Lyon stunned Manchester City in the Champions League

Nabil Fekir with a goal against MabchManch City

Lyon stunned Manchester City in the absence of Pep Guardiola with a 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium.
Lyon were 2-0 up in the first half thanks to goals from Maxwel Cornet and Nabil Fekir before Bernardo Silva could only reduce the deficit to 2-1 in the second half.
Manchester City have now lost four consecutive Champions League matches, the first Premier League side in history to achieve that and they are the second English side after Tottenham to lose three consecutive Champions League home matches.
Lyon have won two and drawn two of their last four Champions League matches.
This is the first time since November 2015 against Liverpool that Manchester City would be 2+ goals down at half-time.
Nabil Fekir has in all competitions had a hand in 35 goals for Lyon since the start of last season with 25 goals and 10 assists. Only Memphis Depay who has been involved in 43 goals has had a hand in more for Lyon.

Real Madrid were in fine form smashing three goals past Roma to secure a 3-0 victory with goals from Isco, Gareth Bale and new boy Mariano Diaz.
Since their 0-2 loss to Barcelona in the semi-final of the 2010/11 Champions League season, Real Madrid have scored at least once in every of their last 43 home matches in the Champions League winning 35, drawing six and losing just two.
Roma have conceded a total of 16 goals in their last five away Champions League matches, losing all the five games.
Gareth Bale has now scored three goals in his last two Champions League matches for the Spanish side after previously scoring just three in his last 27 for the side.

Anthony Martial on the score sheet last night

Manchester United had an easy ride against the Young Boys last night thanks to a brace from Paul Pogba and another goal from Anthony Martial to end the match with a 3-0 victory.
Manchester United have now won three of their last five Champions League away matches, drawing one and losing the other.
This is Manchester United's biggest away Champions League win without conceding a goal since the 5-0 win against Bayern Leverkusen in November 2013.

Cristiano Ronaldo saw red as 10-man Juventus defeated Valencia 2-0 away from home thanks to a brace from Miralem Pjanic.

Results in full...
Ajax 3-0 AEK Athens
Benfica 0-2 Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Hoffenheim
Manchester City 1-2 Lyon
Real Madrid 3-0 Roma
Viktoria Plzen 2-2 CSKA Moscow
Valencia 0-2 Juventus
Young Boys 0-3 Manchester United

The Europa League is here and we have a lot of matches to be player today with a total of 48 teams competing. The fixtures are below...

Rapid Wien Vs Spartak Moscow 5:55pm
Villarreal Vs Rangers 5:55pm
Lazio Vs Apollon 5:55pm
Marseille Vs Eintracht Frankfurt 5:55pm
Besiktas Vs Sarpsborg 5:55pm
Genk Vs Malmoe FF 5:55pm
Akhisarspor Vs Krasnodar 5:55pm
Sevilla Vs Standard Liege 5:55pm
Dynamo Kyiv Vs Astana 5:55pm
Rennes Vs Jablonec 5:55pm
PAOK Vs Chelsea 5:55pm
Vidi Vs BATE Borisov 5:55pm
AEK Larnaca Vs FC Zuerich 8:00pm
Ludogorets Vs Bayer Leverkusen 8:00pm
Celtic Vs Rosenborg 8:00pm
RB Leipzig Vs Salzburg 8:00pm
Koebenhavn Vs Zenit St. Petersburg 8:00pm
Slavia Prague Vs Bordeaux 8:00pm
Dinamo Zagreb Vs Fenerbahce 8:00pm
Spartak Trnava Vs Anderlecht 8:00pm
Arsenal Vs Vorskla 8:00pm
Sporting CP Vs Qarabag FK 8:00pm
Dudelange Vs Milan 8:00pm
Olympiacos Vs Real Betis 8:00pm

Note that all time is in GMT+1...

Before we go for this morning, here are the latest gossip today...
Arsenal No 1, Petr Cech has admitted he is presently playing for his future at the club after the club have failed to offer him a new deal despite being in his last year of his current contract. He believes he has to impress in order to have a chance to sign a new deal.

Liverpool Midfielder James Milner has revealed his dad never allowed him to wear red clothes when he was young because his dad was a Leeds United fan who hated Manchester United.

Former Arsenal player Per Mertesacker has said Arsenal players are to blame for former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's departure at the end of last season.

Arsenal are ready to make a move for Ever Banega in January. He has a release clause of £18m.

Tottenham are ready to lock horns with PSG for the signing of Celta Vigo star Stanislav Lobotka.

RB Leipzig are ready to go all out to sign Amadou Haidara from Red Bull Salzburg as they look to replace Naby Keita who has gone to Liverpool.

Real Madrid President Fiorentino Perez is ready to make a move for Barcelona target Frenkie De Jong in January.

That would be all for today, have wonderful day ahead.