Champions League

Manchester City to face Real Madrid in Champions League play-off

Celtic will go up against Bayern Munich for place in last 16 as Robbie Keane’s Ferencvaros have been drawn with Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League

Manuel Akanji believes Manchester City can still ‘beat every team in Europe’

City will play Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in playoffs

Manchester City survive Brugge scare to progress as Savinho caps comeback win

Man City through to playoffs after 3-1 home win

Adam Idah nets twice for Celtic but Aston Villa come out on top to reach Champions League last 16

Morgan Rogers scored a hat-trick in a thriller at Villa Park

Champions League: Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa make last 16; Man City and Celtic to playoffs

Arne Slot takes first loss in Europe as Liverpool manager

Guardiola calm in advance of key test for Manchester City

Premier League champions must beat Club Brugge to advance to the next stage of the Champions League

Brendan Rodgers hoping Arsenal’s Kieran Tierney will rejoin Celtic in days

Deal done for left back to go back to Scotland in summer

Where does Brendan Rodgers’ star sit now Celtic have made European headway?

With a Champions League playoff spot secured before Wednesday’s trip to Aston Villa, the manager will have plan for life after Glasgow

Champions League: Adam Idah makes impact off bench as Celtic qualify for play-off stage

Manchester City let two-goal lead slip and suffer costly defeat against PSG

Harvey Elliott fends off 10-man Lille to leave Liverpool in seventh heaven

Arne Slot’s side set new club record for most minutes without conceding in Europe

Aston Villa pay price for slow start as Wilfried Singo earns Monaco victory

Early goal for Wilfried Singo put Villa on the back foot

Ibrahima Konaté reveals he is latest Liverpool star still to sign new contract

French international centre half was offered extension three months ago

Manchester City books further profits despite issues on and off pitch

English champions amass record £715m in revenues but team performance slips amid continuing battle with Premier League

Kyle Walker reveals ‘vile, racist and threatening’ abuse after Juventus loss

Manchester City defender calls for more to be done to prevent online abuse of players

Pep Guardiola admits he is questioning himself after Man City lose to Juventus

City slumped to their seventh defeat in 10 games in all competitions as they were beaten 2-0 in Champions League

Saka inspires Arsenal to beat Monaco and boost automatic qualification hopes

The 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly started at left-back and impressed

Manchester City lose for seventh time in 10 games as Juventus win in Turin

Vlahovic sparks Juventus to leave Manchester City deep in trouble in Champions League

Kieran Tierney set to make Arsenal return against Monaco

Mikel Arteta lacking in defensive options for Champions League clash at the Emirates

Ross Barkley hits winner as Aston Villa edge out RB Leipzig in thriller

Leipzig twice pegged Villa back before Barkley earned the win for the visitors

Pep Guardiola rules out managing another club after Manchester City

Spaniard says he's interested in international coaching role

Mohamed Salah’s penalty sinks Girona to make it six wins from six for Liverpool

Alisson Becker made five saves on his return for Liverpool

Goalless draw at Dinamo Zagreb takes dominant Celtic closer to playoffs

Scottish side make do with back-to-back clean sheets away from home in the Champions League

Why are there more one-sided games in the Champions League than before?

After five rounds the average gap between winning and losing teams has been 2.03 goals

Caoimhín Kelleher’s stint as Liverpool first-team goalkeeper could end as Alisson is set to return

Brazilian goalkeeper could start as early as tomorrow for Champions League game against Girona

Conor Bradley wins Liverpool roar of approval with thunderclap tackle on Mbappé

The young Northern Ireland full-back was superb against Real Madrid and his defending provided the night’s defining image

Martínez holds up Juventus before Rogers denied late Aston Villa winner

Morgan Rogers denied late winner following VAR review

Maeda saves point for Celtic against Club Brugge after Carter-Vickers error

Cameron Carter-Vickers bundled home an embarrassing own goal

Kelleher denies Mbappé from spot as Liverpool get win over Real Madrid

Real Madrid take third defeat from five Champions League games

Manchester City’s struggles continue as they blow three-goal lead to Feyenoord

A late horror show ceded the advantage to the Dutch team as their winless run continues

Champions League wrap: Five-star Arsenal blow away Sporting Lisbon

Bayern Munich beat 10-man PSG; Barcelona beat Brest

Pep Guardiola says age not a factor in Manchester City’s loss of form

Kevin De Bruyne says certainty about manager may help him decide his own future

States of Play: How Sportswashing took over Football by Miguel Delaney - Admirably thorough, depressingly persuasive

Author argues convincingly that soccer’s Faustian bargain with big moneyed interests is undermining its sporting competitiveness and moral integrity

Calhanoglu’s controversial spot-kick earns Inter victory against Arsenal

Martin Ødegaard returns for the Gunners in 1-0 away defeat

Tyrone Mings gifts Club Brugge bizarre penalty as Aston Villa lose in Belgium

Defender mistakenly picked up the ball unaware play had restarted

Champions League wrap: Rúben Amorim’s Sporting pull off stunning win over Manchester City

Real Madrid lose to AC Milan as their European struggles continue

Luiz Diaz hat-trick helps Liverpool maintain perfect record with win over Leverkusen

Caoimhín Kelleher makes another big contribution as the Irish goalkeeper gets clean sheet

Celtic deliver fireworks in barnstorming victory over RB Leipzig

Scottish champions are proving they can swim in a bigger pond, which serves as a credit to Brendan Rodgers

Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard returns to full training after ankle injury

Norwegian midfielder has not featured for the Gunners since damaging ligaments at the start of September

Rúben Amorim downplays expectations in advance of City’s Champions League visit to Lisbon

Manchester City’s fixture Amorim’s final home game as head coach before taking over at cross-town rivals

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers calls on club’s supporters to stop using fireworks

Scottish club have a Champions League visit of RB Leipzig on Bonfire Night

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