Late Matip winner gives Liverpool Champions League lift off
Joel Matip's 89th minute header kickstarted Liverpool's season as a 2-1 win over Ajax at Anfield put the Reds back in the running to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.
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Champions League wrap: Dzeko inspires Inter to victory
Edin Dzeko inspired Inter Milan to a 2-0 victory at Viktoria Plzen earlier in the day in the Group C, where Bayern Munich beat Barcelona this evening. With Romelu Lukaku still sidelined with a thigh issue, Dzeko stepped up for the Serie A side with a fine curled opener after 20 minutes and assisted Denzel Dumfries to wrap up the points in the 70th minute. Bottom-of-the-table Plzen had already been reduced to 10 men by this point after Pavel Bucha received his marching orders on the hour mark. In Group D, Frankfurt joined Spurs on three points after they claimed a 1-0 win in Marseille. Jesper Lindstrom provided the breakthrough two minutes before the break and despite Matteo Guendouzi and Cengiz Under being introduced, the hosts suffered a second straight defeat in the competition.Atletico Madrid were on the receiving end of a late show at Bayer Leverkusen in Group B. The La Liga outfit had struck twice in stoppage time to beat Porto last week but saw Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby net in the final six minutes of the encounter in Germany to secure a 2-0 win.Club Brugge are top of the group after a stunning 4-0 victory away to Porto. Ferran Jutgla put the visitors in front with quarter of an hour played and Kamal Sowah, Andreas Skov Olsen and Antonio Nusa were on target in the second half to earn the Belgians an excellent win.
Van Dijk blasts ex-players who 'try to get us down'
Virgil van Dijk hit out at ex-football players who "try and get us down" after Liverpool's 2-1 win over Ajax in their Champions League tie in Anfield. The Liverpool defender told BT Sport: "Yeah, not listening to the outside world, that's the most important thing. "It's funny sometimes you know because there is a lot of ex-football players who know exactly what we go through but they say a lot of things to try and get us down. "We know that last week was unacceptable, very bad and we try to make it right. "This is what I said before, it is a step in the right direction but we cannot get carried away because we play so many games. Now it is time to focus on the national teams or to get a break for a little bit and crack on."
Liverpool fans need no lessons in respecting Queen tributes – Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool fans do not need any advice on observing a minute's silence in memory of the Queen of England.
Championship wrap: O'Dowda & Robinson impress for Cardiff
Callum O'Dowda chipped in with a timely goal as a dazzling first-half display helped Cardiff beat Middlesbrough 3-2 at the Riverside in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday night.
Lewandowski's return soured as Bayern beat Barca
Bayern Munich scored twice in four minutes against the run of play, through Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane, to beat Barcelona 2-0 in their Champions League Group C match on Tuesday. It was an unhappy return to Munich for Barca striker Robert Lewandowski, the Bavarians' second-highest all-time scorer who left in the summer after eight years, with the Germans now top of their group on six points from two matches. Barcelona are on three points, along with Inter. Viktoria Plzen are in last place. Xavi's Barca enjoyed a dream start, boxing the Germans in their own half with relentless pressing and carving out several early scoring chances. Pedri's shot was blocked by keeper Manuel Neuer before Lewandowski fired a volley over the bar in the 17th. The Pole, who scored 344 goals for Bayern in 375 games, came close again four minutes later, heading on to Neuer from close range. The visitors did not give Bayern a look-in during the first half, with a hard-working Barca backline double-teaming every Bayern player when they had possession, nipping any planned move in the bud. It was a different story after the break, with Bayern bringing on Leon Goretzka and scoring against the run of play with Hernandez beating keeper Marc Andre ter Stegen at the near post from a Joshua Kimmich corner.
Matip rises up to earn Liverpool late win against Ajax
Defender Joel Matip was the unlikely catalyst to get Liverpool's Champions League campaign back on track as his 89th-minute header secured a laboured 2-1 win over Ajax.
Conte frustrated as Spurs suffer sucker punch in Lisbon
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte said his side "can do much better" after they conceded two injury-time goals in a 2-0 Champions League defeat at Sporting Lisbon. Spurs were contemplating an evening of frustration as it looked like they would be held to a 0-0 draw in Portugal before things went very wrong at the death. Paulinho nodded home from a corner and then with virtually the last kick Arthur Gomes sauntered into the box to convert and put Sporting top of Group D with two wins from two.