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: The Champions League begins with its first six games, as Liverpool and Aston Villa secure important wins, and Weston McKennie nets for Juventus; the third round of the Carabao Cup sees a big win for Manchester United; Rodri says that players are close to striking over the number of games; Premier League officials are mic’d up and we find out why Declan Rice received a second yellow card against Brighton; Ange Postecoglou defends his comments about successful second seasons; we look forward to the Champions League and Carabao Cup games on Wednesday; and Preston North End and Fulham play out the longest penalty shootout in English domestic football history.  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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.