Live Champions League group tables; results and fixtures; Liverpool beat Ajax 2-1; Spurs lose to Sporting 2-0; Man City off to flying start with 4-0 win over Sevilla; Chelsea sack Thomas Tuchel after shock 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb; Celtic lose 3-0 to Real Madrid
Thursday 15 September 2022 09:26, UK
The 2022/23 Champions League undergoes its second round of fixtures this midweek and we bring you the state of play, tables, results and the schedule for the tournament...
The group stages resumed on Tuesday as Liverpool picked up their first European win of the season with a late 2-1 victory over Ajax, Bayern Munich condemned Barcelona to their first defeat of the season with a 2-0 win, while Tottenham were stopped in their tracks as Sporting Lisbon won 2-0.
On Wednesday, both Scottish teams are in action as Celtic and Rangers take on Shakhtar Donetsk and Napoli respectively, while Manchester City and Chelsea have home matches against Borussia Dortmund and RB Salzburg.
So how do things stand across all the groups?
Liverpool's Champions League campaign got off to a nightmare start with a 4-1 defeat over Napoli, but got back to winning ways as Joel Matip's late header earned Jurgen Klopp's side a 2-1 win over Ajax.
Ajax remain on three points after beating Rangers 4-0 in the opening round of fixtures, with the Scottish side hosting Napoli at Ibrox on Wednesday.
Napoli will remain top of the table if they avoid defeat in Glasgow, but Rangers can go top of the group with all three points.
In that eventuality, all four teams in the group would be level on three points after two rounds of fixtures.
Next up, Rangers face Liverpool in back-to-back fixtures in October, while Ajax play Napoli.
Club Brugge made it two wins from two as they thrashed Porto 4-0 away from home on Tuesday night. The Belgian side edged past Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in the first round of fixtures and now look in good shape to qualify for the knockout stages.
Leverkusen leapfrogged Atletico Madrid into second place of the group after the Bundesliga side won 2-0 at home to Diego Simeone's side.
Atletico go to Brugge in the first week after the international break, while Porto - who are rock bottom of the table on zero points - host Leverkusen.
Bayern Munich took control of the group as goals from Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane edged themselves past Barcelona with a 2-0 victory.
The other game in the group saw Inter Milan beat Viktoria Plzen 2-0 away from home as Simone Inzaghi's side registered their first points of the campaign.
In the next round of games, Barcelona go to the San Siro to play Inter looking to get back on track, while Bayern Munich now have back-to-back fixtures against Viktoria Plzen. Bayern now lead the table on six points, with Barcelona and Inter level on three points looking to compete for second place.
Sporting Lisbon lead the way in Group D as two late goals saw them beat Antonio Conte's Tottenham in the Portuguese capital.
Eintracht Frankfurt, meanwhile, picked up their first Champions League win of the season with a 1-0 victory away at Marseille. The French side are now bottom of the group having not picked up a point, nor score a goal, while Spurs are battling with last season's Europa League winners for second place.
Tottenham will go to Frankfurt after the international break looking to hang on to their second place spot, while two more wins for Sporting Lisbon will likely seal their qualification fate - and Marseille's elimination from the competition.
Chelsea sacked Thomas Tuchel after the German criticised a "huge underperformance" as they opened their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 loss at Dinamo Zagreb, with Graham Potter taking over.
Meanwhile, Noah Okafor scored midway through the first half for RB Salzburg before Alexis Saelemaekers salvaged a point for AC Milan in Austria.
The results see Zagreb take an early lead in Group E, with Chelsea bottom.
Potter's Chelsea must now recompose and kick-start their stalled European challenge when they host the Austrian champions on Wednesday, while early group-leaders Zagreb travel to AC Milan.
Celtic passed up early chances as they marked their Champions League return with a 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid in front of a sell-out crowd.
As Ange Postecoglou's side tired in the second half, the champions of Europe showed their class as Vinicius Jr and Luka Modric scored in quick succession to go 2-0 up, before Eden Hazard scored a third to wrap up the victory.
But Ukraine champions Shakhtar Donetsk stole the night in Group F with a 4-1 win against RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena.
Those early results send Real and Shakhtar joint-top of Group F on three points and +3 goal difference, while Leipzig and Celtic sit bottom pointless with three goals shipped.
The Hoops now face Shakhtar in Poland on Wednesday, while Real host Leipzig.
Haaland scored twice and made it 12 goals in seven games as Manchester City kicked off their Champions League campaign in style with a 4-0 win over Sevilla.
City's new superstar scored twice in the Group G opener with Phil Foden and Ruben Dias also getting in on the act as Pep Guardiola's quest to win a first Champions League with the club got off to the perfect start.
In Germany, Marco Reus, Raphael Guerreiro and Jude Bellingham all got on the scoresheet as Borussia Dortmund secured a convincing 3-0 win over FC Copenhagen.
City take an early lead in Group G with a superior goal difference, while Sevilla sit bottom to compound the club's woes, after taking only one point from their opening four games in La Liga - heaping pressure on manager Julen Lopetegui.
In-form Haaland will now face an early reunion with his former side Dortmund at the Etihad on Wednesday, as Sevilla travel to Copenhagen.
A Mbappe double ensured Paris Saint-Germain emerged 2-1 winners over Juventus when the European titans clashed at the Parc des Princes.
Meanwhile, Benfica beat Israeli champions Maccabi Haifa 2-0 in Portugal, thanks to goals from Rafa Silva and Alex Grimaldo.
The results see Benfica take an early lead in Group H, ahead of PSG on goal difference, while Juve and Maccabi sit pointless after opening defeats.
Massimiliano Allegri's side will now host Benfica in Turin on Wednesday, while PSG travel to Israel.
