Righto, that’s it from me for tonight. But fear not, it’s not the end of the sport – there’s loads more of that, and it’s proper.

And of course we’ve more of both tomorrow, then again the day after. In the meantime, though, peace out.

“I have just seen Real Betis’ winner against Lille,” says Niall Mullen, “and may I say, c’est Troy bien.”

It is indeed. He worked the defender, setting up the finish he wanted to try and executing it to perfection. It’s lucky Spurs aren’t struggling for goals, or else they’d be regretting the decision to let him go.

I didn’t love Madrid’s performance tonight, nor the team that Mourinho picked, but I did enjoy the way they pressed and put it in. Perhaps they’ve finally accepted that you can’t win on talent alone.

I meant to say at the time, but Mbappe’s goal tonight was his 71st in the Champions League. That takes him level with Raúl; above him are Benzeam with 90, Lewandowski with 109, Messi with 129 and Ronaldo with 141.

It’s all going on…

The corner comes to nowt and that’ll be that, I think.

A ball into the box, a challenge, a touch from Anton and it drops to Veiga … but his shot is deflected behind. Corner!

Mkhitaryan, on as sub for Unter, lashes a rising shot from outside the box, Courtois dives to parry, and the rebound won’t quite fall for Inter. They do win a corner, but it comes to nowt, and well have three additional minutes. Bring em on!

This has been a wild second half, so much so that I didn’t have time to note John Stones replacing Pavard at half-time. Madrid, meantime, brought on Diomande and Tchoumeni for Diaz and Alexander-Arnold then, just a minute or two ago, Carreras for Vini, who took too long to leave the pitch, so Madrid had to spend a minute down to 10 as punishment; great stuff.

Kaua Prates wins the all high and it breaks to Fabio Silva, who’s made a difference since coming on. He looks for the far post, but Gulasci plunges left to make a fine save.

Inter have run out of puff and hope – they were the better side for long stretches of this match, but now are doing well to keep the score down to two.

Lovely from Madrid, Mbappe sending Vini flying through the inside-left channel, but Bisseck times his tackle beautifully to avert what looked like a third goal. And soon after, he leaves the field dabbing at his face, after sitcking his head in the road of a shot that denotes off Valverde’s laces.

Bellingham wins the ball with an excellent slide-tackle, sticking Vini away, and he’s one on one with Bastoni but opts to slide square for Mbappe, who moves it one more to Diaz when he might shoot. Diaz, thogh doesn’t quite have the lane for an effort and should probably play another pass, but instead dips inside to create one, before passing a shot just wide of the far post. That ought to have been 3-0, but they kept trying to work the perfect opportunity and made a mess of it.

“You looked at your phone!” begins John Parry. “I assumed all Guardian MBM journalists were surrounded by multiple screens while dressed in full body haptic suits, generally thinking their thoughts onto the screen. Disappointed.”

I’ve got two screens and a phone, but I’m working on getting more.

Beautiful from Diaz, tricking his way past Bastoni down the side of the box, then putting the ball by Jones and racing around the other side before standing up a cross to the far post. Bellingham should nod in to the unguarded net, but instead opts to take it down, allowing Martinez to kick away. He’s had a really good game, save the crucial second goal he donated to Madrid.

Back in Madrid, just a few minutes ago, Courtois made a ridiculous double save, blocking from Lautaro then from jJnes – though the flag was up, he wasn’t to know.

Phew. Just before that, Nwaneri’s shot clipped Guirassy’s heels and hit the post, while in Madrid, Jones had a shot saved by Courtois.

We’re back under way at Dortmund, the home side on the attack immediately with Nwaneri – who replaced Karetsas – swinging a shot just wide of the far post.

“This Liverpool fan finds it heart-warming to see former Reds Trent Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones squaring off at the Bernabeu,” writes Peter Oh. “The former’s Spanish language skills are well-documented. Can Jones match his compatriot with some seriously sexy, Scouse-inflected Italian?”

This also works the other way – in the mid-80s, Jan Molby became famous for his Scouse-inflected English.

“Greece have a golden generation?” begins Niall Mullen. “Presumably they are on the blower to Bobby Martinez as we speak.”

Ha! As it goes, I don’t think Belgium were quite good enough to win a tournament, but Portugal ought to have been and didn’t even get close. How he got that job in the first place I’ll never understand.

I got some chicken soup going earlier; it’s coming along famously, thanks for asking, and i want to eat the air in my house.

Gosh, Madrid almost finish it, Calhanoglu carelessly giving the ball away to Mbappe near halfway and out on the left. He screeches towards goal as Calhanoglu goes his best to get back but he buys the sway in so is left by the sway out – quite a few seconds he’s had there – and though Martinez tips away the low shot that comes across him, Bellingham is on-hand to tap home the rebound. Except, somehow, Martinez saves again – though the finish needed lift or power, that is behaviour as sensational as his second-goal contribution was dunderheaded – and the ball loops just shy of Diaz’s stretch at the far post. Half-time.

Inteer win a corner, in it comes, Martinez is up … but it flicks off Huijsen’s head before he can make contact, meaning his header flies over the top. That’s a right touch for the defender – he knew nothing about it.

Our League Cup half-times:

Bournemouth 1-0 Lincoln

Palace 1-0 Boro

Orient 1-1 Bradford

Sunderland 0-0 Hull

Millwall 0-0 Newcastle

Surely we’re getting at least one shoot-out out of these?

Inter have played well tonight and, since going 2-0 down, they’ve fought hard to get back into things. But they’ve not managed a goal and you have to think they need one before the break if they’re to make a game of this.

It’s still Porto 0-0 Man City, but the visitors are on top.

Excellent work from Jones inside the Madrid box, back to goal. After good work from Lautaro and Augusto, he feints one way, turns the other, and swishes a rising shot which clips the outside of the near angle.

Talking of West Ham, they’re drawing 2-2 at Bolton after just 38 minutes while, in our League Cup matches, Leyton Orient took the lead against Bradford but were quickly hauled back, and that match is 1-1 at half-time.

Greece, by the way, might just have a golden generation on their hands. Generally speaking, this means high expectations and no success, but don’t be surprised if they’re a factor at the Euros.

Giannis Konstantelias, Dortmund’s other Greek player, is already sidelined for some time with an ACL tear; let’s hope Karetsas isn’t badly hurt.

Rank news for Dortmund, who lose Karetsas to a non-contact injury. It didn’t look serious, but it didn’t look great either, and he’s replaced by Ethan Nwaneri.

Inter give the ball away and Vinicius streaks away, sliding into the middle where Diaz touches off for Mbappe .. but before he can control, Bisseck slides in to pretty much everything you can without giving away a penalty. I’d like to see it again, but I’m not certain he got the ball.

John Toshack once said that 90 minutes in the Bernabeu is a long time. Inter may be about to find out what he meant.

Also missing from Madrid’s midfield: a controller. I don’t know, the game changes, of course, but the team which won multiple Big Earses had both Toni Kroos and Luka Modric.

Vini is sent bouncing through the middle but Pavard times his challenge beautifully, sliding in to avert the danger.

Email! “Let’s all hope that Inter win in controversial fashion just for the post-match quotes,” says Michael Meagher. “From last Friday: ‘The Betis players are more streetwise than the Madrid players, who are very honest.’ Don’t ever change José!”

The Madrid players are also kind to small animals and fond of jigsaw puzzles.

Diaz is late on Martinez, lunging only to find he[s been chopped; free-kick Inter, on the edge of the box, and Calhanoglu will fancy this. He drills past the wall on its inside, but straight at Courtois, who again prangs to safety.

Madrid’s midfield doesn’t just lack balance, it lacks a controller, and Lautaro strides through it, ignoring the support to shoot low from 20 yards. Again, though, Courtois parries.

I’d love to know what part of Madrid’s talent ID department watched Konate at Liverpool and thought yeah, him. Maybe they thought he’s a coach away from making the most of his physical gifts, but at 27, I can’t see it. What am I missing?

Beier goes down the left for Daortmiund and opens body to pass a terrific low ball through the corridor. Guirassy launches himself at it, but his slide arrives just a little bit late.

I don’t think the Madrid midfield is balanced, a particular problem given the unreliability of the centre-backs behind it; I’m a little surprised Mourinho isn’t relying on Rudiger, whose power, aggression and experience might be useful and who considers his boss his “footballing father.”

In Dortmund, Villarreal’s Comesana teases a ball into the box, but Oluwaseyi can’t impart any purchase on to his header.

Inter have started well and Lautaro pokes the ball wide then, when it comes into the middle, a deflection sits it up for Thuram, who wallops it with his laces … but straight at Courtois, who parries behind. The corner comes to nowt.

It’s probably me, but I find it amusing that, on their website, Uefa have gone for B. Dortmund, like it’s someone’s name. My dad always felt hard done by not to be given a middle name; I hope they’re bearing up.

And off we go in Madrid.

I’m watching Madrid v Inter, Dortmund v Villarreal and Millwall v Newcastle. Niall McVeigh has you covered for Porto v Man City.

A moment is taken to remember those who died in the awful floods in Nepal. Godspeed.

I guess the existing structure was pretty special, so it didn’t need much work beyond the modernisation, but even so, they clearly did an outrageously good job. Camp Nou, on the other hand, was just a concrete bowl with, in some parts of the ground, plastic sets dumped into stone; there’s a lot more work to do making that good.

Our teams are out in our various grounds, thus a question: I’ve not yet been, but is the Bernabeu the best ground refurb we’ve seen?

Right, we’re back. Ryan Christie has given Bournemouth the lead against Lincoln.

My computer is playing up so, to ensure we’re not interrupted once our feature games get going, i’m going to restart; see you on the other side in a few.

Our Carabao Cup fixtures are:

Bournemouth v Lincoln City

Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough

Leyton Orient v Bradford City

Millwall v Newcastle United

The first three kick-off at 7.45, so in a minute from now, the fourth at 8pm.

Villa have won 3-2 at Brugge, and looked pretty good in so doing. Nicolas Jackson played really well, and strikes me as an Unai Emery type of player: underrated but, if he can sort out his major flaw, that being shooting, he can grow into a really serious striker. Everything else is in place.

So, where is the game? Once upon a time, what Madrid did was largely up to Madrid players, but under Mourinho, it ain’t going out like that. Against a back three, the space tends to be behind the wing-backs and down the sides of the outside centre-backs, so I’d expect to see Dumfries and Alexander-Arnold ganging up on Bastoni and dragging him away from the middle, while Cucurella and Vinicius do the same on the other side, freeing up space for Mbappe and whichever of Bellingham and Valverde are box-crashing.

Inter, meanwhile, will want their wing-backs targeting the space Madrid’s full-backs vacate, with their two up front looking to take advantage of Konate and Huijsen’s respective impetuousness and inexperience. This could be a really fun game.

Inter, meanwhile, look solid. They’ve won three from three in Serie A, and will, I think, look to clutter the centre of the pitch. That’s another reason I’d like to have seen Diomande on from the start, but Mourinho has – unusually for him – done without a defensively-minded midfielder. I’m looking forward to seeing how Curtis Jones does, as I think he’s a good player who’ll thrive with regular selection and greater responsibility. And there’s no disputing the danger Inter offer up front; I don’t fancy either Madrid centre-back against Thuram and Martinez.

Our main focus here, though, will be on Madrid v Inter. Mourinho’s men lost at Betis last weekend, and are without the suspended Eduardo Camvinga, Bernardo Silva and Arda Guler. As such Trent Alexander-Arnold comes in on the right of the central three – a move I doubt Aurelien Tchouameni likes all that much. I can’t say I think Alexander-Arnold is much use in that position – as Gary Neville once noted, most right-backs are failed midfielders – but he’s capable of creating something from nothing. I guess I’d quite like to see Yan Diomande on the right, but i’m not surprised Mourinho wants the extra body in midfield that Brahim Diaz can become.

Brugge have pulled a goal back against Villa – they now trail 3-2. Elsewhere, meanwhile, it’s AEK 1-0 LASK in what internet bores are calling the Upper Case derby.

There’s a lot to dig into there, right? It’s always interesting when new managers take over established teams, because chances are they’ll see things differently from their predecessors. City, for example, are now playing 4-2-3-1, not 4-3-3, and it doesn’t seem like Enzo Maresca fancies Rayan Ait-Nouri. Otherwise, Ayyoub Bouaddi makes his first start – he’s alongside Enzo Fernandez in a double pivot which lacks a bit of p&p – and a front four of Samenyo, Cherki, Foden, Haaland looks not bad.

And the race for the County Championship is intensifying.

There’s a classic in progress at Flushing Meadow…

Niall McVeigh has the build-up from Oporto…

Goodness me, there’s a lot going on. In Bruges, Villa are going nicely…