Champions League LIVE: PSG vs Man City, Porto vs Liverpool, Real Madrid vs Sheriff & all matchday action

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Leo Messi's first goal for <a href="https://twitter.com/PSG_English?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PSG_English</a> and look how much it means to the whole squad ❤️💙 <a href="https://t.co/DfLOt6M2p7">pic.twitter.com/DfLOt6M2p7</a></p> — Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) <a href="https://twitter.com/PSG_English/status/1442952759506968576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Everyone ❤️ Leo

SHERIFF HAVE BEATEN REAL MADRID AT THE BERNABEU!!!!!!

FT: Real Madrid 1-2 Sheriff

<p>Sheriff are four minutes away from claiming victory at the Bernabeu in the Champions League.</p> <p>Four. Minutes.</p>

Real Madrid 1-2 Sheriff

<p>THEY'VE DONE IT! Sheriff take the lead again against Real Madrid in the dying minutes of regular time courtesy of Thill. It's a rocket, too, and a supremely clean strike to leave Benzema and all shocked once again, and Courtois with absolutely no chance whatsoever!</p> <p>WOW! Long live the Champions League. The joy on Sheriff's faces!</p>

GOAL!!!! Real Madrid 1-2 Sheriff

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">27 - Lionel Messi has scored 27 goals in 35 appearances against English teams in the UEFA Champions League; 15 more than any other player in the competition. Collector. <a href="https://t.co/5JRFxAp5D4">pic.twitter.com/5JRFxAp5D4</a></p> — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1442952184220372995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Make room for the new king of Paris 🤴

HERE WE GO! What a strike by Antoine Griezmann in the final 10 minutes to put Atletico Madrid level with AC Milan! It's the Frenchman's first goal since returning to Atletico from Barcelona this summer.

GOAL!!! AC Milan 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Shall we even bother with updating this game anymore? It's Roberto Firmino again who nets for the Reds, putting them five – yes, five – goals up against Porto! Woosh! Referee, blow the whistle!

GOAL!!!! Porto 1-5 Liverpool

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">17 - Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema 🇫🇷 has now scored in 17 different <a href="https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChampionsLeague</a> campaigns; the most of any player in the history of the competition. Monsieur<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealMadridSheriff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RealMadridSheriff</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/TRu2mL9z7t">pic.twitter.com/TRu2mL9z7t</a></p> — OptaJose (@OptaJose) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJose/status/1442949566387527682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Legends only! 👑

... Liverpool have just scored their fourth through Roberto Firmino! It's 4-1 to the Reds!

Meanwhile, in the Porto vs Liverpool game...

<p>IT'S MESSI!!!! With his first-ever Champions League goal for PSG – against none other than a side managed by Pep Guardiola!</p> <p>Lionel Messi is officially Parisien now! Take a bow! What a beautiful goal.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">LIONEL MESSI SCORES A BEAUTIFUL FIRST PSG GOAL 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/DtWgSOrBel">pic.twitter.com/DtWgSOrBel</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1442951048172228608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

GOAL!!! PSG 2-0 Man City

A consolation, maybe?&nbsp;Taremi the goalscorer.

GOAL! Porto 1-3 Liverpool

Bruno Felipe thinks he's given Sheriff the lead against Real Madrid, but it's been ruled offside.

OFFSIDE! Real Madrid 1-1 Sheriff

It's Jack Grealish inside the PSG box. The entire world looks to him to rescue Man City from their misery, but he fails to find an opening within the masses of bodies that make up the PSG defence and ends up falling instead. Oh well.

PSG 1-0 Man City

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="in">Pep Guardiola 🥰 Kylian Mbappe <a href="https://t.co/NJNtRv9or8">pic.twitter.com/NJNtRv9or8</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1442948959320690689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

😏

Just kidding – VAR has decided to award Real Madrid the penalty, and Karim Benzema steps up to the plate and scores! The Frenchman equalises for Real Madrid to give his side an important goal – it's 1-1!

GOAL!!! Real Madrid 1-1 Sheriff

After a VAR review, the decision is kept to not award Real Madrid a penalty after Vinicius Jr was seemingly tripped just inside the box. A big 30 minutes remains here at the Bernabeu. Can Sheriff hold their lead and take all three points?

No penalty! Real Madrid 0-1 Sheriff

AND HE'S DONE IT AGAIN!!!! Mohamed Salah slots in Liverpool's third goal against Porto (and his second of the evening) to put the Reds firmly in control at the top of Group B.

GOAL!!!!! Porto 0-3 Liverpool

Uh-oh! Vinicius Jr is claiming for a penalty as he takes a fall inside the box. VAR is being consulted. Here we go!

Real Madrid 0-1 Sheriff

This time it's Kevin De Bruyne (whose presence on the pitch should be questioned, really) with a shot, but Donnarumma is just too large for him.

<p>Eden Hazard has a shot, but it's blocked by a fine save from the Sheriff goalkeeper. It's a bit better from Los Blancos since the start of the second half. If they can equalise early on, they could find a winner in this must-win game.</p> <p>Sheriff have been a bag of surprises, though!</p>

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The fans are putting on a show across the Champions League tonight 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/sdFrBrFacW">pic.twitter.com/sdFrBrFacW</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1442942312896610305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Nothing beats Champions League evenings 😍

<p>Phew. What a 45 minutes.</p> <p>Scores so far: PSG 1-0 Man City, RB Leipzig 1-2 Club Brugge, AC Milan 1-0 Atletico Madrid, Porto 0-1 Liverpool, Dortmund 1-0 Sporting, Real Madrid 0-1 Sheffield</p>

And we're at half-time!

What a first half for Liverpool! A wonderful cross by James Milner lands at the feet of Sadio Mane, who wastes no time slotting it in from about two inches away. Two absolutely stunning goals for the Reds this evening, eh? 😉

GOAL!!! Porto 0-2 Liverpool

What is going on with RB Leipzig?! Club Brugge have just taken the lead after a tight first half that included two goals that were&nbsp;<em>just</em>&nbsp;onside. It won't be good for RB Leipzig, who started the game well by scoring first. But they'll be heading into half-time on the losing side.

GOAL! RB Leipzig 1-2 Club Brugge

Oh dear. Kevin De Bruyne goes in on a two-footed tackle against&nbsp;goalscorer Idrissa Gana Gueye, who now needs treatment. The fact that it's just a yellow card is a little questionable – there are loud jeers coming from the PSG fans who felt the Belgian should've been handed a red instead. Was a yellow the right decision?

<p>FINALLY! Malen gets his goal for Dortmund to put the German side 1-0 ahead of Sporting CP! If there was ever a time...</p> <p>It's his first for Dortmund, scored after 10 games.</p>

GOAL! Dortmund 1-0 Sporting

SO CLOSE! Sheriff nearly get a second at the Bernabeu after a horrifically poor clearance by Courtois, but the final shot is&nbsp;<em>just</em>&nbsp;wide of the post. Real Madrid are looking nervous here.

<p>Uh-oh!!! Just shortly after Milan take the lead, Kessie receives a second yellow card after a challenge on Llorente (yet again) and now has to leave the pitch after just 30 minutes.</p> <p>This might be the spark that Atletico Madrid need to reclaim their group in Group B.</p>

RED CARD! AC Milan 1-0 Atletico Madrid

<p>How have they not scored?! De Bruyne and Sterling were in the PSG box and them&nbsp;<em>not</em>&nbsp;scoring seemed to have defied all physics (and logic). It should be 1-1 by now at the Parc des Princes.</p>

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">PSG goals this season:<br> <br> Messi + Neymar + Mbappe = 5 goals<br> Idrissa Gueye + Ander Herrera = 8 goals <a href="https://t.co/1WKWriILfv">pic.twitter.com/1WKWriILfv</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1442931062091382785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Are PSG frontrunners for European glory? 🏆

<p>WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT! Sheriff have scored away at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid, with Los Blancos left shocked and stunned. It was a great goal, not a fluke or a mistake that led to it.&nbsp;Yakhshibaev's strike was clean and controlled, and you have to wonder about what David Alaba was doing there.</p> <p>They need a response now, can they call on the freshly rejuvenated Karim Benzema to do the trick?</p>

GOAL!!! Real Madrid 0-1 Sheriff

This game has been wild – Club Brugge have now scored themselves following a tight offside call, just like RB Leipzig. There was a delayed celebration as VAR confirmed everything, but it's now level in Germany!

GOAL! RB Leipzig 1-1 Club Brugge

It's Leao who slots in from a perfect angle, scoring his third goal of the season to put AC Milan in front. Atletico Madird are in trouble in Group B now, and need to get a result today if they want to increase their chances of progressing to the knockouts safely.

GOAL! AC Milan 1-0 Atletico Madrid

Who else? It's Mohamed Salah who gives Liverpool the lead over Porto, after a Curtis Jones effort is blocked – with the Egyptian slotting in the rebound. Salah has been in fine form recently, and was in the right place at the right time. It's his magic foot, however, that ensures the goal was scored.

GOAL! Porto 0-1 Liverpool

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erling Haaland brought his Champions League Forward of the Season trophy home to Dortmund 🏆 <a href="https://t.co/WXBkUVdPuJ">pic.twitter.com/WXBkUVdPuJ</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1442928271570599938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Legends only 🔥

BOOM!!!!&nbsp;Gueye puts PSG ahead of Man City. In a team full of Mbappe, Messi and Neymar... it's Gueye who finds the back of the net!

GOAL! PSG 1-0 Man City

Christopher Nkunku has scored to give RB Leipzig the lead! It was initially ruled offside, but the goal's been given! A lively opening 10 minutes across Europe so far.

GOAL! RB Leipzig 1-0 Club Brugge

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙄𝙉𝙂...<br> <br> ──────⚪─────────<br> 1:03 -3:01<br> Champions League Anthem<br> Royal Philharmonic Orchestra<br> <br> ◄◄⠀▐▐ ⠀►►<br> <br> 🔈─────────────⚪🔊 <a href="https://t.co/d1qEVgmlmj">pic.twitter.com/d1qEVgmlmj</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1442915230154035206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

AND WE'RE OFF!!!!

<p>Pep Guardiola to BT Sport:&nbsp;"What a pleasure to be here.</p> <p>"I thought about making more changes but this kind of game, the players won't be tired because they're so excited. The trip was comfortable, the hotel is magnificent, the city is so nice. No complaints. We have got five days until the game in Anfield.</p> <p>"They [PSG's stars] are too good to control all the game. We have an idea with a game we want to do and we'll try."</p>

Guardiola: 'The players are too excited!'

<p>Jurgen Klopp told reporters about defender Trent Alexander-Arnold being absent for tonight's game against Porto: "Unfortunately shortly after training he went in early and we did a further assessment. "He is out for today for sure and it does not look great for the Manchester City game as well.</p> <p>"He thought it was tight but it is a little bit more than that. "It’s always a question of fresh legs or rhythm we decided this time for rhythm. Normally you have to rotate but in this situation we don’t have to the boys can go again."</p>

Klopp on Alexander-Arnold: 'It does not look great for the Man City game'

How fitting that Lionel Messi has been paired against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, eh? Football's the best of the unscripted. <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lionel Messi starts for PSG alongside Neymar and Kylian Mbappe 🙌 <a href="https://t.co/6xsT8WB6KJ">pic.twitter.com/6xsT8WB6KJ</a></p> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1442909262993244162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

It's time for a new era... 🐐

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erling Haaland misses Dortmund's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> clash with Sporting through injury 😔 <a href="https://t.co/Zh4QuggJql">pic.twitter.com/Zh4QuggJql</a></p> — Goal News (@GoalNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoalNews/status/1442913360765358084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

No Haaland... no party? ❌

<p><strong>Real Madrid XI</strong>: Courtois; Nacho, Militao, Alaba, Gutierrez; Camavinga, Casemiro, Valverde; Hazard, Benzema, Vinicius Jr.</p> <p><strong>Sheriff XI:</strong> Athanasiadis; Costanza, Arboleda, Dulanto, Cristiano; Thill, Addo; Traore, Kolovos, Castaneda; Yakhshiboev</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">📋✅ Our starting XI 🆚 <a href="https://twitter.com/FotclubSheriff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FotclubSheriff</a>!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/AFDDbIReNd">pic.twitter.com/AFDDbIReNd</a></p> — Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) <a href="https://twitter.com/realmadriden/status/1442907487418548228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Team news: Real Madrid vs Sheriff

<p><strong>Porto XI:</strong> Costa, Corona, Pepe, Marcano, Zaidu, Oliveira, Uribe, Otavio, Díaz, Taremi, Martinez</p> <p><strong>Liverpool XI:</strong> Alisson, Milner, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Jones, Salah, Jota, Mane</p> <center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Reds to face <a href="https://twitter.com/FCPorto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FCPorto</a> 👊 🔴 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PORLIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PORLIV</a><br><br>Trent misses out with a sore groin.</p>— Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1442908233237102592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Team news: Porto vs Liverpool

<p><strong>PSG XI:</strong>&nbsp;Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes, Verratti, Herrera, Gueye, Messi, Mbappe, Neymar</p> <p><strong>Man City XI:</strong>&nbsp;Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Sterling, Grealish</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨 Tonight’s starting XI 🆚 <a href="https://twitter.com/ManCity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ManCity</a><br> <br> Marco Verratti and Leo Messi return after injury! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSGMCI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSGMCI</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/JZZzO9qSGp">pic.twitter.com/JZZzO9qSGp</a></p> — Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) <a href="https://twitter.com/PSG_English/status/1442911237352816640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Team news: PSG vs Man City

<p>The Champions League has returned, and we've got a jam-packed evening full of some excellent fixtures: PSG vs Manchester City, AC Milan vs Atletico Madrid, Porto vs Liverpool, Real Madrid vs Sheriff.</p> <p>Hang tight for team news!</p>

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