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Aston Villa 3-1 Viking, Real Madrid 4-1 RB Leipzig and more: Champions League – live reaction

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The German giants are without Joshua Kimmich as he has suffered a family bereavement. Michael Olise will also not feature as he is suspended following a red card against Viking.

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Upamecano, Minjae, Gnabry, Bischof, Kane, Davies, Laimer, Saibari, Stanisic, Pavlovic.

Bench: Ulreich, Urbig, Tah, Brown, Luis Díaz, H. Ito, Boey, Sapoko Ndiaye, Karl, Binder.

Arsenal make two changes to their starting XI from the Premier League action this past weekend with Noni Madueke and Jurriën Timber replacing Eberechi Eze and Ben White.

Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori, Guimaraes, Rice, Odegaard, Madueke, Saka, Havertz.

Bench: Arrizabalaga, Meslier, Mosquera, White, Eze, Gyökeres, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman

Aston Villa have announced their team news and John McGinn comes into the starting line-up after coming off of the bench last weekend.

Aston Villa: Suzuki; Mbaye, Lindelof, Torres, Mings; McGinn, Barkley, Joao Gomes, Buendia; Alysson, Jackson.

Bench: Bizot, Wright, Cash, Harwood-Bellis, Kamara, Garnacho, Abraham, Maatsen, Bogarde, Goretzka, Hemmings.

For Viking, they travel to Birmingham and have decided to play in a 4-3-3.

Viking FK: Ostbo; Haugen, Daland, Stensness, Heggheim; Askildsen, Bell, Moi; Christiansen, Botheim, Tripic.

Bench: Belko, Vevatne, Postema, Bjørdal, Bassey, Cosic, Fuglestad, Auklend, Falchener, Kvia-Egeskog, K. Haugen, J. Hansen

The first of the team news has dropped, do not worry the rest will soon follow.

Real Betis: Valles; Bellerin, Bartra, Natan, Garcia; Fornals, Isco, Roca; Antony, Parrott, Ezzalzouli.

Bench: Diego Conde, Diego Llorente, Bernal, Ángel Ortiz, Fidalgo, Valentín Gómez, Rodrigo Riquelme, Deossa, Lo Celso, Aitor Ruibal, Ceballos, Morante

Feyenoord: Ernst; Read, St Juste, Marmol, Lopez; Zechiel, Vanhoutte, Targhalline; Hadj Moussa, Ferri, Valente.

Bench: Kastenmeier, Bossin, Watanabe, Gonçalo Borges, Steijn, Deijl, Van Den Elshout, Kraaijeveld, Diarra, Wessels, Schaken

The shot sailed wide of Peter Gulacsi’s top corner and into the Kop, affording Villarreal much-needed respite at 4-2, but for Andoni Iraola it was a standout moment in a scintillating Champions League display from Rio Ngumoha. To a coach that called for versatility from all of his wingers this summer, here was a significant step forward among many from the 18-year-old at Anfield.

There were questions over how Ngumoha would adapt to playing on the right even before Liverpool increased the likelihood by signing Bradley Barcola for £123m from Paris Saint-Germain. On his fifth start under Iraola on Tuesday, which his side ultimately won 4-3, Liverpool witnessed an answer: quickly, incisively and confidently. The teenager’s willingness to cut inside from the right and shoot from distance with the left foot captured Iraola’s imagination as much as the devastating run that created Alexis Mac Allister’s second goal of the game.

Here is what happened yesterday in the competition:

Hello and welcome to the coverage of a batch of Champions League matches. There are seven games kicking off at the same time but I will make sure I bring you every goal and bit of action and/or drama.

The matches that all begin at 8pm BST are:

  • Aston Villa v Viking FK

  • Bayern Munich v Arsenal

  • Club Brugge v RC Lens

  • Inter Milan v Shakhtar Donetsk

  • Real Betis v Feyenoord

  • Real Madrid v RB Leipzig

  • Sporting v LASK

I will keep a keen eye on Real Madrid v RB Leipzig but any update from the other matches will be brought to you as soon as they happen. The craziness of 14 teams announcing line-ups will drop soon so bear with me as I bring you all of that news too. Let’s get this show on the road.

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