Group stages of Champions League open

The Champions league group stages get underway this evening with two Premier league sides in action.

Real Madrid face Manchester City in the feature game of the night.

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It hasn’t been a good start to the season for Real who have lost 2 out of their opening 4 games including a 1-0 defeat to Seville at home last weekend.

European football correspondent Graham Hunter says Madrid boss Jose Mourinho wasn’t slow in criticising his players after that defeat.

In Group B Montpellier host Arsenal and Olympiakos take on Schalke.