Barcelona vs Bayern Munich live updates: Champions League ...
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Some very big teams in this middle section of the table. (Reminder that the teams finishing between 9th and 24th will go into a knockout play-off round.)
A win and a defeat each for both Barcelona and Bayern Munich so far, so they will need a few more positive results to give them a chance of extending their Champions League campaigns.
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What a job Unai Emery is doing at Aston Villa!
They are the only team to have won three from three so far in this season's Champions League, so they are the occupiers of top spot until this evening's results roll in.
Of course, the caveat with this photo of the table — and the two that are coming — is that half of these teams have played an extra match.
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The last thing Barcelona fans will have wanted to see ahead of this weekend's Clasico is a spell-binding performance from Vinicius Jr.
With Real Madrid 2-0 down last night against Dortmund, the Brazilian flipped a switch in the final half hour and stole the show with an unbelievable hat-trick.
The Champions League holders went on to win 5-2 at the Bernabeu, thanks also to goals from Antonio Rudiger and Lucas Vazquez.
It was a much-needed win for Carlo Ancelotti's side after they were beaten by Lille in matchday two.
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If you missed the action last evening, fear not — here are the nine results and the goalscorers from those matches:
Milan 3-1 Club Bruges (Pulisic, Reijnders; Sabbe)Monaco 5-1 Red Star Belgrade (Minamino x2, Embolo, Singo, Akliouche; Ndiaye)Arsenal 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk (Riznyk OG)Aston Villa 2-0 Bologna (McGinn, Watkins)Girona 2-0 Slovan Bratislava (Gutierrez, Juanpe)Juventus 0-1 Stuttgart (Toure)PSG 1-1 PSV (Hakimi; Lang)Real Madrid 5-2 Dortmund (Rudiger, Vinicius Jr x3, Vazquez; Malen, Gittens)Sturm Graz 0-2 Sporting (Santos, Gyokeres)
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Nine more fixtures on the way in the Champions League today — here they are:
5:45pm BST / 12:45pm EDT
Atalanta vs CelticBrest vs Bayer Leverkusen8pm BST/3pm EDT
Atletico Madrid vs LilleBarcelona vs Bayern MunichBenfica vs FeyenoordManchester City vs Sparta PragueRB Leipzig vs LiverpoolRB Salzburg vs Dinamo ZagrebYoung Boys vs InterGetty Images
Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona
Not necessarily the stadium we expect to see Barcelona playing in, this one.
Today's game will be hosted at the nearly 56,000-seater Estadi Olimpic as the renovation of Camp Nou continues across the city.
This stadium, built 97 years ago, is nowhere near as impressive as Barca's normal home but there is still a good atmosphere created for the big matches, like today's.
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Here are the broadcasters showing today's game in selected countries.
UK: TNT Sports, Discovery+U.S.: Paramount+, fuboAustralia: Stan SportCanada: DAZNGermany: DAZNSpain: MovistarGetty Images
This one is being played in the primetime Wednesday evening slot.
That is 9pm local time (CEST), 8pm in the UK (BST), 3pm on the east coast (EDT) and 12pm on the west coast (PDT).
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Good afternoon (or good morning) and welcome along to The Athletic's live coverage of Barcelona vs Bayern Munich.
We saw another exciting evening of Champions League action yesterday and there is more of the same on the way today!
The big game of today is undoubtedly this one between two of world football's great clubs in Catalonia.
Still plenty of time until we will see the players making their way out onto the pitch, so stick with us for all the build-up!
