Here’s Ed Aarons’ report from Prague. Thanks for joining me, and enjoy the rest of the football.
Here’s how the big Champions League ladder looks after the early games – and Arsenal are on top. Their remaining games in the “league phase” are Bayern (H), Club Brugge (A), Inter (A), Kairat (H).
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 4 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | PSG | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | Inter Milan | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Man City | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Newcastle | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Barcelona | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Sporting | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Qarabag FK | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Galatasaray | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | PSV | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Atalanta | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Napoli | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Marseille | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Atletico Madrid | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 22 | Club Brugge | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Athletic Bilbao | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 | Union Saint Gilloise | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 25 | Juventus | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 26 | Bodo/Glimt | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 27 | Monaco | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 28 | AE Pafos | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 29 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 30 | Slavia Prague | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 31 | Villarreal | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 32 | Copenhagen | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 33 | Olympiacos | 3 | -7 | 1 |
| 34 | FC Kairat | 3 | -8 | 1 |
| 35 | Benfica | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 36 | Ajax | 3 | -10 | 0 |
