THE INTENSIFIED REPORT

Bruno Fernandes will wear the captain's armband when Manchester United take on Paris Saint-Germain in the opening encounter of the Champions league, following Harry Maguire being ruled out for the encounter. Maguire overcame a slight injury to play and score in the 4-1 over Newcastle United on Saturday night, but he has now been ruled out of the trip to France. Solskjaer, confirmed during a press conference in Paris on Monday, that the Portuguese will captain United in Maguire's absence.  "We hope Harry will be fit for the weekend game (for the Chelsea game) but we're not sure," Solskjaer told reporters in Paris. "The captain is sitting next to me. Bruno will captain the team tomorrow (Tuesday)." A surprised Bruno said, "I was not expecting this. I know the same time as you. Of course, for me, it's an honour i will be captain for my team-mates and being captain for Manchester United is important for me. United will be without Eric Ba

Real Madrid skipper saw read as they lost 2-1 to Manchester city in the first leg of their champions league round of 16 clash at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola and his city boys are a step closer to the champions league quarter finals as the defeated Real Madrid 2-1 on Wednesday at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid who has now lost two games in a row will have to put up something special if they are to progress to the next round of the competition. Isco broke the deadlock in the 60th minute when he calmly placed the ball past Ederson from a Vinicius pass. However, City replied with a Gabriel Jesus header from a Kevin de Bruyne's cross to take the game to 1-1 and give City a very important away goal in the 78th minute. Kevin de Bruyne then made it 2-1 for the visitors from the spot after a foul on Raheem Sterling. Elsewhere, Ronaldo and Juventus lost 1-0 to Olympic Lyon in France.

Napoli leads at half-time thanks to a Dries Mertens goal in the 30th minute.  While at Stamford Bridge, it Chelsea 0, Bayern Munich 0.

Newcomers Atalanta Took a huge step towards the quarter-finals stage of the Champions league as they hit four past Valencia in Wednesday UEFA Champions league round of 16 1st leg tie in Italy. Goals in the 16th,42nd,57th and 62nd minutes gave the Italian a big advantage going into the second let in spain in what can be seen as a mere formality. With Tonights performance, they have certainly staked a claim that they are no pushover in this year's competition. Elsewhere, Jose Mourinho's Tottenham were stunned by Bundesliga side Leipzig in London. A lone goal from the spot by Talisman, Timo Werner was enough to give the German side an advantage going into to the second leg. Jose Mourinho and Tottenham now have an uphill task in the second leg in Germany. Can they overturn the deficit and make it to the next round?. Meanwhile Liverpool and PSG both lost their matches on Tuesday to Athletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund respectively; Liverpool lost to an early