Two brilliant goals from Memphis Depay saw Manchester United take a huge step towards returning to the Champions League group stages as they beat Club Brugge 3-1 winners at Old Trafford on Tuesday in their play-off first leg match. While United, who missed out on Champions League action last year, will take a comfortable looking […]
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Manchester United’s game of chicken with Real Madrid over the future of goalkeeper David de Gea took another turn on Tuesday when de Gea was included in United’s squad for the Champions League play-off against Club Brugge. The goalkeeper was left out of United’s matchday group for the 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old […]
Juventus will face Barcelona in the Champions League final after Alvaro Morata came back to haunt his former club with the precious away goal in a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their semi-final on Wednesday to progress 3-2 on aggregate. With Juventus leading 2-1 from the first leg, Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-half penalty had […]
Bayern Munich were totally outplayed and outclassed over the two legs as Barcelona reached the Champions League final despite losing 3-2 in Munich in on Tuesday night. Thomas Muller’s 74th-minute goal at least gave Pep Guardiola’s men the satisfaction of victory on the night but Bayern could not stop the visitors coasting to Berlin with […]
Two former Manchester United stars got the headlines as Juventus beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 76th goal of his Champions League career to nudge ahead of Lionel Messi in the all-time standings but it was his former teammate Carlos Tevez who scored the […]
UEFA has changed how it will seed teams for next season’s Champions League and that is bad news for Arsenal. Currently, top-seeded teams are the eight highest-ranked in a five-year results cycle in UEFA competitions. Under the new rules, the top seeds will go to national league winners plus this years Champions League winner. Based […]
The Champions League semi-final draw on Friday will comprise of European footballing royalty as Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munch have a combined 20 European Cup wins and 33 final appearances between them. Barcelona and Bayern both progressed comfortably on Tuesday, but for Wednesday’s qualifiers things were far less clear-cut. Madrid looked set to […]
Luis Suarez twice nutmegged David Luiz on the way to scoring a brilliant second-half double as Barcelona all but ended Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League dream with a 3-1 quarter-final, first leg win at the Parc des Princes. The visitors’ all-star attack made their class count as Neymar coolly converted from a Lionel Messi assist in […]