Champions League updates from 8pm GMT kick-offsLive scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Luke
If Paris Saint-Germain take an early lead at Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday they may wonder whether to stick or twist. The new Champions League format has, at least in part, been designed to ensure Europe’s superpowers have fewer opportunities to fail, so their position risks embarrassment. They will not even qualify for the playoff round in February unless they improve on 25th place and, with three league-phase games remaining, are two points and three goals shy of the cutoff.
Victor Gyokeres, formerly of Coventry, clearly has an eager social media manager.
About Author
More Stories
Fan hands himself in after bottle thrown at Van der Poel during Paris-Roubaix
Jason Tindall prepared to lead Newcastle for rest of season as Howe recovers
David Squires on … a big week in Europe for the Premier League quintet