Champions League

Joel Matip will remain absent for Liverpool's Champions League meeting with Spartak Moscow, yet reports that he is set to miss the entire festive period could be wide of the mark.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi has chosen Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain as his favourites for the Champions League, but refused to rule out Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Guardiola criticised his players for being lazy after they secured a 17th straight win by beating Feyenoord 1-0.

Liverpool squandered a three-goal lead to end the game at 3-3, leading to a massive outcry from fans and pundits alike.

Michael Lang scored in the 89th minute at St Jakob-Park to hand Manchester United their first defeat in this season of the Champions League.

Chelsea played Qarabag in Baku on Wednesday evening and have a 5:30pm GMT kick-off against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho says his entire team is to blame after Manchester United were made to wait to clam a place in the Champions League last 16 with defeat to Basel.

Barcelona need a point away to the Serie A Champions to be sure of their place in the last-16 and will be encouraged by their 3-0 victory over Juve in September.

Uefa have opened a disciplinary case against Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal for appearing to pick up an intentional yellow card during the 6-0 victory over APOEL.

Jose Mourinho insists the decision to drop Henrikh Mkhitaryan from his squad for the 4-1 win over Newcastle was motivated by a desire to pair Marcus Rashford with Anthony Martial.

Manager Raphael Wicky believes FC Basel will miss suspended midfielder Taulant Xhaka against Manchester United, but believes Serey Die and Luca Zuffi can succeed in his absence.

Klopp admits his side took the foot of the gas as they relinquished a three-goal lead against Sevilla.

The Reds surrendered a three-goal lead at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan and missed a chance to seal qualification to the Champions League knockout stages.

Phil Jones has been ruled out of United's upcoming clashes against Basel and Brighton in the Champions League and Premier League, respectively.

Bale, 28, has only made five La Liga appearances for Real this season and has not played for the club since September due to a calf problem.

After being 3-0 down at half-time against Liverpool, Eduardo Berizzo inspired Sevilla to comeback as the tie at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan ended in a 3-3 draw.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte believes English football needs to change as his side face a disadvantage by travelling to Baku just three days before Anfield clash.

Manchester United trio Phil Jones, Michael Carrick and Eric Bailly will miss the the Champions League clash with FC Basel due to different injuries.

Firmino and Mane handed the Reds a 3-0 lead but the Andalusians incredibly clawed back a draw.

Azerbaijani champions Qarabag FK will be without loanee Pedro Henrique for their Champions League meeting against Chelsea, but Dani Quintana's status remains uncertain.

Manchester United are set to be without Phil Jones, Michael Carrick and Eric Bailly for the Champions League trip to FC Basel.

Sevilla centre-back Simon Kjaer will miss the Champions League visit of Liverpool after suffering a muscle injury.

Christian Pulisic is expected to miss the Champions League tie between Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham with a muscular injury.

Liverpool are warned the pace of Mohamed Salah will be targeted when they travel to Sevilla in a key game in the Champions League

Centre-back John Stones will miss up to six weeks with the hamstring injury sustained against Leicester on Saturday, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.

Skipper Sergio Ramos has been left out of Real Madrid's 20-man travelling squad for Apoel Nicosia tie after fracturing his nose against Atletico on Saturday.

Liverpool play their Champions League game away to Sevilla 24 hours ahead of Chelsea, who face a 5,800-mile round-trip to Azerbaijan.

Ramos was inadvertently kicked in the face by Lucas Hernandez when attempting a header during Real Madrid's goalless draw with Atletico Madrid.

Rose, 27, made his first appearance for Tottenham in nine months in the 1-1 away draw against Real Madrid in the Champions League last month.

Alli missed the first three Champions League games of the campaign because of a ban he received last season.