Real Madrid are in the Champions League quarter-final draw for the first time in seven years as goals from Marcelo, Karim Benzema and Ángel Di María eased the nine-time winners past Lyon. After six seasons of disappointments at this stage of European club football’s elite competition, Madrid players and fans could have been forgiven for […]
Champions League
Goran Pandev struck two minutes from time to give Inter Milan a dramatic win at Bayern Munich and propel the Champions League holders through to the quarter-finals on away goals. Bayern’s 1-0 first-leg advantage lasted just four minutes as Samuel Eto’o tucked away his eighth goal of the competition. By 31 minutes Mario Gomez and […]
Manchester United advanced to their fifth consecutive Champions League quarter-final after a nervous 2-1 victory against Marseille at Old Trafford. United got off to a great start when Hernandez scored inside six months, turning a Rooney cross into the net from a couple of yards out. United were flying with Rooney pulling the strings. He […]
French clubs Lyon and Marseille will attempt to spring major upsets in the Champions League this week after being held to first-leg draws at home against Real Madrid and Manchester United respectively. Marseille may feel they have the better chance having prevented Sir Alex Ferguson’s men from scoring in the goalless stalemate at the Stade […]
A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League again with a dramatic 3-1 victory at the Camp Now. It was an Arsenal performance that asked a lot of questions. Arsenal looked set to head into half-time at 0-0, despite losing their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny early in the match to a hand injury, […]
There were famous wins for North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the first legs of their Champions League round of 16 ties three weeks ago, but can they go a step further and knock-out two of Europe’s footballing giants? Arsenal face undoubtedly the tougher challenge as they travel to Catalonia to defend their […]
Manchester United’s travel to Marseille in the Champions League left a disappointed taste for many football fans especially the Red Devils fans as being the favorite, Sir Alex Ferguson put out a rather negative performance leading to a boring stalemate encounter. Acknowledging the disappointment of their fans, Ferguson went out and promised a much more […]