Liverpool 1-0 Bologna - Champions League: Live score, team news and updates as Alexis Mac Allister breaks the deadlock at Anfield... plus the latest from Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich

Villa person grown into nan crippled and nan location support person raised nan measurement successful turn. Moments ago, Watkins looked to beryllium pulled down by Upemacano erstwhile nan Bayern defender was past man.

The referee waved distant nan appeals but connected first glimpse it looks for illustration nan visitors person sewage distant pinch 1 there.

Ian Ladyman astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

It's beautiful play from Liverpool. Szoboszlai to Nunez to Salah to Mac Allister, who received nan transverse from nan winger astir 2 yards from goal. Sot's broadside person turned their early power into a lead.

Bologna person nan shot successful nan backmost of nan nett but their celebrations are quickly ended by nan offside flag. It was a bully assage of play from nan visitors but nan Bologna guardant had made his tally successful down excessively early.

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The location broadside are sttuggling to get retired of their ain half successful nan early exchanges. Kompany has this Bayern outfit successful awesome shape truthful acold this season. His squad are ace aggressive, making it difficult for Villa to get nan ball.

An early chance for nan Reds aft immoderate awesome play betwixt Gravenberch and Salah. The Egyptian produced a awesome transverse into nan container which evaded 3 Liverpool players successful nan middle.

Ian Ladyman astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

At Anfield and astatine Villa Park nan players are retired onto nan transportation up of kick-off. Villa supporters are putting successful 1 hellhole of a displacement - nan ambiance successful nan westbound Midlands is incredible.

Ian Ladyman astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

Fresh from awarding Ally McCoist pinch an OBE astatine at Windsor Castle, Prince William - 1 of Villa's galore celebrated supporters - is astatine Villa Park coming for nan immense conflict against Bayern.

The Liverpool stopper is making his 50th European quality for nan Reds coming connected his 32nd birthday!

WBA featherwight world champion and proud Scouser Nick Ball is successful attendance for nan sojourn of Bologna. And he brought his belts on arsenic well.

The action gets underway astatine Anfield and Villa Park successful little than 20 minutes. Make judge you enactment tuned for each nan thrills and spills astir Europe.

More connected that rubbing tribuet to Gary Shaw successful nan Villa squad expanse we told you astir earlier. For much accusation connected nan erstwhile Villa prima and his effect connected nan club, make judge to cheque retired nan beneath connected Mail Sport.

How's that ankle Harry? Kane has a beautiful agelong grounds of returning from wounded excessively quickly. I'm reasoning of nan 2019 Champions convention last aliases Euro 2024.

Let's dream he's free of immoderate discomfort coming successful what could beryllium a superb showdown.

Phew. Alisson's backmost to normal size.

Steve McManaman, ex-Liverpool star, TNT Sports:

I couldn't not station this image erstwhile I saw it. The Liverpool stopper looks astir 4ft tall!

Lewis Steele astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

I'll beryllium honest, location are not galore faces that will beryllium acquainted to Premier League fans. Remo Freuler is astir apt nan biggest sanction owed to his clip pinch Nottingham Forest.

Is it maine aliases do Villa's players look somewhat taken aback by nan reception? Ezri Konsa is doing his champion to enactment successful nan area but McGinn looks genuinely surprised.

It's not overmuch to look astatine and I deliberation that's benignant of nan point. Bayern person mislaid only 1 of their past 10 meetings against English sides and that was a 3-0 conclusion by Man City successful 2023.

Bavarian boys? Kompany's cast? Whetever you like, Bayern person arrived and they look arsenic calm and focussed arsenic you would expect for a squad of their stature.

The location fans look successful nan temper for their first tast of European Cup action astatine Anfield this season.

Mail Sport's Oliver Holt has provided america pinch different illustration of a tribute paid to Shaw tonight. The connection nether nan image of nan Villa leader reads:

What an imposing line-up Kompany has named to return connected Villa tonight. Harry Kane has passed his fittingness trial and takes his spot successful nan starting XI. Former Crystal Palace prima Michael Olise starts but there's nary spot Jamal Musiala, which is simply a monolithic boost for Villa.

It's besides only 1 alteration for Emery, who has replaced Leon Bailey pinch Jaden Philogene connected nan correct flank. It's a large nighttime for nan talented winger.

Lewis Steele astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

Even pinch nan travel to Palace connected Saturday afternoon, Slot has kept pinch a really beardown squad for tonight's crippled astatine Anfield - his first successful nan Champions League arsenic Reds boss.

Nunez replaces Jota, who was a uncertainty aft missing a mates of sessions successful nan week pinch a knock.

Villa Park wouldn't beryllium capable to location each nan group rumoured to beryllium astatine nan crippled tonight. One personification who we cognize is location is erstwhile Bayern Munich and Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack.

Maybe nan unluckiest elite footballer? A spot harsh? Perhaps, but Ballack mislaid nan convention title, German Cup final, Champions League last and World Cup last each wrong a fewer weeks successful 2002.

The German awesome did still negociate to get his hands of plentifulness of silverware during his clip successful Munich and London.

Fingers crossed anyways. Harry Kane faces a precocious fittingness trial for toight's crippled aft taking a rustle to his pesky ankle during Bayern's tie pinch Bayer Leverkusen connected Saturday.

The England skipper has been successful awesome shape this play and he scored 4 times successful Bayern's Champions League opener past week. But that hasn't stopped Watkins from mounting his sights connected Kane's spot successful nan England team.

Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa:

Unai Emery, Aston Villa manager, pre-match presser:

Arne Slot confirmed connected Tuesday that Federico Chiesa will miss tonight's conflict pinch a mini issue, while Diogo Jota could besides miss retired having sat retired a mates of sessions aft getting a sound against Wolves.

Elsewhere, Andy Robertson and Darwin Nunez, who missed nan play triumph astatine Molineux pinch illness, could besides beryllium near out.

The Reds recreation to southbound London to return connected Crystal Palace astatine 12:30 connected Saturday - that's a beautiful sadistic turnaround. But I'm judge Klopp told Slot each astir that.

Team news will beryllium pinch america earlier nan hour.

The erstwhile Aston Villa leader will beryllium sorely missed coming pursuing his decease aft a autumn successful his location past month. Shaw was portion of nan Villa broadside that claimed nan European Cup successful 1982, scoring captious goals successful nan early rounds.

In a rubbing tribute to him, it looks for illustration Villa person included him successful their squad database for tonight's game, adjacent to an icon of nan Champions League successful spot of a roster number.

Villa couldnt person asked for a amended force successful their first location crippled successful nan Champions League successful much than 40 years. Bayern Munich, nan broadside they defeated 1-0 successful nan 1982 successful nan Netherlands get successful nan westbound Midlands looking to spoil 1 hellhole of a party.

And contempt nan superb commencement to nan run by Vincent Kompany's men, Villa will consciousness they person capable value to get thing from nan clash.

Arne Slot, Liverpool manager, pre-match presser:

Good evening and invited to Mail Sport's sum of Wednesday night's Champions League action pinch a typical attraction connected Liverpool's conflict against Bologna and Bayern Munich's travel to Villa Park.

Arne Slot's men are looking to make it 2 wins from 2 successful this year's title aft signaling a comfortable 3-1 triumph successful their opener against AC Milan. Bologna were European football's revelation past word nether Thiago Motta but nan Italian has near to subordinate Juventus, while Joshua Zirkzee and Riccardo Calafiori person made moves to nan Premier League. Can they still outpouring a surprise?

Elsewhere, Villa invited Bayern to nan westbound Midlands successful what is judge to beryllium an affectional night. Villa of people won nan European Cup successful 1982 acknowledgment to a 1-0 triumph against nan Germans. The surving members of that squad will beryllium brought retired onto nan transportation tonight. Sadly Gary Shaw, who passed distant past month, will beryllium missing, though you'd expect nan nine and aliases his erstwhile team-mates to honour him successful beforehand of nan location ground.

Team news and updates aplenty earlier kick-off astir Europe astatine 8pm!