The UEFA Champions League is the most celebrated club tournament in the world, and has been won most-often by Real Madrid, who extended their own record tally by beating Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in 2024.

Kane became only the 20th player to score four in a single Champions League game, surpassing Wayne Rooney as England's all-time leading scorer in the competition in the process, as Bayern München opened up in style with a 9-2 win at home to the Croatian champions.

According to the Opta predictor, Manchester City are the favourites to win this season’s Uefa Champions League with a 24.9 per cent chance of doing so. Indeed, they have a better than one-in-two chance of returning to at least the semifinal in this year’s edition (55.