Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 first-leg tie on Wednesday, giving his team the advantage for the second leg in France. In the other game of the night, Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick, while Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino also found the net, […]
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Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen helped Tottenham back from the brink to hold Juventus to a 2-2 in Turin, spoiling what had looked set to be a Gonzalo Higuain one-man show in the Champions League last 16, first leg on Tuesday. Higuain had put Juventus two goals up within the first nine minutes at the […]
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Liverpool’s progress towards securing a Champions League spot was halted by Premier League’s bottom club Swansea on Monday. A single goal by Alfie Mawson dealt the blow as Liverpool’s defensive frailties returned. Jurgen Klopp’s side, with £75 million centre-back Virgil van Dijk making his away debut, were seeking to extend their unbeaten run to 15 […]
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UEFA has made the draws for the Round of 16 with English champions Chelsea paired with Barcelona. Shakhtar Donetsk will face AS Roma, while defending champions, Ronaldo’s Real Madrid booked a titillating face-off with Neymar’s Paris Saint Germain. Sevilla got Manchester United, whiile Porto will face Liverpool. The UEFA draw for Round of 16 Swiss […]
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Liverpool have secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League as Group E winners courtesy of a ruthless 7-0 thrashing of Spartak Moscow at Anfield. Philippe Coutinho scored his first career hat-trick as the Reds set a new goalscoring landmark for English clubs in the Champions League, recording their second 7-0 win […]
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Manchester United were able to secure top spot qualification for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) as Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford scored to help United defeated CSKA Moscow 2-1. Swiss champions Basel won 2-0 away at Benfica to join them in going through. A contentious goal awarded to Vitinho gave CSKA […]
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Chelsea booked their spot in the next round before the bulk of Wednesday’s matches even got underway, courtesy of an easy win in Azerbaijan over Qarabag. The hosts hung with the Premier League giants for 20 minutes, but after Rashad Sadygov was sent off for a foul inside the box, the team fell apart. Eden […]
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Zinedine Zidane’s Real bounced back from their 3-1 loss at Tottenham Hotspur last time out by crushing APOEL, with four of the goals coming before half-time in the UEFA Champions League. The record 12-time winners had to wait until the 23rd minute to take the lead through Luka Modric, but a run of five goals […]
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Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City have both booked places in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Tottenham Hotspur handed Real Madrid their second successive loss in four days. The London side thrashed the European champions 3-1 at Wembley Stadium in London. Tottenham had held Madrid at home 1-1 when they met two […]
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Layvin Kurzawa scored an unlikely hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain powered into the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 5-0 rout of Anderlecht, while Bayern Munich joined them in the knockout stage. Marco Verratti curled in a terrific opening goal — his first in Europe since September 2014 — on the half-hour […]
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