Last night, Tuesday, November 4, the first batch of fixtures from Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League for the 2025/26 season took place. In the headline clashes of the night, Bayern Munich mounted a comeback against Paris Saint-Germain, clinching a 2-1 victory thanks to a brace from Colombian striker Luis Diaz.

Arne Slot welcomed back Curtis Jones for the Champions League clash with Real Madrid and will now be hoping other players return for this weekend’s Premier League match against Manchester City

In the buildup the journos seemed to think there wasn’t adequate respect shown to Real. Had that backwards, maybe?

Liverpool has won only one of the last nine games against Real Madrid – a 2-0 victory last year at Anfield Road (Goals: Mac Allister, Gakpo). The Reds have faced Spanish teams in ten of the last eleven European Cup seasons.

Canvot should be taking the place of Chris Richards who “has a little bit of an issue with his calf.” As for the rest of the Palace team that lost 1-0 to Arsenal on Sunday, Glasner said they “are fine and recovered well.

Florian Wirtz starts for Liverpool as Cody Gakpo drops to the bench against Real Madrid. Wirtz has started all three of the Reds' previous Champions League fixtures this term, against Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray and Eintracht Frankfurt.

On a positive side, should Mohamed Salah contribute to a Liverpool goal on Saturday he’ll move to 276 goals and assists in the Premier League for a single club, even with Wayne Rooney who holds the record (183 goals, 93 assists). Salah has more goals (187) than Rooney for Manchester United.

Europe’s top teams appear to have finally come to grips with the new-look Champions League. The standings look very different heading into the fourth round of games compared to one year ago, when the new 36-team format debuted and the results were less predictable.

The second wave of Champions League Matchday 4 fixturesChampions League 2025 / @x.com/UniversBayernLast night, Tuesday, November 4, the first batch of fixtures from Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions

Alexis Mac Allister scored the only goal to give Liverpool a vital 1-0 home win over Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.