There were many top-class performances in this week's Champions League matches, but the one Nuno Mendes produced in Paris Saint-Germain's demolition of Bayer in Leverkusen surely stands out. Quite apart from every other aspect of his game, the left-back assisted Willian Pacho for the opening goal, and got on the scoresheet himself.
The Argentinian boss brings plenty of emotion to the big occasion, as he proved in Los Rojiblancos' last visit to England, to face Liverpool at Anfield. That meeting ended in a stoppage-time winner from Virgil van Dijk, followed shortly after by a red card for Simeone. The opposition manager was, understandably, not best pleased with that ending, and reacted angrily when taunted by fans in the home stand, before being dragged away and red-carded.
The 2025-26 Champions League is being shown on Amazon Prime Video (Image credit: Getty Images) Amazon Prime's Champions League coverage returns this week when Premier League leaders host Atletico Madrid at the Emirates Stadium. Prime Video takes their pick of the fixtures from Europe's leading club competition and for their Gameweek 3 offering they're putting the spotlight on Mikel Arteta's in-form side.
The Champions League returns this week with plenty of strikers hoping to add to their goalscoring tally. For this week's big Tuesday quiz we want you to name every player who has scored at least 25 goals in the Champions League or its predecessor, the European Cup. How many players can you name? There's no time limit on this one. Good luck!
The City number nine reached 50 goals in the Champions League in just 49 matches, the quickest any player has achieved that feat in the competition's illustrious history. Haaland also played a key role in the incident that led to Napoli being reduced to 10 men, with Di Lorenzo given his marching orders for chopping the Norwegian down as the last defender in the 21st minute.
Welcoming Atletico to Anfield, he helped Liverpool open up the match with a quick contribution, assisting Andy Robertson off a set piece, though it looked more like a deflection in the fourth minute. Just two minutes later, he doubled the lead, linking up with Ryan Gravenberch in a slick one-two on the right wing. As Gravenberch bounced the ball back to him, he darted through three Atletico defenders before calmly slotting the ball into the bottom-left corner.
Eintracht return to the Champions League for just the second time in their history, their only previous appearance coming in 2022/23, when they reached the last 16 before being knocked out by Napoli. Since then, they have been regulars in continental competition, lifting the Europa League in 2022 and establishing themselves as a consistent Bundesliga force. Last term, the Eagles produced a strong campaign under Dino Toppmoller, finishing third in the German top flight to qualify automatically for the league phase.
If a Champions League club came calling, [Van Hecke] might be interested in a move away to progress his career and play at the highest level possible. "Brighton are obviously very happy with him, but there'll be clubs looking at Van Hecke because at 25, he's got real potential to become a top, top player for club and country. "It's no surprise that some of the bigger clubs across Europe are keeping tabs on him.
After failing to break the deadlock for 70 minutes, Mikel Arteta decided to bring on Gabriel Martinelli to add more pace, flair, and urgency to the attack. The Brazilian has delivered for his team by scoring the opening goal of the game within 60 seconds of coming on. He has now set up the second goal of the game for his team with a sublime piece of individual brilliance.
