Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta refused to blame the absence of manager Pep Guardiola from the touchline for his side’s 2-1 defeat to Lyon at the Etihad Stadium

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Real Madrid opened the defence of their Champions League crown with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Roma at the Bernabéu

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Mauricio Pochettino needs to remember the key purpose of the Fannying About Theory – to hurt opponents further up the pitch

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Plus: most international debutants, ugly strips (2) and the largest country never to compete at the European Championships

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Jürgen Klopp has said that there doesn’t seem to be a mountain high enough that his Liverpool team cannot scale

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