Teenager Lamine Yamal's goal couldn't prevent 10-man Barcelona from falling to a 2-1 defeat at Monaco on Thursday in the Champions League — ending the Spanish club's perfect start to the season. Meanwhile,

Aston Villa have waited over four decades for this day. For everyone involved, particularly the lucky few thousand who made it out to Switzerland to see their team compete in Europe’s premier club competition once more,

The latest updates and analysis from matchday one of the 2024-25 Champions League season, with Arsenal visiting Atalanta and Barcelona facing Monaco.

The first round of Champions League matches continued on Wednesday as PSG bemoaned a laborious performance, Man City and Inter played out a 0-0 draw and Shakhtar Donetsk showed national pride.

Eilidh Barbour, Chris Sutton, John Murray and James Horncastle review the match on the Champions League Debrief, which you can listen to or download now on BBC Sounds.

Barcelona made a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign by losing 2-1 to AS Monaco on Thursday after suffering an early blow from defender Eric Garcia's dismissal.

Eric García was only on the pitch for 10 minutes against Monaco before a red card sent him to the locker room. Barcelona's 2024–25 Champions League campaign got off to a nightmare start at the Stade Louis II.

Barcelona's perfect start to the season hit its first stumbling block when defender Eric Garcia was sent off after just 11 minutes at Monaco in the revamped Champions League on Thursday. Garcia pulled back Takumi Minamino when the Japan forward intercepted a panicky pass out from Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.