REAL MADRID 1-2 MANCHESTER CITY City take the points back to England with them, and so Xabi Alonso and Real Madrids tricky patch continues.

Arsenal again fail to convince but secure their place in the knockout stages of the Women's Champions League with a 1-0 defeat of FC Twente.

Arsenal made it six wins from six in this season’s Champions League with a comfortable victory over Club Brugge on Wednesday night. Noni Madueke was the hero for the Gunners, following up his goal in the 3-1 win over Bayern Munich a fortnight ago with a brace, while Gabriel Martinelli kept up his remarkable goalscoring record in the competition.

Match ends, Barcelona 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Second Half ends, Barcelona 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the

Pressure mounted on Xabi Alonso on Wednesday as his Real Madrid side were beaten 2-1 by Man City at the Bernabeu. It was a second consecutive home defeat for Los Blancos after an eight-man Madrid were beaten by Celta Vigo at the weekend,

The man who got Alonso to sign on the dotted line and who is seemingly poised to swing the axe has a huge influence over all of this. Florentino Perez, in his second spell as Real Madrid president, is the most shaping figure in the club's 21st-century existence.

Ewa Pajor put Barcelona on course for a 3-1 win against Benfica in the Champions League and moved within sight of Sam Kerr’s scoring record