IMAGES from the soccer matches played across leagues on Friday

Holders Manchester City cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the seventh consecutive season with a 3-1 victory over FC Copenhagen.

Read Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham has been suspended for two games by La Liga for showing contempt towards the referee having received a red card after the final whistle in their 2-2 draw with Valencia on Saturday.

Liverpool snatched three points with a wild 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest.

Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said there would a 'a new direction' next season with a new coach.

Manchester City survived a scare to beat FC Copenhagen 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at the Parken Stadium on Tuesday, with Phil Foden scoring late to ensure a two-goal cushion ahead of the second leg.

Metz draw at Marseille to end losing streak

A Dani Carvajal strike in the ninth-minute of stoppage time rescued Real Madrid, earning them a 3-2 comeback win at home against bottom side Almeria on Sunday in a frantic LaLiga tussle that was marked by VAR controversy.

The following is the draw for the Champions League last 16 which was held in Nyon on Monday:

IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.

'We love him, not just for the goals he scores, but for many many other things.'

Manchester City will return to action in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday against RB Leipzig at the Etihad Stadium.

PSG's Champions League tie with Newcastle is like a final, says Luis Enrique

Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.

Roundup of Champions League matches played on Wednesday night

A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League

IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Sunday

Holders Manchester City will take on RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys in Group G.

Bayern Munich's record signing Harry Kane scored once and set up another goal on his Bundesliga debut to steer the champions to a 4-0 victory at Werder Bremen.

'I wanted to play internationally, in the Champions League, and fight for titles every year. Coming to Bayern gives me that opportunity. I am looking forward to that challenge.'

Rodrygo and new recruit Jude Bellingham scored first-half goals to give Real Madrid a 2-0 win at Athletic Bilbao to kick off their LaLiga season.

Bayern kick off their season on Saturday with the German Super Cup against RB Leipzig. The Bundesliga starts next week.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz marked the start of the one-year countdown towards Euro 2024 by unveiling a competition.

A summary of the concluding day's action in the Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and Saudi Pro League.

Erling Haaland arrived at Manchester City nearly a year ago to questions about how a "battering ram" of a centre-forward would fit into mastermind manager Pep Guardiola's nuanced and tactically demanding style.

Barcelona closed in on the LaLiga title as they picked up a 1-0 win over Osasuna and holders Real Madrid went down to

Haaland now has an astonishing 42 goals for City since joining from Borussia Dortmund last June.

Holders Real Madrid will play 2021 winners Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals while Manchester City's Pep Guardiola will visit his former club Bayern Munich.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola joked that even winning the Champions League can't make up for Julia Roberts not visiting Manchester City in 2016.

Erling Haaland became the third player in Champions League history to score five goals in a game as he led Manchester City to an unrelenting 7-0 rout of RB Leipzig in the second leg of their last-16 tie.

Mbappe becomes PSG's all-time highest goal-scorer as French champions extend lead

RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol powered home a towering header in 70th-minute to earn them a 1-1 draw against visitors Manchester City in their Champions League Round of 16 first leg.

Bayern Munich stumbled to a 1-1 draw against visiting Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday to leave them with only a slim Bundesliga lead after being held for the third game in a row with the same scoreline.

Bayern's Mazraoui suffers heart complications due to COVID

The 33-year-old centre back Lovren has faced Neymar on three occasions and lost every time, with the unstoppable Brazilian scoring four goals against him.

"Will Germany be more dangerous because they need the win more? You never know in football," Luis Enrique said.

Players who have been ruled out or are doubtful for the 2022 World Cup.

Kolo Muani replaces injured Nkunku in France's World Cup squad

The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.

Real have not lost any of their last six games against Liverpool in the Champions League