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Real Madrid 1-0 Monaco: Former Barcelona man Fati should equalise but he is reaching for a cross and sends the shot over from eight yards.
Tottenham 1-0 Borussia Dortmund: Spurs are looking lively in the final third but Vicario is nervous at the back, almost gifting Dortmund a goal with some dreadful footwork.
GOAL! Inter 1-1 Arsenal (Sucic, 18)
There is some pinball in the Arsenal box and Sucic senses a chance, arriving at the right time to send into the top corner from 18 yards.
Real Madrid 1-0 Monaco: TNT describe the atmosphere as “flat”. It might get a touch worse if Mbappe does not get up off the turf. He looks in a touch of pain.
Inter 0-1 Arsenal: The hosts break at speed and it looks like Luis Henrique is about to find a teammate in the box but Saliba is there to intercept.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Borussia Dortmund (Romero, 14)
Odobert smashes in a cross at the second time of asking, and his captain is there to turn home.
Villarreal 0-0 Ajax: Mourino thinks he has found the net but Jaros produces a fine save to push it wide. The goalkeeper then outdoes himself from the resulting corner to keep the score goalless.
GOAL! Inter 0-1 Arsenal (Jesus, 10)
Neat work on the edge of the box creates a chance for Jesus, who stretches out a leg to divert the ball home. Inter seem to think it is offside but the officials do not.
Real Madrid 1-0 Monaco: The former Arsenal striker Balogun tries to hold off three Madrid defenders and eventually fires off a shot but it goes well wide.
Jamie Jackson was in the Artic Circle to watch Manchester City capitulate.
Inter 0-0 Arsenal: Dimarco is down complaining he’s been caught in the face but there is nothing in it.
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Monaco (Mbappe, 5)
The former Monaco sweeps into the corner liven up the Bernabeu.
Sporting 0-0 PSG: The rain is rumbling down in Lisbon. Sporting are pressing high as they look to irritate the reigning champions.
GOAL! Olympiakos 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (Costinha, 2)
A fine header from a cracking corner opens the scoring for the Greeks.
GOAL! Salford 1-0 Swindon (Graydon, 11): A looping header from Salford’s new man gets them up and running in the FA Cup third round tie.
Tottenham 0-0 Borussia Dortmund: Frank will be looking for a fast start. Solanke is starting to provide some muscle up top. The stadium sounds nerves.
Kick-off
Peep! Peep! Peep! The whistles are blowing around Europe.
We are closing in on plenty of kick-offs …
Arsenal will finish in the top eight after City’s ineptitude. Get the deck chairs out!
A big story here from Nick Ames.
Full-time: Bodo/Glimt 3-1 Man City
A truly dreadful night of defending from the Premier League side puts their top-eight finish in jeopardy. But what a night for the Norwegians!
In case you were wondering, Club Brugge won 4-1 away at Kairat earlier today.
Mikel Arteta does not look concerned.
Brahim Diaz is not back on the Real Madrid bench …
Bodo/Glimt are 3-1 up against City, who are down to 10 men after Rodri was sent off.
Join Rob Smyth – and Thomas Frank – in the Last Chance Saloon for Spurs v Dortmund.
Starting lineups: Inter v Arsenal
Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Akanji, Acerbi, Bastoni; Luis Henrique, Barella, Zielinski, Sucic, Dimarco; L Martinez, Thuram
Subs: J Martinez, De Vrij, Bonny, Frattesi, Diouf, Mkhitaryan, Carlos Augusto, Bisseck, Damian, Cocchi, Esposito
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Mosquera, Lewis-Skelly; Zubimendi, Merino; Saka, Eze, Trossard; Jesus
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Setford, White, Gabriel, Odegaard, Martinelli, Gyokeres, Norgaard, Madueke, Nwaneri, Havertz, Rice
Starting lineups: Real Madrid v Monaco
Real Madrid (4-3-3): Courtois; Valverde, Asencio, Huijsen, Camavinga; Tchouaméni, Arda Guler, Bellingham; Mastantuono, Vinicius, Mbappé.
Subs: Lunin, Fran, Carvajal, Alaba, Gonzalo, Ceballos, Fran Garcia, Pol Fortuny, Mesonero
Monaco (4-2-3-1): Kohn; Vanderson, Dier, Kehrer, Caio Henrique; Zakaria, Teze; Akliouche, Fati, Golovin; Balogun
Subs: Stawiecki, Lienard, Idumbo, Ilenikhena, Ouattara, Michał, Bamba, Coulibaly, Toure, Nibombe
Barry Glendenning has all the latest from Manchester City’s defensive shambles in Norway.
Our man on the Cote d’Azur Luke Entwistle takes a look at what’s going wrong with Monaco.
Preamble
Arsenal are top of the table and a point tonight would guarantee progression to the knockout stages, without requiring the irritation of the playoff round, which should be motivation enough. This is the business end of the season for a side that leads at home and in Europe. They have won all six of their Champions League games thus far to put them three points clear and they will be eager to maintain this form until the end of the first round.
On the continent, it is a big night for Alvaro Arbeloa, who takes charge of Real Madrid in the Champions League for the first time. The prospect of a visiting Monaco side does not provide the fear of years gone by because they are in a slump, having lost seven of their past eight Ligue 1 games. Then again, Arbeloa has already suffered one shock in his short reign.
Here are the 8pm (GMT) kick-offs in the Champions League tonight
Copenhagen v Napoli
Inter v Arsenal
Olympiakos v Bayer Leverkusen
Real Madrid v Monaco
Sporting v PSG
Tottenham v Borussia Dortmund
Villarreal v Ajax
