UCL Debrief: A faultless night for Premier League sides in Europe
Football Daily
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🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Arsenal continued their perfect start to the Champions League this season with a 4-0 win against Atletico Madrid, Manchester City picked up their first away win in the competition since last October against Villarreal thanks to yet another goal from Erling Haaland, and Anthony Gordon put on a man of the match display as Newcastle beat Benfica 3-0 at St James’ Park.
Kelly Cates is joined by Andros Townsend, Guillem Balague, Glenn Murray and Ian Dennis to reflect on a great night for the English clubs in the Champions League.
There’s reaction to the news the La Liga match between Barcelona and Villarreal that was due to take place in Miami is off after opposition from fans and player protests at the weekend.
John Bennett joins us to talk about some incredible high scoring games, including Paris Saint Germain’s 7-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen, on a night where there were 43 goals scored across the competition.
Plus, we hear from Sean Dyche after he was appointed Nottingham Forest manager.
Timecodes: 00:44 – Arsenal 4-0 Atletico Madrid 15:27 – Newcastle United 3-0 Benfica 19:45 – Villarreal 0-2 Manchester City 23:50 – La Liga cancel Miami game 26:41 – A 43-goal night in the Champions League 29:05 – Sean Dyche interview
Commentaries this week: Wednesday 22nd October CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Chelsea v Ajax 2000 KO - 5 LIVE
Thursday 23rd October EUROPA LEAGUE: Brann v Rangers 1745 KO - SPORTS EXTRA CONFERENCE LEAGUE: AEK Athens v Aberdeen 1745 KO - SPORTS EXTRA 2 EUROPA LEAGUE: Celtic v Sturm Graz 2000 KO - SPORTS EXTRA
Saturday 25th October PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea v Sunderland 1500 KO - 5 LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle v Fulham 1500 KO - SPORTS EXTRA PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester United v Brighton 1730 KO - 5 LIVE WOMENS INTERNATIONALS: England v Brazil 1730 KO - SPORTS EXTRA
Sunday 26th October PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal v Crystal Palace 1400 KO - 5 LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE: Aston Villa v Manchester City 1400 KO - SPORTS EXTRA PREMIER LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest 1400 KO - SPORTS EXTRA 2 PREMIER LEAGUE: Wolves v Burnley 1400 KO - SPORTS EXTRA 3 PREMIER LEAGUE: Everton v Spurs 1630 KO - 5 LIVE
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.2 | The Traitors is back, and this time with celebrities. |
| 0:11.4 | Hang on, why wasn't I asked? |
| 0:13.3 | Betrayals and mind games. |
| 0:15.0 | Behaviour that's usually reserved for backstage is now on national telly. |
| 0:18.7 | I hope someone's told them. |
| 0:20.3 | And once you've watched the latest action, |
| 0:21.7 | join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised podcast. |
| 0:25.1 | We'll spill secrets and get to see the celebs react to discovering who the traitors really were. |
| 0:30.5 | And this time, I was in the castle too. |
| 0:33.9 | The Celebrity Traitors, Uncloaked. |
| 0:36.3 | Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.0 | On the Football Daily podcast, Champions League debrief with Kelly Kate. |
| 0:47.9 | It's been a great night for the English sides in the Champions League. |
| 0:51.5 | Arsenal continued their 100% start to the competition. They got a 4-0 |
| 0:55.8 | win against Atlatico Madrid. Manchester City got their first Champions League win away from home since |
| 1:01.6 | last October against Via Real and Newcastle with a home win in the Champions League for the first time |
| 1:07.2 | in a couple of years with Benfica victory. 3-0, it finished. |
| 1:11.5 | We will round it all up in the next half an hour. |
| 1:13.8 | Andrews Townsend and Guillain Balaget are with us. |
| 1:16.0 | Our commentary team at the Emirates, Glenn Murray and Ian Dennis. |
| 1:19.7 | So does that impressive scoreline tell the whole story, Ian? |
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