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"It was a really important win. I think we know the attitude of the team. We'd seen it a lot last year. In tough moments, we always rise. You can never count us out, and I think we felt that [on Wednesday]. We were really dominant in our second-half performance. Now, we want to build on that going forward. We can score all we want, but if we're not defensively solid, I don't believe you win championships and you win tournaments."

It's already been revealed that Barcelona reportedly asked Lewandowski to stop scoring in his debut season, to avoid paying a bonus to Bayern Munich, and the media have now picked up another claim from the book. This time it's not all about Lewandowski, but an allegation that Andreas Christensen refused to come on as a substitute during Barca's Champions League defeat to Inter last season.

PSG are once again in one of those transitional phases that are as inevitable as they are decisive in women's football. The loss of key players this summer was particularly painful. Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Korbin Shrader joined long-time rivals Lyon, while Laurina Fazer moved on to San Diego. Grace Geyoro was another player who left for England, but Paris responded with remarkable determination.

What we expect from Kylian is that when he gets the chance, he'll score it. That's how Real Madrid is. Real Madrid need him a lot, and there are games where he has to score, like vs Atletico Madrid, Liverpool... These are teams that sit back, and he has to step up, work those situations.

Litmanen's seven-year spell at Ajax saw the Finnish forward establish himself as one of Europe's best players, as the Dutch side's punt on the young MyPa star in 1992 more than paid off. Litmanen would net 129 goals in 228 appearances for the club, helping them win four Eredivisie titles and three KNVB Cups domestically, with that side's crowning achievement being the 1995 Champions League victory under boss Louis van Gaal.

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Carlo Ancelotti is one of the most important figures in modern football, and the former AC Milan coach and player is ingrained in the club's history. There are very few players or coaches who have dominated for generations; you may say Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as players, Pep Guardiola as a manager, but Ancelotti would also have to be in the conversation. As a manager, he has won five Champions League titles, five top-flight titles, and a host of other competitions, too.

Liverpool's form throughout the second half of 2025 has been noticeably poorer than the displays which helped secure the Premier League title last season. The Reds were comfortably beaten by would-be title rivals Manchester City last weekend and despite a recent Champions League triumph over Real Madrid, Arne Slot's side have largely been out-of-sorts since spending heavily in the summer transfer window.

Leading up to the game, though, Chelsea have been dealt a fresh injury blow as midfielder Romeo Lavia will be unavailable due to injury, reports Mundo Deportivo. The Belgian midfielder sustained a quadriceps injury that will keep him sidelined for approximately one month. Lavia suffered the injury last Wednesday during Chelsea's European fixture against Qarabag in Azerbaijan, which ended in a 2-2 draw. He was forced off in the eighth minute and replaced by Moises Caicedo.

We're a team that creates a lot of opportunities, we can move the ball high up the pitch so then it's down to finish them,

They gave me another chance, and I was grateful for that, he tells FourFourTwo. The first three months were hard, I wasn't getting on the pitch, but I felt ready to help the team. Then I made a few appearances and started scoring some goals.

Diaz apologized for the incident after the match, but Hakimi will now face a spell on the sidelines for PSG with what's been officially diagnosed as a "severe ankle sprain" by the club and Diaz will now miss Bayern's next Champions League clash against Mikel Arteta's high-flying Arsenal side. The Gunners, much like Bayern, have a perfect record to start the competition, having won all four of their opening matches.

AMSTERDAM -- With a hat trick, Victor Osimhen has moved atop the Champions League scoring table. The Nigeria striker netted all three goals in Galatasaray's 3-0 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Osimhen now has six goals this season in Europe's elite club competition. That's one more than Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland. The Istanbul club signed Osimhen to a permanent deal from Napoli in the summer for a record transfer fee in the Turkish League worth reportedly €75 million ($86 million).

It was very reminiscent of the cup final, wasn't it? A header from distance, a training ground move, so well done to all the coaches involved with that.