Police were called to investigate an altercation involving Diego Maradona and a woman at a hotel in Madrid, authorities said.

The modern Champions League format has little space for romance or novelty — as seen by this week’s fixture list as Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, met again for the upteenth time in recent years.

Andy Townsend not up to speed: “The players are always greeted with such velocity here at Old Trafford.”