Dundee, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren will each take in £1.6m in solidarity payments due to Celtic's Champions League qualification, with Aberdeen and Dundee United receiving £1m and £650,

They might have only played one of their eight group games, but Celtic fans will already be wondering what it will take to progress in the Champions League. Wednesday's 5-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava was the club's biggest ever in the competition and the first time they had opened a league phase or group campaign with three points.

Celtic’s Adam Idah celebrates scoring his side's fifth goal of the game. Pic: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire. The new Champions League format has capacity to bruise egos. Few teams finishing bottom of a section of four are likely to invite ridicule.

Monaco defeated Barcelona after the LaLiga club went down to 10 men, Atletico clinched a late winner vs. Leipzig and Arsenal tied against Atalanta.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he is not worried about his side's performance despite the 2-1 defeat to Monaco in their Champions League opener on Thursday. Monaco made the most of their man advantage after Barcelona defender Eric Garcia was sent off only 11 minutes in,

Ansu Fati has recovered from a foot injury and will be available for Barcelona's match at Monaco in the Champions League, the club said Wednesday. The 21-year-old forward was included in the team's squad for Thursday's match in Monaco for what could be his first appearance of the season with the Spanish club.

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David Raya came to Arsenal’s rescue in the Champions League on Thursday with a double save from a penalty that was celebrated by his teammates as wildly as a goal being scored.

David Raya pulled off an incredible double-save from an Atalanta penalty to save Arsenal's bacon in the Champions League. Arsenal looked toothless in attack and did not have a shot from the 18th minute to the 74th minute.

The first round of Champions League matches continued on Wednesday as PSG bemoaned a laborious performance, Man City and Inter played out a 0-0 draw and Shakhtar Donetsk showed national pride.

The 0-0 draws between Manchester City and Inter Milan in their rematch of the 2023 final, after Bologna and Shakhtar Donetsk also could not find a goal, capped an untypically goal-shy evening for the Champions League on Wednesday.

Manchester City opened their Champions League campaign with a goalless draw against Inter Milan on Wednesday. Eilidh Barbour, Chris Sutton, John Murray and James Horncastle review the match on the Champions League Debrief,