Champions League

An Erling Haaland brace led City to a 5-0 Champions League victory over FC Copenhagen at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.

Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 victory against an injury-hit Milan with Wesley Fofana, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Reece James on the scoresheet.

We are somehow halfway through the Champions League group stage already. The massive games keep on coming in a competition that can be summed up by the...

Juventus are still in a world of trouble in Group H. On Wednesday, during his first game back, Di Maria provided all three assists in the Old Lady’s 3-1 win over Maccabi Haifa. The Blaugrana simply won’t want to entertain the idea of dropping into the Europa League after the financial brinkmanship of the summer. There’s some merit to the criticism, but then again, how many other defensive weapons of his caliber do the Three Lions have? Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Atlético was led by Ferran Jutglà, their very own Spaniard, who is coming good after a frustrating start to his career in La Liga. Pedri’s goal was disallowed for an Ansu Fati handball, which, in the eyes of the law, looked extremely harsh. Nobody will want to face Napoli in the knockout stages. This was somehow deemed not worthy of a screen check, despite intense discussions between the referee and his officiating team. The Italian’s lethality in front of goal seems to be improving with each match, so much so that you could be forgiven for forgetting they are missing star striker Victor Osimhen. While it’s too early to suggest trophies are on the horizon, Spalletti’s reboot is doing everything right at the moment. By starting the season with an 11-game unbeaten run across all competitions, racking up wins against Lazio, Juventus and Liverpool in the process. How do you respond to losing the talismanic Kalidou Koulibaly, Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens in one summer?

Reece James thunderbolt strike put the seal on Graham Potters first Stamford Bridge win as Chelsea boss as the Blues thumped AC Milan 3-0 to revitalise ...

Rade Krunic raced on and let fly, only for Ben Chilwell to produce a vital block to deny what would surely otherwise have been a Milan equaliser. James' finish quickly sealed that deal, and in some style. Mount chipped home to cap a fine move after Aubameyang's dinked pass, only for the effort to be chalked off for offside.

Erling Haaland is only 22, but the Manchester City forward has been rewriting the UEFA Champions League record books since he announced himself with a ...

2 [Dortmund 5-0 Beşiktaş](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032685--dortmund-vs-besiktas/) ⚽⚽ [Ajax 4-0 Dortmund](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032716--ajax-vs-dortmund/) [Beşiktaş 1-2 Dortmund](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032693--besiktas-vs-dortmund/) ⚽ [Man City 2-1 Dortmund](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2029486--man-city-vs-dortmund/) [Sevilla 2-3 Dortmund](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2029472--sevilla-vs-dortmund/) ⚽⚽ [Lazio 3-1 Dortmund](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2029385--lazio-vs-dortmund/) ⚽ [Paris 2-0 Dortmund](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2027130--paris-vs-dortmund/) [Dortmund 2-1 Paris](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2027120--dortmund-vs-paris/) ⚽⚽ [Salzburg 0-2 Liverpool](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2027112--salzburg-vs-liverpool/) 1 • Haaland has faced 13 different teams in the Champions League and scored against 11 of them – only Ajax and Manchester City successfully kept him out back when he was at Dortmund.

Manchester City smashed FC Copenhagen 5-0 in the Champions League tonight in a wonderful performance.

While Mahrez grabbed the assist and Alvarez scored the goal, it was Grealish who was the orchestrator of the move. [Julian Alvarez](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/julian-alvarez/profil/spieler/576024) would wrap up a fantastic City performance in the 76th minute when he fired in from close range to make it 5-0 to the home side. However, the youngster recovered superbly to block his effort and maintain his side's clean sheet. A City corner was cleared to Gomez on the edge of the box, who lashed a volley towards goal which was palmed away by the keeper. The resulting spot-kick was calmly dispatched by Mahrez who slotted the ball into Grabara's bottom right corner. And it was Gomez who was involved once again when City added their third goal in bizarre fashion. Manchester City continued their unbeaten start to the season in spectacular fashion in a 5-0 win against Danish Superligaen side FC Copenhagen in the Champions League tonight. [Marko Stamenic](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marko-stamenic/profil/spieler/617018) wrestled [Aymeric Laporte](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aymeric-laporte/profil/spieler/176553) to the ground from a corner. The Danish team gave an advancing [Rico Lewis](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rico-lewis/profil/spieler/701057) made an important block in the 74th minute when Copenhagen had a rare attack, which saw [Paul Mukairu](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/schnellsuche/ergebnis/schnellsuche?query=paul+mukairu) in a goalscoring position. [ Joao Cancelo](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joao-cancelo/profil/spieler/182712) far too much time and space on the ball, allowing him to play a low cross into the feet of the Norwegian in the box, who smashed the ball into the bottom right corner beyond a hapless Grabara. [Riyad Mahrez](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/riyad-mahrez/profil/spieler/171424) netted a penalty in his 200th appearance for the club.

Haaland is also the third player to score in each of his first three UEFA Champions League appearances for an English club.

There are 98 teams with a worse goals per game record than him in the competition. City’s director of football, Txiki Begiristain, had said at the time: “Erling has everything we want in a striker, and we are certain he will excel in this squad and this system. Manchester City sensation Erling Haaland has now scored 28 goals in 22 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, a goals per game record of 1.27.

An insipid Milan failed to show any sort of response, barely putting the home defence under pressure, let alone threatening a goal, as Chelsea.champions ...

It proved their high-water point of the night as in the 56th minute former Chelsea centre-back Fikayo Tomori failed to cut out a near-post James cross and Aubameyang had a simple task to guide it home. Milan were muscular in their running but lacked guile and precision and failed to create a worthwhile chance until first-half stoppage time when Rade Krunic blazed over -- put off by a great last-ditch lunge by Ben Chilwell - after Kepa Arrizabalaga had saved from Charles de Ketelaere following a driving run by Rafael Leao. Milan, who host the Londoners next week, also have four, with Zagreb on three.

Argentine superstar sets record, becoming first player to score against 40 teams in competition - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. PSG's Portuguese midfielder Danilo scored an own goal in the 41st minute, making it 1-1. Aubameyang, 33, scored against his ex-club in the second half of the match. Maccabi Haifa have lost all three of their matches in the Champions League to sit at the bottom of the group. Messi, a former Barcelona forward, scored the opener in the 22nd minute of the Group H match in Lisbon. After their third matches, PSG and Benfica have seven points each to be the best two teams in the Group H standings.

The Sevilla manager Julen Lopetegui was sacked after losing 4-1 at home to Borussia Dortmund but Real Madrid maintained their perfect start with a 2-1 win ...

Mohamed Salah and Luis Díaz also feature prominently in Liverpool's list of top Champions League performers after a mixed start to the season's group stage.

[Kostas Tsimikas](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-kostas-tsimikas-arthur-winners-25181756) who leads the way, having escaped the hit many of his teammates took on matchday one against Napoli. [Joël Matip’s](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-man-city-klopp-matip-25137592) late winner against Ajax on matchday two felt like a significant moment. Napoli sit top on nine after a 6-1 demolition of Ajax in Amsterdam that strengthened their dark-horse credentials in the competition. [Joe Gomez](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-gomez-matip-25133904) on the interval in an attempt to limit the damage. [Mohamed Salah’s](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-mohamed-salah-kostas-tsimikas-25178464) goal on Tuesday. [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-trent-alexander-arnold-klopp-25162595) was one of the players who attracted most criticism in the wake of the Napoli nightmare, but his rating has recovered since. Díaz places third in the squad for shots per game (three), and second for dribbles (1.3) and fouls drawn (1.7). [Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here — it only takes a few seconds!](https://www.liverpool.com/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Jürgen Klopp’s](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-playmaker-thiago-jurgen-klopp-25180272) side then followed it up with a 2-0 victory against [Rangers](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/liverpool-rangers-jurgen-klopp-react-25182363) on Tuesday night, leaving them second in the group on six points. Tsimikas was an unused substitute in Naples, with the now-injured [Andy Robertson](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/transfer-news/liverpool-transfer-robertson-klopp-sane-25078133) playing the full 90 minutes. [Jürgen Klopp and Pep Lijnders handed a new Liverpool dilemma as 'best playmaker' returns](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-playmaker-jurgen-klopp-lijnders-25184485) [WhoScored ratings](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/26/Show/England-Liverpool).

Graham Potter enjoyed his first Champions League victory with Chelsea, but more importantly, it keeps them in the mix for the knockout stages.