The 2008-09 UEFA Champions League starts tonight and Soccerway keeps you up to date with all the latest events, including goals, red cards and other major incidents.

All times are in CET

20:53 And there s the first goal of the tournament! Sergio Aguero puts Atlético Madrid in the lead at PSV Eindhoven. 0-1

20:50 The first five minutes have passed and we re still waiting for the opening goal of the tournament.

20:45 The eight first matches of the season have begun!

The first eight matches of the season are about to kick off.

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Liverpool striker Fernando Torres admits he is desperate to avoid a repeat of his recent goal drought.

Torres went six games without a goal until he scored two in the Merseyside derby clash with Everton.

Torres said: “I hope that was my worst run without scoring for Liverpool. I don’t want to go that long again.

“I don’t know exactly what my longest run is without a goal but it’s definitely longer than six games. At Atletico Madrid it was sometimes difficult for me.

During my first year we finished mid-table and it was tough to score so I went a long time without doing so.

Here it is different because this is a really big club. We are challenging at the top of the …

Aston Villa have the release of eight first-team players following their success in winning Premier League promotion at the end of the 2018/19 season.

The names on the list are Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Tommy Elphick, Albert Adomah, Ritchie De Laet, Mark Bunn, Micah Richards, and Glenn Whelan.

Whelan has expressed deep disappointment, not with the release itself which he says he had expected, but rather with the way he found out about it, according to . The 35-year-old didn t learn his fate from manager Dean Smith (though he did say he had a missed call from him), or anyone else from the club, but from a journalist.

Asked if he was going to continue playing, he replied that he wants to play for as long as he is able, and jokingly added that he had just had Rea…

The Mail Online understands that Southampton have failed in their latest approach for Birmingham City forward Che Adams.

The south-coast club had bids for the former England U20 forward turned down back in January and have now seen an £8m offer rejected by the Blues.

Last season was Adams’ third at St Andrews, and his twenty-two goals were more than the previous two campaigns combined.

The Saints current incumbent of strikers only managed fifteen in the league between them, with Danny Ings their joint top scorer with James Ward-Prowse.

Prior to his move to Birmingham, the twenty-two-year-old spent two years will Sheffield United having began his career with non-league Ilkeston.

Having looked in real trouble at the turn of the year, So…

West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan has revealed the club are interested in securing a permanent deal for on loan Liverpool striker Andy Carroll in the summer transfer window, .

Carroll, who joined Liverpool from Newcastle United for a transfer fee of £35 million  in January 2011, has bagged seven goals and two assists in 22 league matches for West Ham this season.

Hammers boss Sam Allardyce has preferred the 24-year-old striker to the likes of Carlton Cole, Ricardo Vaz Tê and January arrivals Marouane Chamakh (on loan from Arsenal), Sean Maguire and Wellington Paulista (on loan from Cruzeiro).

That decision has paid off in recent weeks, with Carroll having netted six times in his last 11 league appearances for the East London club.

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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has declared his main career ambition is to win the Premier League with the Anfield club.

The Reds endured a tough campaign on and off the field in 2011-12, eventually finishing eighth, but their top scorer is desperate to top the table.

The Uruguayan told the Daily Mirror: If you ask me now what am I dreaming of for the rest of my career, I would tell you it is a championship with Liverpool.

That is all I want – and usually I get what I want.

I have a lot of self-confidence about this now, but before I joined Liverpool I can admit this now I was nervous.

I feared I would be surrounded by superstars in the dressing room, big-time Charlies, But I soon found out they are all really nice, down-to-earth guys. Now I …

Antony has thanked Ajax for making him a more complete footballer but suggested his future may lie away from the Eredivisie giants amid links with Manchester United.

Brazil international Antony is said to be the next name on United s list of targets after the Red Devils confirmed on Friday a deal is in place to sign Casemiro from Real Madrid.

The 22-year-old has impressed in his previous two full seasons with Ajax, but he is reported to have sat out training this week in order to push through a move to Old Trafford.

Speaking in an interview with Dutch outlet De Telegraaf published on Saturday, Antony did little to play down talk a transfer ahead of the September 1 deadline.

Asked if he can guarantee he will remain an Ajax player, the Sao Paulo academy pro…

Leeds United are interested in signing Josip Brekalo from Wolfsburg in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported by the Italian news outlet that Premier League club Leeds are among one of the admirers of the 23-year-old Croatia international midfielder.

Clubs from Italy and Spain are also interested in Brekalo. German club Wolfsburg are open to sending the Croatian on a loan deal with the obligation to make it permanent in June 2022 for €18 million. The 23-year-old made and seven substitute appearances in the Bundesliga last season, scoring seven goals and providing three assists in the process. The midfielder also played twice in the Europa League last season.

Leeds did well in the Premier League last season and will be aiming to challenge for …

Juventus must believe anything is possible in their bid to produce a Champions League great escape against Real Madrid, says Andrea Pirlo.

Madrid put one foot in the semi-finals with a devastating first-leg showing in Turin, Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice – including a wonderful overhead kick – and Marcelo adding the third.

Paulo Dybala s red card also leaves Juve shorn of one of their most potent attacking weapons for the return match at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.

But former Juve star Pirlo, who was on the end of one of the most remarkable Champions League comebacks in 2005 when AC Milan squandered a 3-0 half-time lead to Liverpool in the final and eventually lost on penalties, insists Massimiliano Allegri s men must dare to dream.

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Champions League semifinalists Liverpool are said to be looking for midfield reinforcements for the next season.

Amid recent speculation that Jurgen Klopp could pounce on Napoli starlet Piotr Zielinski, now claims that Real Madrid out of favour playmaker Dani Ceballos has been given a green light to move to the Premier League.

The 21-year-old is reportedly told he can “join Liverpool this summer” after failing to impress Zinedine Zidane at Santiago Bernabeu.

Ceballos moved to Real Madrid last year from Real Betis in a move reportedly worth around £15 million but he struggled to make an impact at Los Blancos and ended up spending the majority of the 2017/18 season out of the first-team.

The 21-year-old Spanish international only made 10 La Liga appe…