[ad_1] LONDON: Arsenal are preparing for a potentially season-defining Champions League clash against Bayern Munich on Wednesday as familiar doubts simmer over whether they can handle the pressure after their damaging Premier League defeat by Aston Villa. Sunday’s 2-0 loss brought back uncomfortable memories for Mikel Arteta’s side, who led the way for most of…
[ad_1] The all-time kings of Europe take on the current holders in the standout tie of the Champions League quarter-finals. For the third year running Real and City meet in a match-up in which the winner has gone on to lift the trophy in the past two seasons. And it would be difficult to look…
[ad_1] MADRID: Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund do battle on Wednesday with both teams conscious the tie offers their best chance of reaching the Champions League semi-finals in years. The duo are the underdog sides remaining in this season’s quarter-finals, with the other six teams either among the elite, spending as if they were or…
[ad_1] LEIPZIG: Leipzig were left to rue a controversial disallowed goal in Tuesday’s 1-0 home loss to Real Madrid in their last 16 Champions League clash. Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko scored in the second minute but the linesman raised his flag for offside. Replays showed Sesko was clearly onside but VAR did not overturn the…
[ad_1] FRANCE: Marco Asensio believes he “has plenty to offer” Paris Saint-Germain in their latest bid for a maiden Champions League title, having previously lifted the trophy three times with Real Madrid. The 28-year-old joined PSG on a free transfer from Madrid in the summer but missed more than two months of action with a…
[ad_1] LONDON: UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has insisted the European governing body were “right” to kick Manchester City out of the Champions League for breaching financial regulations despite the club’s successful appeal. English giants City were handed a two-year suspension in February 2020 by UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB), but the sanction was overturned…
[ad_1] MANCHESTER: Manchester United bowed out of Europe with a whimper as a 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich rounded off a miserable Champions League campaign that has put Erik ten Hag’s future as manager in doubt. United have lost 12 of their opening 24 games of the season — a run that has also ended…
[ad_1] MILAN: Rafael Leao returns for AC Milan’s last desperate attempt to reach the Champions League knockouts, the seven-time European champions staring at early elimination ahead of their final Group F match at Newcastle on Wednesday. Portugal attacker Leao has been out of action for the past month with a hamstring injury but Milan are…
[ad_1] MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s future in this season’s Champions League hangs by a thread ahead of Bayern Munich’s visit to Old Trafford, with an early exit in Europe sure to put more scrutiny on manager Erik ten Hag. The Dutchman tried to argue after victory over Chelsea last week that United’s season has not reached…
[ad_1] When the Champions League draw was made Group ‘F’ always looked like being too close to call and it will duly go right down to the wire with French aristocrats Paris St Germain still in control of their destiny, but only just. Manager Luis Enrique was breathing a massive sigh of relief on Tuesday…
