The UEFA Champions League is back with a bang after Tuesday's opening League Phase games which saw Real Madrid, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Sporting CP and Aston Villa all claim wins on Matchday One.

MILAN (Reuters) -Liverpool celebrated their return to the Champions League after a year's absence with a 3-1 victory over AC Milan at San Siro on Tuesday, overcoming a shaky start with goals from Ibrahima Konate,

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Real Madrid and VfB Stuttgart at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid,

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson criticised the new Champions League format and believes player welfare is being ignored. The number of games before the knockout stage has been increased from six to eight and the ‘league phase’ will run until the end of January,

The latest updates and analysis from matchday one of the 2024-25 Champions League season, with Real Madrid facing Stuttgart and AC Milan taking on Liverpool.

On a night that saw Liverpool's Arne Slot and AC Milan's Paulo Fonseca each take the managerial reins in a Champions League game with their new teams for the first time, their experiences could not have been more different.

Bayern Munich became the first team to score nine goals in a game in the modern Champions League as the new format of Europe's elite club competition kicked off on Tuesday, with title holders Real Madrid and Liverpool also among the winners.

Arne Slot celebrated a first European victory as Liverpool head coach as his team defeated AC Milan 3-1 at the San Siro to kick off their Champions League campaign with a win. Things started horribly for the Reds though as Kostas Tsimikas was caught out of position allowing Christian Pulisic to nip into the vacant space and slot home a superb finish with barely two minutes on the clock.

Liverpool celebrated their return to the Champions League after a year's absence with a 3-1 victory over AC Milan at San Siro on Tuesday, overcoming a shaky start with goals from Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Liverpool beat AC Milan 3-1 in the Champions League last night. Here are the players who surprised — and the ones who disappointed.

Arne Slot’s side got off to the perfect start in Europe.Liverpool ran out comfortable winners in the San Siro as goals from Ibrahim Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai cancelled out an early Christian Pulisic goal.