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      ‘Incredible’ Erling Haaland scores twice to set new Champions League record with debut goals for THIRD successive club

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      PEP GUARDIOLA hailed “incredible” Erling Haaland as he marked his European debut for Manchester City with two goals to set a new Champions League record.The £51 million Norwegian took his tally for his new club to 12 in just eight matches by grabbing a goal in each half in the 4-0 win at Sevilla – despite having just 19 touches of the ball all game.
      Erling Haaland’s stats from the win over Sevilla
      Erling Haaland scored twice on his Champions League debut for Man CityCredit: Getty
      Erling Haaland only had 19 touches of the ball but scored twice against Sevilla
      Phil Foden and Ruben Dias were also on target as City made a perfect start to their 12th straight year in the Champions League.
      Haaland has now scored on his Champions League debuts for RB Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund, and Man City.
      And afterwards he tweeted: “The #UCL is back and I love it!”
      Haaland is the first player EVER to score 25 goals in his first 20 Champions League appearances
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      Guardiola said: “I love this routine and it’s been a routine in every single press conference after games talking about him and his goals.
      “Hopefully he can continue this routine. The numbers speak for themselves. All his career it has been quite similar.
      “It’s not just the two goals, it’s always he’s there, always he’s there. It’s always the feeling that he could score more goals.
      “He has an incredible sense of goal. We have incredible numbers in terms of goals and need to continue.”
      Boss Pep Guardiola was full of praise for the striker after his display at SevillaCredit: Getty
      Erling Haaland celebrates a Champions League goal for RB Salzburg in 2019
      Erling Haaland scoring for Borussia Dortmund in 2020
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      Skipper for the night Kevin de Bruyne created the first goal for Haaland and believes there is much more to come from his new team-mate.
      “He said: “For the moment, he is scoring the goals so it helps us win the games.
      “I think the way he’s adapted to us is really good but I think outside the goalscoring there’s still another part in the game and I think that part is more tough to adapt to.
      HAALAND’S INCREDIBLE RECORDTHE HOTSHOT has fired 12 goals in just eight Man City matches.
      Here is his career total to date:
      MOLDE: 50 apps – 20 goals
      SALZBURG: 27 apps – 29 goals
      DORTMUND: 89 apps – 86 goals
      MAN CITY: 8 apps – 12 goals
      NORWAY: 21 caps – 20 goals
      OVERALL: 195 apps – 167 goals

      “But it makes it more exciting! If he can adjust to the way we play, then the levels will go up.”
      Guardiola also reserved special praise for Foden who kick-started his campaign by scoring a classy second goal.
      He said: “Phil has an incredible thing – lately he hasn’t been playing too good but always he does a job for the team – he runs and works for the team.
      “He is dynamic and has a good work ethic every single game – even if he plays bad. That’s why he deserves to play.” More

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      Emotional Shakhtar celebrate famous RB Leipzig win despite season starting TWO WEEKS ago due to Russia’s war in Ukraine

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      SHAKHTAR DONETSK thrashed RB Leipzig 4-1 in their first Champions League game of the season – despite missing SIX MONTHS of football due to the war in Ukraine.Football was halted for 254 days in the country earlier this year due to the ongoing conflict with Russia.
      Shakhtar’s players celebrated the win by posing with a Ukrainian flagCredit: Getty
      They thrashed Leipzig in front of the German side’s own fans in the Champions LeagueCredit: EPA
      It was a truly sensational performance from ShakhtarCredit: AFP
      Emotional scenes ensued after the game amid the turbulent situation in UkraineCredit: AFP
      The Shakhtar players applauded the fans who came to see them play in GermanyCredit: EPA
      Plenty of Ukrainian flags were on show in the away standCredit: EPA
      Ukraine’s domestic league only returned a fortnight ago, with Shakhtar taking seven points from their opening three matches.
      Due to the devastation in the home country, the club are also currently playing their home matches in Warsaw, Poland.
      They came into the clash in Germany with Leipzig the overwhelming favourites to beat them, but the visitors produced a stunning display to destroy the Bundesliga outfit.
      And it sparked emotional scenes at full-time as the political situation in Ukraine elicited a jubilant reaction from the players.
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      Ukrainian international Shved broke the deadlock after a quarter of an hour following a dreadful error by Leipzig keeper Peter Gulacsi.
      Mohamed Simakan levelled for the hosts 12 minutes into the second half, but just 60 seconds later Shved struck again to restore Shakhtar’s lead.
      Arsenal transfer target Mykhailo Mudryk then added a third, before Lassina Traore made sure of the victory five minutes from time.
      Reacting to the breathtaking win, The Athletic’s Adam Crafton said: “There were players on the pitch here who have lost close relatives in the past three months and who have close friends on the front line.
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      “The achievement here has been tactical and technical but above all psychological.”
      The win means Shakhtar sit top of Group F after the first round of matches.
      Next up for the Ukrainian outfit is a clash with Celtic – which will be played in Poland next week.
      Meanwhile, Real Madrid, who beat Celtic 3-0 on Tuesday night, will host Leipzig.
      It felt like a incredibly united display from the Ukrainian outfitCredit: AFP
      They sit above Real Madrid at the top of Group F after one matchCredit: Reuters More

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      Tottenham broke Arsenal hearts to clinch Champions League return now they face FOUR former Gunners in Marseille opener

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      IF returning to Champions League football was sweet for Tottenham, it was made more delicious by seizing fourth place from Arsenal.And tonight, in their first match back in European football’s elite competition, Spurs face a Marseille side who include four former Gunners in their squad, with three expected in their starting line-up.
      Antonio Conte’s Tottenham face Marseille on their return to the Champions LeagueCredit: AFP
      Ex-Arsenal stars Nuno Tavares, Sead Kolasinac and Matteo Guendouzi will be out to down SpursCredit: Getty
      Chants of ‘Arsenal reject’ are sure to resound around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Matteo Guendouzi, Sead Kolasinac and Nuno Tavares, on loan from the Emirates, line up for the visitors.
      Memories of their bitter rivals’ late-season choke — including a 3-0 North London derby drubbing which featured the eccentric full-back Tavares as a sub — will be fondly remembered.
      Even with another one-time Gooner, Alexis Sanchez, suspended tonight, the French club could name nine players who have been at Premier League clubs in their starting line-up.
      Dimitri Payet, who admits he left West Ham in ‘brutal’ fashion in 2017, will play in attack, while Eric Bailly, on loan from Manchester United, is expected to line up in a back three alongside Kolasinac and ex-Newcastle man Chancel Mbemba.
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      Former Aston Villa midfielder Jordan Veretout is also expected to start in a Prem Old Boys select side, along with keeper Pau, who was loaned to Spurs without getting first-team experience, and Luis Suarez — no, not that one — who was a kid at Watford.
      Marseille boss Igor Tudor, a former Juventus team-mate of Spurs manager Antonio Conte, insists the trio of Arsenal ‘flops’ who will feature tonight have been in excellent form.
      He said: “I saw these three players feeling this special thing, something particular about playing Tottenham.
      “We are really happy to have them because they have plenty of quality. Sead didn’t play as much but against Auxerre in our last match, he was the best player on the pitch. Nuno has been fantastic on the wing and everyone knows the quality Matteo has.”
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      The hot-headed, curly-haired Guendouzi was bombed out by Gunners boss Mikel Arteta after a stormy defeat at Brighton in 2020, when he was alleged to have taunted opposition players about how much money he earned.
      He is already said to have clashed with Tudor, although he is expected to be part of the France squad when Les Bleus defend the World Cup in Qatar this winter.
      But as the financial strength of English football gets mightier still, plenty of major clubs — including Marseille — are filling their ranks with players discarded by Premier League sides.
      It feels as if there are two types of opposition players for English clubs in the Champions League group stage — those who have played in the Premier League and failed, and those hoping to secure a future move here.
      Payet is an exception, having forced a move from West Ham to Marseille — a saga which destroyed his hero status with Hammers fans.
      But Payet admits that, increasingly, it is the dream of every footballer to ply their trade in England.
      The French playmaker, 35, said: “Playing in the Premier League helped me realise a dream. Playing in England is everyone’s dream, particularly now that the teams are getting stronger and stronger.
      “I had 18 months full of emotion and excitement. It was a personal choice I made, a family-based choice as well.
      Fellow former Premier League star Dimitri Payet will also start for MarseilleCredit: AFP
      “Since I left West Ham, I’ve stayed at Marseille and don’t intend to go to any other club.
      “I know it was a brutal decision when I left, but I hope over the course of the years, West Ham fans have come to accept why I left.”
      But Payet reckons Marseille have a better chance tonight given that so many of their team have experienced Premier League football.
      He said: “It’s important because we are acclimatised to the intensity of English football.
      “I played some derbies against Spurs when I was at West Ham and I know how intense they were — although the stadium was smaller when I was here.”
      Boss Tudor, a former Croatian international, has overseen an unbeaten start to Marseille’s Ligue 1 campaign, with five wins from six.
      He admits Conte was a mentor to him as a young player at Juve but insists his team trained in France, rather than having a practice session at the match venue, because he believed Conte and Spurs’ football director Fabio Paratici would have spied on his team.
      He said: “If we trained here, Antonio will see, and Fabio Parataci, who I know from Juventus, will see. They would have been there with the cameras.”
       MARSEILLE (likely): Pau, Mbemba, Bailly, Kolasinac, Clauss, Rongier, Veretout, Tavares, Guendouzi, Payet, Suarez. More

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      Furious Jurgen Klopp explodes in anger when asked if Naples is dangerous city with Liverpool fans stabbed in past visits

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      JURGEN KLOPP exploded in anger when asked whether Napoli is a dangerous place.English fans who have been chased down streets, attacked in bars and stabbed up the backside probably know the answer.
      Klopp exploded in anger when asked whether Naples is a dangerous cityCredit: Getty
      The German’s side play Napoli on WednesdayCredit: Getty
      On Tuesday afternoon, Liverpool used their social media channels to warn Reds fans to stay in their hotels until the game and avoid going out after being attacked in all of their three visits in 2010, 2018 and 2019.
      Yet, it is on the pitch at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium that has proved to be a really nasty place for Klopp.
      He was sent off here after just 30 minutes as Borussia Dortmund manager in a 2-1 loss in September 2013 and later apologised for his outburst.
      And then in both his matches for Liverpool in the Champions League in 2018 and the season after, his team was beaten by Carlo Ancelotti-led teams.
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      Asked, rather aggressively by the journalist about the off-field threats in Naples, Klopp said: “That’s an embarrassing question from you. You want to create headlines? I really don’t understand it.
      “Are you from Napoli? Do you think it’s a dangerous city? I don’t know. I don’t live a normal life in Napoli.
      “I am protected here, go to the hotel and now you ask me what I think about Napoli. You know exactly what people are talking about. If some supporters meet some supporters, something can happen.
      “Nothing to do with the city, so I don’t know. But I am not here to create headlines for you.”
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      About four hours earlier, Liverpool warned: “Supporters arriving in Naples prior to matchday should remain in their respective hotel to drink and eat. You are strongly advised not to wear team colours when travelling.
      “Fans should not congregate in public areas and should avoid becoming isolated in areas away from the port area of the city. We strongly recommend you avoid the city centre.
      “If you chose to visit, please beware that you may be targeted for theft, robbery, or assault. As per the Italian authorities, you’re advised to always carry your valid photo ID.”
      It is a shame travelling fans struggle here as Napoli is genuinely a fascinating, bustling place — but it is best to go when there is not a European football match.
      Hopefully all the fans arrive safely and then Liverpool can do what they are here to do, win a football match.
      But that is something that has not been done by Klopp in Naples.
      He said: “I have never won here. Not with Liverpool. Not with Dortmund. I am a late bloomer.
      “I need a little bit longer to achieve and it means I have to try two times, sometimes three times, sometimes four times so now Napoli, this is the fourth time.
      “What do we have to do? Play better than in the previous three games. We lost because we did not play particularly well when we came here. Another reason Napoli are pretty strong.”
      The last time Liverpool played in this competition was June where their hopes of ending the season in style ended with a 1-0 loss to Real Madrid in the final.
      Keeper Alisson said: “The day after it was really difficult because you are frustrated about the result and that you didn’t get your trophy, the main goal.
      “But in the end, we are footballers, we are professional players. We have to deal with those kind of things.”
      Alisson was asked whether that Paris loss will give them an extra incentive.
      When they won in 2019, the players said losing 12 months earlier to Real in Kiev had given them some extra fire.
      The Brazilian said: “We can try to use that as an extra motivation, but in my opinion we don’t need that.
      “Being here, playing in the Champions League against a big club like Napoli in a really difficult group stage is motivation enough for us.
      “We are going to fight to go through the group stage and think step by step.”
      Meanwhile, Klopp hinted that new loan arrival from Juventus, Arthur Melo, could appear as a sub tonight.
      Klopp said: “Arthur needs now just football, training especially, that’s how it is.
      “He wasn’t in team training for a while at Juve so he needs proper team training and that’s what we are doing with him.
      “Can he play minutes? Yes. Should he play a full game? No, because he needs to get used to the intensity in each competition.”
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      NAPOLI (likely): Meret, Di Lorenzo, Kim, Rrahmani, Rui, Zielinski, Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia, Politano.
      LIVERPOOL (likely): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Thiago, Fabinho, Elliott, Salah, Nunez, Diaz. More

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      Fans share bizarre theory explaining why Man City wore ‘Aston Villa shorts’ for Champions League mauling of Sevilla

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      MANCHESTER CITY wore ‘Aston Villa-like shorts’ for their 4-0 Champions League mauling of Sevilla, and fans have a bizarre theory as to why.Ex-Villa superstar Jack Grealish started for Man City, but much like last season, he has started the campaign slowly.
      Fans have a bizarre theory as to why City wore ‘Aston Villa-like shorts’Credit: Getty
      Grealish is yet to register a goal or an assist three competitive games played so far.
      City wore their sky blue top, but coupled it with ‘Aston Villa-like shorts’ with some fans saying it was an attempt to get the best version of the £100million man.
      A fan tweeted: “Tryna make Grealish good again by making him put on Villa shorts. Fairs.”
      Another said: “Grealish seeing the maroon shorts and thinks he’s playing for villa again.”
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      A Villa fan says they hope the claret shorts “were stipulated” in Grealish’s City contract.
      Unfortunately, the fans’ theory wasn’t proven as Grealish was hooked after 62 minutes.
      He was replaced by City veteran Ilkay Gundogan.
      City thrashed Sevilla on the night, putting four past the Spanish side.
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      Erling Haaland scored another brace, taking his Champions League total to 25 goals in just 20 games played in the competition.
      The Norway ace, 22, is averaging a goal every 54 minutes in a City shirt this term.
      Phil Foden also got on the scoresheet and Ruben Dias put the final nail in Sevilla’s coffin in added-time. More

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      Celtic 0 Real Madrid 3: Ange Postecoglou dares to dream but Hoops issued Champions League dose of reality by Madrid

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      ANGE POSTECOGLOU dared to dream.But for Celtic this was a Champions League dose of Reality.
      Celtic were given a dose of reality by Spanish giants Real Madrid
      Vinicius Junior, Luka Modric and Eden Hazard scored for the away side
      The Parkhead boss tonight got the fearless performance he wanted from his players.
      But Carlo Ancelotti’s Madrid showed why they’re reigning champions of this competition.
      The La Liga giants lifted the trophy in Paris back in May and their devastating second-half performance suggested they’re in no mood to let it go.
      Celtic, though, can hold their heads high.
      On another night they could have been 3-0 up themselves as they gave this tie everything they had and then some.
      But in the end it was goals from Vinicius Jr, Luka Modric and Eden Hazard that decided this Group F opener.
      What a game it was. What an effort from Celtic.
      Madrid’s megastars have been there, seen it and done it all before in the biggest and best stadiums in world football.
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      Guys at their level don’t get easily spooked.
      Yet even these Galacticos must have sensed there was something special in the air last night.
      The atmosphere really was incredible.
      Celtic were shooting towards the Lisbon Lions Stand in the first-half and there wasn’t a single supporter in the lower tier sitting down.
      They’d paid a small fortune for their seats but everyone stood, virtually kicking every ball.
      The fans were all hyped up and almost bursting with adrenaline coursing through their veins – just like the players on the park.
      Postecoglou promised he’d stick to his principles and football philosophy, and didn’t he just. 
      From kick-off Celtic went for it.
      And incredibly it’s no exaggeration to say they could have gone 3-0 up before they’d even broken sweat.
      Liel Abada scored twice against Rangers at the weekend and he’ll be kicking himself he didn’t have as many inside the first 13 minutes.
      Ange Postecoglou had his side take the game to the European champions
      He was unlucky with his first effort inside the first 20 SECONDS when Madrid’s Eder Militao made an incredible block to divert the Israeli’s shot off target.
      It would be unfair to say he had to score.
      But Abada really should have done better with his next chance.
      Jota played an unbelievable ball through to the winger who darted in off the right touchline to put himself one-on-one with Thibaut Courtios.
      The giant Madrid No1 stood tall and made himself as imposing as he possibly could. 
      But even so, Abada made it easy for the big goalkeeper with a weak shot struck straight at him.
      It was like he was thinking too much about the stage he was on and the team he was playing against in those vital seconds as he ran through. 
      Madrid could have been rattled by those big moments but they kept passing and moving with the class they’re known for.
      Celtic kept going, though. And kept creating opportunities.
      Skipper Callum McGregor spoke before the draw was made about how he was desperate to face Madrid.
      With 21 minutes on the clock he rattled a shot which was inches away from finding the back of the net.
      Callum McGregor rattled the post in the first-half
      Courtois could only stand and watched as the ball smacked his post.
      You had got wonder there and then if Celtic would live to regret all these near misses. They really couldn’t have dreamt of having chances so good as they thought ahead to this fixture.
      Madrid were also dealt a blow midway through the first-half when skipper Karim Benzema limped off with a thigh injury.  
      But it would be stretching it to say Madrid were significantly weakened by his exit when his replacement stepped onto the pitch. Hazard is an understudy for no-one.
      It was after his introduction that Madrid looking threatening in the first-half.
      In 42 minutes the ex-Chelsea star played a terrific through ball for Vinicius Jr, who scarpered through with only Joe Hart to beat.
      It felt like the moment all of Celtic’s hard work would be undone in one sickening moment before the break. 
      Yet Hart steadied himself as the Brazil international failed to beat him.
      It would have been a travesty had Madrid gone in 1-0 ahead at the break.
      But everyone knew the la Liga giants were certain to raise their game in the second-half. 
      Real Madrid took the lead just before the hour mark
      They had too much quality and talent on the pitch to allow this game to pass them by.
      Postecoglou tried to mix things up and took off Abada at the interval and replaced him with Daizen Maeda.
      The Japanese winger was next to come close to scoring just seconds after the restart.
      But soon it started to unravel for Celtic as they conceded two goals in the blink of an eye.
      In 56 minutes Madrid scored on the break when Hazard combined with Federico Valverde on the right before the ball was played across goal for Vinicius Jr.
      His finish past Hart was as cool as you like.
      Within another four minutes it was 2-0, this time Modric showing the word panic just isn’t in his vocabulary. 
      The little Croatian silenced Scotland fans at the Euros with the outside of his right foot and here he did it again with another sensational finish.
      Postecoglou waited before he made more changes but soon came a triple switch which saw Kyogo Furuhashi, Aaron Mooy and David Turnbull thrown on.
      But in 76 minutes Madrid added a third.
      Hazard was set up by Dani Carvajal inside the six-yard box with a chance he just couldn’t miss.
      It was agonising for Celtic’s supporters but they backed their team until the very end and saluted their efforts at the sound of the final whistle with Postecoglou’s name ringing round the stadium.

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      Lionel Messi draws level with Cristiano Ronaldo in race for incredible Champions League record as PSG beat Juventus

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      LIONEL MESSI became the fourth player to feature in 19 editions of the Champions League as PSG beat Juventus.The forward, 35, is now just one shy of Iker Casillas’ record of 20.
      Lionel Messi has now featured in 19 consecutive editions of the Champions LeagueCredit: Getty
      Kylian Mbappe stole the show against Juventus with two brilliant goalsCredit: EPA
      But in starting against Juventus Messi has equalled Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs on 19.
      Messi made his Champions League debut against Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2004-05 season and has not missed the competition since, winning it on four occasions.
      Ronaldo also featured in the Champions League for 19 consecutive seasons but will need to leave Manchester United to make it 20 in a row.
      While CR7 is competing in the Europa League, Messi continues to impress at the highest level and played a key role as PSG beat Juventus 2-1.
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      However it was Kylian Mbappe who stole the limelight with two terrific finishes at the Parc des Princes.
      Neymar also caught the eye with a delightful chip to tee up Mbappe’s volley which opened the scoring, before the Frenchman played a scintillating one-two with Achraf Hakimi and fired into the bottom corner.
      Shortly after half-time Juventus pulled one back as Weston McKennie powered home a far-post header from a corner.
      But PSG controlled most of the match from then on although Gianluigi Donnarumma had to be at his brilliant best to deny Manuel Locatelli.
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      At the other end Christophe Galtier’s side looked threatening on the break and Neymar almost wrapped up the three points with a rasping effort that went narrowly past the post.
      PSG held on for the win to move second in Group H behind Benfica, who beat Maccabi Haifa 2-0 at home. More

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      Watch ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi in horror howler trying to channel inner-Neuer in Champions League clash

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      FORMER Liverpool goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi produced a Champions League howler for RB Leipzig against Shakhtar Donetsk.The 32-year-old stopper spent six years at Anfield but failed to make an appearance for the Reds.
      Peter Gulacsi produced a Champions League howler for Leipzig against ShakhtarCredit: Getty
      A moment Peter Gulacsi will not want to relive 🤦Shakhtar Donetsk are awarded the opening goal after a howler from the RB Leipzig goalkeeper ❌#UCL pic.twitter.com/p6XOuR6x1v— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 6, 2022

      He enjoyed loan spells at Hereford United, Tranmere Rovers and Hull City before leaving for Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg in June 2013.
      Gulacsi soon became their No1 and won the domestic title twice before Leipzig swooped to bring him to Germany two years later.
      He is now starring for the Bundesliga club on a regular basis and helped them to lift the DFB-Pokal trophy last term.
      Now he and his teammates have been gearing up for a shot at the Champions League after their fourth-placed finish last term.
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      However, he may just have been watching Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer a little too much after he endured a nightmare in Leipzig’s opener group game tonight.
      He received a back pass around 35 yards out from his goal after an attack broke down.

      The Hungarian had acres around him, but he hung on to the ball far too long as he allowed Marian Shved to close him down.
      Gulasci panicked and tried to pass the ball to his right, but he kicked it straight to the Donetsk attacker, who duly collected the ball and proceeded to roll it into the empty net.
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      Ruthless fans instantly took to Twitter to mock the stopper, with one writing: “I know Europe is helping Ukraine out but…”
      Another wrote: “Comedy gold!”
      A fellow fan tweeted: “That’s a new level of fail. What the hell?”
      Leipzig managed to grab an equaliser shortly after half time through Mohamed Simakan.
      But Shved instantly gave Shakhtar the lead again.
      And things got even better for the visitors from Ukraine when Mykhaylo Mudryk added a third before Lassina Traore grabbed a fourth. More