Champions League AS IT HAPPENED: Reaction as Chelsea, Man Utd, Barcelona and PSG all win

Mourinho loving United

22:13: Jose Mourinho was certainly impressed with Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Basel.

He told BT Sport: "Three points are important at home. Until 2-0 we were very stable, we played with confidence.

"After 2-0 everything changed, we stopped playing seriously and stopped making right decisions. We could have put ourselves in trouble.

"We were playing fantasy football, Playstation football. I don't like it, flicks and tricks. We gambled and you have to respect your opponent. I don't know if goal difference will play a part. We lost position, our shape, we lost balls in easy situations. I didn't like it, the players relaxed too much.

"I keep saying the same about Fellaini. He is a player with special qualities and he gives me multiple areas of action. He is one of my most important players."

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCORES: Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona and PSG win…

Fan tries to kick Mbappe

22:05: It’s been a bad night for Celtic and it could get worse if UEFA decide to throw the book at them after one of their fans tried to KICK Kylian Mbappe.

Celtic could be investigated by UEFA over the incident, which saw a man wearing a green jacket and jeans with a scarf wrapped round his neck come onto the Celtic Park pitch and make an attempt to connect with Mbappe.

Luckily the kick did not land on its intented target and no one was hurt.

A live blog post on BBC Sport said: “A fan comes on to the park and aims a kick at PSG’s Kylian Mbappe.

“The man is dragged away before he can do any damage, but Celtic, who have already had a series of fines from Uefa, could find themselves in big trouble.”

BT Sport presenter Darrell Currie discussed the incident during the half-time analysis with Bhoys legends Henrik Larsson and John Hartson.

He said: “It’s not been a good night so far for Celtic and a fan came on the pitch as well, confronted Mbappe.

“And I can tell you, all the rest of the fans around us were fuming, furious with him going on the pitch.”

TWITTER ROUND-UP

AZ: Fellaini was Man of the Match for me. His best ever performance for Manchester United. Never thought I was going to say that!

Bruno: If we can beat Arsenal like this on Sunday I'll go crazy with celebrations! Tonight was just a training match for us the mighty Blues.

Alessandro: Celtic were humiliated. There is no other comment for this match.

21:50: Right then, that was an unbelievably chaotic two hours. Let’s have a quick look at tonight’s results. I guess you can’t say there’s been any surprising results aside from CSKA Moscow’s 2-1 win over Benfica.

Elsewhere Bayern Munich, PSG, Chelsea and Manchester United recorded thumping wins, while Sporting Lisbon edged past Olympiakos and Roma played out a 0-0 draw with Atletico.

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FT: BARCELONA 3-0 JUVENTUS

FT: CELTIC 0-5 PARIS ST-GERMAIN

FT: MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 BASEL

FT: CHELSEA 6-0 QARABAG

MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 BASEL

90: Just a couple minutes of added time here at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford has scored on his Premier League, Europa League, Champions League & EFL Cup debut for Manchester United, as well as his England debut.

CELTIC 0-5 PARIS ST-GERMAIN - CAVANI

86: Ok, it might be the fifth but it’s one hell of a goal. Edinson Cavani meets Kurzawa's curling cross with a sublime diving header at the back post.

CELTIC 0-4 PARIS ST-GERMAIN - LUSTIG OG

83: When it’s not your night… A Mikael Lustig own goal compounds the misery for the Scottish champions. Draxler drilled the ball into the area and the Lustig couldn’t adjust his body quickly enough.

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MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 BASEL - RASHFORD

84: Game, set and match. Fellaini and Lukaku play a neat one-two before the Belgian slips it across the face of goal for Marcus Rashford to lash into the roof of the net.

CELTIC 0-3 PARIS ST-GERMAIN

84: PSG are still pushing for a fourth as Mbappe slips it through to Neymar, who blazes wide from an acute angle.

CHELSEA 6-0 QARABAG - BATSHUAYI

82: This isn’t pretty.

Davide Zappacosta does well on the right, surges into the box before laying it off to Michy Batshuayi to score his second of the evening.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 BASEL

78: Both sides make their final substitutions: Oberlin replaces Riveros for Basel, while Rashford is on in place of Mata.

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CHELSEA 5-0 QARABAG - BATSHUAYI

76: Qarabag giving away goals for free here at Stamford Bridge. Hazard forces a mistake high up the pitch, Bakayoko slipped in Batshuayi who expertly picked out the bottom corner from 20 yards. 

CHELSEA 4-0 QARABAG - BAKAYOKO 

73: The Azerbaijani side fail to clear their lines from Eden Hazard’s corner and Tiemoue Bakayoko pounces to slam it home via a deflection.

BARCELONA 3-0 JUVENTUS - MESSI

71: Good grief! You simply can’t stop Lionel Messi. He drives into the area before wrong-footing Buffon to give the Catalan side a three-goal lead.

CHELSEA 3-0 QARABAG 

70: Willian rattles the crossbar! Hazard, who’s getting a few more minutes tonight, slipped him in, he cut on to his right and thumped an effort against the woodwork, unlucky.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 BASEL

65: It’s pretty difficult to get one past David de Gea. The Spanish goalkeeper’s been relatively untested tonight, but he’s reacted well to tip Elyounoussi’s strike over the bar.

CELTIC 0-3 PARIS ST-GERMAIN

65: It’s been a flat second half over in Scotland. I think Celtic will probably be grateful for that.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 BASEL

62: Romelu Lukaku comes close to adding a third but his header is parried away by Vaclik. The resulting corner comes to nothing.

BARCELONA 2-0 JUVENTUS - RAKITIC

56: Juventus must be feeling sick. They’ve dominated large parts of this tie but find themselves 2-0 behind. Messi creates it, Rakitic slams home from close range.

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CHELSEA 3-0 QARABAG - AZPILICUETA 

55: Willian plays a free-kick short to Cesc Fabregas, who crosses with the outside of his foot and Cesar Azpilicueta heads in.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 BASEL - LUKAKU

54: Romelu Lukaku has scored his first Champions League goal. Daley Blind swings a cross in from the left and Lukaku arrives to head home.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 BASEL

53: It looks like Basel are trying to push further forward but despite van Wolfswinkel’s best efforts - it’s not really helping. Saying that, the former Norwich forward narrowly misses a drilled cross from the right flank.

CHELSEA 2-0 QARABAG 

50: Zappacosta collects the ball in his own half, and thousands of Chelsea fans shout ”SHOOOOOOOT!!!” He scored a banger but I can’t imagine he’ll be scoring from 60-yards anytime soon.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 BASEL

48: The rain continues to pour, and Basel’s manager has finally found a raincoat. I fear for the suit he was wearing before though, it’s ready for the bin.

45: OK, we’re back underway everywhere now folks. It doesn’t appear that Manchester United or Chelsea have made any changes.

CELTIC 0-3 PARIS ST-GERMAIN

HT: Apparently someone's just run on the pitch and aimed a kick at PSG star Kylian Mbappe, but he failed to connect.

HT: Owen Hargreaves on Paul Pogba’s injury: “It was a bit of an awkward movement, just stretching. He clutched that hamstring straight away. He’s just over-stretched it.

“If you think about the quality United have in every position, this is the one player who they haven’t really got a replacement for. He’s a special player already, he will be the heartbeat of that Manchester United midfielder for a very long time. That’s a big blow to Mourinho."

BARCELONA 1-0 JUVENTUS - MESSI

46: Who else but Lionel Messi?! The Argentine superstar has broken his duck against Gianluigi Buffon with a beautiful finish into the bottom right-hand corner.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 BASEL

45: Analysis from our reporter Richard Tanner, at Old Trafford.

Mourinho said on the eve of the game he always “felt weaker without Fellaini.” 

Well, the much-maligned Belgian has just put United ahead and eased some of the anxiety caused by the loss of the highly-influential Pogba. 

Fellaini climbed highest to power home a header form Ashley Young’s cross. And he's just been heralded by the Stretford End - who used to jeer him.

CHELSEA 2-0 QARABAG 

44: Qarabag have a rare free-kick in a decent position after Alonso throws Henriquie to the floor. It comes to nothing but that doesn’t stop Antonio Conte from barking something at his players.

CELTIC 0-3 PARIS ST-GERMAIN - CAVANI

40: This is getting a wee bit embarrassing for Celtic now. Simunovic tugs Mbappe back and Edinson Cavani sends the keeper the wrong way to put PSG 3-0 ahead.

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MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 BASEL - FELLAINI

35: Love him or hate him, Marouane Fellaini’s damn effective. Ashley Young's cross finds Fellaini at the back post, who nods into the back of the net.

CELTIC 0-2 PARIS ST-GERMAIN - MBAPPE

34: And one becomes two. It’s pretty poor from Celtic as they fail to deal with a routine cross, leaving Kylian Mbappe free to smash it into an empty net.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

33: It’s all getting a bit frustrating for Manchester United. There’s no doubt that they’re dominating proceedings here, but haven’t found the breakthrough.

CHELSEA 2-0 QARABAG - ZAPPACOSTA

30: Urrrrr, Davide Zappacosta has just scored an insane goal at Stamford Bridge. He collects the ball deep inside his own half, strides past a couple of players before rocketing it into the top corner. It’s not too dissimilar to Harry Kane’s against Everton over the weekend, but I think he meant this.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

27: Basel win their first corner of the match. It’s swung in deep but it pretty much evades everyone and Ashley Young surges forward.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

25: You can’t get much closer without scoring. Henrikh Mkhitaryan hits the post from Romelu Lukaku’s cutback, before the Armenian's second effort is saved by Vaclik.

CHELSEA 1-0 QARABAG

22: Chelsea are having a pretty comfortable time at Stamford Bridge. Qarabag aren’t really capable of causing Antonio Conte’s defence any trouble.

CELTIC 0-1 PARIS ST-GERMAIN - NEYMAR

20: PSG take the lead through Neymar. The Brazilian storms into the centre of the area and lofts the ball into the roof of the net. Scarily clinical from the former Barcelona star.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

19: Ouch! Paul Pogba has overstretched to collect a wayward pass and he looks to have pinged his hamstring. That’s terrible news for Jose Mourinho. Looks like he’s going to be replaced by Marouane Fellaini.

CELTIC 0-0 PARIS ST-GERMAIN

18: Disallowed goal! Edinson Cavani has the ball in the back of the net after tapping home from Kurzawa’s pass, but he’s flagged for offside.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

15: Should have been the opener. Pogba finds Mata, who curves a cross into the area with the outside of his boot where Mkhitaryan nods over from a few yards away.

BARCELONA 0-0 JUVENTUS

14: Some of the football going on at the Nou Camp is outstanding. Ter Stegen first stops De Sciglio from 25-yards out, and then denies Dybala with a slightly easier save.

CELTIC 0-0 PARIS ST-GERMAIN

12: It might not shock you to hear that Neymar, cavani and Mbappe have combined brilliantly in the early stages, but it’s Celtic with the most recent chance. Roberts finds Ntcham, who’s shot skids wide of the post.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

9: Paul Pogba, who’s only scored twice in 32 Champions League matches, looks to break down the right but he’s quickly crowded out. Very well organised defence this from Basel.

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CHELSEA 1-0 QARABAG - PEDRO

5: What a hit! It’s defiantly like they never left now! Chelsea have taken the lead over Qarabag with a stunning strike from Pedro.

The Blues played a corner short, Willian found Pedro on the edge of the box and his first-time effort flew into the top corner.

CHELSEA 0-0 QARABAG

3: How’s everything going at Stamford Bridge? It's 553 days since Chelsea last played a Champions League game but it’s like they never left as Alonso has two well-hit efforts on goal.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

3: Manchester United boss the early stages at Old Trafford. It’s absolutely lashing it down in the North West but that didn’t stop Romelu Lukaku getting a decent shot away. It was blocked by Akanji.

1: Hmmm, that didn’t take long. Sporting Lisbon have taken the lead over Olympiakos courtesy of Seydou Doumbia.

WE'RE OFF! 

CHELSEA 0-0 QARABAG

CELTIC 0-0 PARIS ST-GERMAIN

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 BASEL

BARCELONA 0-0 JUVENTUS

19:43: The players have emerged from the tunnels and THE CHAMPIIIONSSSSSS music has been blared out at deafening levels. That can only mean one thing, we’re almost underway.

CELTIC V PARIS ST-GERMAIN

19:40: Right, some reasons to be cheerful for Celtic.

Celtic have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 19 Champions League games, conceding 43 goals along the way.

Since their return to the Champions League in 2012/13, PSG have won 20 of their 30 group games (D6 L4).

Hmmmm, that’s not really worked, has it?

TWITTER ROUND-UP

Kyle: Boy does it feel good to be in the #UCL again! COME ON YOU BLUES!!!!!! Let's start this campaign off right men!

Shy: A little rotation never killed nobody. Hoping for a comfy win with players being rested after 70mins.

Paul: Getting very excited now. COME ON YOU BHOYS IN GREEN!

CHELSEA v QARABAG

19:35: Qarabag boss Gurban Gurbanov insisted his side aren’t scared of Chelsea.

Which of course is like saying you’re not scared of spiders until a massive b****** comes crawling out from underneath the shelves.

Anyway, here’s what he said.

"We're not scared of any of them. They have one of the best coaches in Europe and they have some of the best players in Europe. Even though Chelsea is an icon in the Champions League and have a big chance to win the Champions League this season, the team is ready and we're going to play until the end.”

MANCHESTER UNITED V BASEL

19:30: BT Sport have Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard in the studio this evening. Couldn’t play together but chatting doesn’t seem to be a problem.

Anyway, the former Chelsea skipper’s been discussing Victor Lindelof’s involvement tonight, and thinks he’ll take a little while to settle.

Asked whether Lindelof was a risk, Lampard said: “I think so, there has been a few question marks with him in pre-season. It didn’t go so well for him. I think Jose Mourinho has the luxury of switching it around. I think he’s got a bit of a stronger squad this year, Lindelof having his chance tonight.

“Manchester United are now a club full of confidence. They’ve started the Premier League very well. Their group looks quite comfortable on paper. I expect them with that attacking line-up to create a lot of chances."

19:25: It’s not particularly Champions League-related but I thought I would let you know that Crystal Palace have announced the appointment of Roy Hodgson as manager. Fingers crossed that he can last a little longer than Frank de Boer...

19:20: You might have seen I created a poll for you lucky lot this evening. It’s a simple question - Which British side will go the furthest in the Champions League. Get voting!

MANCHESTER UNITED V BASEL

19:15: Analysis from our reporter Richard Tanner, at Old Trafford.

It's all change for United's first Champions League game since the notorious defeat to Wolfsburg in December 2015.

Mourinho has rotated his squad and made six changes from the team that drew at Stoke on Saturday - including an entirely new back four.

Antonio Valencia is rested so Ashley Young comes in at right back for his first game since a serious groin injury suffered in the Europa League semi-final first leg at Celta Vigo back in April.

As expected, Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof are the centre backs in place of suspended pair Phil Jones and Eric Bailly.

And at left back Daley Blind replaces Matteo Darmian. The two other changes see Juan Mata and Anthony Martial come in for Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford respectively.

Marouane Fellaini, the player who Mourinho cannot imagine not having in his squad, is on the bench after recovering from a calf knock suffered on duty with Belgium.

MANCHESTER UNITED V BASEL

19:10: Upset with Manchester United’s result over the weekend? Well, Craig Burley thinks it was the perfect preparation for tonight’s encounter.

“They drew with Stoke at the weekend, they tinkered with it a bit, it wasn’t their best performance by a long way,” Burley said on ESPN FC.

“It was a good wake-up call defensively for them for Mourinho to say ‘listen, don’t believe the hype of the first three games, we’ve got a lot of work to do’.

“I think we will see a very professional performance at home to Basel. So Manchester United will win. I don’t think it will be a difficult one. I’d be shocked if it wasn’t anything other than a good start.”

MANCHESTER UNITED V BASEL

19:05: Whoop, whoop! It’s the return of the Manchester United playlist.

I haven’t uploaded this for a while (many due to laziness) but tonight seemed a special enough occasion to roll it out again.

It’s been selected by Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien, and he’s picked some absolute belters including David Bowie, Michael Kiwanuka and… Sister Sledge. Two outta three ain’t bad.

BARCELONA v JUVENTUS

18:55: And here’s the starting XI’s for the clash at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Dembele, Suarez, Messi.

Subs: Cillessen, Denis, Mascherano, Paulinho, Deulofeu, Sergi Roberto, Andre Gomes.

Juventus XI: Buffon; De Sciglio, Barzagli, Benatia, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi; Douglas Costa, Higuain, Dybala.

Subs: Asamoah, Szczesny, Rugani, Sturaro, Bernardeschi, Merio, Caligara.

CHELSEA v QARABAG

18:50: As expected, Michy Batshuayi, Davide Zappacosta and Andreas Christensen start, while Alvaro Morata and Eden Hazard are rested.

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill, Zappacosta, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso, Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro.

Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, David Luiz, Moses, Bakayoko, Hazard, Morata.

Qarabag XI: Sehic, Medvedev, Sadiqov, Huseynov, Rzezniczak, Qarayev, Almeida de Oliveira, Guerrier, Marcos Madera, Konzen Medina da Silva, Ndlovu.

Subs: Kanibolotskiy, Amirquliyev, Madatov, Elyounoussi, Ismayilov, Yunuszada, Diniyev.

MANCHESTER UNITED V BASEL

18:45: Jose Mourinho makes a host of changes from the side that drew 2-2 with Stoke over the weekend. Antonio Valencia drops to the bench with Ashley Young playing at right-back, while Anthony Martial slots in ahead of Marcus Rashford.

David De Gea starts ahead of Sergio Romero in goal, while Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof come in for suspended Phil Jones and Eric Bailly. Marouane Fellaini returns to the bench after some very complimentary words from Jose Mourinho in the build-up.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Blind, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Lukaku.

Subs: Romero, Darmian, Valencia, Carrick, Fellaini, Lingard, Rashford.

Basel XI: Vaclik; Akanji, Suchy (c), Balanta; Lang, Xhaka, Zuffi, Riveros; Steffen, Van Wolfswinkel, Elyounoussi

Subs: Salvi, Gaber, Fransson, Oberlin, Schmid, Bua, Calla.

CELTIC V PARIS ST-GERMAIN

18:35: As predicted, the most expensive front-line ever assembled in Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar start.

Celtic XI: Gordon, Ralston, Lustig, Simunovic, Tierney, Brown, Ntcham, Roberts, Armstrong, Sinclair, Griffiths.

Subs: Edouard, Bitton, Rogic, De Vries, Ajer, McGregor, Forrest.

Paris St-Germain XI: Areola, Dani Alves, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Kurzawa, Motta, Verratti, Rabiot, Neymar, Mbappe, Cavani.

Subs: Trapp, Kimpembe, Lucas Moura, Meunier, Yuri, Lo Celso, Draxler.

CELTIC V PARIS ST-GERMAIN

18:30: “It doesn't matter how much PSG have spent as all players are equal,” Celtic midfielder Olivier Ntcham said.

Hmmmmm, I appreciate Ntcham’s positivity, but I think the logic is flawed.

MANCHESTER UNITED V BASEL

18:20: Ahhh Jose, always a ray of sunshine in our lives.

Having last season missed out on Champions League qualification for just the second time in 22 years, Jose Mourinho has downplayed Manchester United's chances of winning it.

It will be United's first match in the competition for 644 days and appears a great opportunity to hit the ground running, although the Portuguese knows quite a challenge lies in wait in this competition.

"I think motivation is very important and of course motivation is very high. I think in the Champions League there are four or five teams with an incredible level of quality, of experience, of know-how and that's what makes the difference," United boss Mourinho said.

"We have to try to qualify, we have to try to go to the last-16 and enjoy that special knockout phase with the best teams in Europe."

18:10: Those nerds down at SmartBet have been crunching the numbers again and have some bad news for Chelsea fans.

None of the last six Champions League winners won their domestic title the year previously – an odd quirk that could also signify trouble for Real Madrid as they attempt to make it three European Cups in a row.

Don’t shoot the messenger!

TWITTER ROUND-UP

Charles: Glad to see Chelsea back in the Champions League this season. Let's make the Blue flag flying high in Europe and good luck for tonight's match.

Tony: Come on Manchester United, this UCL is your stage, your place, you play at home, dominate game, create chances, scores goals, and make the fans happy.

Pedro: Good luck Celtic! Let's prove to everyone else that money doesn't play football!

18:00: Manchester City have WON the Champions League… OK, not quite.

But they sit top of an English dominated Champions League transfer table, according to research from SmartBets.

The £222.3million spent by City in the summer transfer window sees them sneak ahead of Paris St-Germain as Europe’s top spenders, as the middle eastern backed pair attempt to buy their way to their first European Cup titles.

Given the riches of the Premier League, it’s no surprise to see English teams dominate the transfer table, with Chelsea and Manchester United also making up the top five – and Tottenham and Liverpool both placing in the top 11 teams.