That’s all from me. Thanks for reading and for your emails. A good night for Arsenal, and just wait until you see those goals. The Madueke opener in particular was special.

Cheers! Until next time!

Ed Aarons was in Bruges.

Louise Taylor’s match report from the BayArena.

David Hytner’s match report from the Bernabéu:

That is now only two wins from eight games for Xabi Alonso, whose job at Real Madrid is in serious jeopardy. And it’s not just because of the results, he doesn’t seem able to navigate the politics and personalities at Madrid in the same way that Zidane and Ancelotti did.

There was also Women’s Champions League action tonight.

Chelsea thrashed Roma 6-0, while Manchester United lost 3-0 to OL Lyonnes, the eight-time winners.

Live reaction here …

… while you can read Suzanne Wrack’s match report on Chelsea’s win here …

… while Tom Garry was at Leigh Sports Village.

It has also finished in the Bernabéu, with Manchester City winning 2-1 at Real Madrid. All the latest reaction right here, with Scott Murray.

Benfica 2-0 Napoli

90 min: Mourinho looks like he has won the battle of two former Spurs managers, with Antonio Conte and Napoli beaten.

“Greetings from Naples where the mood is sombre,” emails Colum Fordham. “After the victory against Juventus, Napoli may have underestimated Mourinho’s Benfica, who have exposed the Napoli defence on numerous occasions. Neres has played well on the right wing but it’s not enough. Not even Scott McTominay, Napoli’s Scottish star, seems able to make the difference. The wily Portugese coach has outwitted Conte this evening.”

Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Newcastle

83 min: Leverkusen are now pushing for a late equaliser, with Tella forcing Ramsdale into a save and Newcastle surviving a goalmouth scramble. Squeaky bum time.

Athletic Bilbao 0-0 PSG

60 min: If you’re wondering what is going on in the Basque Country, not a lot. Athletic Bilbao have only scored four goals in their entire European campaign, and PSG look equally toothless here. “PSG are without Dembélé and Hakimi, and it really shows”, emails Kári Tulinius. “Not that they don’t have other great players, but anyone would miss that pair, and the Parisians aren’t as unpredictable in attack without them, giving the Athletic defence an easier task than you’d expect. I think Mayulu’s shot was their first on target.”

PSG have just brought on Doué from the bench. I think the Frenchman was being rested, but is now needed by Luis Enrique.

Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Newcastle

47 min: Bayer Leverkusen have been forced into a half-time change, with striker Patrick Schick coming off. I assume that’s an injury, rather than a tactical shift. Christian Kofane on.

“Newcastle lucky to go into the break only a goal down and with 11 men still on the pitch,” emails Chris Paraskevas. “Eddie Howe will surely give ‘new signing’ Wissa a run, given the huge gaps that Leverkusen are leaving in behind when they push up. Woltemade has largely played with his back to goal and fed off scraps. We need more pace in transition. We also need our midfield to wake up, because a sluggish start like this on Sunday sends a shiver down my spine.”

Half-time reading:

“Superbly timed for Hump Day,” quips Peter Oh.

There is also Women’s Champions League action tonight. Catch up on that with Sarah Rendell.

Meanwhile at the Bernabéu, Manchester City have come from behind to lead. Join Scott Murray.

Club Brugge 0-1 Arsenal

45 min: Club Brugge have a chance to equalise! Stankovic breaks the offside trap, running from deep, but the Serbian takes an age to get the bouncing ball under control. Stankovic does force Raya into a good save, but was forced to take the shot early as he dallied on the ball and the Arsenal defenders retreated.

Athletic Bilbao 0-0 PSG

44 min: Great save from Unai Simon to deny Mayulu! Zaire-Emery rolls a low cross across the box, Mayulu loses his marker but can’t convert, as Bilbao’s keeper springs to his right to make a sensational stop!

Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Newcastle

37 min: Newcastle are struggling in Germany. Leverkusen look dangerous with Schick dropping deep and Tillman and Poku running beyond. They also look dependable with their back three, with Quansah on the right of a 3-5-2 formation.

Juventus 0-0 Pafos

34 min: Pafos hit the post! It’s the visitors that look far more dangerous here, with the ball breaking to Anderson on the edge of Juve’s box. The Brazilian curls a low finish that hits the outside of Di Gregorio left-hand post.

Orsic is a player. Forget the Southampton spel and remember when he scored a hat-trick to knock José Mourinho’s Spurs out of the Europa League with Dinamo Zagreb.

Club Brugge 0-1 Arsenal

31 min: Arsenal pushing for a second. From a set piece, there’s a scramble in the Club Brugge box with Gyökeres lurking. The home side hack it away.

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Bodo/Glimt

28 min: What a career path this is for Fabio Silva. His agent is doing God’s work.

Porto
Wolves
Anderlecht (loan)
PSV (loan)
Rangers (loan)
Las Palmas (loan)
Borussia Dortmund (for around £23m)

Club Brugge 0-0 Arsenal

15 min: This will not be an easy match for Arsenal at Brugge, who drew 3-3 with Barcelona last month. The Gunners are enjoying plenty of possession, just as Barça did, but Brugge don’t mind playing on the counter attack and have plenty of pace up top. Particularly with Carlos Forbs, who made his debut for Portugal last month.

“Arsenal don’t have an injury crisis up front, clearly,” emails Russell Eberts. “But the fact that we’re starting Christian Nørgaard at CB speaks for itself in terms of defensive injuries. I don’t think anyone could have anticipated that happening a few weeks ago.”

Benfica 0-0 Napoli

10 min: The home side so nearly take the lead. A delicious backheel from Aursnes sends Sudakov clean through on goal, but Milinkovic-Savic stands tall to save, before Benfica recycling the ball and Aursnes sending another effort wide.

Juventus 0-0 Pafos

7 min: Pafos nearly take the lead in Turin! Bruno Felipe gets free down the right wing for the Cypriot side, crosses low into the box. The ball pinballs around the area, zinging off Cambiaso’s knee and forcing Di Gregorio into a point-blank save!

Club Brugge 0-0 Arsenal

5 min: In Belgium, Martin Odegaard has tried his luck from range, with van den Heuvel palming it away. I thought Odegaard looked quite good against Villa at the weekend, despite the defeat.

Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Newcastle

3 min: It’s a brilliant atmosphere in Germany. The home crowd are buzzing. These are two teams that both like to press high, so I wonder if the match will be high-octane.

Around the continent, the teams are out! Newcastle are wearing that dreadful green away kit at Leverkusen, which I can’t really get behind.

The two early (5.45pm GMT) kick-offs have now finished and they were both absolute corkers, by the look of it:

Qarabag 2-4 Ajax
Ajax, who started the match on zero points, scored three times in the final 11 minutes to seal a stunning comeback at Qarabag, with Football Manager wonderkid Oscar Gloukh netting twice.

Villarreal 2-3 FC Copenhagen
The Spanish side, also struggling in the league phase this year, twice got themselves back on level terms but conceded a last-minute goal in defeat. Andreas Cornelius, formerly of Cardiff City, got the goal for the Danes.

Real Madrid v Manchester City also kicks off at 8pm GMT. You can follow minute-by-minute updates, with Scott Murray, right here.

Remarkable that Arteta can talk of an injury crisis, when he has that XI and Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Eze, Nwaneri, and Calafiori all on the bench.

By the way, if Gabriel Jesus does play tonight, it would be his first minutes since 12 January, a 1-1 draw against Manchester United, when he suffered a knee injury.

Paphos’ club badge – which depicts the classic figure of the Cypriot hero Evagoras Pallikarides, a poet and revolutionary who was active during the anti-colonial 1955–1959 campaign against British rule – also sees them qualify for a place on this list!

It’s a great piece. I had no idea that Bournemouth’s badge is not just a stylistic masterpiece but depicts somebody called Dickie Dowsett, “who played for the club between 1957 and 1962 and apparently scored a brilliant diving header against Aston Villa which is the inspiration for the badge.”

Paphos are making quite the impression in their first ever season in the Champions League proper. A home win over Villarreal and draws against Kairat and Monaco leave the Cypriot side on 25th place on five points, one berth below tonight’s opponents Juventus.

They also have 38-year-old David Luiz – yes, THE David Luiz – and the Brazilian scored a header for the ages in the last round against Monaco to help his new side to a 2-2 draw. Shades of Didier Drogba in the 2012 final in Luiz’s header, his first goal in the Champions League in eight years!

Newcastle United, meanwhile, travel to Germany tonight to play Bayer Leverkusen, who slumped to a 2-0 defeat at lowly Augsburg at the weekend.

Here’s Louise Taylor’s preview on Newcastle striker Nick Woltemade, who returns to his homeland tonight of course.

Club Brugge, meanwhile, sacked manager Nicky Hayen just two days ago – following the weekend’s defeat to St Truiden – and immediately announced his replacement in Ivan Leko from KAA Gent, who only found out that they had lost their Croatian manager when they read it in the media!

The following passage is from Reuters (yesterday):

Club Brugge captain Hans Vanaken said the players had learned of the managerial change after training on Monday. “A surprise for the squad,” he told a press conference on Tuesday. “Nobody expected that. There wasn’t really a reason or anything we thought was a reason. Look, the board has made a decision and it’s up to the players to accept that. We know that in football, tough decisions are made sometimes. Firing a coach is always unpleasant. Secretly, we’re all convinced that things could have got better in the coming months.”

Vanaken played with Leko when he first started out and also worked under him in Leko’s previous spell at Brugge from 2017-19. “Ivan is a completely different personality than Nicky, he has a bit more fire in him,” added Vanaken. “That’s not to say one is better than the other, but in the past, we clicked.”

Oh, and here’s a piece we did on Nicky Haden back in January, before Club Brugge’s trip to Manchester City. I don’t think he will be going back to the Welsh Premier League.

Team news is yet to surface. Here’s what Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta had to say before his side’s clash with Club Brugge. Declan Rice is ill, while Leandro Trossard, William Saliba, Cristhian Mosquera, Kai Havertz, Max Dowman and Gabriel Magalhães are all sidelined.

And here’s the song that I immediately thought of when I read that headline. A wonderfully 90s tune by Soccer Mommy.