Chelsea will go into their crunch European tie against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night without their captain John Terry who has failed to recover from a hamstring injury. PSG head to Stamford Bridge with a 2-1 lead and Blues interim manager Guus Hiddink was hoping to have their inspirational leader back in the lineup. However […]
Champions League
Arsene Wenger says Arsenal need to be “much more efficient” against Barcelona after failing to score with 24 shots against Hull in the FA Cup. A combination of poor finishing and excellent goalkeeping kept the much-changed Gunners out at the Emirates. “We need to be much more efficient [against Barcelona] because one thing is for […]
Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday after a 3-2 defeat at Wolfsburg, as the Germans punched their ticket to the last 16 along with Group B rivals PSV Eindhoven. Louis van Gaal’s United made a promising start at the Volkswagen Arena as Anthony Martial handed them a tenth-minute lead but the […]
Louis van Gaal insists Manchester United aren’t capable of winning the Champions League this season. Van Gaal’s men, who slumped to their fifth scoreless draw over their past nine matches on Saturday, face a complicated midweek trip to Wolfsburg, where only a win will see the Old Trafford club advance to the knockout stage of […]
Arsenal’s hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout phase were left hanging by a thread on Wednesday after they were thrashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich, while Chelsea revived their faltering campaign with a nervy 2-1 victory over Dynamo Kiev. Zenit St. Petersburg became the third team to reach the last 16 of the competition as […]
Real Madrid and Manchester City qualified for the Champions League knock-out stage with victories over Paris Saint-Germain and Sevilla respectively on Tuesday. It was an unconvincing performance by Real Madrid who beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 on Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabéu. With the win, Real surpassed Barcelona’s record of 19 consecutive matches without a loss […]
Uefa has announced that the 32 clubs that competed in the Champions League last season shared almost €988m in payments from UEFA, an increase of €36m from the 2013/14 season. Usually the winner takes home the lions share of the money but that was not the case last season as runners-up Juventus were the big […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger warned his side are already facing a must-win game in only their second Champions League group match against Olympiakos at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners host the Olympiakos, who have won all of their five domestic fixtures in the Greek league, needing to recover from a disappointing opening Group F defeat […]
They might pay in the most popular league in the world, but popularity does not mean best as Manchester City and United were both underwhelming in their opening Champions League matches on Tuesday. Manchester United suffered a miserable return to the UEFA Champions League after a 12-month hiatus as full-back Luke Shaw was taken to […]