Barcelona v Bayern Munich, Manchester City v Sparta Prague: Champions League – live

Key events

Atalanta 0-0 Celtic: De Roon has a shot from just outside the area but Schmeichel is equal to it.

City make the bold decision to name seven subs, including two goalkeepers.

Your City side to face Sparta Prague! 🩵

XI | Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Bernardo (C), Nunes, Savinho, Foden, Haaland

SUBS | Ederson, Carson, Dias, Kovacic, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, McAtee#ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/OfR4pH9aiC

— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 23, 2024

1️⃣1️⃣ SESTAVA | Na Etihad Stadium vyběhne od první minuty následující jedenáctka 👥

V kádru ze zdravotních důvodů chybí Indrit Tuci, Elias Cobbaut a Jaroslav Zelený 🤕 #acsparta pic.twitter.com/dbg6r6oXtW

— AC Sparta Praha (@ACSparta_CZ) October 23, 2024

Whoever designed this scarf was very lazy. I think they could have been a touch more original than ‘Come On You Blues’ and Haaland.

Manchester City fans hold up a Erling Haaland scarf .
Manchester City fans hold up a Erling Haaland scarf . Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Half time scores in the early games:

Atalanta 0-0 Celtic
Brest 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen

I am so committed to this blog that I went to hang out at the hotel where Sparta Prague are staying in Manchester earlier today. I found out that 21-year-old Martin Vitík is the man to watch. The centre-back has a big future and we can expect him to move to one of the big five leagues in Europe in the coming years. Tonight he will most likely be up against Erling Haaland to add to his education.

There are a few fun fixtures around this evening. Sparta Prague are in Manchester for a test of their mental fortitude as part of a very very low block. Can they keep City out for 90 minutes? Almost certainly not but they’ve had a good start to the competition, winning against RB Salzburg and drawing in Stuttgart.

Barcelona host Bayern Munich as Hansi Flick faces his former club. It is certainly the headline game of the night. Barcelona have scored 13 goals in their past three matches, while Bayern hit nine in their opening match of the Champions League against Dinamo Zagreb, so it could be a fun night in Catalonia.

Here are tonight’s fixtures:

5.45pm BST

Atalanta v Celtic
Brest v Bayer Leverkusen

8pm BST

Atletico Madrid v Lille
Barcelona v Bayern Munich
Benfica v Feyenoord
Manchester City v Sparta Prague
RB Leipzig v Liverpool
RB Salzburg v Dinamo Zagreb
Young Boys v Internazionale