Xabi Alonso continues to haunt his former employers Bayern Munich. Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen played out a 0-0 draw with Bayern in a contest that had been billed as a potential title decider.

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City "remembered what we were" with a classy 4-0 hammering of Newcastle United in the Premier League inspired by a hat-trick from new recruit Omar Marmoush.