Leroy Sane struck twice as Manchester City came from behind to secure top spot in Champions League Group F with a 2-1 win over Hoffenheim.
Sane cancelled out former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric's early penalty with a stunning free-kick just before half time and grabbed his second on the hour.
City also hit the woodwork twice as they created numerous chances after making a sluggish start.
Pep Guardiola's side, who gave valuable experience to 18-year-old Phil Foden, dominated the second half and Sane could have had a hat-trick had he not passed up another shooting chance.
Welcome!
Good evening and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of tonight's Champions League football.
We'll have live coverage of Valencia vs Manchester United and Manchester City vs Hoffenheim as well as goal updates from Young Boys vs Juventus.
Stay tuned for all the build-up, which begins with team news from around 18:45 GMT
How about a bit of United's 1999 side to get you in the mood
The special Juan
Team news
Meanwhile, the Blue side of Manchester, who face Hoffenheim this evening line up as follows:
Can they come back after their first defeat of the season against Chelsea?
And how do we rate United's chances tonight?
If they are victorious this evening and Juventus drop points at Young Boys then the Red Devils will finish 1st in the group.
If they are victorious this evening and Juventus drop points at Young Boys then the Red Devils will finish 1st in the group.
This is how Valencia line up attempting to stop them:
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Will City have it easy tonight?
Hoffenheim put up stern resistance a few weeks ago in Germany, with David Silva rescuing the Citizens late on in the game.
Here's how they line up this evening:
Away from the later games this evening, some interesting updates from Group G's early kick offs coming through.
Real Madrid are 2-0 down, AT HOME, against Cska Moscow.
They've already lost to the Russian side in the group but look like they might do so again. Cska WOULD become the first team to beat Real twice in the group stages without progressing.
Don't put your money on them getting back in this, folks...
THREE. NIL. CSKA.
THREE.
3-0.
CSKA celebrating..
Incredibly enough, with Plzen currently beating Roma, CSKA are going out of European football altogether, despite being on the precipice of beating the champions home and away!
It's a crazy game.
Yikes! Ten minutes away from kick off at Mestalla and the Etihad...
6 mins: As I write this, Valencia have a good chance to take the lead as their shot is deflected to Kondogbia who beats Jones into the box and stabs the ball towards goal but the referee gives a goal kick, to their dismay.
16 mins: GOAL! Man City 0-1 Hoffenheim (Kramaric!)
It's a deserved lead for the German side and their fans go wild.
Laporte felled the Hoffenheim attackers to give away the spotkick and Kramaric finished it with aplomb, knocking it down the middle.
Moments before this, an incredible fingertip save from Ederson kept Kramaric out once again.
City need to up their game.
If things stay like this and Lyon beat Shakhtar, Lyon will finish top.
