Overview
- Chelsea beat Barcelona 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, scoring via a Koundé own goal, an Estevão strike and a Liam Delap finish after VAR had earlier disallowed two Enzo Fernández goals and Ronald Araújo was sent off late in the first half.
- The win lifted Chelsea to 10 points in the table, with Barcelona stuck on seven heading into the closing stretch of the league stage.
- Manchester City fell 2-0 at home to Bayer Leverkusen through goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Patrik Schick after Pep Guardiola rotated his XI, with Erling Haaland only coming on late.
- Elsewhere on Tuesday, Borussia Dortmund beat Villarreal 3-0, Juventus secured their first victory of this campaign, Napoli defeated Qarabag 2-0 and Benfica won 2-0 at Ajax.
- Real Madrid prepare to face Olympiacos with Thibaut Courtois and multiple defenders sidelined, while Aurélien Tchouaméni trained without issues and may be used to reinforce the back line.