This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today’s episode: PSV come from behind in the Champions League, with goals from Malik Tillman and Ricardo Pepi; Liverpool beat European champions Real Madrid 2-0; Borussia Dortmund and Benfica also pick up wins; Ruud Van Nistelrooy is set to become Leicester manager; Lamine Yamal is awarded the ‘Golden Boy’ award; Rodri confirms that he hopes to be back on the pitch this season; Frank Lampard becomes Coventry City manager; we look forward to the Europa League and Europa Conference League fixtures on Thursday; and Kylian Mbappe has a night to forget at Anfield.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by…

Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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