Uefa Champions League 2015-16 as it happened: Manchester United 2-1 Wolfsburg, Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 Manchester City
Group A: Malmo 0-2 Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain
Group B: CSKA Moscow 3-2 PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United 2-1 Wolfsburg
Group C: FC Astana 2-2 Galatasaray, Atletico Madrid 1-2 Benfica
Group D: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 Manchester City, Juventus 2-0 Sevilla
So a better night for Premier League representatives in Europe after Arsenal and Chelsea's respective shortcomings on Tuesday, but it is fair to say that neither Manchester club had it all their own way against tough Bundesliga opposition.
Next is the turn of the Europa League sides as Liverpool host Sion, Tottenham travel to Monaco and Celtic play Fenerbahce tomorrow. That is all from us for now, goodnight.
Otamendi has saved us a great deal of controversy and complaints over a lack of goal-line technology in the Champions League as that first shot from Demichelis certainly looked to have crossed the line before it was cleared.
The goal may yet be awarded as an Andreas Christensen OG, as it took a huge deflection off the head of the Chelsea loanee.
A goal in each feature game as United lead for the first time tonight and Hart is finally beaten in Gladbach.
At Old Trafford, United apply the pressure as Naldo's clearance from a cross is kept alive by Schweinsteiger. Mata then provides a moment of pure inspiration with a lofted, back heel flick and Smalling is there to finish on the slide. Marvellous from the Spaniard.
Valencia was certainly caught sleeping for Wolfsburg's opener, although it remains to be seen if that change is purely tactical or if the player has sustained an injury of some sort.
Toure, meanwhile, was substituted against Tottenham with hamstring trouble. Although he trained yesterday and was deemed fit enough to start, you wonder if he has suffered a setback.
A flurry of goals from around the other ties as CSKA extend their lead against PSV from the penalty spot through Doumbia after Zoran Tosic is fouled by goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet. The Ivorian then has a chance to complete his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time as Santiago Arias clips Musa but his second spotkick is sent over the bar.
Cristiano Ronaldo has given Real Madrid the lead at Malmo with his 500th career goal, Benfica are level at Atletico thanks to Nico Gaitan and Alvaro Morata has given Juventus the lead against Sevilla.
Real controversy now at Borussia-Park as City survive another penalty shout after Fernandinho goes to ground in an attempt to dispossess Lars Stindl.
After a consultation with his assistant behind the goal, referee Turpin books the German midfielder for simulation. Not sure that is the correct decision at all.
Concerns regarding Wayne Rooney's lack of consistency in front of goal have been raised yet again already this term and with finishing like that you can certainly see why. After the ball is swept out to Martial on the right flank, he easily beats Ricardo Rodriguez before passing to an unmarked Rooney arriving at the back of the penalty area.
A simple sidefoot is all that is required, but the United captain's contact is too heavy and he watches in embarrassment as his effort goes soaring over the crossbar.
To update you regarding events elsewhere, CSKA Moscow are currently 2-0 up at home to PSV Eindhoven courtesy of goals from Ahmed Musa and Seydou Doumbia.
PSG also boast a two-goal lead away to Shakhtar thanks to defenders Serge Aurier and David Luiz, while Atletico have taken the lead against Benfica through 20-year-old Angel Correa. Jackson Martinez has also hit the post at the Vicente Calderon.
Heroic defending from Dante to deny Manchester United an equaliser. Matteo Darmian's searching cross finds Juan Mata at the back post and he curls a terrific shot aimed at the top right-hand corner of Diego Benaglio's net.
It looks like it will reach its intended target, only for the former Bayern Munich centre-back to divert the ball over the top.
A reminder of the other six Champions League fixtures taking place tonight. In Group A, Malmo host Real Madrid and reigning French champions Paris Saint-Germain travel to Ukraine to face Shakhtar Donetsk.
In Group B's other fixture, CSKA Moscow look to recover from their 1-0 defeat to Wolfsburg earlier this month as they welcome PSV Eindhoven to Arena Khimki. Juventus play Sevilla in Turin, while a potentially entertaining Group C meeting sees Atletico Madrid pitted against Benfica.
In the day's early kick-off, FC Astana claimed their first ever Champions League point as a late own goal from Galatasaray defender Lionel Carole secured a 2-2 draw in the Kazakhstani capital.
Gladbach, meanwhile, have endured a difficult start to the 2015/16 season. Lucien Favre resigned as manager 10 days ago with the club sitting rock bottom of the Bundesliga following three consecutive losses against Werder Bremen, Hamburg and Cologne, while their Champions League group stage debut away to Sevilla saw them give away three second-half penalties en route to a dismal 3-0 defeat.
Their fortunes have begun to turn this week, though, with a 4-2 home win over Augsburg quickly followed by another triumph away to Stuttgart. Caretaker boss Andre Schubert has brought in Alvaro Dominguez for Havard Nordtveit.
Wolfsburg currently sit fourth in the Bundesliga following a 1-1 draw with Hannover last time out, but the defensive frailties displayed by Dieter Hecking's side during a 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich - a match in which Robert Lewandowski scored five times in just nine second-half minutes in a quite incredible display of potency - will give Louis van Gaal hope.
Hecking has also made one alteration tonight, with former Chelsea forward Andre Schurrle only fit enough for the bench due to a knee problem. 21-year-old German international Maximilian Arnold takes his place.
As for City, who have now suffered three defeats in their last four matches courtesy of a 4-1 humbling at Tottenham at the weekend, captain Vincent Kompany remains sidelined with a calf injury.
Eliaquim Mangala, Gael Clichy, Fabian Delph, Samir Nasri and striker Wilfried Bony also miss out, but David Silva and Yaya Toure both start after recovering from calf and hamstring problems respectively. Joe Hart returns between the posts at the expense of Willy Caballero, with Fernando also dropping to the bench.
Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne complete a formidable attacking lineup.
Manchester United show one change from the side that brushed aside struggling Sunderland to go top of the Premier League on Saturday, with Bastian Schweinsteiger replacing the injured Michael Carrick.
Ander Herrera is also absent, although Antonio Valencia starts after initially being rated as doubtful for the Group B clash. Marcos Rojo remains out, as does Luke Shaw as he continues his recovery from a double leg fracture.
Borussia Monchengladbach v Manchester City
Borussia Monchengladbach: Sommer, Johnson, Christensen, Dominguez, Wendt, Stindl, Xhaka, Dahoud, Korb, Hermann, Raffael
Subs: Heimeroth, Nordtveit, Drmic, Hazard, Traore, Schultz, Hahn
Manchester City: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Aguero
Subs: Caballero, Zabaleta, Maffeo, Evans, Fernando, Barker, Navas
Manchester United v Wolfsburg
Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Blind, Darmian, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Rooney, Memphis, Martial
Subs: Romero, Jones, McNair, Pereira, Young, Fellaini, Wilson
Wolfsburg: Benaglio, Trasch, Naldo, Dante, Rodriguez, Guilavogui, Arnold, Caligiuri, Kruse, Draxler, Dost
Subs: Grün, Bendtner, Schäfer, Klose, Schürrle, Jung, Seguin
Tuesday evening represented yet another difficult night for Premier League teams in Europe, with Jose Mourinho's return to former club Porto leading to a 2-1 defeat and Arsenal following up their surprise defeat in Zagreb with another wretched performance at home to an Olympiacos outfit that had previously lost every single competitive match they had played on English soil.
Tonight pits Manchester against the Bundesliga, with United looking to bounce back from their disappointing loss in Eindhoven at home to Wolfsburg and rivals City travelling to Borussia-Park, the home of Champions League newcomers Monchengladbach.
Stay tuned for breaking team news and confirmed line-ups from these two feature games in addition to live goal updates from the other six fixtures across Europe...
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