Sergio Aguero struck a last-gasp penalty winner as Manchester City came from behind to reignite their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach.

Arsene Wenger has said Theo Walcott is likely to pen a new deal at Arsenal very soon — and has backed him to score plenty of goals this season.

How can a team go unbeaten for four months, conceding only four goals, and then manage to let in four in 69 minutes? writes David Shonfield

Football stars apologising to fans is not something you see every day.

Tottenham will be looking to replicate local rivals Arsenal’s recent success against Besiktas after being paired with the Turkish side in Group C of the Europa League.

Schalke and Borussia Monchengladbach have hit back at Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge for suggesting the rest of the Bundesliga are plotting against his side.

By Peter O’Dwyer

Borussia Dortmind 1 Zenit St Petersburg 2 (Dortmund win 5-4 on aggregate)

Newcastle will attempt to tie up a deal for striker Luuk de Jong as Alan Pardew finally closes in on his man.

Given the consensus that the business end of the Champions League only kicks off when the competition reaches its knockout stage, there has always been an unavoidable element of phoney war about what UEFA calls ‘Matchday 1’.

Borussia Dortmund have told striker Robert Lewandowski to see out the remaining year on his contract and forget about leaving the club this summer.

Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller is not panicking about the prospect of further Champions League final shoot-out misery at Wembley tomorrow.

Losing at home to a team battling relegation is not the ideal preparation for a Champions League final, but it’s been that sort of a season for Borussia Dortmund.

First reserve Cry For The Moon got into the featured Ladbrokes’ Handicap Hurdle at Killarney yesterday and then ran his rivals ragged.

Malaga president Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani today accused UEFA of being “corrupt” as he continued to vent his fury following the Spanish club’s controversial Champions League exit at the hands of Borussia Dortmund.

Alan Pardew was fuming with the referee as Newcastle failed to turn their dominance into a first-leg victory over Metalist Kharkiv in their Europa League last-32 tie last night.

Borussia Dortmund 1 Manchester City 0

Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko hopes the team can shrug off the absence of key players to salvage something from their dismal European campaign.

West Ham United 0 Manchester City 0

Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Real Madrid to avenge their defeat against Borussia Dortmund when they meet up again in a fortnight for their Champions League Group C clash at the Bernabeu.

GERMANY’S football season restarted dramatically on Friday night after their six-week break and the victims were Bayern Munich, still league leaders but only on goal difference ahead of Borussia Dortmund and Schalke, with the other Borussia just a point behind in fourth place.

THERE can be no denying there was a certain delicious irony to being the first (and so far only) Premier League side to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Real Madrid have confirmed the signing of Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin.

Aston Villa remain confident they will sign Borussia Moenchengladbach midfielder Michael Bradley on loan for the remainder of the season.

LYON against Bayern is a semi-final clash no one expected, and so far it has lived down to expectations.

Wigan have signed Ivory Coast international Steven Gohouri until the end of the season.

TOTTENHAM striker Roman Pavlyuchenko wants to play his part in Guus Hiddink staying as Russia coach on a full-time basis.

German Bundesliga strugglers Borussia Monchengladbach have snapped up full-back Paul Stalteri following his release from Tottenham.

BORUSSIA DORTMUND admitted last night that their move for Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has broken down with the Germany international opting to remain with the Premier League leaders.

Switzerland midfielder David Degen has been handed a trial by Celtic after being scolded for his lack of effort by Borussia Monchengladbach coach Jos Luhukay.

JURGEN KLINSMANN expects “a hot and hard-fought battle” when Germany take on struggling Poland in Dortmund today.

Bayern Munich virtually closed out the race for the Bundesliga title by extending their lead to nine points.

Ajax claim Chelsea are trailing two of the Dutch club’s rising stars.

Former Rangers and Holland boss Dick Advocaat has resigned as coach of Borussia Monchengladbach despite the club announcing over the weekend that he was set to remain in charge.

Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann’s plight at Highbury has alerted a number of clubs back home in Germany with with Borussia Monchengladbach reportedly leading the race to offer the former Borussia Dortmund player a get out.

Hertha Berlin claim they are moving closer to signing Celtic striker John Hartson.

Bayern Munich served notice of their title ambitions when they beat leaders Wolfsburg 2-0 to move within a point of the top of the Bundesliga.

German international Christian Ziege has signed a two-year deal with Borussia Monchengladbach after being released by Tottenham.

BORUSSIA DORTMUND goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has confirmed that he is the subject of a bid from Arsenal.

HOLDERS Real Madrid needed a last-ditch equaliser in Dortmund from Javier Portillo to keep their Champions League defence on course.

AC MILAN’S Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has been ruled out of tonight’s Group C Champions League match against Lokomotiv Moscow because of a thigh strain, the club has confirmed.

ALL the Champions League big guns who hoped to seal their places in the second round of the competition last night stuttered with qualification at their mercy.

Peter Lovenkrands has turned his back on a possible move to Inter Milan

Borussia came from behind to claim a home win in this Group B game at the Westfalenstadion.