Champions League: Slavia Prague v Arsenal, RB Leipzig v Manchester City and more – live

7.51pm GMT

I know I just posted the table, but honestly making sense of the maelstrom that is the middle of that table is impossible after four games. The key figures are 16 points, which was enough to qualify for the top eight last season; and 9 points, which may just about get you into the top 24, and thus the playoff round.

It was 11 points for the top 24 in 2024/25, mind you. Manchester United – beware.

7.45pm GMT

Here’s how we now stand:

Pos Team P GD Pts 1 PSG 4 15 12 2 Real Madrid 4 6 12 3 Barcelona 4 8 9 4 Aston Villa 4 6 9 5 Liverpool 4 4 9 6 Sporting 4 4 9 7 Real Betis 3 3 9 8 Bayern Munich 4 7 8 9 Arsenal 3 4 7 10 Stuttgart 4 3 7 11 Como 3 5 6 12 Man City 3 4 6 13 Club Brugge 3 3 6 14 Inter Milan 4 2 6 15 LASK 4 1 6 16 Borussia Dortmund 3 1 6 17 Man Utd 4 0 6 18 Galatasaray 4 -1 6 19 Fenerbahce 4 -5 5 20 Roma 4 2 4 21 Shakhtar Donetsk 4 0 4 22 PSV 3 0 4 23 Atletico Madrid 4 -1 4 24 Bodo/Glimt 4 -5 4 25 Napoli 3 -2 3 26 Sabah Baku 3 -3 3 27 Lens 3 -4 3 28 RB Leipzig 3 -5 3 29 Villarreal 4 -6 3 30 AEK Athens 4 -6 3 31 Feyenoord 4 -7 3 32 Slavia Prague 3 -3 1 33 Viking FK 3 -4 1 34 Lille 4 -6 1 35 FC Porto 3 -4 0 36 Slovan Bratislava 4 -16 0 7.41pm GMT

Full-time scores in earlier games AEK Athens 2-3 Real Madrid

Fenerbahce 3-2 Liverpool

Two really entertaining affairs in which the less-fancied host looked set to clinch a result against the odds – until Fede Valverde scored in stoppage time to seal three points for Real Madrid, preserving their perfect start to this Champions League group stage, and breaking Athenian hearts. Only the Spanish giants and PSG have won four from four now.

Liverpool had three consecutive wins before tonight, but despite leading twice against Fenerbahce, they were pegged back and then stunned by Vedat Muriqi’s winner. It’s a famous night for former Liverpool favourite Dirk Kuyt, now in charge of Fenerbahce.

If the later games can be anything like these two in terms of entertainment value we’re all in for a cracking couple of hours. Strangely, Real Betis have the chance to join Real Madrid and PSG on top of the pile, if they win in Dortmund.

7.28pm GMT

In more logical news, Kylian Mbappé has found the net for Real Madrid, so Mourinho’s men could still dig themselves out of an almighty Champions League hole.

Not many would have put money on neither Liverpool nor Madrid winning their games this evening, mind. Less than 10 minutes remaining in both.

7.25pm GMT

3-2 Fener. Goodness me. It’s bedlam in Istanbul. What’s happened to Liverpool in the past few minutes?