has been a pleasure to watch Arsenal and City play the last couple of nights...more of the same please!

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Lionel Messi is one goal away from taking the record. Cristiano Ronaldo is smelling blood too...

Top goalscorers in the Champions League

71 Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke 04) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

70 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid)

56 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid)

50 Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)

48 Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Chelsea, Dynamo Kiev)

46 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)

43 Didier Drogba (Marseille, Galatasaray, Chelsea)

Mithun in London: As much as I love the Premier league, it's not the currently the best league in the world.

The FA Cup is on tour around the country this week ahead of this weekend's first round ties on the BBC.

And when it all gets under way, you can send us your photos too.

Here's Halifax boss Neil Aspin with the trophy before his Conference side take on Bradford City.

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Find out where you can catch a glimpse of the cup and tweet your photos using #getcarriedaway

Brentford have come away with a terrific win from the City Ground.

The Bees survived a late Forest fightback after Michail Antonio got a goal back for the home side, but their flying start to the game was enough to see them over the line. Frustration for Stuart Pearce, but Brentford, fresh from toppling Derby at the weekend, continue to march on. They are now just two points off the play-offs.

Brentford and Bournemouth in next year's Premier League, anyone?

George Holdsworth:, external Shocking performances from English clubs these past few days in the CL.. its been a dark few days for English football.

Lionel Messi? Cristiano Ronaldo? Nope. Luiz Adriano scored a hat-trick as Shakhtar Donetsk hammered BATE Borisov 5-0 and now has nine goals in this season's competition.

Terry in York: Can't believe the poor crowd atmosphere at city game. Unbefitting of a champions league tie. City fans need to remember where they were a few years ago.....

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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi equalled Real Madrid legend Raul as the top goalscorer in the history of the Champions League on 71 goals after scoring twice in a 2-0 win over 10-man Ajax in Amsterdam.

The Argentine headed Barca in front nine minutes before half-time and then prodded home Pedro Rodriguez's low cross to match Raul's mark in his 90th appearance in the competition 15 minutes from time. Messi now leads Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo by one goal after the Portuguese failed to find the net against Liverpool on Tuesday.

Barcelona advance to the knockout stages along with Paris St-Germain, 1-0 winners over Apoel Nicosia. Bayern Munich have won Group E with two games to spare after a 2-0 win over Roma, while Porto are also into the last 16 after a 2-0 win away to Athletic Bilbao.

Conor McNamara
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

"Chelsea are still in the driving seat in their group, but this was a bit of a surprise tonight.

"Maribor took the lead and took the game to them. Chelsea could've won late-on, but Eden Hazard's penalty had no conviction behind it.

"Maribor also had their chances to win."

Tom in Worcester: As a City fan I'm not disappointed in the players' effort, I'm more concerned about the team's cohesion.

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Jose Mourinho 'is not happy with his team, not happy with the performance'. He does not look happy at all.

Full reaction to come.

Anthony Amodeo:, external City end w/ 9 men. Chelsea scrape a draw against Maribor. Arsenal capitulate at home. LFC "reserves" made the best impression.

Manchester City are 10 points behind Group E winners Bayern Munich. Feet up time for Bayern now...

Alex in Watford: This is why the Premier League isn't the best in the world. Look at the top 2 in Spain & Germany. Absolutely no sign of those sides choking in the Champions league yet.. and that's where the true form of world-class talent prevails.

Opta's Duncan Alexander on Twitter: , external"Before tonight, the last time four English teams failed to win in a single group stage matchday was Nov 5 2008. Bonfire of the inanities."

Harry G Henderson:, external Awful performance from the ref in Maribor tonight, no consistency and got big calls wrong. But take nothing away from Maribor

Chelsea remain top of Group G with that point in Slovenia. They have eight points, Schalke have five, Sporting have four and Maribor have three.

All to play for there.

Craig in Blackburn: Pellegrini's job is safe until the summer, solely due to the lack of available replacements. Then it will be adios.

Poor old Blackpool may have been denied their second win of the season by the softest of goals straight from a corner kick. Tangerines keeper Joe Lewis has made save after save in the second half, but under pressure from Fulham's Dan Burn the keeper misses the inswinger, and the goal is credited to the corner taker Bryan Ruiz.