Chelsea v Ajax, Real Madrid v Juventus, Monaco v Spurs and more: Champions League – live | Champions League

Oh, this is tough on Ajax. Moisés Caicedo launches a piledriver from range … it’s low and probably not going in … until it takes a wicked deflection off Josip Sutalo into the net.

It’s gorgeous from Igor Paixão to give Marseille the lead in Lisbon. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sets it up, lofting the ball to the other wing: Paixão collects, cuts in from the left, and finds the top right corner from outside the area.

Chelsea are quick to take advantage of the red card, with Marc Guiu tapping in from close range after a header across goal by Wesley Fofana. It suddenly looks a rather straightforward night in London.

Kenneth Taylor is off for Ajax after a VAR review, his studs up as he lunges into Enzo Fernández! The ref doesn’t have to spend much time looking at the on-pitch monitor before upgrading his yellow to red.

There it is. Harry Kane takes 14 minutes to rack up his 20th club goal of the season. Konrad Laimer bursts into the area and plays an appetising ball across goal, with Kane there for perhaps the easiest tap-in of his career.

Bayern Munich 1-0 Club Brugge: Karl, an age-group international with Germany, is making his first Champions League start. A special moment, that was also his first senior club goal.

Bayern have scored … and it’s not Harry Kane! No, it’s the 17-year-old Lennart Karl with a stunner: he picks up the ball in midfield, jinks past his man, thunders into the D, and wallops the ball into the top right corner. Remember the name!

All seven 8pm BST kick-offs in the Champions League are underway. Let the goals commence!

Nick Wayne opens up on his concerns:

I’m worried. Monaco might just find their feet and the ball. Brittle doesn’t describe Spurs’ frontline. COYS

As mentioned earlier, there’s no Eric Dier for Monaco, the former Spurs centre-half missing with a hamstring injury. The two sides met in the group stage of the Champions League back in 2016 … with Monaco winning both games 2-1. Bernardo Silva was on the scoresheet at Wembley in front of 85,000 fans.

It’s full-time in the early kick-offswith Athletic Bilbao and Galatasaray racking up 3-1 wins (Qarabag and Bodo/Glimt the respective losers). Here’s how the table’s looking, with Qarabag also losing their 100% record.

Atalanta: Carnesecchi, Kossounou, Hien, Djimsiti, Zappacosta, De Roon, Éderson, Bernasconi, De Ketelaere, Krstovic, Lookman

Subs: Rossi, Sportiello, Musah, Sulemana, Pasalic, Scamacca, Samardzic, Bellanova, Brescianini, Zalewski, Ahanor, Maldini

Slavia Prague: Markovic, Boril, Vlcek, Zima, Mbodji, Moses, Zafeiris, Dorley, Kusej, Chory, Provod

Subs: Stanek, Rezek, Chaloupek, Cham, Hashioka, Sanyang, Chytil, Sadilek, Prekop, Jelinek, Sloncik, Kovar

Chelsea: Jørgensen, Caildo, Farana, Adaraboyo, Hato, Fernández, Lavia, Buonanots, Esting, Gits, Guilu

Subs: Sánchez, Merrick, Cucurella, Pedro Netos, Santos, Chalobah, James, George, Acheampong, Walsh, Garnacho, Kavuma-Mcqueen

Ajax: Pasveer, Rosa, Itakura, Sutalo, Baas, McConnell, Gloukh, Taylor, Moro, Weghorst, Godts

Subs: Jaros, Heerkens, Gaaei, Regeer, Edvardsen, Klaassen, Konadu, Mokio, Fitz-Jim, Alders, Bounida

Monaco: Kohn, Kehrer, Salisu, Henrique, Diatta, Teze, Coulibaly, Ouattara, Akliouche, Fati, Balogun

Subs: Cabral, Bamba, Michal, Ilenikhen, Minamino, Idumbo, Biembo, Mawissa, Stawawan , Lienard, Golovin

Tottenham: Vicario, Porro, Gray, Danso, Van de Ven, Bentancur, João Palhinha, Bergvall, Odobert, Richarlison, Kudus

Subs: Byfield, Williams-Barnett, Olusesi, Scarlett, Muani, Kinsky, Austin, Simons, Johnson, Spence, Sarr

Bayern Munich: New, Laimer, Upame, Tah, Warrior, Chemistry, Pevlovic, Charles, Olysis, Díz, Cane

Subs: Urbigg, Kim, Goretzka, Jackson, Bischof, Bischof, Bishag, Bisha, Manba

Club Brugge: Jackers, Sabbe, Ordoñez, Mechele, Meijer, Stankovic, Forbs, Audoor, Vanaken, Tzolis, Tresoldi

Subs: Van den Heuvel, Romero, Vetlesen, Sandra, Vermant, Nilsson, Siquet, Spileers, Seys, Diakhon, Campbell, Furo

Real Madrid: Courtois, Valverde, Asencio, Eder Military, Degree, Thuameni, Güler, Güler, Dillish, Bellingham, Mbapé, mbapé, Junior Vinicius.

Subs: Pitarch, Mastantuono, Mendy, Fran Garcia, Gonzalo, Rodrygo, Endrick, Camavinga, González, Lunin

Juventus: Di Gregorio, Gatti, Rugani, Kelly, Kalulu, McKennie, Thuram, Cambiaso, Koopmeiners, Vlahovic, Yildiz

Subs: David, João Mário, Miretti, Openda, Kostic, Adzic, Zhegrova, Francisco Conceição, Locatelli, Fuscaldo, Perin

Sporting: Rui Silva, Fresneda, Debast, Inácio, Araújo, Hjulmand, Simões, Quenda, Trincão, Goncalves, Suárez

Subs: João Virgínia, Reis, Morita, Catamo, Vagiannidis, Kochorashvili, Diomande, Santos, Ribeiro, Quaresma, Ioannidis, Mangas

Marseille: Rulli, Pavard, Aguard, Baldd, Emerson, Creators, Højbjerg, Igor Paiixão, Greenwood, Aubameyang, Weah

Subs: De Lange, Van Neck, Egan-Riley, Garcia, Gomes, O’Riley, Nadir, Vaz, Murillo

Elsewhere, can Liverpool make it five in a row?

Two games are already underway and halfway through. Athletic Bilbao are one-all with Qarabag, while Galatasaray are 2-0 up against Bodo/Glimt thanks to a Victor Osimhen brace. The second was comical, with Osimhen getting in the way of a backpass to set up a simple one-on-one with the keeper.

GOALS! REDS! PENS! Tuesday night was hectic in the Champions League, with 43 (!) goals across nine games (Yara deserves a raise). Here’s to more tonight, even if my fingers are left unusable for the next fortnight.

We’ve got some juicy fixtures: Real Madrid v Juventus is the heritage pick, while it’s the Eric Dier derby with Spurs’ visit to Monaco (even if he’s injured). Chelsea host Ajax, while Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich welcome Club Brugge. Keep me company for the 44 goals to be scored this evening, with my eyeballs ready to explode as I juggle various screens. Let’s play!