The Warm-Up: Does Mo Salah hate Firmino? No, he does not

You don’t have to like the corporate glossiness. The protection of a mega-rich elite. The money-spinning early evening kick-offs. The sheer GAZPROM of it all. But when it comes to delivering a compelling product (*Punches self in the face*) you have to admit the Champions League is fantastic.

Similarly, there’s plenty not to like about games at Anfield. The towering self-regard. The pretending nobody’s ever sung at a football match before. Jurgen Klopp. But then you watch the match, and yes, you grudgingly admit that it’s pretty great.

Last night’s 3-2 win over PSG came via the right foot and right eye of Roberto Firmino, a fitting exclamation mark to a brilliant game. With Napoli also due at Anfield in the group stage there should be plenty more excitement where that came from.

Now the internet wasn’t going to stand idly by while people enjoyed a thrilling football match. No. It had to find a way to spoil things. Or at least try.

And so it embarked on a frame-by-frame dissection of Mohamed Salah’s reaction to the Firmino winner. Salah failed to score, and was subbed off after his error led to PSG’s equaliser. This coming three days after Sadio Mane REFUSED TO PASS to Salah against Tottenham.*

So yeah, what is he doing at 17 seconds here?

Hmm, needs slowing down.

Any more footage?

So... a clear, if laboured, arm-raise, followed by physical abuse of a water bottle. TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Let's be sensible here. Salah had just been hauled off after a poor game on a big stage. And sure, he didn't celebrate with Kloppian enthusiasm. Who can blame him if his relief at Liverpool scoring a late winner was tempered by disappointment he wasn't on the pitch to score it?

Tottenham faced Inter in an early kick-off. And were the occupants of the San Siro pleased to be back in the Champions League? Yes, they were.

The 5.55pm start meant many fans missed action on their way home from work.

So it was considerate of Spurs to wait until gone 7.30 before providing the decisive moments.

First they conceded a superb equalizer to Mauro Icardi, before allowing Matias Vecino to head in a stoppage-time winner,

Ludicrous to suggest Spurs are in trouble after one match of six, but with Barcelona also in the group... well, they’re in trouble.

Meanwhile, Harry Kane, playing his 198th game of the calendar year, looked like the weariest man in the galaxy. No matter – Spurs visit Brighton on Saturday. The sea air will do more good than a rest ever could.

Messi’s still great, then.

And here’s Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas discovering something more fun than cycling for three weeks at a time.

Especially this guy. Four stickers > shirt.

Manchester City take on Lyon tonight. And for morning round-ups of a certain age, there is no more quintessentially Champions League group stage a sight than Juninho Pernambucano pinging in some implausible 30-yard free-kick.

A Bleacher Report double – first up, a fascinating insight into Paris Saint-Germain’s bid to become the world’s trendiest football club.

And there’s this, which is mostly quite funny.