Category: Football (Soccer)

• Mourinho’s side score three late goals from 3-1 deficit

• Dortmund latest team beaten in Norway by Bodø/Glimt

José Mourinho enjoyed a Roma reunion to remember as Real Madrid completed an astonishing comeback by scoring three late goals to claim a 4-3 away win in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Marten de Roon gave the hosts a deserved opener before Kylian Mbappé struck back on his 100th Champions League appearance to level the scores at the break. Two Donyell Malen strikes in the space of six minutes early in the second half seemed to take the game away from the 15-time European champions as Roma ran rampant.

PSG led 3-0 at the break after a breathtaking first half and held on despite an improved City display

2 min: Cherki is caught dozing by Dembélé, who sends Doué scampering down a cul-de-sac on the left. Cherki will be pleased Khusanov was on point there.

PSG, in their blue shirts with red central panel, launch the kick-off in their usual rugby-union style. City in their sky blue.

A first-minute goal made United’s task difficult and it got harder when Leny Yoro was red-carded in the second half

Diego Simeone made mention of Julian Alvarez in his pre-match duties: “Well, he’s happy because I’ve been able to speak to him a lot and I’ve really focussed on Julian Alvarez as the person, not just the player and I think we’ve reached reached a very good point with him.“

Michael Carrick speaks to the Amazon UK broadcast: “It’s where we want to be. Got a really good history of this competition and that’s where we want to challenge ourselves and test ourselves. you know, we’ve worked hard to be here. We want a reaction You know, we haven’t had the results that we wanted, that we expected. Fine margins in some of them games and it can go both ways, but the reality is exactly where we are now and this is a fresh opportunity.

Arsenal toiled for an hour before tearing Lille apart three times in eight second-half minutes

1 min: Peeeeeep!

Right then. Hands shaken, coin tossed, pennants exchanged, huddles broken. It’s time.

• Manager claims City fans suffering more than players

• Captain Rúben Dias: ‘We’re calm. We trust the club’

Enzo Maresca has admitted he would describe Manchester City as “cheats” if he were a Manchester United or Arsenal fan. The manager’s comments came as he suggested it had been harder for City’s supporters to deal with the scandal surrounding the club than it had been for him or the players.

Maresca guided City to an impressive 3-0 win at Liverpool on Sunday in their first game since the club ere found guilty of more than 100 charges related to breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules. He was asked whether the performance was down to the team being brought closer together by the guilty verdict.