IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday
A second-half Peter Crouch header earned Liverpool a 1-0 victory at Girondins Bordeaux.
Manchester City came from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 and secure their place in the Champions League playoffs
Beyond the handball incident, the Belgian champions were the better side on the night. Villa's World Cup-winning keeper Martinez was pressed into action early by Brugge, who had seven shots on target to the Premier League club's one, and made several key saves to keep his team in the game.
Bukayo Saka scored either side of halftime as Arsenal crushed second-bottom Burnley 5-0.
UEFA apologised to Liverpool for initially blaming the Merseyside club's fans for the mayhem following the release of the independent review on Monday.
In a video that has now gone viral, Guardiola is seen giving young autograph hunters a dressing down for missing school and doing business reselling football memorabilia.
England debutant Myles Lewis-Skelly got new coach Thomas Tuchel's reign up and running as the 18-year-old scored the first goal in a 2-0 home victory against Albania in their World Cup qualifying Group K opener on Friday.
Koopmeiners leads Atalanta past Milan into Coppa semis
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A summary of Tuesday's Group stage matches in the UEFA Champions League.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Ajax wary of attacking Napoli.
Nine-times champions Real Madrid topped Group C with a 3-1 win over Lazio while Liverpool, the winners of five titles, advanced from Group A with a 4-0 rout of Olympique Marseille.
Atalanta's Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens scored quickfire second-half goals to give them a comfortable 2-0 win over a toothless Liverpool
Colombia, who have qualified for the quarter-finals, top Group D with six points after two matches, with Brazil in second on four points.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A summary of Sunday's action in the English Premier League.
Magnificent Martinez helps Inter defeat Sparta Prague 1-0
Images from Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Antoine Griezmann and Samuel Lino scored in each half to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0 win over Lazio on Wednesday that secured them top spot in Champions League Group E, the first time since 2016 that they had reached the knockouts as group winners.
Images from Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A first-half penalty earned Lille a shock 1-0 home victory over holders Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase on Wednesday.
EPL was suspended on March 13 due to the pandemic, with teams returning to training in small groups before voting last week to return to contact training.
Liverpool thrashed Atalanta 5-0, Real Madrid boosted their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stages with a 3-2 home victory over Inter Milan and Bayern Munich came from behind to crush RB Salzburg 6-2.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
Manchester City have now won only once in 11 games in all competitions.
Spurs Premier League match at Brighton postponed due to COVID-19
Images from the Champions League football matches played on Wednesday night.
Victor Moses has become the third player to join Liverpool on Monday, with the forward signing on a season-long loan from Chelsea, the Premier League club confirmed.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday night.
'There are no restrictions, no punishment, nothing. So it's their own decision and we will respect that 100%.'
Liverpool have a 25-point lead over second-placed Manchester City as the Premier League prepares to resume this month following the COVID-19 disruption.
Liverpool laboured to a 2-0 win over Denmark's Midtjylland on Tuesday as a goal from Diogo Jota and a Mohamed Salah penalty secured a hard-fought Champions League Group D victory at Anfield.
Manchester City squandered a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday.
A summary of Wednesday's matches in the UEFA Champions League.
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