Champions League LIVE: Man City 1 – 1 Barca, Ludogorets 2 – 2 Arsenal
Below our coverage of the Champions league games to be played tonight;
HT:
Basel 0 – 1 PSG
Ludogorets 2 – 2 Arsenal
Benfica 1 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 – 0 Celtic
Manchester City 1 – 1 Barcelona
Atletico Madrid 1 – 1 FC Rostov
PSV Eindhoven 1 – 1 Bayern Munich
Lionel Messi and Ilkay Gundogan traded goals for Barcelona and Man City while Arsenal had to come from two goals down to equalize against Ludogorets
45′ GOAL! Benfica 1 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Salvio opens the scoring via a penalty
45′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Blaise Matuidi scores for PSG
Basel 0 – 1 PSG
42′ GOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!! Olivier Giroud equalizes
Ludogorets 2 – 2 Arsenal
39′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Manchester City 1 – 1 Barcelona (Gundogan)
Roberto makes a suicidal pass across his box and Aguero picks it up. He slips in Sterling and rather than shoot he plays it across the box. Gundogan is lurking at the back post to fire home an equaliser. Game on!
34′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Lewandowski equalizes from the penalty spot
Robert Lewandowski has scored 18 goals in his last 17 games for club and country
PSV 1 – 1 Bayern Munich
Lewnadowski celebrates his penalty
32′ GOAL! Mönchengladbach 1 – 0 Celtic (Stindl)
30′ GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL! Atlético 1 – 1 Rostov (Azmoun)
Well that equalizer came too quickly
29′ GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL! Atlético 1 – 0 Rostov (Griezmann)
28′ PIC:
Messi celebrates his goal with Neymar and Suarez
26′ That goal was harsh on City, who had been on top really up until then but this will be a real test of their character
24′ Strong strike from Gundogan on the edge of the area but it is held at the second attempt by Ter Stegen
23′ Messi has 16 goals in 14 games for club and country this season
22′ GOOOOOAAALLLLLL!!!! Who else but Lionel messi to open the scoring for Barcelona
A counter-attack from City’s corner and Messi spreads the ball wide to Neymar. The Brazilian carries the ball forward before squaring it across to Messi who has carried on his run. His touch takes the ball into the box and it’s a mere formality to slide the ball past Caballero
20′ GOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!! Granit Xhaka pulls one back for the Gunners
Ludogorets’ two-goal lead did not last long, as Xhaka finds the back of the net. Alexis released Ozil down the left for a cross and even though Giroud missed the initial touch, the Swiss international was there to angle it home.
20′ Arsenal made a bright start to the match but now trail 2 – 0…were the Gunners overconfident?
18′ GOOAAAALLLL!!!! Ludogorets score again
Arsenal fall apart quite literally as Cafu leaves Gibbs on his backside, before squaring for Keseru to slam it home between Koscielny and Mustafi!
17′ GOOOOOAAAALLLL!! Bayern Trail PSV
PSV 0 – 1 Bayern
15’Ludogorets have stormed into the lead after a free-kick was pumped towards the back post, where no one picked up Jonathan Cafu, who converted off-balance!
12′ GOAL! Ludogorets score!
11′ PENALTY? Aguero gets City going on the break and he squares the ball to Sterling. He is fouled by Umtiti in the box but it is deemed a dive and Sterling is booked. Replays suggest he may have got that wrong
5′ Arsenal work the ball around carefully on the left and Sanchez lifts a cross into the middle. Ramsey tries an ambitious overhead kick, but his effort flies well wide
4′ Barcelona have started their game against Man City better and are looking like the real deal…how will Guardiola’s team cope?
3′ Two early bits of defending for John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi as they have to be alert to cut out passes from Neymar
2′ In the day’s early kick off, Besiktas and Napoli played a 1 – 1 draw.
Ricardo Quaresma scored a penalty for the hosts while Marek Hamsik equalized for the Italians.
1′ Kick off in all match centers;
Champions League matches to be played tonight
Arsenal XI vs. Ludogorets: Ospina; Jenkinson, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs; Coquelin, Xhaka; Ramsey, Özil, Sanchez; Giroud
Ludogorets XI vs. Arsenal: Borjan; Minev, Palomino, Moti, Natanael; Abel, Dyakov; Cafú, Marcelinho, Wanderson; Keserü
Bayern Munich XI vs. PSV: Neuer; Lahm, Hummels, Boateng, Alaba; Kimmich, Xabi Alonso, Vidal; Müller, Lewandowski, Robben
PSG XI vs. Basel: Areola; Meunier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Kurzawa; Verratti, Thiago Motta, Matuidi; Di Maria, Cavani, Lucas
Barcelona XI vs. Man City: Ter Stegen; Roberto, Mascherano, Umtiti, Digne; Busquets, Rakitic, Gomes; Messi, Neymar, Suarez
Man City XI vs. Barcelona: Caballero; Zabaleta, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov; Fernandinho, Gundogan; Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling; Aguero
Dinamo Kyiv XI vs. Benfica: Rudko; Morozyuk, Khacheridi, Vida, Makarenko; Sydorchuk, Rybalka, Buyalskiy; Tsygankov, Moraes, Derlis
Benfica XI vs. Dinamo Kyiv: Ederson; Semedo, Lindelöf, Luisao, Grimaldo; Fejsa, Pizzi; Salvio, Guedes, Cervi; Mitroglou
Basel XI vs. PSG: Vaclík; Gaber, Suchý, Balanta, A.Traoré; T.Xhaka; Bjarnason, Dié, Delgado, Steffen; Doumbia
Gladbach XI vs. Celtic: Sommer; Korb, Vestergaard, Elvedi, Wendt; Strobl, Kramer; Hahn, Hazard Johnson; Stindl
Celtic XI vs. Gladbach: Gordon; Gamboa, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Izaguirre; Brown, Armstrong, Forrest, Rogic; Sinclair, Dembélé
Atletico Madrid XI vs. Rostov: Oblak; Vrsaljko, Godín, Savic, Filipe; Koke, Gabi, Saúl, Carrasco; Griezmann, Torres
Below is the Champions league PREVIEW of matches to be played tonight;
The Champions League continues with match day four upon us with the tie of the round being Manchester City’s home clash against Barcelona.
Match day three saw Barcelona defeat Manchester City 4 – 0 at Camp Nou while Besiktas shocked Napoli with a 3 – 2 win away from home.
Below are the games that will be played tonight in the Champions League;
Basel – Paris Saint Germain
PSG won 3 – 0 in the reverse fixture. Serge Aurier is out for the French side while Javier Pastore is a major doubt.
Edison Cavani celebrates his goal against Arsenal in the champions League group opener
Predicted line-ups:
Basel: Vaclík; Gaber, Suchý, Balanta, Traoré; Serey Dié, Xhaka; Callà, Delgado, Bjarnason; Doumbia
PSG: Aréola; Meunier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Kurzawa; Matuidi, Verratti, Thiago Motta; Di María, Cavani, Lucas
Predicted scoreline: Basel 1 – 3
Ludogorets Razgrad – Arsenal
Arsenal won 6 – 0 and Mesut Ozil grabbed a hat-trick, Arsenal should be too strong agaian but they are playing away this time. Bellerín, Cazorla, Walcott & Monreal, Lucas Perez and Danny Welbeck will miss the match against Ludogorets.
Arsenal’s Ozil celebrates his hat-trick
Predicted line-ups:
Ludogorets: Borjan; Minev, Moți, Palomino, Natanael; Dyakov, Anicet; Marcelinho, Wanderson, Cafú; Keșerü
Arsenal: Ospina; Jenkinson, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs; Xhaka, Elneny; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Iwobi; Giroud
Predicted scoreline: Ludogorets 2 – 4 Arsenal
Besiktas – Napoli
It was a shock result last time out when Besiktas defeated Napoli but the Italians are rearing to go despite a poor run of form of late. Napoli will be through if they win and Benfica-Dynamo Kyiv draw.
Napoli captain Marek Hamsik
Talisca and Caner Erkin will miss out for Besiktas while Raul Albiol and Milik are missing for Napoli.
Beşiktaş: Fabri; Beck, Marcelo, Tošić, Adriano; Hutchinson, Inler; Quaresma, Tolgay Arslan, Olcay Şahan; Aboubakar
Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Chiricheș, Koulibaly, Strinić; Zieliński, Jorginho, Hamšík; Callejón, Gabbiadini, Mertens
Precicted scoreline: Besiktas 2 – 3 Napoli
Benfica – Dynamo Kyiv
On match day three, Benfica defeated Kyiv 2 – 0 way from home. Expect a repeat. Rafa (thigh), Jonas (foot), Jardel are missing for Benfica while Garmash, Yarmolenko, Danilo Silva, Fedorchuk, Gladkiy are missing for Dynamo.
Predicted line-ups:
Benfica: Ederson; Semedo, Luisão, Lindelöf, Grimaldo; Fejsa, Pizzi, Salvio, Cervi; Guedes, Mitroglou
Dynamo Kyiv: Morozyuk, Khacheridi, Vida, Antunes; Rybalka; Tsygankov, Sydorchuk, Buyalskiy, González; Júnior Moraes
Predicted scoreline: Benfica 3 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Borussia Moenchengladbach – Celtic
A horrow show by Kolo Toure last time out allowed Mochengladbach have a 2 – 0 win at Celtic. Expect more goal from the Germans. Celtic are out of the Champions League if they lose.
Domínguez, Christensen, Schulz, Doucouré, Drmic are out for the Germans whil Teierney, Griffiths, Šimunović, Touré (groin)are going to be missing for the Brendan Rodger;s side.
Dembele celebrates his bicycle kick against Manchester City in a Champions League game
Mönchengladbach: Sommer; Korb, Elvedi, Vestergaard, Wendt; Kramer, Strobl; Johnson, Stindl, Hofmann; Hahn
Celtic: Gordon; Gamboa, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; Forrest, Rogic, Sinclair; Dembélé
Predicted scoreline” Gladbach 4 – 1 Celtic
Manchester City – Barcelona
After a 4 – 0 win last time out, this should be a much tighter affair. Expect fireworks from Leo Messi and co. City are 12 games unbeaten at home (W8 D4), dating back to March.
Claudio Bravo is suspended after his red card in the las match while Fabian Delph and Bacary Sagna are injured. Jordi Alba, Andreas Iniesta Gerard Pique and Aliex Vidal are injured while Jeremy Mathieu is suspended.
Manchester City: Caballero; Fernandinho, Otamendi, Stones, Kolarov; Fernando, Gündoğan; De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling; Agüero
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Mascherano, Umtiti, Digne; Rakitić, Busquets, Rafinha; Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar
Predicted scoreline: Man City 2 – 2 Barcelona
Atletico Madrid – FC Rostov
The Spanish side have won all of their games 1 – 0 in the Champions League this season so expect another low scoring affiar. Augusto Fernandez is missing to Atletico while Kevin Gamiero and Nico Gaitan are doubtful.
Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid coach
Atlético: Oblak; Juanfran, Godín, Savić, Filipe Luís; Ñíguez, Gabi, Koke, Carrasco; Griezmann, Gameiro
Rostov: Dzhanaev; Kireev, Navas, Granat, Mevlja, Kudryashov; Erokhin, Noboa, Gatskan, Poloz; Azmoun
Predicted scoreline Atletico 2 – 0 Rostov
PSV Eindhoven – Bayern Munich
PSVThe Dutch side are out if they lose, Bayern are through if they win and Rostov don’t as Arjen Robben return to PSV. Jeroen Zoet, Siem De Jong, Hendrix and Locadia key players missing for PSV while Javi Martinez and Frank Ribery are missing for Bayern.
Javi Martinez will be missing for Bayern
PSV: Pasveer; Arias, Isimat-Mirin, Moreno, Willems; Pröpper, Guardado, Ramselaar; Bergwijn, Luuk de Jong, Pereiro
Bayern: Neuer; Lahm, Boateng, Hummels, Alaba; Thiago, Alonso, Vidal; Robben, Müller, Lewandowski
Predicted scoreline: PSV 1 – 3 Bayern
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