The kind of footballer who nearly conjures memories of how you weren’t half bad as an amateur 11-a-sider and think, for a split second, perhaps it’s not too late…
City and Juventus, who lost to Barcelona in last season’s final, are joined in Group D by Borussia Moenchengladbach and Europa League champions Sevilla.
Sakho scored the decisive goal as the Hammers secured a 2-1 win at league leaders Manchester City on Saturday – his team’s third win out of three matches on the road this season.
Totti has now scored in 22 consecutive seasons for Roma, and his first half strike cancelled out Gregoire Defrel’s opener, before Matteo Politano made it 2-1 to the visitors before half time.
Manager Manuel Pellegrini suggested the 29-year-old would be in contention for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League meeting with West Ham, and Kompany shares that optimism.
Watford have struggled to find the form that saw them score 91 goals in the Championship last season, with them only managing to score three goals in their return to the top division.
Kompany suffered a calf injury in the midweek Champions League loss to Juventus and is also out of Tuesday’s Capital One Cup tie against Sunderland, but Aguero has recovered from his knee problem.