Champions League LIVE: Result and final score from City-Sevilla, Chelsea-Dinamo, Juve-PSG and more
Goal updates from the Champions League as the group stages come to a close
Chelsea midfielder Denis Zakaria scored on his debut as his side finished their Champions League Group E campaign with a 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, topping the group and ending the European campaign for the Croatians.
Manchester City teenager Rico Lewis marked his first senior start with his maiden goal for the club as City came from behind to complete their commanding Champions League group stage with a 3-1 defeat of Sevilla.
FC Copenhagen scored their first goal in this season’s Champions League campaign, drawing 1-1 with already qualified Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday in their last Group G game.
Celtic, meanwhile, failed to earn a first victory in the Champions League this year as they succumbed to a 5-1 defeat by Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Follow all the action, goal updates, and major incidents from across the Champions League tonight:
‘It will be an open game’ says Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti has named a pretty strong Real Madrid side for tonight’s final Champions League group game tie against Celtic as he expects an open and difficult match against the Scottish champions.
“Celtic are not going to change their identity.” said the Real boss, “They’re going to come here to play their football with intensity, with passion, with quality. We expect this. It will be an open game.
"I have a lot of respect for this team. I think for the quality they have they could do better in this group, but they were very close to having a result [against us in Glasgow]."
Bukayo Saka injury: Arsenal forward back in training to ease World Cup fears
Bukayo Saka allayed fears he could miss the World Cup through injury as he trained with his Arsenal team-mates on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old was forced off during Sunday’s 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest, lasting just 27 minutes after taking a kick to the ankle.
He limped off with just over three weeks until England open their World Cup campaign against Iran, with concerns he could miss out on the plane to Qatar.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said after the Forest win that he was “hopeful” Saka would be fine for the World Cup, adding: “It was a bad kick. Right from the beginning he was limping, but I don’t see any further than that. Let’s see how he is in the next couple of days.”
Bukayo Saka trains with Arsenal to allay fears he could miss World Cup
Arsenal were handed a further boost with Oleksandr Zinchenko and Mohamed Elneny also returning to training
Another defeat for Madrid?
Real Madrid’s defeat against RB Leipzig last time out was their first of the 2022/23 campaign across all competitions, having gone unbeaten in their first 16 matches of the season with 14 wins and just two draws.
The 3-2 defeat was the first time Ancelotti’s side had conceded more than once in a single match this term.
Manchester City vs Sevilla early team news and predicted line-ups
Manchester City are still without their two England internationals Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips, who face a race to be fit for the World Cup. Erling Haaland is a doubt after missing the weekend game and as City are already through he is unlikely to be risked even if close to fitness.
Sevilla are missing Fernando, Tanguy Nianzou and Youssef En-Nesyri through injury, while Oliver Torres is unavailable.
Predicted line-ups
Man City XI - Ortega, Akanji, Stones, Dias, Gomez, Palmer, Rodri, Gundogan, Mahrez, Alvarez, Grealish
Sevilla XI - Bounou, Montiel, Gudelj, Marcao, Telles, Jordan, Rakitic, Suso, Isco, Gomez, Lamela
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp won’t rule out further tactical changes against Tottenham
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s tactical tinkering may not be over despite Mohamed Salah expressing a preference for a return to their tried and trusted formation.
The late 2-0 Champions League victory over previously unbeaten Napoli was achieved after Klopp reverted to their familiar 4-3-3 system which put Salah back out on the right wing.
It is a role the Egypt international is more comfortable with having scored the vast majority of his 168 goals for the club coming in off that flank, including the important breakthrough against the Serie A leaders at Anfield.
But in an attempt to correct defensive deficiencies elsewhere, Klopp has employed a couple of versions of 4-4-2 and it has produced five wins in eight matches, although that included back-to-back Premier League defeats to bottom sides Nottingham Forest and Leeds.
Liverpool boss Klopp won’t rule out further tactical changes against Spurs
Mohamed Salah has expressed a preference for a return to their tried and trusted 4-3-3 formation
Potter looking to bounce back from Brighton defeat
Chelsea boss, Graham Potter, says he wants a response from his side’s 4-1 loss to Brighton in the Premier League as the Blues prepare to host Dinamo Zagreb this evening.
Chelsea have already qualified for the next round of the competition but Potter says his team will respect tonight’s opponents and go out to win the game.
“We have to have respect for the competition and respect for the teams. We have to prepare to win.” he said, “We want to respond from the disappointment at the weekend [a 4-1 loss against Brighton, Potter’s former club].
“We’ll pick a team that we think can win. Dinamo have dangerous players: they can spring from defence to attack. You only have to look at the goal they scored against us in the first game.”
Real Madrid vs Celtic
Celtic’s last five games against Spanish sides in the Champions League have all ended in defeat, conceding 19 goals and only scoring once.
They have never won away to a Spanish opponent in the European Cup/Champions League with one draw and eight defeats from nine games.
Real Madrid vs Celtic team changes
Carlo Ancelotti makes two changes to the Real Madrid starting XI that lined-up against Girona in La Liga last weekend. Antonio Rudiger is replaced in defence by Eder Militao whilst Marco Asensio comes in for Eduardo Camavinga.
Celtic meanwhile swap out four players from the 3-0 victory over Livingston. Cameron Carter-Vickers and Anthony Ralston are replaced in defence with Josip Juranovic and Carl Starfelt whilst James Forrest and Saed Haksbanovic drop out for Daizen Maeda and Liel Abada.
Real Madrid vs Celtic line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy, Kroos, Modric, Valverde, Asensio, Vinicius Junior, Rodryo
Celtic XI: Hart, Juranovic, Starfelt, Jenz, Taylor, Mooy, O’Riley, Hatate, Maeda, Furuhashi, Abada
Chelsea vs Dinamo Zagreb early team news and predicted line-ups
Later this evening Chelsea will finish off their Champions League group stages as they host Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge. Here’s the latest team news and predicted line-ups for tonight’s match:
Defenders Reece James, Kalidou Koulibaly and Wesley Fofana are all out for Chelsea, with N’Golo Kante also a longer-term absentee. Rotation is a certainty for Potter given they will finish top regardless.
Bosko Sutalo is the only notable player missing from the Dinamo ranks and they’ll likely go full strength as they bid to prolong their European campaign.
Predicted line-ups
Chelsea XI - Mendy, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Cucurella, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Zakaria, Chilwell, Gallagher, Ziyech, Broja
Dinamo Zagreb - Livakovic, Ristovski, J Sutalo, Peric, Spikic, Ivanusec, Misic, Ademi, Ljubcic, Orsic, Petkovic
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