Dortmund 2 - Monaco 3: Borussia Dortmund head coach Thomas Tuchel criticised Uefa’s decision to make his side play their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Monaco last night.

Manchester City 5 - Monaco 3: Manchester City still can’t defend — and after conceding three goals at home they still aren’t certain to go through — but who really cares when Pep Guardiola’s men can produce a performance like this which must go down as one of the greatest Champions League ties of all time?

The Champions League scripts department has been doing some clever rewrites lately.

Monaco 2 Tottenham 1: Hugo Lloris’ penalty heroics could not rescue Tottenham’s Champions League campaign as Mauricio Pochettino’s men slipped to a 2-1 defeat against Monaco last night.

Mauricio Pochettino has dismissed suggestions Tottenham could struggle with the transition to Wembley when they host Monaco in the Champions League tonight.

Police in Brazil have named Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) sports director Martin Burke as a new suspect in their ticket touting probe.

Lawyers for embattled Olympic Council of Ireland official Pat Hickey have urged Brazilian authorities to transfer him from the notorious Bangu prison to house arrest because he is facing a wait of up to three months to be either charged or freed.

Chelsea 0 Manchester City 3

There is never a good reason not to watch a football match, writes Liam Mackey

The David Griffiths-trained Take Cover bounced back from a below par run in the Abbaye at Longchamp last time when landing the listed Mercury Stakes in Dundalk last night.

Today’s sole meeting in Ireland takes place in Dundalk, where Zuberi can make up for an unlucky defeat last time out by taking the claiming maiden for Ger Lyons.

Chelsea 1 Southampton 3: John Terry offered his backing to Jose Mourinho after Chelsea’s season took a significant turn for the worse on Saturday.

The FA couldn’t wait to wield their sword of retrospective “justice” could they? Bet they keep it unsheathed every time Chelsea take to the field – just in case like.

Trainer Patrick Prendergast introduced a very promising filly, Queen Blossom, to make a winning debut in the median auction maiden on yesterday’s seven-race card at Cork.

Walsall 1 Chelsea 4: Chelsea continued to rebuild their season as they eased past Walsall in the Capital One Cup.

Everton 3 Chelsea 1: Jose Mourinho watched Chelsea fall 11 points behind early Premier League leaders Manchester City and then admitted that he’s not sure his side are still in the title race.

Getting in behind the Premier League weekend.

Chelsea 1 Crystal Palace 2: It might not be a fully-blown crisis at Stamford Bridge, but there are clearly problems for Jose Mourinho to address after Chelsea’s worst start in over a decade, and Crystal Palace skipper Damien Delaney agrees with the Portuguese that it is all about one thing — hunger.

Alex Ferguson’s United became famous for its last-minute dramas of one sort or another, so I daresay the nostalgic will have had their fill over the last week. Fellaini’s tie-saver against Bruges; Woodward’s deal-dropping misadventures in Barcelona; the gasp-inducing Thauvin failing to make anything of Cissé’s cross on Saturday... and what next in Bruges on Wednesday, one might fearfully ask?

Manchester United 0 Newcastle United 0: Louis van Gaal may ignore the mounting evidence to the contrary and insist there is no dire need to add to his body of strikers before the summer transfer window closes at the end of the month but when the answer to the Manchester United manager’s problems is “Marouane Fellaini,” then the Dutchman is clearly asking the wrong question.

Team news from the Hawthorns sees Pedro thrown in for his Chelsea debut.

It was as if someone “up there” was making mischief on Saturday to make us further miss the comforting sight of Cech on the bench.

I’m willing to bet that even those green army veterans of Paris for whom Thierry Henry will always come complete with horns and cloven feet, can’t help finding themselves seduced by the Frenchman’s multi-walk-on role in the latest Sky Sports commercial.

Seems many pundits and papers have already announced this coming season’s league winners without a ball even being kicked. Apparently Arsenal have run away with it.

"Here we are again, our bright shiny faces upturned hopefully to face another new season’s dawn. Tell your wife summer is officially dead to you, and let’s get our boots on.

Manchester United want one, Arsenal supporters crave one, while Chelsea have rolled the dice with one that once was. 

Jose Mourinho found himself in foreign territory as he congratulated the Arsenal players as they descended from the royal box – Arsene Wenger, of course, avoided his great rival – and forced to contemplate an uncomfortable fact; Arsenal had finally managed to beat Chelsea at their own game.

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0: Winning the Community Shield is rarely a reliable indicator of who will end the season as champions but Arsenal’s landmark win over Chelsea at Wembley does confirm their growing reputation as the most interesting contender in the 2015-16 title race.

Jose Mourinho has confidence in the strength of his Chelsea squad ahead of the season curtain-raiser against Arsenal at Wembley tomorrow.

Jose Mourinho has played down his personal record against Arsene Wenger ahead of the Community Shield fixture against Arsenal at Wembley on Sunday.

Louis van Gaal has confirmed Manchester United are in the process of recruiting a new striker.

Bryan Robson saw a bit of Alex Ferguson in Louis van Gaal when he decided to ruthlessly ditch Robin van Persie, Radamel Falcao and Victor Valdes.

Liverpool have reached an agreement with Aston Villa over the payment terms for the £32.5million (€30.5m) transfer of Christian Benteke.

Speaking in Seattle ahead of Manchester United’s friendly against Club America on Friday, Louis Van Gaal was in defiant mood.

Robin van Persie is due to arrive in Istanbul tonight as the Manchester United striker edges closer to completing his move to Fenerbahce.