Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini admits his side‘s defending from set-pieces is a concern after Juventus inflicted a first defeat of pre-season on the big-spending Spanish giants.

Juventus 2 Chelsea 2 (Chelsea win 3-2 on agg)

Germany boss Joachim Low is to contact Chelsea next week to ask them to explain Michael Ballack's exclusion from their Champions League squad.

Bayern Munich 0 AC Milan 2 (Milan win 4-2 on aggregate)

AC Milan 2 Bayern Munich 2

SATURDAY night’s 1-1 draw between Roma and Milan in Rome lived up to its billing as a possible dress rehearsal for the Champions League semi-final.

BAYERN MUNICH took their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League thanks in part to the quickest goal in the tournament’s history.

THE chances of England midfielder Owen Hargreaves joining Manchester United in the summer have become even more remote with Bayern Munich set to lose the services of several midfielders.

ROBERTO MANCINI etched his name into Inter Milan’s history books yesterday with a record-breaking ninth successive league victory, beating Messina 2-0.

HOLDERS Barcelona travel to Levski Sofia with an outside chance of crashing out of the competition, but realistically their fate will be decided against Werder Bremen at the Nou Camp next week.

BARCELONA got their defence of the Champions League off to a flying start by giving out a 5-0 thrashing to Levski Sofia in torrential rain, in their Group A match last night.

Barcelona began the defence of their Champions League crown with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Levski Sofia at the Nou Camp.

JUVENTUS striker Alessandro Del Piero has been ruled out of tomorrow night’s Champions League quarter-final, first leg away to Arsenal.

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

FORMER Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier has been named the new coach of reigning French champions Lyon. Houllier, ousted from the Liverpool hot seat last summer, will replace Paul Le Guen, who announced he was leaving the club after three seasons in charge during which time he won three league titles.

Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath is ready to spring an upset in the Champions League against Chelsea.

Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 0

Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 0 (Bayern go through 3-2 on aggregate)

Bayern Munich’s influential playmaker Mehmet Scholl has been ruled out of his side’s return Champions League clash with Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger revealed that Sol Campbell could be ruled out of Arsenal’s Champions League second leg tie against Bayern Munich as their hopes of a remarkable recovery act suffered another blow.

ARSENAL were left with a Champions League mountain to climb after serious defensive blunders in their last-16 first-leg tie at Bayern Munich.

It was by no means the first time that Arsenal had frozen on the big occasion in the Champions League.

CAPTAIN Raul came to Real Madrid’s rescue when he equalled Alfredo Di Stefano’s record of 49 goals in the European Cup to earn his side a 1-1 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen last night.

Real Madrid’s Champions League hopes are hanging by a thread after Bayer Leverkusen gained a deserved 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu.

Celtic 0 Bayern Munich 0

Celtic 0 Bayern Munich 0

A LAST-MINUTE header from substitute Christian Vieri gave Inter Milan a dramatic 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League Group B.

Bayern Munich 2 Celtic 1

OLYMPIAKOS Piraeus thrashed last year’s finalists Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 helped by a hat-trick from Predrag Djordjevic in their opening Group F Champions League match.

Real Madrid 2-0 Bayern Munich (Agg: 3-2)

Claudio Pizarro made up for a penalty miss with a late winner as Champions League holders Bayern Munich beat Nantes.

Bayern Munich 0 Manchester United 0 H/T

Liverpool have won the UEFA Super Cup after beating European champions Bayern Munich 3-2 in a thrilling encounter in Monaco last night.

Nothing will ever make up for the way Manchester United denied Bayern Munich the Champions League in 1999 - but their win at Old Trafford must surely come close for the Germans.

Sir Alex Ferguson backed Manchester United to mount another famous fightback against Bayern Munich after watching his side lose 1-0 at Old Trafford.