IT was backs against the wall for most of the second half but a Branislav Ivanovic header earned Chelsea a 1-1 draw in their Champions League first leg with Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes. Ivanovic valuable away goal means that Chelsea are well placed to advance to the quarter-finals after Ivanovic netted a vital […]
Champions League
A a result of failing Uefa’s Financial Fair Play standards, Manchester City are in the uncomfortable position of having to drop someone when they name their squad for the Champions League knockout stages. The arrival of Wilfried Bony in January means that City now have 17 non-homegrown players in their squad but, they can only […]
Ten-man Liverpool bowed out of the Champions League Tuesday after being held to a 1-1 draw by Basel. Fabian Frei fired the Swiss visitors into the lead after 25 minutes, stunning the subdued Reds, who never found their rhythm on a disappointing night at Anfield. Lazar Markovic was sent off on the hour for throwing […]
Arsenal put their recent troubles behind them to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium and qualify for the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League. Yaya Sanogo put the Gunners ahead inside two minutes, with Alexis Sanchez clipping home a sublime effort at the start of the second half to inflict a first […]
Fresh off becoming the all-time leading scoring in La Liga, Barcelona star Lionel Messi on Tuesday became the record goalscorer in Champions League history as he led Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over APOEL Nicosia. After Luis Suarez had opened the scoring with his first goal for Barca, Messi scored for the 72nd time in […]
This is getting ridiculous. First a poor summer transfer policy left Arsenal woefully short of defenders, and now we hear that Arsenal will be forced to play their third choice goalkeeper in Wednesday’s Champions League match with Anderlecht. With first-choice keeper Wojciech Szczesny suspended for getting sent off in MatchDay 2 against Galatasaray, and his […]
UEFA has announced that the seeding for the Champions League will change next season, a decision that will have potentially a huge impact on the fortunes in Europe of English and Spanish sides. The existing UEFA format means that seeding is based on the results of clubs competing in the five previous seasons of the […]
Clinical Welbeck blasted the Gunners into a 2-0 lead and once Alexis Sanchez had stretched the advantage further, the £16 million signing from Manchester United added his third as the Turkish club were swept aside at the Emirates Stadium. The only blot on an otherwise fine night was the red card shown to goalkeeper Wojciech […]
Brendan Rodgers lamented Liverpool’s “poor” defending after the Reds crashed to a 1-0 Champions League defeat against Basel, to fall behind the Swiss side in their group standings. Liverpool manager Rodgers felt his side played well enough to get something from the game but let themselves down by failing to deal with Basel’s set pieces. […]