Arsenal lose group stage opener
FT: Chelsea 4-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hazard hits early penalty over crossbar
Willian free-kick, Oscar pen, Costa volley
Fabregas finishes Chelsea break
We are asking why an English team will win the Champions League this season:
Jake Dickson: Because the law of averages will spit one out eventually....right?
Leo Dennis: An English club will win the UCL because we are the best league in the world but we Chel-sea about that!
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In Group E, holders Barcelona will be looking to get off to a winning start, but face a difficult tie away at Roma. Bayer Leverkusen host BATE Borisov in the same group.
In Group F - Arsenal's group - German giants Bayern Munich travel to Greece as they face Olympiakos.
In Group G - Chelsea's group - Jose Mourinho's former side Porto are away at Dynamo Kiev.
In Group H, French side Lyon have a short trip to Belgian side Gent and Spanish club Valencia host Zenit St. Petersburg of Russia.
Chelsea v Maccabi Tel Aviv
The Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are making a decent racket inside Stamford Bridge while their team go through the pre-match warm-ups. Should make for a decent atmopshere.
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Can we take it that Jose Mourinho has dropped Terry, Costa, Matic and Ivanovic? Or is it that he wants them all nicely rested ahead of the game against Arsenal on Saturday?
After all, Chelsea usually make light work of these early Champions League group games...
Time for a change
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC 5 live
"There is no reason not to make those changes. There are players who will have worked hard in training and will have watched the games and thought why I have I not got the chance? Perhaps it can inspire Chelsea to play differently."
We are asking why an English team will win the Champions League this season:
Bennett Bamabutho: Van Gaal's philosophy
Dougie Chikasvipa: Because Aguero will stay fit until next June
Timothy Feil: They haven't reached a final for three years
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Dinamo Zagreb v Arsenal
Arsenal start with David Ospina in goal - Petr Cech taking a place on the bench. Up front, Olivier Giroud starts in place of Theo Walcott.
Arsenal XI: Ospina, Debuchy, Gabriel, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Cazorla, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sanchez, Giroud.
Too many Chelsea stars gone missing
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC 5 live
"There are too many players not playing well at the same time. It's as simple as that.
"You can go through the team. In midfield Matic and Fabregas have not turned up and Hazard is not doing what he did last year.
"You can always carry one or two in a team like Chelsea but when you've got sixes and sevens it's inevitable you play football like they have been playing."
Chelsea v Maccabi Tel Aviv (19:45 BST)
Chelsea's John Terry, Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic and Diego Costa are all on the bench tonight.
Chelsea XI: Begovic, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Cahill, Rahman, Fabregas, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Remy.
Chelsea v Maccabi Tel Aviv
There's no other place to start tonight, is there? We need to talk about Jose. The man who told us he was special. The man who introduced 'parking the bus' to football lexicon. The man who compared moulding a winning team with making an omelette.
Yes, where would we be without Mr Mourinho? The world would be a much more boring place - that's for sure.
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You may remember that last night we asked you to complete the following sentence: 'An English team will not win the Champions League this season because...'
So, let's flip that tonight - tell us why an English team will win the top trophy this season. Let's sprinkle some positivity on the evening.
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Former Chelsea midfielder Pat Nevin will discuss the similarities between the last time Jose Mourinho left Chelsea in 2007 and now on BBC Radio 5 live this evening.
The programme has already started, and you can listen by clicking the audio icon on this page, and includes live commentary from Chelsea plus updates from Arsenal in Zagreb.
Along with Nevin on Mourinho, the pre-match chat includes the off-field issues at Chelsea and the strengths and weaknesses of Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott at Arsenal
Ian Dennis is joined by Jermaine Jenas for commentary at Stamford Bridge, with Alistair Bruce-Ball in Zagreb.
Dinamo Zagreb v Arsenal (19:45 BST)
We'll talk about Chelsea in a little more detail shortly, but let's not forget that Arsenal are also in action tonight - they are in Croatia to play Dinamo Zagreb.
Oh yeah... and Barcelona begin their defence of the title away at Roma while Bayern Munich visit Olympiakos in Greece.
Basically, it's a stonking night of Champions League football. We best crack on...
Chelsea v Maccabi Tel Aviv (19:45 BST)
Evening all... Jose Mourinho never disappoints, does he? Has he ever delivered a boring news conference?
The Happy One became The Prickly One yesterday when it was put to him by our very own Ben Smith that he has failed to leave a legacy at any of his clubs after the initial rush of trophies.
But he's in it for the long haul at Chelsea, right?
Jose Mourinho was in a prickly mood yesterday, but is the sun setting on his reign at Chelsea?
"Legacy, noun: Something left or handed down by a predecessor."
I googled that, by the way...
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