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• Bayern's Kompany bewildered by Champions League format after PSG win

  Vincent Kompany admitted he did not fully understand the new Champions League format after Bayern Munich's 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain boosted their hopes of progression.

  Kim Min-jae's first-half strike was enough to guide Bayern past PSG, who had winger Ousmane Dembele sent off for two bookable offences early in the second half.

  It was the Bundesliga leaders' third victory in five matches under the Champions League's new format, lifting them to 11th in the 36-team table with nine points. 

  They are one point away from the top eight, which brings automatic qualification for the last 16. Teams nine through 24 will take part in play-offs to join them in the new year.

  "I don't look at the table because, honestly. I don't yet understand it," Kompany told a press conference. "It will look good if we win a few more matches.

  "What's important is to reach our goal. If we win our remaining games we have a chance to make the top eight.

  "I'm obviously happy. Our pressing in the first half was very good. The discipline was there. We could have scored perhaps one or two more goals, but the result is good.

  "We are on the right track but working to become even better."

  Bayern have now beaten PSG eight times in the Champions League, with only Real Madrid (11 versus Bayern) and the Bavarians themselves (10 against Barcelona) winning more games against a single opponent in the tournament's history.

  They are also unbeaten in each of their last 33 home games in the Champions League's group stage (31 wins, two draws).

  That is the joint-longest such run in the competition's history, with Barcelona also going 33 without defeat at home between November 2009 and November 2020.

  They will have a chance to break that record when they host Slovan Bratislava on matchday eight, following trips to Shakhtar Donetsk and Feyenoord.

• Guardiola refuses to criticise Man City players but admits draw 'difficult to swallow'

  Pep Guardiola refused to single out any of his Manchester City players for criticism but admitted their 3-3 Champions League draw with Feyenoord was "difficult to swallow."

  Though City ended the longest losing streak of Guardiola's managerial career on Tuesday, they are now six without a win after squandering a three-goal lead at the Etihad Stadium.

  It was the first time a team coached by Guardiola had failed to win a game when leading by three goals in his career, in what was his 942nd match in the dugout.

  City are also the first team in Champions League history to be leading by three goals as late as the 75th minute and fail to win.

  The result comes on the back of a humiliating 4-0 Premier League defeat to Tottenham on Saturday, and Guardiola said his players were well aware of their shortcomings.

  "It was not necessary to say anything to the players, they know it perfectly," Guardiola said. 

  "It is what it is, difficult to swallow now. We give away especially the first one and after we are not stable enough."

  A brace from Erling Haaland and a goal from Ilkay Gundogan had City cruising before Anis Hadj Moussa pulled one back for Feyenoord in the 75th minute when he pounced on a terrible back pass from Josko Gvardiol.

  Another sloppy pass by the 22-year-old led to Santiago Gimenez making it 3-2 seven minutes later, before David Hancko equalised for the Dutch side in the 89th minute.

  "He is so young, he'll learn," Guardiola said of Gvardiol, who looked distraught after Feyenoord's second goal. 

  "I'll be so wrong if I point specific things at him. He's a fantastic player, a fantastic boy and more than ever must be helped."

  At the end of the game the crowd booed City, who dropped to 15th in the 36-team standings on eight points, two points adrift of the top eight, who qualify automatically for the last 16.

  "They come here not to remember the success in the past, but to see the team win," Guardiola said of City's supporters.

  "Of course they are completely right to express what they feel. Of course (they are) disappointed."

  Guardiola's side next face one of their toughest tests of the season when they visit Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday. A loss would leave City 11 points adrift of the Reds.

  Asked if he could lift his players for a mammoth challenge, Guardiola said: "We have to, we have to. It's my job." 

• USWNT goalkeeper Naeher to retire from international football

  United States goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is to retire from international football next month.

  Naeher has won 113 caps for the USWNT and was a regular between the sticks during their most recent World Cup-winning campaign in 2019, also starting for Emma Hayes' Olympic Gold medallists in Paris earlier this year.

  The 36-year-old, who has represented the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL since 2016, will link up with Hayes' side for their upcoming friendlies against England and the Netherlands, but that will be the final camp she attends.

  Naeher said in a statement posted to her Instagram account: "With immense gratitude and very thoughtful consideration, I have decided to retire from the international game.

  "Having the opportunity to be a part of the USWNT for the past 15 years has been the greatest honour.

  "This has been a special team to be a part of and I am beyond proud of what we have achieved both on and off the field. The memories I have made over the years will last me a lifetime.

  "I know one chapter is ending, but I am so excited to continue to see the growth of this team going forward and what more they can accomplish."

  Hope Solo (202) and Briana Scurry (175) are the only goalkeepers to make more appearances for the team than Naeher, who made her debut versus Argentina in December 2014.