Football Daily - UCL Debrief: Liverpool end winless run as Chelsea’s teenagers shine

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

Liverpool came from behind in Frankfurt to avoid a fifth consecutive defeat, Chelsea’s teenage trio Marc Guiu, Estêvão, and Tyrique George scored as they eased past ten-man Ajax and Spurs remained unbeaten in the Champions League with a goalless draw in Monaco. Alistair Bruce-Ball is joined by Paul Robinson and Pat Nevin to react to the night’s games. Conor McNamara and Liverpool fan Abigail Rudkin join us to reflect on a big win for Arne Slot’s side against Eintracht Frankfurt, with Ekitike, van Dijk, Konaté, Gakpo and Szoboszlai on the score sheet in Germany. We’re at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea swept Ajax aside with ease despite Enzo Maresca making ten changes to his side. And are Tottenham lucky to still be unbeaten in the Champions League? Maz Farookhi has the details of their draw with Monaco. Plus, John Bennett joins us with news of goals for Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane. Timecodes: 01:04 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1-5 Liverpool 06:32 – Liverpool fan Abigail Rudkin 14:12 – Arne Slot reaction 16:10 – Chelsea 5-1 Ajax 23:16 – Monaco 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur 26:45 – Jude Bellingham off the mark and Harry Kane scores againCommentaries this week: Thursday 23rd October EUROPA LEAGUE: Brann v Rangers 1745 KO - SPORTS EXTRA CONFERENCE LEAGUE: AEK Athens v Aberdeen 1745 KO - SPORTS EXTRA 2 EUROPA LEAGUE: Celtic v Sturm Graz 2000 KO - SPORTS EXTRASaturday 25th October PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea v Sunderland 1500 KO - 5 LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle v Fulham 1500 KO - SPORTS EXTRA PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester United v Brighton 1730 KO - 5 LIVE WOMENS INTERNATIONALS: England v Brazil 1730 KO - SPORTS EXTRASunday 26th October PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal v Crystal Palace 1400 KO - 5 LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE: Aston Villa v Manchester City 1400 KO - SPORTS EXTRA PREMIER LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest 1400 KO - SPORTS EXTRA 2 PREMIER LEAGUE: Wolves v Burnley 1400 KO - SPORTS EXTRA 3 PREMIER LEAGUE: Everton v Spurs 1630 KO - 5 LIVE

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and did it in style with a big win away to Frankfurt. Chelsea of Breeze past Iax here at Stamford Bridge, who played 75 minutes of the match with 10 men. We've just seen a really nice scene actually of Jarrell Hato. signed for Chelsea from Iax this summer went to go and take the applause from the Iax fans. Really nice moment in the pouring rain here at Stamford Bridge and Tottenham, lucky we're here to take a point in Monaco

where it finished nil-nil. So we'll round it all up in the next half hour, former England and Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson alongside me here at Stanford Bridge, former Chelsea and Scotland winger Pat Nevin is with us as well. Let's start with Liverpool then. big story of the night, I reckon 5-1 winners in Frankfurt. Connor McNamara was watching this one for us.

Yes, Liverpool have stopped the rot and their fans will feel much relieved. That prospect of losing five in a row, which they haven't done for 72 years. It seemed scarily real early on when the former leads fallback, Rasmus Christensen gave the German club the lead. But then Liverpool soon got their act together. Poor defending from Frankfurt allowed Hugo Eckertique to score against his old club. He made a big deal of not celebrating in front of the supporters who used to cheer him on. Arnestlott had made five changes to his starting line-up from the defeated home to Manchester United. Eketike being one of them with Salah on the bench.

But once back to 1-1, Liverpool visibly relaxed. It was 3-1 to the visitors by half-time. Having not scored from a corner all season, Liverpool got two from corner kicks in five minutes. Both headers from Virgil Van Dyke and Ibrahim Khanate. Van Dyke celebrating his 30th goal for the club. into the second half Liverpool started to enjoy themselves. Kiezer replaced Isak, who was denied by two saves of the first period. Cody Gakbo made it 4-1.

That one was set up by Florian Virds, only his second assist since joining Liverpool before Dominic Saboslai got the 5th. Tomorrow is October 23rd. This is Liverpool's first win since September 23rd. Yeah, so Pat Nevin, that stops the rot for Liverpool in convincing fashion. In terms of tonight's performance compared to recent performances, is what stood out for you? It was kind of grown up.

It's kind of very mature. It didn't seem to be panicked. Even when they went one-nill-down, it didn't look like that way. There was an energy as well about the team. So that kind of helped quite a bit. But they were playing against a side who gave away just chance after chance, after chance.

I mentioned to Chappers earlier on before the game started, the average goals per game in the games in track of players were playing. is 6.4 this season. Well, we've got six this time. And five of them for Liverpool. And they're just so open. There's a limitation to the capabilities with defending.

And Liverpool made good use of it. And to be fair, it was a big call that it had to make to leave Salo on the bench. I hesitate to say the word drop. But it kind of was, wasn't it? Yeah. Because he hadn't done well enough. So I asked Paul that question during commentary here at Stanford Bridge. do you think that's a game tonight

Sala would have had joy in anyway or do you think looking ahead to the next Premier League game you could see a Premier League starting 11 without Mo Sala in it which would be very unusual it would be very unusual and it's I'm one of these people who's all for equality and honesty

and just if you're the best player for that moment you play and it doesn't matter what your name is and for a wee while it hasn't been Mo Sala in that team just hasn't been in your I mean, we all know how fabulous is, we all know how much you love him,

we all know his capabilities of bringing it on and suddenly scoring a phenomenal amount of goals in a short period of time. But for that period of time, if you are the players sitting behind them, you're thinking, well, come on, give him a chance. I mean, we need to do something else. And if you've lost those four games in a row

and you've just won this one, is it a shock if he's not starting the next game? I'm afraid not. Certainly a lot of the people I spoke to in the immediate aftermath of the game, we're sort of wondering, is Slot going to be brave enough to leave out Sala? Because clearly he was operating below the standards we're used to.

Eccity kick comes on, looks much more sharp. Even Frimpong when he was delivering from that right-hand side playing up like a right winger. I think it's a brave move when things go right. Of course, it's greatly satisfying. Can you imagine the scenario where Liverpool had lost tonight? Remember, they were 1-0 down. He had dropped Sala, you know, where could he go from there?

But now, you know, it re-establishes him, I think, as the top man, the decision maker. Five changes. The players who came in all played well. Curtis McAllister in the midfield particularly well. I saw stat that it was the best past completion rate of any Liverpool player in any Champions League game since records began. That's how neat and tidy he was on the ball. I thought Andy Robertson did really well at left back

because Kirkas has been criticised quite a lot in that position. The only perhaps disappointment was Alexander Resak from a Liverpool point of view. Two decent chances in the first half couldn't take them and they actually looked better once he'd been replaced by Keezer. So Paul Robinson, that's an interesting one, isn't it? Because Eckertique, since he's joining the summer, has looked super sharp. Alexander Isak hasn't been totally at it yet. So maybe he could be the one we could see make way at the weekend. Well, he's got to make big decisions and he made one tonight, didn't he? Mo Salab been left out at the side, you know, dress it

how you want, drop, left out, rested, whatever it may be. But when you've got that amount of talent, you've got to find a way that they all complement each other at the same time. I mean, And yes, I mean, they're unbelievable players in their own right, but you've got to make the team, the star, with those unbelievable players in it. And you've got to find a way of playing in which works for all of those individually, but collectively as a team, you've got to have them all playing well. And that's, I think, listen, I think you know, you're not to throw the baby out of the bathwater this early on in the season.

I think a lot's been made out of Liverpool because of the standard that they've set themselves. And, you know, four defeats on a bounce is unheard of when they've got all this attacking quality. But they are a team that are in transition. whether you like it or not, you look at the amount of players that they're brought in, any team it would take a while for those players to bed in. Well, let's welcome Liverpool fan Abigail Rugkin. Hi, Abigail.

Hi. In terms of that conversation, then, with what you've seen tonight, well, what do you think at the moment is Liverpool's best sort of attacking front four? To be honest, I think Slot was quite brave to Bench Salah tonight, and I think he's definitely dropped him. I don't think it was anything of resting him for Brentford. I think this was a

must-win game. We had no choice. here, there was no way we could lose five on the bount and at the end of the day Sal has been selfish in games, he's been shut out of games, you know, teams just seem to know how to play against them, so for me it's just felt as though he's at to start his strongest, and for me,

Eka TK has been our strongest attack and power at the minute, Isak hasn't done what we wanted them to do, Sal has been off form. Cody Gakpo, to be honest, I think he's getting quite a bit of hate from the fans, but I think he's been quite all right, to be honest, I thought he looked well tonight. So, when it comes to it,

I just think we need to try and keep Echitke in the side when we can and hopefully try and get more out of VISA if we can. But tonight, that was just a breath of fresh air for Liverpool fans to be able to see us actually score a few goals and win a game comfortably. What about Vietz tonight, Abigail? What did you make of him? Do you know what? I thought he was absolutely brilliant and I think it was lovely to be able to see and be able to sort of,

you know, he gets two assists and I understand they were easy passes for him to make. But, you know, stuff like that's massive. for confidence in players and I think we had a pitch full of players whose confidences were on the floor to be honest so tonight that was exactly what they needed

and for VERS to be able to go and do that I'm hoping to be honest he can kick on now because there's been that thing over him social media interviews and stuff like that where it's just been questions over him and can he contribute assists and goals and stuff like that so hopefully

this will sort of give Verte that little bit of confidence now but I thought he looked really sharp he was really involved now I've been able to see Liverpool quite a bit recently down at Chelsea over in Galatasaray and they weren't that bad although they were losing those games here's the question Mo Salah do you actually bring them on as an impact player now would that be better when teams are getting tired near the end of games

a little bit of space is being developed and A do you do that and B would he accept it gosh that just feels like we're sort of right in mouth Salah off towards the end of his career now in my mind for him to become an impact player for Liverpool, it just feels wrong because I don't know, I just think with Liverpool fans we just assume

that he's going to kick on eventually, he's going to have that moment where he just goes on a run and he's able to get goals and he'll go back to his normal self, but that just hasn't happened and we've got no choice now, but to move on and look for life without Mo Salah maybe. I know that sounds quite harsh, so maybe

he does have to be an impact player, but he'd come on at the end of that game tonight and we looked worse for him coming on. He was selfish again, you know, he didn't take a lot of his chances, you know, he didn't look that sharp when he come on, to be fair, so I don't know whether we'd have other players there. That could maybe, you know, Kiezer,

possibly, that there's lots of other players there. I don't know. I know I sound like I've lost hope in Mosala and maybe he'll prove me wrong, and against Brentford, you never know, but it's just one of those things where maybe you are right, but as a Liverpool fan, I don't want to admit that that's the transition we're going to have with Mosala now,

where he's sort of going to move into that for the last two years of that contract. Abigo, you said must win. That was must win for Liverpool tonight. In what sense, do you mean in terms of the fixtures they've got coming up in the Champions League of tough? I mean, I know Liverpool aren't used to losing four or five games in a row. I get it was must win in that sense. But had they lost this? Why did you describe it as must win? Well, there's loads of reasons why it's must win. Like you've just said, like that record, there's no way we can go on to have five losses in a row. That would have just been a sickener for the manager.

for Van Dyke as the captain and for the whole team to be honest but you don't want to be going back into the Premier League with another loss over your head you know going to you know we are only four points behind you want to try and stay in that title race none of us have lost hope just yet there's all these things that we want to try and go for we don't want to be not in any competition you know what I mean this early on it was a must win if you lose that you never know where you're going to be

in that Champions League table and stuff like that you don't want a harsher draw as it goes along hopefully if we're still been in it and not dropped into being out of it. So there's all those sort of implications around it, but you know, the Champions League's a priority for me this season. I really want us to go on and win it. That's possibly my

priority. So there's that, there's just wanting to get those points on that Champions League table and to just go into that game on Saturday just with a better mindset with players that feel more confident. You know, even Van Dyke and Canarte getting those heads, just stuff like that's that'll give them a boost because we've been

criticised, defensively, massively. Canard he's getting a lot of abuse at the minute for not signing his contract and stuff like that, a few bad performances. So there's all those little moments that were just really necessary and felt as though they'd be able to pick up this team and carry us forward, hopefully. Okay, Abigail, thank you very much indeed for speaking to us on Five Live and the Football Daily.

In terms of that Champions League table that Abigail was talking about, Liverpool on six points with a whole host of teams sitting in 10th spot at the moment, so just outside that top eight. Paul Robinson, this is Virgil, Van Dyke speaking to TV after the game tonight. I don't know if it's a statement he's talking in terms of the result

but it's a win so on to the next one. I don't think it's a relief but we're all disappointed to be losing games. It's not something that's happened in my time losing four in a row but we've had to come together and deal with it as a team. On not keeping a clean sheet we try, we keep working so hard but it's about how

you react winning games and improving it sounds like a cliche but that's all we have in our minds. They've conceded first in five games in a So we're talking a lot, Paul, about the attacking strength of Liverpool and what they should do and how slot should work that. But actually, the back's not sorted at the moment yet, is it? Well, defensively, they have been susceptible. Canate's not being at the level that we would expect.

Alison missing, Marmadashvili coming in. Obviously, Alison missing, the continuity, the understanding that's brought there. But listen, all this talk about Mo Salah and he's on the decline. I mean, what are we with, seven or eight games into a season? Everybody can have a blip. Yes, listen, you also forget, you know, the, you know, their trauma and the absolute disaster that happened to Liverpool in the summer

with Jogo Jota and we know how close that Mo Salah was to him and the impact that that's had on Liverpool Football Club there's a lot of mitigating circumstances and to look at Mo Salah and to say oh you know he's gone he's not he's not look at his figures last year look at the way that he played year and year out people can have

quickly come in I didn't say that at any point in time well I'm saying for the moment in his play do you leave him on the field or do you use them as them in pack for the moment? That's very different from writing them off. And by the way, and we can also see exactly what you are saying, which is, if you leave him out for a while, it has two effects. A, rest, B, a chance to look from the side and think,

right, I need to get back to it again. Well, when you get to his age, there's, you know, farther time, as we know, catches up with everybody. But there's a way of, you know, you integrate players. You look at that team of players that they've got on all the players, the money that they spent in the summer. Mosella's not a guaranteed starter and if you're going to compete for Liverpool

places and Liverpool are going to compete at the top of the league at the top of the Champions League you have to be at your level week in and week out and when he's got that squad of players you've got to be expected to be rotated in and out of it a good night then for Arna Slot let's hear from him

we were able the last few weeks to create many many many many chances but unfortunately not always able to score them and today with Alex and Hugo I brought two plays on the pitch who are usually able to score goals. Alex was a few times close, but had to go off at half-time,

and that's, yeah, it's not something you ask, but that's the difficult balance we are having with him. So when he came, he hardly had trained. So you bring him step by step forward, and then you feel like, yeah, there must be a moment where he can play twice a week, and the first time we try, he did this in Sweden as well, but the first time we try, he has to go off.

and that's hope that is not that bad but he has to go off because he felt his groin so yeah many people probably wanted me to play him more and I we had to find the balance and unfortunately today that balance didn't work out for us perfectly but let's hope for the best both of them did what I was hoping for making runs in behind making sure you're a big threat and both of them did well. Bring more gear, carry more passengers, face greater challenges. Welcome to the world of Defender, with seating up to eight, ample cargo space, and legendary off-road capability.

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you've got PSG Bayern into Arsenal and Rail Madrid, all who've won three out of three. Rail Madrid beat Yuvay 1-0 tonight. Barusia, Dortmund, Manchester City on 7 and Newcastle on 6. Chelsea Paul just tucked in behind Liverpool in 11th spot an absolute cruise for them at Stanford Bridge they beat Iax 5-1 we felt they were strong favourites for the game it was made massively easier for them by the red card for Kenneth Taylor in the 17th minute Enzo Moreska made 10 changes for the game what do you think he has he has learnt this

evening Enzo Moreska well he left himself wide open for criticism if they didn't get a result tonight, but I think everything went his way. I think the players on the pitch, they performed for him. These are players that don't necessarily start week in and week out, and we saw it last year with Chelsea, rotating the two squads between the European competition and the Premier League. And because of the situation

IAX were in both domestically and in the Champions League, they're at a low ebb. It gave him the opportunity to make those ten changes tonight. And those players that actually came into the side tonight, to a man. Every one of them has made a case. And it shows now that they're getting experience, Esteval, Gittens,

Lavia, they're getting more game time, Champions League game time. Hey, too, came in at Left Back. I thought he was outstanding. I thought he played really well. There wasn't a bigger test for Chelsea, in all honesty, defensively, but they played against an IAC side who still posed the threat, and they did a job with a massively changed side. The manager will be delighted with what he's seen.

Pat, the other thing that struck me is that Chelsea's kids looked like they were having a load of fun tonight. Oh, what a joy it is to come on in a game against a team that are a big-ish name, in iax but they're not very good they're 20-10 men and you go ahead so it's amazing how much easier the game of football is when you're ahead and you're kind of cruising like that

and it was lovely to see them but the nice thing is what Paul was saying there every one of them looks so comfortable on the ball don't they I mean it's just like this production line you know they turned up and they've got this 360 vision they're picking out passes they've great understanding with each other

it was lovely to look up without getting carried away I don't think mainly will play against Barcelona I think that's a possibility they might struggle to get a game now but I was maybe one above all

I think obviously I'll go on about this to Val you know I feel the same as Paul about it and always have done since he's came at Chelsea and even before but Tyree George what a lovely moment for him because you know Chelsea

he thought he was getting real decent chances and suddenly Chelsea to buy two centre forwards and he thinks, well, that's me finished. I'll be, you know, sent out as, well, usually, Al-Qamar or somewhere with that. But no, he comes on and gets another chance tonight and scores these goals. And he looked very, very good in that position. So, yeah, among the others, you know, Tyree jobs looked really, really good. And I was delighted for him.

Just on what Pat's talking about there, Paul, in terms of sort of trying to become a regular first-team starter, Premier League, big games against Barcelona. Esterval must be getting to that point. the football he's producing. It has to be. I mean, like I said to you, pre-game and during the game,

to his detriment, he's such a fantastic asset to have on the bench. He's such an impact to have. His pace, his directness. He is what's called a game change. He's a massive game changer. But now he's shown the ability. He's started a couple of games.

He started tonight, and he played the full game tonight, and he walked off with a man on the match tournament, trophy beneath us. And I just thought his desire, his commitment, he's just a bundle of energy, but it's quality.

He works extremely hard, but he works extremely sensibly. And everything he does is forward-thinking. He gets the fans on the edge of the seat. He plays on the left-hand side. Sorry, the right-hand side is left foot. He cuts in. He wants to take his defender. And his first touch when he gets the ball, he's always forward.

He wants to look to put a ball in the box. He wants to look to get past his defender. I mean, he's only 18 years old. Like you say, he scored for Brazil in the week as well. And the experience and the quality that he's getting at this age. I mean, he's going to be some, some player. Pat, six English teams in this league phase this season and this week, five of them have won comfortably

we're going to talk about Monaco, Neil, Tottenham, Nill in just a second. It's tough as well, though. We've seen it tonight. So Jarrell Hato playing for Chelsea, can't get a regular game here, used to play for IACs, who would absolutely still love to have him. It just goes to prove, doesn't it, right in front of us here, the advantage that these English clubs have over so much of the competition. Yeah, I mean, for phenomenal the money, they can actually, you know, spend

and spend on backup, which, you know, you can only dream of. I think Hatto is probably Iyx's best player. And he comes to Chelsea, and he's not getting a game very often. And he has a very, very good player and he will become an even better player. So, yeah, it's tough you look around Europe. But on the other hand, you know,

you need to appreciate your smallness as well. And you also need to remember these teams, like Chelsea's in, you know, Manchester United's or Liverpool's, they spend a lot of money buying off these clubs. It's all about re-using that money well. I mean, we heard earlier on, we were talking about IACs. Ayax have got a huge sums of money

over the years. Well, it's about using that money well when you get it in because English clubs, yeah, they've got all the money, they buy all the players, but they spend the money on it, so use it well. We've talked about Chelsea and like spending money, like there are two billion since Bowley's coming and they've bought young players with

potential and talent, but actually tonight, I don't know what you think, but I think we saw a lot of that potential that's come to the forefrey, were the players that played. You can kind of feel it. I mean, when they first came in, I understood, it was about six or seven games in. I thought, oh, no, I know what you're doing now.

I thought, I'll give you two years. And then two years I'll make a decision on it. And at the end of the second season there, I'm thinking, yeah, and I can see it's working. I mean, they weren't taking chances. You know that thing where you go and buy a young player in like Brighton do, and they get them quite cheap, and it's amazing.

Chelsea don't. They go and buy somebody for one. millions, you know, and you know, it's not that difficult to do if you've got that amount of money. But it's also a smart plan if it works out and you've got that group of players together for six, seven, eight years and growing up together. As long as you can keep them hungry. And at the moment, there's no lack of hunger there. That absolutely isn't. A quick few Chelsea's stats before we move it on to Monaco Spurs. So in Mark Guillaume, Estavow and Tyreek George, Chelsea, the first side in UEFA Champions League history to see three

different teenagers score for them in a single game. Mark Giu was Chelsea's youngest ever Champions League scorer for 33 minutes before Esteval's penalty. I like that one. Only four players have scored Champions League goals for two different sides as teenagers. Mbapé, Harland, Ilene Cana and Mark Giu, who of course scored for Barcelona against Antwerp. Right, there were not any goals in Monaco, nil-nil between Monaco and Spurs. the story of that one, Mas Faruqi?

Well, how Spurs remain unbeaten in the Champions League this season really is the big question from what was in truth a very forgettable match for Tottenham in Monaco. Guillermo Vicario far and away the standout Spurs player of the match. He made eight saves as Monaco peppered him

with chances in the Spurs area but they never found the bottom corner or just inside the post with their chances. All their efforts pretty much came to the Spurs keeper at a decent height and at a decent pace so that he was able to make the blocks. For Thomas Frank,

he made all five of his subs in the second half to try and change the direction of the game and they didn't have an effect. Sa, Simons, Johnson, Colomouani and Spence not changing

the momentum of the game at all. And Odebert looked to leave the field in the second half with an injury as well. So that's another one to add to a growing list for the Spurs boss ahead of what is not an easy list

of fixtures coming up with first up Everton on Sunday. Monaco will reflect on what were two drop points. for them tonight but Spurs got away with one holding on for a point and a nil-0 draw. Yeah, still unbeaten in the Champions League and sitting 15th in the table. Paul Robinson two wins in the last seven games after a really bright start of the season just got to give it time. Oh absolutely I mean listen I was

delighted when Thomas Frank was appointed and you know he's he's a builder you look at the the squad that he's inherited and you can see his fingerprints are on it the how tactically diverse he is he's able to adapt in games and you are seeing a different Tottenham. It's not, it's work in progress. It's not going to happen overnight. Yes, he's inherited a squad. Players have been brought in. I don't think that will end up being a bad result for them a drawaway in Monaco. When you look at the rest of their Champions League fixtures, they play at home to Copenhagen, at home to Slavio, Prague,

Dortmund at home, and they go to Frankfurt, and obviously PSG is going to be the tricky one. But actually, there's five game, four games in there, three home games, very, very winnable. And they could actually see themselves through to the next stage of the Champions League. Have you seen much of them this season, Pam? Spurs? Not in the flesh but I do keep a close eye on as much as I possibly can. It's much with Thomas Frank. I think we're all excited about what he can do at Spurs and you know that that's that's steer that he's taking him on to be a more sensible looking group you know and it just looked a bit spursy. I hate saying that but it's kind of true. They're a wee bit like that but they don't look spursy under Thomas Frank. They look a wee bit more you know settled. and just look at that game Monaco-0-0 people will kind of sneer and think oh well

all their teams are hammering the opposition Monaco are a tough not to crack this is their sixth game in season they're still not being yet at home it's actually not a very pleasant stadium to play and I'm sure we've been there before together haven't we there's a weird atmosphere

or indeed lack of atmosphere in that ground whatever's going on there so they're a tough team to be but if classically in these Champions League things, if you're drawing away games and win your home games, you're going to be fine.

Yeah, and Paul was just mentioning there, the home games that Spurs have coming. So Monaco Nill, Spurs Nill tonight. So Spurs 15th in the table, but if you finish between 9th and 24th, at the very least, you get yourself a playoff game to try and get into the last 16. So across this third week of Champions League,

football in the league phase, 70 goals have been scored, the most ever on a match day in this new Champions League format. John Bennett's been keeping across the other games for us this evening. I saw it flash up on the viddy printer, John, the name Jude Bellingham, scoring for Real Madrid against Juventus tonight. Yes, he looked relieved. That's his first goal of the season in his seventh game.

Remember, he returned, of course, from shoulder surgery. It was a tap in Vinicius Jr. with a jinking run in the box. He's shot hitting the post. And Jude Bellingham, basically, was playing like a striker, alongside Killeen Mbapé tonight with the simple finish. But Real Madrid deserved it. They were all over, Juventus, although Juventus had a couple of good chances.

Dusan Vlaevich with a brilliant chance when it was nil-nil. But Yuvae, Ali, really struggling. Haven't won a game now in seven matches, just two points so far in this Champions League campaign. And another goal for Harry Kane in a big win for Bayern, John. Yeah, Buy Munich 4, Club Bruges, Nill. Harry Kane, 20 goals this season already in 12 games. Yeah, he's been sensational.

or five Champions League goals. But the big story in this game, a 17-year-old Wonder Kid scored for Bayern Munich. Listen out for this guy's name. Big star of the future. Lennett Carl, the youngest ever German goal scorer in the Champions League. It was a beautiful goal after just four minutes. Solo run and an excellent finish.

So he was on the score sheet. Kane as well, Lewis Diaz and also Nicholas Jackson. By on 100% record next up in the Champions League, they play Paris Saint-Germain. Yes, yes. In the next round of fixtures as well, Liverpool against Rail Madrid. not wait for that one. You'll hear it in full on Five Live and BBC Sounds. John Bennett, thank

you. Pat Nevin, thank you, Pat. I'll see you soon. Look forward to it. And Paul Robinson, the rain is still falling heavily here in West London. Yes, I'm just working out how I'm going to get to Earl's Cork's Tube Station without getting wet. And the answer is, I'm not. No, I'm going to have to go and find one, aren't I? Thank you for your company this evening. Paul back in action on Five Live, Saturday evening, half five for Manchester United against Brighton, three o'clock commentary comes from Stanford Bridge on Saturday. It is Chelsea against

Sunderland. In the other evening kick-offs in the Champions League tonight, Atalanta and Slavia Prague finished goalless and sporting beat Marseille 2-1. And remember you can watch highlights from all of this week's Champions League action on the eye player and the BBC Sport website. That is it for this episode of the Football

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