Neymar was in unstoppable form as the Brazilian bagged a hat-trick to send Paris Saint Germain top of their Champions League group with a 5-1 home victory over Istanbul Basaksehir. The 28-year-old proved too much for the Turkish visitors to handle as he put in a mesmerising display in the rearranged […]
UEFA Champions League
Manchester City retained their unbeaten record in Group C as they cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over Marseille at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night, with the returning Sergio Aguero marking his comeback from injury with a goal. Despite completely dominating the early proceedings, the home side looked to […]
Real Madrid needed a win against Borussia Monchengladbach to reach the Champions League knockouts, and they duly delivered. Real Madrid reached the Champions League last 16 and eased the pressure on coach Zinedine Zidane with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach. Benzema will get the glory. He was playing his […]
Barcelona’s poor domestic form carried over into their European campaign as they were denied top spot by Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo’s first Champions League goals against Barcelona helped Juventus to a stunning 3-0 away win to top Group G. On 12 minutes Juventus were ahead. Ronaldo was awarded […]
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi will get the chance to go head to head with the greatest rival in the football history Cristiano Ronaldo at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night for potentially the last time. Lionel Messi is desperate to play against the player who was his greatest rival during Ronaldo’s 7 […]
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 750th goal of his remarkable career in Juventus’ 3-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv, as Stephanie Frappart became the first female to referee a men’s Champions League match. Federico Chiesa, with his first-ever Champions League goal, and Alvaro Morata were also on target while Ronaldo reached another […]
Barcelona showed once again that Lionel Messi can take a night off in the Champions League and the world does not come to an end. Antoine Griezmann picked up the baton and delivered the first with a clever flick. Martin Braithwaite wasn’t far behind scoring the second – his fourth […]
Fred was sent off for Manchester United as Marquinhos and Neymar settled a thrilling Group H contest in PSG’s favour. Neymar and Marquinhos put Manchester United’s progression into the last 16 of the Champions League on hold as Paris Saint-Germain secured a 3-1 win at Old Trafford. In 32nd minute, Marcus Rashford […]
Atletico Madrid thought they had qualified for the Champions League last-16, then Thomas Muller climbed off the bench to snatch it from them with five minutes left. Bayern Munich, already with top place secured, had rested players for their penultimate group game but 1-0 down Hans-Dieter Flick put Muller on […]
Caoimhin Kelleher made a crucial late save from Klass-Jan Huntelaar to earn Liverpool a win over Ajax and move the Reds into the Champions League knockouts. Liverpool secured passage to the Champions League knockout stages as group winners as they earned a 1-0 win over Ajax. A second-half goal from […]