Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich are the first two names in the hat for the Champions League quarter-finals as respective 4-1 and 1-1 results at home saw AC Milan and Arsenal get eliminated. Arsenal put up a spirited performance in Munich, but it was always going to be a near impossible task of the Gunners […]
Champions League
We get the second set of four Round of 16 ties in the Champions League this week and they pose some tricky away tests for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund. Match of the week Zenit St Petersburg-Borussia Dortmund, Tuesday, Petrovski Stadium Dortmund have yet to find the form that took them to […]
If ever teams needed reminding how important it is to win their group in the Champions League consider that all four away teams, and group winners, win this week. Last night it was PSG and Barcelona, and tonight it was Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid that picked up the vital away goals and wins. Arsenal […]
A Lionel Messi penalty and a late Dani Alves strike gave Barcelona a comfortable 2-0 win over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium while Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice to leave Paris Saint-Germain on course for the quarter-finals after their 4-0 win at ten-man Bayer Leverkusen. After a goalless first half in Manchester the match and […]
Chelsea have put last season’s Champions League group stage elimination behind them as they became the fifth side to make the round of 16 despite losing 1-0 at Basel. Elsewhere an injury riddled Barcelona suffered a rare European defeat while Arsenal and Dortmund picked up big victories. Qualified for last 16: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona, Bayern […]
Bayern Munich and Manchester City became the first two teams to qualify for the knockout stages of this season’s Champions League. Bayern made hard work of beating Viktoria Plzen 1-0, but the result was Bayern’s ninth Champions League win in a row, equaling the record set by Barcelona in 2002/03. Manchester City reached the knockout […]
Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain while Real Madrid maintained their perfect group stage records in an interesting night of Champions League football. PSG were very impressive, thrashing Anderlecht 5-0 in Belgium as Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a brilliant 20-minute hat-trick. Ibra went onto become only the 11th player to score four or more in a Champions […]
Matchday two in the Champions League saw Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain all put in eye-catching displays while Juventus were held 2-2 at home by Galatasaray and Manchester United drew away at Shakhtar Donetsk. The performance of the night took place at the Etihad stadium in Manchester as City were humbled 3-1 by […]