Unlucky! For the second time already Curtis Jones strides onto a lay-off on the edge of the area and hits a rasping drive. Mo Salah tees him up, he laces it goalward but it comes back off the post.

It's a very open start.

Some fine play from Ajax, Davy Klaasen hits a cracking, swerving switch from right to left and the visitors should make more of that. David Neres rather fluffed his cross.

Raheem Sterling flashes a dangerous cross through the Porto penalty area and Fernandinho just misses out on the header. City all in black this evening.

Noussair Mazraoui almost heads the ball straight to Diogo Jota which on current form would be a horrific idea. Andre Onana recovers in goal to clear though.

Curtis Jones then smashes in a shot from midfield but it's right at the keeper. Bright start from the hosts!

And we're off.

Away!

Izzy Christiansen
England and Everton midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

I was expecting John Stones to start tonight - Eric Garcia is extremely talented but he has stated over the summer that he doesn't necessarily want to be at Man City. It must be a strange one for John Stones - we know that he's been through a lot since he joined City and if anything he's been a bit inconsistent which is why he perhaps hasn't played as much as he would like.

We know Pep Guardiola is loyal to consistency and ball-playing centre-halves so it must be quite difficult and it will be interesting to see what happens for him in the future.

Bayern are through to the round of 16 as group winners.

Atletico will go through if they beat Bayern.

Manchester City

City manager Pep Guardiola speaking to BT Sport on why Ilkay Gundogan was left out of the XI:

"We play in a few days. A lot of games and we just started - it's the beginning of the season."

On Rodri playing again: "Rodri has played a lot but he has specific qualities. In the last game he played 45 minutes and is more fresh than the other ones."

On Ederson not being rested: "We want to finish first. Ederson is our first choice goalkeeper."

On the possibility of Ferran Torres scoring for the fourth successive Champions League game: "It would be good for Torres. He has to do his job. If he scores good."

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to BT Sport about the absence of first-choice keeper Alisson: "It is not Covid. He told us after the last game that he felt his hamstring after 60-70 minutes.

"He had a scan and it's a little one but enough for today and probably for another week. We don't know exactly, 10-14 days.

"Caoimhin Kelleher is a good shot-stopper. My job is to make decisions.

"I expect both teams to play better than when we played one another in the first game. We could not play the way we wanted. It was a tight game and I expect that again."

Caoimhín Kelleher is the first Irish player to appear in the Champions League for Liverpool since Robbie Keane in December 2008 (also v Dutch opposition PSV) and just the fourth for the Reds overall in the competition (also Steven Finnan and Darren Potter).

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Here come the sides at Anfield. A big night for Caoimhin Kelleher.

Manchester City

Manchester City are through to the round of 16. They will be confirmed as group winners if they avoid defeat by Porto.

Porto will go through if they avoid defeat against City, or if Olympiakos do not beat Marseille.

Liverpool

Liverpool will go through if they avoid defeat by Ajax.

Liverpool will be confirmed as group winners if they beat Ajax and Atalanta do not beat Midtjylland.

Cheers Dawkesy. There's one relative shock for the night, are we on for any more?

That's all from me. Here is m'colleague Tom Rostance to guide you through the late stuff.

A reminder - Real Madrid have never failed to qualify for the knockout stages of a Champions League campaign, in 24 attempts.

One win in their last six games in all competitions now.

They've done it again. It is another famous win for Shakhtar Donetsk, Little Brazil, who have now done the double over Real Madrid, the 13-time winners of this competition.

Still games to go, but who saw Borussia Monchengladbach and Shakhtar as top and second in a group also containing Real and Inter Milan?

Four added minutes. It's not going to enough for Real.

Total waste of a free-kick from Toni Kroos, who swings his cross from the left over everyone and wide.