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

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GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich (Torres)

WATCH! Mac Allister's first Champions League goal

RED CARD APPEAL! Aston Villa 0-0 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.

'Liverpool are being fixed acold excessively overmuch clip connected nan ball'

Ian Ladyman astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

Liverpool are being fixed acold excessively overmuch clip connected nan shot successful nan attacking 3rd and are making nan astir of it.
The extremity came disconnected nan backmost of a 5 walk move and nary of nan Liverpool players had immoderate unit connected them earlier Mo Salah recovered Alexis MacAllister 3 yards from goal.
I person a emotion nan transverse was aimed for Nunez but he fell nether pressure, allowing  MacAllister to bargain successful and score.

GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Bologna (Mac Allister)

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.

 (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Alexis Mac Allister of Liverpool scoring nan opening extremity during nan UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 lucifer betwixt Liverpool FC and Bologna FC 1909 astatine Anfield connected October 02, 2024 successful Liverpool, England. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

GOAL DISALLOWED! Liverpool 0-0 Bologna

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.

Dan Ndoye of Bologna celebrates his extremity to make it 0-1, which was later ruled offside during nan UEFA Champions League  - League Stage lucifer Liverpool vs Bologna astatine Anfield, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2nd October 2024(Photo by Craig Thomas/News Images)

Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich

Villa nether nan cosh

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.

BIG CHANCE! Liverpool 0-0 Bologna

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.

'This crippled feels made for Nunez. Liverpool should beryllium possession heavy'

Ian Ladyman astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

A large nighttime for Darwin Nunez who remains alternatively connected nan fringes astatine Anfield. Didn’t make nan strides I expected past play but has been receiving immoderate one-on-one attraction for his caller head Arne Slot.
This crippled feels made for him really. Liverpool should beryllium possession heavy…

Players are retired connected nan transportation

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.

'Liverpool request a bully capacity to support momentum arsenic overmuch arsenic anything'

Ian Ladyman astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

Its beautiful quiet present astatine Anfield. This feels for illustration a large nighttime for Bologna and each a spot regular for Liverpool.
But that’s terribly presumptuous. Liverpool request a bully capacity to support momentum arsenic overmuch arsenic anything.

Prince William successful attendance for Bayern visit

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.

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Alisson's double ceremony

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

A typical impermanent astatine Anfield

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.

Kick-off accelerated approaching...

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.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Aston Villa v Bayern Munich - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - October 2, 2024 Ballkids watch Aston Villa players during nan lukewarm up earlier nan lucifer REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Revealed: Aston Villa's rubbing tribute to nine fable up of Bayern Munich conflict who died pursuing caput injury

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.

Kane and Co put done their paces

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.

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Warm-ups underway astatine Anfield

Phew. Alisson's backmost to normal size.

Liverpool's English defender #66 Trent Alexander-Arnold warms up ahead of nan UEFA Champions League convention shape shot lucifer betwixt Liverpool and Bologna astatine Anfield successful Liverpool, northbound westbound England connected October 2, 2024. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Soccer Football - Champions League - Liverpool v Bologna - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - October 2, 2024 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah during nan lukewarm up earlier nan lucifer Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

Alisson Becker of Liverpool warms up anterior to nan UEFA Champions League  - League Stage lucifer Liverpool vs Bologna astatine Anfield, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2nd October 2024(Photo by Craig Thomas/News Images)

'We'll really judge Slot aft nan world break'

Steve McManaman, ex-Liverpool star, TNT Sports:

[Slot's] commencement has been very good, impressive. You would exect him to person those constituent judging connected nan type of squad they had past twelvemonth and nan fixtures they've jad this year.
So I'm not amazed that they've sewage truthful galore points. There are going to beryllium harder fixtures aft nan world break. So we'll really judge him then.

Alisson's shrunk a small hasn't he?

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

Soccer Football - Champions League - Liverpool v Bologna - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - October 2, 2024 Liverpool's Alisson Becker during nan lukewarm up earlier nan lucifer Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

'Bologna fans are enjoying each infinitesimal of their European circuit and are successful bully sound earlier nan match'

Lewis Steele astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

Bologna are a cleanable illustration of nan value of occurrence successful football. After achieving their highest convention decorativeness since 1967 and qualifying for nan Champions League for nan first time, their squad has been obliterated.
Forward-thinking head Thiago Motta jumped vessel to Juventus while 8 players departed, including Riccardo Calafiori to Arsenal, Joshua Zirkzee to Manchester United and Marko Arnautovic – retrieve him, Stoke fans? – to Serie A champions Inter Milan.
But contempt being 13th nether fantastically-named caller leader Vincenzo Italiano, those fans from nan location of bolognese condiment – serving it pinch spaghetti is simply a large nary complete location – are enjoying each infinitesimal of their European circuit this twelvemonth and are successful bully sound earlier nan lucifer here.

 Vincenzo Italiano, Head Coach of Bologna, winks anterior to nan Serie A lucifer betwixt Bologna and Atalanta astatine Stadio Renato Dall'Ara connected September 28, 2024 successful Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Breaking:Bologna squad news

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.

Villa stars get to an unbelievable welcome

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.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Aston Villa v Bayern Munich - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - October 2, 2024 Aston Villa's John McGinn arrives astatine nan stadium earlier nan lucifer REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Soccer Football - Champions League - Aston Villa v Bayern Munich - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - October 2, 2024 Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa arrives astatine nan stadium earlier nan lucifer REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Soccer Football - Champions League - Aston Villa v Bayern Munich - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - October 2, 2024 Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez arrives astatine nan stadium earlier nan lucifer REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Peek wrong nan distant dressing room astatine Villa Park

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.

Bayern boys successful nan building

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.

Reds get astatine a raucous Anfield

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

Soccer Football - Champions League - Liverpool v Bologna - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - October 2, 2024 Bologna fans get extracurricular nan stadium earlier nan lucifer Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

Soccer Football - Champions League - Liverpool v Bologna - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - October 2, 2024 General position of nan Liverpool squad autobus arriving extracurricular nan stadium earlier nan lucifer REUTERS/Molly Darlington

 Fans of Liverpool get astatine nan stadium anterior to nan UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 lucifer betwixt Liverpool FC and Bologna FC 1909 astatine Anfield connected October 02, 2024 successful Liverpool, England. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

More rubbing tributes to Gary Shaw

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:

This spot will stay quiet coming arsenic a people of respect pursuing nan tragic passing of Gary Shaw. In caller years, pinch his shot statistic work, this was ever Gary's spot whenever he was astatine Villa Park. Reast successful Peace, Gary.

Breaking:Bayern squad news: Harry Kane STARTS

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.

Breaking:Aston Villa squad news: Bailey drops to bench

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.

'That’s a beardown squad named by Arne Slot which should person much than capable to get past Bologna'

Lewis Steele astatine Anfield, Mail Sport:

Liverpool person made conscionable 1 alteration from nan squad that hit Wolves connected Saturday, pinch Darwin Nunez coming successful for Diogo Jota, who took a sound astatine Molineux.
Federico Chiesa misses retired connected nan squad pinch a insignificant wounded and it is uncertain whether he will beryllium fresh for nan weekend’s travel to Crystal Palace. That’s a beardown squad named by Arne Slot which should person much than capable to get past Bologna, who are 13th successful Serie A.

Breaking:Liverpool squad news: Nunez replaces Jota

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.

Michael Ballack astatine Villa Park

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.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Aston Villa v Bayern Munich - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - October 2, 2024 Former subordinate Michael Ballack earlier nan lucifer Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

Battle of nan Three Lions frontmen

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:

Everyone is fighting for a position connected nan transportation truthful I want to beryllium nan man to play but time successful time out. Harry and I person a bully relationship. When I'm successful nan campy I speak to him truthful there's nary animosity.
I'm doing each I tin to beryllium connected nan transportation and truthful is he. He's sewage nan records and scored nan number of goals he has for a reason. He's put successful a batch of difficult activity complete nan years to get there.

Soccer Football - Euro 2024 - Semi Final - Netherlands v England - Dortmund BVB Stadion, Dortmund, Germany - July 10, 2024  England's Ollie Watkins comes connected arsenic a substitute to switch Harry Kane REUTERS/Lee Smith

'We are motivated and truthful excited to play pinch our supporters successful Villa Park'

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

We are motivated and truthful excited to play pinch our supporters successful Villa Park. It is simply a special, typical lucifer for everyone. We are very motivated coming backmost to Europe past year, pinch Aston Villa not playing Bayern Munich since 42 years ago.

 Unai Emery, Manager of Aston Villa looks connected during nan UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 training and property convention astatine Bodymoor Heath training crushed connected October 01, 2024 successful Birmingham, England. (Photo by Cameron Smith/Getty Images)

Fitness issues hitting nan Reds?

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 SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Liverpool during nan UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 training and property convention astatine AXA Training Centre connected October 01, 2024 successful Liverpool, England. (Photo by Nikki Dyer - LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Villa's rubbing tribute to Gary Shaw

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.

Aston Villa's European Cup-winning skipper Dennis Mortimer is connected a ngo to reclaim iconic kit erstwhile Bayern Munich travel to town

Pic Andy Hooper/Daily MailDennis George Mortimer is an English erstwhile footballer who played arsenic a midfielder and captained Aston Villa. He made astir 600 appearances successful nan Football League playing for Coventry City, Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Birmingham CityHe won nan European Cup successful 1982 pinch Aston Villa beating Bayern Munich 1 nil.

Anticipation building astatine Villa Park

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.

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 A elaborate position of a bluish emblem which features nan emblems of Aston Villa and Bayern Munich connected nan wrong of nan stadium anterior to nan UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 lucifer betwixt Aston Villa FC and FC Bayern München astatine Villa Park connected October 02, 2024 successful Birmingham, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

 A elaborate position of nan UEFA Champions League Trophy wrong nan stadium anterior to nan UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 lucifer betwixt Aston Villa FC and FC Bayern München astatine Villa Park connected October 02, 2024 successful Birmingham, England. (Photo by Julian Finney - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)

'We arsenic a squad CANNOT judge mediocrity'

Arne Slot, Liverpool manager, pre-match presser:

We didn’t concede thing successful nan past 15 minutes – I deliberation they only had 2 shots successful nan 2nd half – but successful promising situations we mislaid nan shot earlier it led to a chance, and we mislaid nan shot a fewer times really easy earlier it moreover sewage to a promising situation. We arsenic a team, if you person truthful overmuch quality, cannot judge mediocrity.

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Another nighttime of Champions League fun

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!

Bologna players return portion successful a walkabout connected nan transportation astatine Anfield successful Liverpool, northbound westbound England, connected October 1, 2024 connected nan eve of their UEFA Champions League 1st information time 2 shot lucifer against Liverpool. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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