A good night for English teams as both Liverpool and Chelsea advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals. Liverpool hammered Real Madrid 4-0 behind two goals from Steven Gerrard and one each from Fernando Torres and Andrea Dossena. From the first minute Madrid were on the back foot and this game was over within 30 minutes […]

Didier Drogba rediscovered his bite as Chelsea drew first blood at Stamford Bridge. The Ivory Coast striker pounced early in the first half to earn a crucial first leg lead — his first in 10 games. And with John Terry marshalling the troops at the back, Guus Hiddink’s men travel to Turin having avoided conceding […]

Yossi Benayoun stunned Real Madrid as Liverpool beat Europe’s form team in their own backyard. The Israeli international nodded home Fabio Aurelio’s 82nd minute free-kick to put Rafa Benitez’s men in the driving seat to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals. Real have been rampant of late and have won their last nine game in a […]

Chelsea are likely to link up strikers Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka after both impressed in the Aston Villa win. New coach Guus Hiddink faces one of his predecessors – Claudio Ranieri – who brings his side to Stamford Bridge. Juventus’s Alessandro Del Piero will start after a rest at the weekend and will probably partner […]

Arsene Wenger reckons in two or three years this Arsenal team will be graduating with honors. If he can teach them where the goal is, he might be right. For while these young Gunners can pass the opposition to death they need to spend a considerable amount of time at finishing school. Robin van Persie’s […]

This is a huge week in European soccer with Champions League games tonight and tomorrow. With three games between English and Italian teams, bragging rights for the best league in Europe is up for grabs. Gazing into my crystal ball, these are how I expect the games to go: Arsenal v Roma: Arsenal is having trouble […]

Uefa Champions League, First knock-out round, first leg Venue: Emirates Stadium Date: Tuesday, 24 February Arsenal will be without Andrey Arshavin for their last 16 Champions League first-leg tie against Roma on Tuesday. The Russian is ineligible having played for Zenit St Petersburg in the competition, while strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Eduardo are injured. Arsene […]

Jose Mourinho is relishing the prospect of taking on Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United in the Champions League when his Inter side join battle with the Red Devils for the first leg in Milan on Tuesday February 24. With the second leg at Old Trafford the following Wednesday, the former Chelsea manager has good reason for […]