2022-23 UEFA Champions League

Bayern have been brilliant this half. Poor Plzen can't live with them.

Lovely free kick from Trent Alexander Arnold. 1-0 after 7 minutes.

Nice to have RTE commentators and pundits that are easy on the ears.

Good strike by Calhanoglu to give Inter the lead against Barca.

Lovely symmetry in Group A right now!

You just knew that Atleti penalty wasn't going in.

Some start to the tournament for Brugge.

Surprised the ref wasn't at least asked to look at that. Looked a handball from Dumfries.

Looked different from every angle.

Needs to be "clear and obvious" as they say.

Big win for Inter. Barca won't be happy with some of the decisions. Sets things up nicely for the game at the Camp Nou. Skriniar and Bastoni gave Lewandowski very little.

Just saw Napoli's result at Ajax. Great night for Italian football.

Boring Italian football!!

Crazy how Anfield can bring such a big atmosphere to a group stage game against Rangers but barely a whisper for league games like against Brighton.

Chalk and cheese, European nights are just a different beast.

I still don't think this group is over, Ajax still to play Rangers, and Liverpool at home

True but most teams' travelling support bring the noise as its a small group who go to all games. Home support is different and Anfield really ups it's game for the European games but recently League games seem flat.

Anyway, off topic, good thing is that there were no new injuries last night. Rangers I though were VERY poor. No ideas, poor in possession, not even trying that hard to win the ball back. I really hope we see the same Rangers performance next week!

They'll have to be a lot tougher. They were abysmal last night I thought. This is a team that were incredibly close to being Pot 1 seeds for this group remember only losing the Europa League final on penalties. And last night wasn't a million miles away from being the UEFA Super Cup with Liverpool being beaten CL finalists.

Not sure if it says more about the gulf in class between the English and Scottish divisions or the gulf between the Europa League and the big boy competition but they really have to make serious changes before the return fixture. Liverpool aren't travelling well this season so it's there for them but they need a massive improvement in performance I feel

Agreed. The gulf in quality between the SPL and the CL is massive. Any bit of pressing and Rangers will crack. If Nunez wasn't so obsessed with hitting the target, Liverpool could have had 5 last night. He hit everything straight down McGregor's throat. He will be more relaxed away from Anfield and should score at least one goal at Ibrox.

Spl teams struggling badly in the CL groups.

I suppose its a learning exercise.

Milan should be level. Super run from Leao.

Sad to see the Ajax result. Back to the way it was before that generation of youngsters came through. Missed the boat against Spurs when they should of won the competition, and were ridiculously unlucky against Benfica last year. Torn apart now

They're tight, thinking they're shrewd, like a lot of selling clubs. Arrogant to the point they think they'll replace anyone who leaves, with even better players. And so the conveyor belt goes on. Although they're better positioned than most to replace anyone with better talent on a whim. They just went too far

Ajax should have the money in abundance at this stage to give higher wages. They refuse, and in fairness they're right, as no player is worth extortionate wages. But with Ajax it really stems from the cocksure belief the next academy player is better than the last

I don't know what took the referee so long viewing the monitor to correctly rule out that Man City goal.