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TOP HEADLINES
Ronaldo sets sights on winning eight Ballon d'Or awards to better rival Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo is targeting a haul of eight Balon d'Ors to establish himself as the undisputed best player in the world ahead of arch rival Lionel Messi.
OFFICIAL: Stones picks up muscular injury and will be out for 4 or 5 weeks
Manchester City have been plunged further into a defensive crisis as John Stones is out for five weeks.
MATCH REPORTS
Napoli 2-0 Liverpool: Reds suffer first defeat of the season due to late errors
Napoli beat Liverpool at the San Paolo for the second season running, as a Dries Mertens penalty and Fernando Llorente strike stunned the Champions League holders.
Dortmund 0-0 Barcelona: BVB dominant but penalty hero Ter Stegen saves Barca
Dominant Dortmund completely outplayed Barcelona but Ter Stegen became the absolute hero as he saved Reus' penalty as well as made several terrific saves to keep a clean sheet.
Chelsea 0-1 Valencia: Barkley pen miss & Rodrigo volley ruin Lampard's UCL debut
Chelsea slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Valencia in their opening Champions League match as Ross Barkley missed a late penalty.
Inter 1-1 Slavia: Barella equaliser rescues 1 point for Conte in UCL opener
Inter's Champions League got off to a very shaky start, as only Nicolo Barella's stoppage-time volley prevented a home defeat to Slavia Prague.
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
Madrid announce UCL squad vs PSG as only 3 midfielders in, Ramos & Marcelo out
Zidane has named his 19-man squad for the first game of the Champions League Group Stages between Real Madrid and PSG (Wednesday 9pm CEST).
OFFICIAL: Neymar's 3-match UCL suspension has been cut to two games
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has decided to reduce the suspension of Neymar in the Champions League from three to two matches.
Player ranking of matches played in UCL: Ronaldo No.2 & Messi No.7
Ronaldo (166) is 15 behind Casillas record in the Champions League and Messi(135) may beat Maldini and Raúl this season.
Replay showed Ter Stegen was off his line when Reus took the penalty
Ter Stegen had both his feet in front of the goal-line when he saved Dortmund’s penalty.
Felix, Sancho & De Ligt lead Golden Boy 2019 40-man nominees, Mount in, CHO out
Tuttosport whittled down the shortlist of candidates for 2019 European Golden Boy award to 40 and De Ligt, Vinicius, Felix, Sancho, Todibo & Mount all included, Hudson-Odoi & Sessegnon out.
Higuain flies into fury by kicking coach and advertising hoarding in training
Juventus' Champions League preparations took a slight hit on Tuesday afternoon as Gonzalo Higuain threw a tantrum during the rondo drill.
De Bruyne beats Messi to be named best passer on FIFA 20
The wait for FIFA 20 is very nearly over, with gamers being able to play the game from September 19 with EA Access, with official release dates of September 24 and September 27, depending on which version you buy.
WHAT THEY SAY
'Ronaldo hasn’t been overly great so Van Dijk deserves Ballon d'Or'
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk deserves to win the Ballon d’Or over the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, says Paul Ince, with a superstar at Juventus considered to have not been “overly great".
Mourinho struggles to name 3 English defenders he managed at Chelsea and Man Utd
It appears Jose Mourinho has quickly erased Phil Jones and Chris Smalling from his memory as he tries to forget the nightmare finish to his tenure as Manchester United manager.
AF COLUMNS & IN-DEPTH
All Football Power Rankings (Sep 17): Barca overtake Juve as Madrid reach top 10
Hello again! We organize clubs of Europe's top leagues into an order that reflects the up-to-the-minute hierarchy every Tuesday.
Chelsea hat-trick star Tammy Abraham named All Football Player of the Week
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has been named All Football Player of the Week.
Ronaldo's dad was a soldier who fought in Africa & died before he saw son rise
IT'S Cristiano Ronaldo's greatest regret.
BVB vs Barca Combined XI: Messi & De Jong in, Suarez out, Pique partners Hummels
The Champions League makes a welcome return on Tuesday evening and the first matchday of the group stage features a number of mouth-watering contests.
The Champions League begins: Big Six, Barca, Madrid... All 32 clubs analysed
The road to Istanbul starts here. The 2019/20 Champions League season begins with 32 teams in search for the trophy and we've taken a look at every single one of them.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
That feeling when Champions League returns...
FIXTURES OF THE DAY
UCL
UTC 2019/09/18 16:55 Club Brugge vs Galatasaray
UTC 2019/09/18 16:55 Olympiakos Piraeus vs Tottenham
UTC 2019/09/18 19:00 Dinamo Zagreb vs Atalanta
UTC 2019/09/18 19:00 Shakhtar Donetsk vs Man City
UTC 2019/09/18 19:00 Bayern vs Red Star Belgrade
UTC 2019/09/18 19:00 PSG vs Real Madrid
UTC 2019/09/18 19:00 Leverkusen vs Lokomotiv Moscow
UTC 2019/09/18 19:00 Atletico vs Juventus
