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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEN'S ALL-ROUND COMPETITION AT THE GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JAKARTA SHOWS: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (FIG – See restrictions before use) 1. VARIOUS OF BRONZE MEDALLIST NOE SEIFERT (SWITZERLAND) IN ACTION 2. VARIOUS OF SILVER MEDALLIST ZHANG BOHENG (CHINA) IN ACTION 3. VARIOUS OF GOLD MEDALLIST HASHIMOTO DAIKI (JAPAN) IN ACTION 4. DAIKI, ZHANG AND SEIFERT STANDING ON PODIUM (MUTE) 5. FANS APPLAUDING (MUTE) STORY: Japan's Daiki Hashimoto captured his third consecutive men's individual all-around crown at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Wednesday (October 22), a feat previously accomplished only by compatriot Kohei Uchimura. The 24-year-old tallied 85.131 points to edge out China's Zhang Boheng, who took silver with 84.333, while Switzerland's Noe Seifert claimed a surprise bronze on 82.831. Hashimoto, who claimed gold at the Tokyo Games and world titles in 2022 and 2023, returned to form in the Indonesian capital after a disappointing sixth-place finish at last year's Paris Games, when a finger injury hampered his performance. The final produced a tense showdown between Hashimoto, reigning Olympic champion Shinnosuke Oka and Olympic silver medallist Zhang. The three traded places throughout the evening, separated by slim margins on the scoreboard. (Production: Aadi Nair)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM REAL MADRID COACH, XABI ALONSO, AND JUVENTUS COACH, IGOR TUDOR COMPLETE STORY TO FOLLOW SHOWS: MADRID, SPAIN (OCTOBER 22, 2025)  (REUTERS – Access all) STORY: Real Madrid beat Juventus maintaining their 100% record in this season's Champions League on Wednesday (October 22) at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Spanish team won with a goal by Jude Bellingham created by Vinicius Jr, who in the 58th minute took on three Juventus players and made space to shoot. His attempt rebounded off the post for Bellingham to slot home his first goal of the season since returning from shoulder surgery. Juve are winless since Sept 13 and have gone seven consecutive matches without a victory in all competitions. They have secured just two points from three Champions League games while Madrid have nine points. (Production: Mike Gore, Nina Lopez)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, AND CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, AFTER BAYERN'S 4-0 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: MUNICH, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)  1. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY 2. KOMPANY IN CAMERA VIEWFINDER 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, ON LENNART KARL, SAYING: "It's normal. It's a young player, a German player, with a fantastic performance and a fantastic goal today. So, it's totally normal that people talk about him now. But I really, really believe in development and development means that a young player will sometimes not play well. So, he played against Hoffenheim (and) he didn't have the level that he had today. But today he played and he had the level he had in training, the thing we see in training all the time." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, SAYING: “I don´t think that it will be decided among the teams that are in the top eight. It won't be that one of them wins the Champions League for sure. Last year showed us that. And that will also not be the most important factor this year. The most important thing is getting to the next round. Today, we took a good step in that direction.” 6. CAMERAS 7. CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, DURING PRESS CONFERENCE 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: “What I was thinking was that everything Bayern did is simply better, faster and smarter than us. We had to be 100% committed to every task we did in order to achieve a decent result. One of the key points was Bayern's depth in the game, for example. When you see them running at 100% intensity and we run at 80% behind them –  you can't afford to lose intensity, or you'll get into trouble.” 9. HAYEN IN CAMERA VIEWFINDER 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: “We had to present ourselves better in the second half and were a bit more stable, but you still concede chances and you just have to see these as learning moments for a lot of those young players.” 11. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Bayern Munich outclassed visitors Club Brugge 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday (October 22) with three goals in the first 34 minutes to maintain their flawless start to the season and make it three wins from three matches in the competition. The German champions have now won all 12 matches across all competitions this season while also staking an early claim for a Champions League knockout stage spot with a maximum nine points. First half goals from 17-year-old Lennart Karl, who became the youngest German scorer in the competition, Harry Kane, who took his tally to 20 goals from 12 matches for Bayern this season, and Luis Diaz in the 34th minute sealed the game, before substitute Nicolas Jackson added another in the 79th. The Bavarians, who lead the Bundesliga title race with seven wins from seven matches, could have added to their tally, missing half a dozen golden chances and twice hitting the woodwork, as the Belgians struggled with the hosts' fierce tempo. Bayern next travel to defending champions Paris St Germain on November 4 while Brugge, sitting on three points from three matches, host Barcelona a day later. (Production: Louisa Off, Anja Guder, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, AND CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, AFTER BAYERN'S 4-0 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: MUNICH, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)  1. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY 2. KOMPANY IN CAMERA VIEWFINDER 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, ON LENNART KARL, SAYING: "It's normal. It's a young player, a German player, with a fantastic performance and a fantastic goal today. So, it's totally normal that people talk about him now. But I really, really believe in development and development means that a young player will sometimes not play well. So, he played against Hoffenheim (and) he didn't have the level that he had today. But today he played and he had the level he had in training, the thing we see in training all the time." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, SAYING: “I don´t think that it will be decided among the teams that are in the top eight. It won't be that one of them wins the Champions League for sure. Last year showed us that. And that will also not be the most important factor this year. The most important thing is getting to the next round. Today, we took a good step in that direction.” 6. CAMERAS 7. CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, DURING PRESS CONFERENCE 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: “What I was thinking was that everything Bayern did is simply better, faster and smarter than us. We had to be 100% committed to every task we did in order to achieve a decent result. One of the key points was Bayern's depth in the game, for example. When you see them running at 100% intensity and we run at 80% behind them –  you can't afford to lose intensity, or you'll get into trouble.” 9. HAYEN IN CAMERA VIEWFINDER 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: “We had to present ourselves better in the second half and were a bit more stable, but you still concede chances and you just have to see these as learning moments for a lot of those young players.” 11. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Bayern Munich outclassed visitors Club Brugge 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday (October 22) with three goals in the first 34 minutes to maintain their flawless start to the season and make it three wins from three matches in the competition. The German champions have now won all 12 matches across all competitions this season while also staking an early claim for a Champions League knockout stage spot with a maximum nine points. First half goals from 17-year-old Lennart Karl, who became the youngest German scorer in the competition, Harry Kane, who took his tally to 20 goals from 12 matches for Bayern this season, and Luis Diaz in the 34th minute sealed the game, before substitute Nicolas Jackson added another in the 79th. The Bavarians, who lead the Bundesliga title race with seven wins from seven matches, could have added to their tally, missing half a dozen golden chances and twice hitting the woodwork, as the Belgians struggled with the hosts' fierce tempo. Bayern next travel to defending champions Paris St Germain on November 4 while Brugge, sitting on three points from three matches, host Barcelona a day later. (Production: Louisa Off, Anja Guder, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, AND EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, AFTER LIVERPOOL'S 5-1 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. MEDIA SEATED 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING:  "Maybe, yeah, although I saw a lot of similarities with the last few weeks, with the last few games we've played. But I also saw some differences. The similarities were that we already created a few chances before we conceded. The first chance we conceded was immediately a goal. In the end, it turned out to be the only chance we conceded today. Why was that? Because we went 3-1 up. So, then it's easier to control the game than when you're 1-0 down, all the time. And yeah, I've sat here a few times telling you guys how important set pieces are, how important the balance in set pieces is, and how we were able to score two. So you go with 3-1 up at half-time because you score two set pieces. And that is a big, big, big difference than if you don't score them and you go in at halftime 1-1 with still the same amount of chances, but people would judge us definitely different when you don't score them. And the biggest exception for me was – today, compared to the other games we've played – was the playing style of our opponent. So, we got also some energy out of the moments we could press them, which in the last four or five games we played, we were not able to press the opponent because, yeah, the ball wasn't on the ground, it was through the air." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. CAMERA 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING: "Yeah, the first goal he scored was special. You can see his pace in a moment like that. So, these were also moments we were hoping for. Like I said before the game, we were able the last few weeks to create many, many, many, many chances but unfortunately not always able to score them. And today with Alex(ander Isak) and Hugo (Ekitike), I brought two players on the pitch who are usually able to score goals. Alex was a few times close but had to go off at half-time and that's yeah, it's not something you ask, but that's yhe difficult balance we were having with him." 7. CAMERAS 8. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 9. MEDIA 10. EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SITTING DOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE 11. (SOUNDBITE) (German) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SAYING: Yes, loosing against Liverpool doesn’t feel that good even if you know, who is Liverpool. My team has brought the FC Liverpool here. These boys, that are sitting now in the cabin and that are of course disappointed because of the result, they managed to get to this point to play against Liverpool in the Champions League. Not many have managed that before.  And it is important, that I say this. Despite all the criticism: we should know, who we played against. 12. MEDIA  13. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Liverpool scored three goals in nine first-half minutes in a 5-1 Champions League thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday (October 22), ending their woeful streak of four consecutive losses across all competitions. Frankfurt started well and opened the scoring when Rasmus Kristensen struck in the 26th minute, firing past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and in off the far post. But Hugo Ekitike drew the Reds level with a breakaway goal against his former team in the 35th minute, collecting a long pass from Andy Robertson and racing through from the halfway line before calmly slotting past goalkeeper Michael Zetterer. The floodgates opened as captain Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate headed home from corners in the 38th and 43rd minutes. Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai struck in the second half on a night that turned ugly for the home side. The decisive victory was a much-needed confidence boost for Arne Slot's reigning Premier League champions, who had lost four straight games for the first time since November 2014. One negative on the night for Liverpool was that their British record signing Alexander Isak did not start the second half due to what Slot said was groin soreness. (Production: Tilman Blasshofer, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, AND EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, AFTER LIVERPOOL'S 5-1 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. MEDIA SEATED 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING:  "Maybe, yeah, although I saw a lot of similarities with the last few weeks, with the last few games we've played. But I also saw some differences. The similarities were that we already created a few chances before we conceded. The first chance we conceded was immediately a goal. In the end, it turned out to be the only chance we conceded today. Why was that? Because we went 3-1 up. So, then it's easier to control the game than when you're 1-0 down, all the time. And yeah, I've sat here a few times telling you guys how important set pieces are, how important the balance in set pieces is, and how we were able to score two. So you go with 3-1 up at half-time because you score two set pieces. And that is a big, big, big difference than if you don't score them and you go in at halftime 1-1 with still the same amount of chances, but people would judge us definitely different when you don't score them. And the biggest exception for me was – today, compared to the other games we've played – was the playing style of our opponent. So, we got also some energy out of the moments we could press them, which in the last four or five games we played, we were not able to press the opponent because, yeah, the ball wasn't on the ground, it was through the air." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. CAMERA 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING: "Yeah, the first goal he scored was special. You can see his pace in a moment like that. So, these were also moments we were hoping for. Like I said before the game, we were able the last few weeks to create many, many, many, many chances but unfortunately not always able to score them. And today with Alex(ander Isak) and Hugo (Ekitike), I brought two players on the pitch who are usually able to score goals. Alex was a few times close but had to go off at half-time and that's yeah, it's not something you ask, but that's yhe difficult balance we were having with him." 7. CAMERAS 8. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 9. MEDIA 10. EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SITTING DOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE 11. (SOUNDBITE) (German) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SAYING: Yes, loosing against Liverpool doesn’t feel that good even if you know, who is Liverpool. My team has brought the FC Liverpool here. These boys, that are sitting now in the cabin and that are of course disappointed because of the result, they managed to get to this point to play against Liverpool in the Champions League. Not many have managed that before.  And it is important, that I say this. Despite all the criticism: we should know, who we played against. 12. MEDIA  13. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Liverpool scored three goals in nine first-half minutes in a 5-1 Champions League thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday (October 22), ending their woeful streak of four consecutive losses across all competitions. Frankfurt started well and opened the scoring when Rasmus Kristensen struck in the 26th minute, firing past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and in off the far post. But Hugo Ekitike drew the Reds level with a breakaway goal against his former team in the 35th minute, collecting a long pass from Andy Robertson and racing through from the halfway line before calmly slotting past goalkeeper Michael Zetterer. The floodgates opened as captain Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate headed home from corners in the 38th and 43rd minutes. Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai struck in the second half on a night that turned ugly for the home side. The decisive victory was a much-needed confidence boost for Arne Slot's reigning Premier League champions, who had lost four straight games for the first time since November 2014. One negative on the night for Liverpool was that their British record signing Alexander Isak did not start the second half due to what Slot said was groin soreness. (Production: Tilman Blasshofer, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, AND EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, AFTER LIVERPOOL'S 5-1 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. MEDIA SEATED 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING:  "Maybe, yeah, although I saw a lot of similarities with the last few weeks, with the last few games we've played. But I also saw some differences. The similarities were that we already created a few chances before we conceded. The first chance we conceded was immediately a goal. In the end, it turned out to be the only chance we conceded today. Why was that? Because we went 3-1 up. So, then it's easier to control the game than when you're 1-0 down, all the time. And yeah, I've sat here a few times telling you guys how important set pieces are, how important the balance in set pieces is, and how we were able to score two. So you go with 3-1 up at half-time because you score two set pieces. And that is a big, big, big difference than if you don't score them and you go in at halftime 1-1 with still the same amount of chances, but people would judge us definitely different when you don't score them. And the biggest exception for me was – today, compared to the other games we've played – was the playing style of our opponent. So, we got also some energy out of the moments we could press them, which in the last four or five games we played, we were not able to press the opponent because, yeah, the ball wasn't on the ground, it was through the air." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. CAMERA 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING: "Yeah, the first goal he scored was special. You can see his pace in a moment like that. So, these were also moments we were hoping for. Like I said before the game, we were able the last few weeks to create many, many, many, many chances but unfortunately not always able to score them. And today with Alex(ander Isak) and Hugo (Ekitike), I brought two players on the pitch who are usually able to score goals. Alex was a few times close but had to go off at half-time and that's yeah, it's not something you ask, but that's yhe difficult balance we were having with him." 7. CAMERAS 8. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 9. MEDIA 10. EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SITTING DOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE 11. (SOUNDBITE) (German) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SAYING: Yes, loosing against Liverpool doesn’t feel that good even if you know, who is Liverpool. My team has brought the FC Liverpool here. These boys, that are sitting now in the cabin and that are of course disappointed because of the result, they managed to get to this point to play against Liverpool in the Champions League. Not many have managed that before.  And it is important, that I say this. Despite all the criticism: we should know, who we played against. 12. MEDIA  13. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Liverpool scored three goals in nine first-half minutes in a 5-1 Champions League thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday (October 22), ending their woeful streak of four consecutive losses across all competitions. Frankfurt started well and opened the scoring when Rasmus Kristensen struck in the 26th minute, firing past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and in off the far post. But Hugo Ekitike drew the Reds level with a breakaway goal against his former team in the 35th minute, collecting a long pass from Andy Robertson and racing through from the halfway line before calmly slotting past goalkeeper Michael Zetterer. The floodgates opened as captain Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate headed home from corners in the 38th and 43rd minutes. Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai struck in the second half on a night that turned ugly for the home side. The decisive victory was a much-needed confidence boost for Arne Slot's reigning Premier League champions, who had lost four straight games for the first time since November 2014. One negative on the night for Liverpool was that their British record signing Alexander Isak did not start the second half due to what Slot said was groin soreness. (Production: Tilman Blasshofer, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, AND EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, AFTER LIVERPOOL'S 5-1 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. MEDIA SEATED 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING:  "Maybe, yeah, although I saw a lot of similarities with the last few weeks, with the last few games we've played. But I also saw some differences. The similarities were that we already created a few chances before we conceded. The first chance we conceded was immediately a goal. In the end, it turned out to be the only chance we conceded today. Why was that? Because we went 3-1 up. So, then it's easier to control the game than when you're 1-0 down, all the time. And yeah, I've sat here a few times telling you guys how important set pieces are, how important the balance in set pieces is, and how we were able to score two. So you go with 3-1 up at half-time because you score two set pieces. And that is a big, big, big difference than if you don't score them and you go in at halftime 1-1 with still the same amount of chances, but people would judge us definitely different when you don't score them. And the biggest exception for me was – today, compared to the other games we've played – was the playing style of our opponent. So, we got also some energy out of the moments we could press them, which in the last four or five games we played, we were not able to press the opponent because, yeah, the ball wasn't on the ground, it was through the air." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. CAMERA 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING: "Yeah, the first goal he scored was special. You can see his pace in a moment like that. So, these were also moments we were hoping for. Like I said before the game, we were able the last few weeks to create many, many, many, many chances but unfortunately not always able to score them. And today with Alex(ander Isak) and Hugo (Ekitike), I brought two players on the pitch who are usually able to score goals. Alex was a few times close but had to go off at half-time and that's yeah, it's not something you ask, but that's yhe difficult balance we were having with him." 7. CAMERAS 8. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 9. MEDIA 10. EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SITTING DOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE 11. (SOUNDBITE) (German) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SAYING: Yes, loosing against Liverpool doesn’t feel that good even if you know, who is Liverpool. My team has brought the FC Liverpool here. These boys, that are sitting now in the cabin and that are of course disappointed because of the result, they managed to get to this point to play against Liverpool in the Champions League. Not many have managed that before.  And it is important, that I say this. Despite all the criticism: we should know, who we played against. 12. MEDIA  13. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Liverpool scored three goals in nine first-half minutes in a 5-1 Champions League thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday (October 22), ending their woeful streak of four consecutive losses across all competitions. Frankfurt started well and opened the scoring when Rasmus Kristensen struck in the 26th minute, firing past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and in off the far post. But Hugo Ekitike drew the Reds level with a breakaway goal against his former team in the 35th minute, collecting a long pass from Andy Robertson and racing through from the halfway line before calmly slotting past goalkeeper Michael Zetterer. The floodgates opened as captain Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate headed home from corners in the 38th and 43rd minutes. Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai struck in the second half on a night that turned ugly for the home side. The decisive victory was a much-needed confidence boost for Arne Slot's reigning Premier League champions, who had lost four straight games for the first time since November 2014. One negative on the night for Liverpool was that their British record signing Alexander Isak did not start the second half due to what Slot said was groin soreness. (Production: Tilman Blasshofer, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, AND EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, AFTER LIVERPOOL'S 5-1 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. MEDIA SEATED 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER, ARNE SLOT, SAYING:  "Maybe, yeah, although I saw a lot of similarities with the last few weeks, with the last few games we've played. But I also saw some differences. The similarities were that we already created a few chances before we conceded. The first chance we conceded was immediately a goal. In the end, it turned out to be the only chance we conceded today. Why was that? Because we went 3-1 up. So, then it's easier to control the game than when you're 1-0 down, all the time, and yeah, I've sat here a few times telling you guys how important set pieces are, how important the balance in set pieces is, and how we were able to score two. So, you go with 3-1 up at half-time because you score two set pieces, and that is a big, big, big difference than if you don't score them and you go in at half-time 1-1 with still the same amount of chances, but people would judge us definitely different when you don't score them, and the biggest exception for me was, today, compared to the other games we've played, was the playing style of our opponent. So, we got also some energy out of the moments we could press them, which in the last four or five games we played, we were not able to press the opponent because, yeah, the ball wasn't on the ground, it was through the air." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. CAMERAS 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER, ARNE SLOT, SAYING: "Yeah, the first goal he scored was special. You can see his pace in a moment like that. So, these were also moments we were hoping for. Like I said before the game, we were able the last few weeks to create many, many, many, many chances but unfortunately not always able to score them, and today with Alex(ander Isak) and Hugo (Ekitike), I brought two players on the pitch who are usually able to score goals. Alex was a few times close but had to go off at half-time and that's, yeah, it's not something you ask, but that's the difficult balance we were having with him." 7. CAMERAS 8. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 9. MEDIA 10. EINTRACHT FRANKFURT COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SITTING DOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE 11. (SOUNDBITE) (German) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT HEAD COACH, DINO TOPPMOELLER, SAYING: Yes, loosing against Liverpool doesn’t feel that good even if you know who is Liverpool. My team has brought Liverpool here. These boys, that are sitting now in the changing rooms and that are, of course, disappointed because of the result, they managed to get to this point to play against Liverpool in the Champions League. Not many have managed that before, and it is important, that I say this. Despite all the criticism, we should know who we played against." 12. MEDIA  13. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Liverpool scored three goals in nine first-half minutes in a 5-1 Champions League thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday (October 22), ending their woeful streak of four consecutive losses across all competitions. Frankfurt started well and opened the scoring when Rasmus Kristensen struck in the 26th minute, firing past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and in off the far post. But Hugo Ekitike drew the Reds level with a breakaway goal against his former team in the 35th minute, collecting a long pass from Andy Robertson and racing through from the halfway line before calmly slotting past goalkeeper Michael Zetterer. The floodgates opened as captain Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate headed home from corners in the 38th and 43rd minutes. Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai struck in the second half on a night that turned ugly for the home side. The decisive victory was a much-needed confidence boost for Arne Slot's reigning Premier League champions, who had lost four straight games for the first time since November 2014. One negative on the night for Liverpool was that their British record signing Alexander Isak did not start the second half due to what Slot said was groin soreness. (Production: Tilman Blasshofer, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, AND CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, AFTER BAYERN'S 4-0 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOWS: MUNICH, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)  1. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY 2. KOMPANY IN CAMERA VIEWFINDER 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, ON LENNART KARL, SAYING: "It's normal. It's a young player, a German player, with a fantastic performance and a fantastic goal today. So, it's totally normal that people talk about him now. But I really, really believe in development and development means that a young player will sometimes not play well. So, he played against Hoffenheim (and) he didn't have the level that he had today. But today he played and he had the level he had in training, the thing we see in training all the time." 4. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 5. (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN MUNICH HEAD COACH, VINCENT KOMPANY, SAYING: “I don´t think that it will be decided among the teams that are in the top eight. It won't be that one of them wins the Champions League for sure. Last year showed us that. And that will also not be the most important factor this year. The most important thing is getting to the next round. Today, we took a good step in that direction.” 6. CAMERAS 7. CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, DURING PRESS CONFERENCE 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: “What I was thinking was that everything Bayern did is simply better, faster and smarter than us. We had to be 100% committed to every task we did in order to achieve a decent result. One of the key points was Bayern's depth in the game, for example. When you see them running at 100% intensity and we run at 80% behind them –  you can't afford to lose intensity, or you'll get into trouble.” 9. HAYEN IN CAMERA VIEWFINDER 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) CLUB BRUGGE HEAD COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: “We had to present ourselves better in the second half and were a bit more stable, but you still concede chances and you just have to see these as learning moments for a lot of those young players.” 11. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING STORY: Bayern Munich outclassed visitors Club Brugge 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday (October 22) with three goals in the first 34 minutes to maintain their flawless start to the season and make it three wins from three matches in the competition. The German champions have now won all 12 matches across all competitions this season while also staking an early claim for a Champions League knockout stage spot with a maximum nine points. First half goals from 17-year-old Lennart Karl, who became the youngest German scorer in the competition, Harry Kane, who took his tally to 20 goals from 12 matches for Bayern this season, and Luis Diaz in the 34th minute sealed the game, before substitute Nicolas Jackson added another in the 79th. The Bavarians, who lead the Bundesliga title race with seven wins from seven matches, could have added to their tally, missing half a dozen golden chances and twice hitting the woodwork, as the Belgians struggled with the hosts' fierce tempo. Bayern next travel to defending champions Paris St Germain on November 4 while Brugge, sitting on three points from three matches, host Barcelona a day later. (Production: Louisa Off, Anja Guder, Conal Quinn)

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