Arsenal and Spurs win as Champions league returns

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Craig Nelson

BBC Sport reporter

Because you were the first to get in touch with us this morning Terry, we are going to kick off our round-up with the Tottenham report.

We will just let that Thomas the Frank Engine comment slide...

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As ever, we want to hear from you.

Give us your verdict on Tuesday night's Champions League football.

Which performances impressed you the most and why?

Arsenal supporters - your subs played a blinder in Bilbao, is the team's strength in depth this season making you believe?

Tottenham fans - do you care about the performance? It's just great to get off to a win isn't it?

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Mariners march on - Carabao Cup results

Elsewhere, in the EFL Cup, Grimsby Town's season just keeps on getting better and better, while Sheffield Wednesday's goes from bad to worse.

The Mariners are well placed in League Two and built on their famous win over Manchester United by marching into the fourth round for the first time in 24 years with victory at an eerily quiet Hillsborough.

Wednesday fans once again protested against the club's ownership by staying away, with the away supporters outnumbering them two to one in an attendance of less than 10,000.

Click on the scores below to read all the EFL Cup match reports.

Tuesday's third-round results:

Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Grimsby Town

Brentford 1-1 Aston Villa - Brentford won 4-2 on pens

Crystal Palace 1-1 Millwall - Crystal Palace won 4-2 on pens

What games are coming up?

All kick-offs 20:00 BST unless stated

Champions League

It will be interesting to see if the rest of this week's opening games can match Tuesday's for thrills and spills.

Here's what we have coming up, including a bonus helping on Thursday - more on that later.

Fixtures

Wednesday, 17 September

Olympiakos v Pafos (17:45)

Slavia Prague v Bodo/Glimt (17:45)

Ajax v Inter Milan

Bayern Munich v Chelsea

Liverpool v Atletico Madrid

Paris St-Germain v Atalanta

Thursday, 18 September

Club Brugge v Monaco (17:45)

Copenhagen v Bayer Leverkusen (17:45)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Galatasaray

Manchester City v Napoli

Newcastle v Barcelona

Sporting v Kairat Amaty

A wild opening night - results & reports

Champions League

While Arsenal and Tottenham were keeping it steady, with clean sheets and disciplined performances, things went a bit wild elsewhere in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Lots of goals, genuine scares and some shock results for the more established clubs as the minnows announced their arrival in grand style.

Click on the scores to read the full reports and we will have more on some of these stories later.

Results:

Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Arsenal

PSV Eindhoven 1-3 Union Saint-Gilloise

Benfica 2-3 Qarabag

Juventus 4-4 Borussia Dortmund

Real Madrid 2-1 Marseille

Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal

Good morning

Well that wasn't a bad start, was it?

Tottenham returned to the Champions League with a narrow 1-0 win at home to Spanish side Villarreal.

They continued a winning start for Premier League clubs in Europe's top club competition, following on from Arsenal's impressive 2-0 victory over Athletic Club in Bilbao.

Reaction to both those games is coming up, before we start to look ahead to the rest of this week's Champions League ties.

Chelsea and Liverpool are next up this evening, and we will also bring you the news conferences from Manchester City and Newcastle before their games on Thursday.

Yes, Thursday!

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