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Arsenal lead Slavia Prague 2-0 after 52 minutes in Prague, but Manchester City have been pegged back to 1-1 at RB Leipzig after 50 minutes, and Liverpool lost 3-2 at Fenerbahçe earlier on Wednesday night. This page is live and will be updated until both games finish. Updated: 21:10 UK.
Three Premier League clubs were in Champions League action on matchday four. Liverpool went first in Istanbul at 5.45pm UK time, then Arsenal and City kicked off at 8pm, Arsenal at the Eden Arena and City at the RB Arena.
Aston Villa and Manchester United played on Tuesday, so tonight decides how the English clubs look with four of the eight league games gone. Here is where each game stands, newest event first.
Slavia Prague 0-2 Arsenal (52 minutes)
Arsenal have been in control in Prague. Noni Madueke opened the scoring inside ten minutes, set up by Viktor Gyökeres, and the Swede then got one of his own seven minutes before the break from Mikel Merino’s pass.
It has been a long night already for Slavia Prague, who came into the game with one point from three matches. Our Arsenal predicted lineup vs Slavia Prague asked whether Mikel Arteta’s attack could take an early grip on the game, and two goals before the break have answered that.
46′ The second half is under way in Prague.
HT Slavia Prague 0-2 Arsenal.
38′ Goal, Arsenal. Viktor Gyökeres makes it 2-0, assisted by Mikel Merino.
20′ Yellow card for Slavia Prague’s David Moses.
9′ Goal, Arsenal. Noni Madueke scores, assisted by Viktor Gyökeres.
RB Leipzig 1-1 Man City (50 minutes)
City went in ahead at the break thanks to a helping hand, an own goal by Leipzig defender Castello Lukeba eight minutes before half-time. That lead lasted barely four minutes into the second half, as Ridle Baku, already booked in the first half, brought the hosts level.
Our RB Leipzig vs Man City preview pointed to a Leipzig side with three points from three games, and a win here would leave them stuck on that total.
49′ Goal, RB Leipzig. Ridle Baku equalises, 1-1.
HT RB Leipzig 0-1 Man City.
37′ Own goal, Castello Lukeba. Man City lead 1-0.
Fenerbahçe 3-2 Liverpool (full-time)
The early game went badly for Liverpool. Trey Nyoni, the 19-year-old, put them ahead and Alexander Isak restored the lead after Mason Greenwood’s free-kick, but Fenerbahçe scored twice in six minutes late on through Archie Brown and Vedat Muriqi.
Ryan Gravenberch had been ruled out of the trip with a fractured heel, and this is Liverpool’s first defeat of the league phase after three straight wins.
FT Fenerbahçe 3-2 Liverpool.
79′ Goal, Fenerbahçe. Vedat Muriqi heads in to make it 3-2.
73′ Goal, Fenerbahçe. Archie Brown volleys in the equaliser, 2-2.
69′ Goal, Liverpool. Alexander Isak heads Liverpool back in front, 1-2.
29′ Goal, Fenerbahçe. Mason Greenwood levels with a free-kick, 1-1.
25′ Goal, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni gives the visitors the lead.
What tonight means for the English clubs
The top eight in the 36-team league phase go straight into the last 16, so every point counts from here.
Arsenal: they started the night on seven points from three games, unbeaten. If the score in Prague holds, they move to ten points, and UEFA’s live table had them third at half-time behind only Paris and Real Madrid, who have 12 each.
Man City: City began on six points. A draw would take them to seven, and a win to nine.
Liverpool: they stay on nine points after four games, having won their first three. The defeat leaves them level on points with a cluster of clubs, and the results still being played out tonight will decide where they sit.
Aston Villa: they are already on nine points from four games after Tuesday.
Second half to come
Arsenal are less than 40 minutes from a fourth league-phase game without defeat, and City need to find a way back in front in Leipzig. We will add every goal and red card here as it happens.