Saturday, May 4, 2024

Champions League state of play

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The 2022/23 Champions League is under way and we bring you the state of play, tables, results and the schedule for the tournament…

The group stages kicked off on Tuesday, with Chelsea suffering a shock 1-0 defeat at Dinamo Zagreb, Manchester City cruising to a 4-0 win over Sevilla and Celtic losing 3-0 to Real Madrid.

The action continued on Wednesday as Ajax humbled Rangers with a4-0 win in Amsterdam, Napoli stunned Liverpool with a 4-1 win and Tottenham won 2-0 at Marseille .

So how do things stand across all the groups after the initial round of fixtures?

Top scorers and creators

Robert Lewandowski heads theearly goal charts after scoring a hat-trick for Barcelona against Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday. City’s Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe of PSG and Tottenham new boy Richarlison are among a group of five players on two goals, with the former pair also leading the way for shots.