Champions League LIVE: Result and final score from City-Sevilla, Chelsea-Dinamo, Juve-PSG and more
Goal updates from the Champions League as the group stages come to a close
Chelsea midfielder Denis Zakaria scored on his debut as his side finished their Champions League Group E campaign with a 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, topping the group and ending the European campaign for the Croatians.
Manchester City teenager Rico Lewis marked his first senior start with his maiden goal for the club as City came from behind to complete their commanding Champions League group stage with a 3-1 defeat of Sevilla.
FC Copenhagen scored their first goal in this season’s Champions League campaign, drawing 1-1 with already qualified Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday in their last Group G game.
Celtic, meanwhile, failed to earn a first victory in the Champions League this year as they succumbed to a 5-1 defeat by Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Follow all the action, goal updates, and major incidents from across the Champions League tonight:
GOAL! AC Milan 4-0 RB Salzburg (Junior Messias, 90+1)⚽️
90+1 mins: Olivier Giroud knocks the ball over to Junior Messias who storms down the right side before cutting into the box, rolling the ball onto his left foot then drilling his shot into the back of the net!
GOAL! Maccabi Haifa 1-5 Benfica (Araujo, 88’)⚽️
88 mins: Benfica get their fifth!
Henrique Araujo makes a clever little run into the box after Maccabi Haifa fail to properly clear their lines. A threaded pass comes through to him and the young striker flicks it into the back of the net.
Benfica just need one more goal to top their group ahead of PSG. Can they get it?
GOAL! Man City 3-1 Sevilla (Mahrez, 83)⚽️
83 mins: Manchester City are sitting pretty now. Julian Alvarez is a force on the press and hounds the Sevilla centre-back until he comes away with the ball.
Riyad Mahrez is waiting in the box and Alvarez gives him the ball. Mahrez takes a touch and lifts the ball over the goalkeeper and smokes it into the roof of the net.
City will go on to win this game now.
Juventus 1-2 PSG
78 mins: Juventus have a goal disallowed! A shot from range is stopped by Donnarumma but the ball spills out to Locatelli who responds quickly and knocks it home.
The offside flag goes up and it only takes a quick check to confirm that he was ahead of the last defender.
GOAL! Man City 2-1 Sevilla (Alvarez, 73’)⚽️
73 mins: Kevin De Bruyne has changed the game. He was quickly called up to come on by Pep Guardiola and within few minutes of his introduction he laces a beautiful cutting pass over to Julian Alvarez as he sprints in behind.
Phil Foden goes with him but Alvarez takes the ball wide of the goalkeeper then blasts his shot home from a cute angle.
GOAL! Maccabi Haifa 1-4 Benfica (Rafa Silva, 73’)
73 mins: Another one for Benfica!
David Neres wins the ball high up the pitch and brings it to the front of the box before sliding it into the feet of Rafa Silva. He draws in the goalkeeper before flicking it over his body and giving Benfica their fourth.
This game has long since been over.
GOAL! Maccabi Haifa 1-3 Benfica (Grimaldo, 69’)⚽️
69 mins: What a strike!
Benfica add to their tally after winning a free kick just outside the Maccabi Haifa box. Defender Grimaldo takes the set piece and whips a left-footed strike around the wall and past the goalkeeper to give the Portuguese side a clear lead.
GOAL! Juventus 1-2 PSG (Mendes, 69’)⚽️
69 mins: Paris Saint-Germain are back in front!
It’s a lovely move from the visitors who give the ball to Lionel Messi in the middle of the pitch. He twists and passes it to Kylian Mbappe who puts a through ball in behind the defence to Nuno Mendes in on goal.
He takes a couple of touches to get into the box then laces and fine finish over to the far bottom corner!
Man City 1-1 Sevilla
66 mins: Rico Lewis, aged 17 years and 346 days, is the youngest player to score on his first start in the Champions League, breaking the record held by Karim Benzema (17 years 352 days for Lyon v Rosenborg).
Both teams are still going for it at the Etihad. It would be surprising if this one finishes in a draw.
Chelsea 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb
63 mins: Graham Potter has made a triple change at Stamford Bridge with Kai Havertz, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Kalidu Koulibaly all taken off.
Armando Broja, Conor Gallagher and Thiago Silva come on. This is a good opportunity for Broja and Gallagher to show what they can do on Europe’s biggest stage.
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