PSG v Man City tops the UCL bill, plus is ten Hag the answer to Dortmund's problems?

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

World Cup, Premier League, Soccer,, Champions League, Sports

4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo’s got his European gang alongside him as James Horncastle, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Julien Laurens look back on the latest action across the continent - and look ahead to matchday seven in the Champions League.

We begin with a look ahead to some of those key UCL ties, including Wednesday night’s heavyweight 25th v 22nd battle between PSG and Manchester City. Plus, Liverpool look to make it seven wins from seven when they host high-flying Lille and Villa make the trip to Monaco.

There was late drama in Serie A as Romelu Lukaku scored the winner in a 3-2 victory in Bergamo to further derail Atalanta’s hopes of a first Scudetto. It means Antonio Conte’s side are three points clear at the top of the table, but have played a game more than chasers Inter Milan who picked up their own 3-1 win over Empoli to keep up the pressure.

Over in La Liga, promoted Leganes pulled off yet another shock as they ended Atlético Madrid’s club-record 15-game winning run. It’s a result that handed the advantage over to Real - with Mbappé and co fighting back from conceding after just 28 seconds to beat Las Palmas 4-1.

In Germany, Bayern Munich’s lead at the top stays at four points after forgotten man Leon Goretzka bagged a brace in their 3-2 win over Wolfsburg. Chasers Leverkusen made it 11 wins in a row, with lateness no problem this week for Florian Wirtz who got an assist and brace of his own in their victory over Monchengladbach - an 11th win in a row in all competitions for the reigning champions. Plus, could a certain former Manchester United manager be parachuted in to save Dortmund as their season continues to implode?

And in France, you guessed it… PSG’s unbeaten run continues - this time coming from behind to beat Lens 2-1 and extend their lead at the top of the table to nine points. That’s after closest challengers Marseille were held to a 1-1 draw by Strasbourg.

Produced by Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Moments of the weekend (00.45)

• PART 2: Champions League previews (12.30)

• PART 3: Serie A review - Napoli beat Atalanta to strengthen title hopes (23.25)

• PART 4: La Liga review - Atleti’s 15-match winning run over as Real go top (36.25)

• PART 5: Bundesliga review - Big trouble for Dortmund as Leverkusen keep winning (41.10)

• PART 6: Ligue 1 review - PSG’s lead stretched to nine points (51.25)

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0:53.3	Today, Champions League round seven.
0:55.8	Endspiel for Dormand.
0:57.4	Will Sion be good buying after trip to Bologna?
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