It was another magical European night at Anfield as Liverpool beat Villarreal 3-0 on Thursday night in their Europa League semi-final second leg. This was Liverpool’s first home game since the new inquest into the Hillsborough disaster ruled that the 96 supporters who perished at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final had been killed unlawfully and […]
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Liverpool drew first blood against Manchester United with a dominating 2-0 win at Anfield in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 clash. Daniel Sturridge’s first-half penalty wasfollowed by Roberto Firmino’s close-range effort 17 minutes from time. had it not been for the continued brilliance of goalkeeper David de Gea, it would have been […]
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he is not worried by the Red’s lack of cutting edge during their Europa League victory over Augsburg at Anfield on Thursday night. James Milner’s early penalty at Anfield proved enough to send Liverpool into the draw for the last 16, but Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson both missed glorious […]
It appears that 4-0 defeat to MK Dons in the League Cup in 2014 was not the low point of the Louis van Gaal era at Manchester United. That came on a cold Thursday night in Denmark where Danish minnows FC Midtjylland embarrassed the three-time European champions, winning 2-1. The score actually flatters United because […]
As the banner proudly states, Liverpool are European royalty. Five times the Reds have listen the European Cup and three times they have lifted the UEFA Cup. This is a club who history in deeply intertwined with European football from those four wins in seven years in the late 70s early 80s to the Heysel […]
Lukas Podolski has not been named in Inter Milan’s squad for the knockout stages of the Europa League as manager Roberto Mancini preferred Xherdan Shaqiri to the Germany international. According to UEFA’s Europa League regulations: “one player from the above quota of three who has been fielded in a UEFA club competition group stage match […]
Great result for F.C. Internazionale in Europa on Thursday as they beat 10-man Dnipro 1-0 in Kiev in their Europa League opener. Danilo D’Ambrosio’s was the Inter goalscorer. Heading into the match Dnipro were undefeated this season with five wins and a draw in their first six games in the Ukraine Premier League. Dnipro’s form […]
Former Manchester United chairman, and current United director, David Gill has been appointed chairman of UEFA’s extremely influential Club Licensing Committee. The Club Licensing Committee essentially decides which clubs are entitled to licences to play Champions League and Europa League football. This will become increasingly important as UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules shape the landscape […]
In an attempt to boost the popularity of the Europa League, Uefa has announced that the 2015 Europa League winners will qualify for the following season’s Champions League. More importantly, the Europa League winner will not take one of the designated Champions League spots that each league has, if they finish outside the Champions League […]