We are down to eight clubs left in the Champions League and it is looking like a battle between Spain and Germany to see who will be lifting the trophy at Wembley in May. Real Madrid will be aiming for a record 24th semi-final appearance, Barcelona is targeting a sixth straight semi-final appearance while Bayern […]

In one of their best European performances in years, Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0 at the Allianz Arena tonight, but were knocked out of the Champions League on away goals (3-3). Arsene Wenger will rue his teams defensive mistakes at the Emirates in the first leg as tonight the made the Bundesliga champions elect look […]

Crisis? What crisis? All we have heard for the last three weeks is that Barcelona are a team in crisis. Well whatever crisis is over as Barcelona became the first team to advance in the Champions League after losing the first leg 2-0. And it was Lionel Messi, who else, that led Barca to victory. […]

Barcelona and Arsenal both have huge mountains to climb this week if they hope to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Barcelona will have the advantage of playing at home when they play AC Milan on Tuesday, but like Arsenal, who visit Bayern Munich the following day, they know they must score three goals without conceding […]

We had none of last night’s drama in the Champions League as both Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain progressed as expected into the quarter-finals. In Turin, Juventus beat an outclassed Celtic side 2-0 on the night and 5-0 on aggregate. Any hopes that the thousands of Celtic fans in the stadium had of a miracle comeback […]

Borussia Dortmund booked their place in the Champions League’s quarter-finals for the first time in 15 years with a convincing 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. Having drawn 2-2 in Ukraine three weeks ago in the first leg, Borussia go through 5-2 on aggregate as goals by Felipe Santana, Mario Goetze and Jakub ‘Kuba’ Blaszczykowski capped […]

A horrendous decision by Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir to send Nani off for a second-half foul on Alvaro Arbeloa allowed Real Madrid to beat 10-man United 2-1 on the night. United were leading 1-0 on the night (2-1 on aggregate) thanks to a Sergio Ramos own goal, but the sending off completely turned the game […]

A shocking result tonight from the San Siro, where AC Milan beat Barcelona 2-0 to put the Champions League favorites on the verge of elimination from the competition. This was AC Milan’s first victory over Barcelona since 2004, and it was a familar playbook that sunk a poor Barcelona side. Massimiliano Allegri’s side followed the blueprint […]