Category: Champions League

Barcelona suffered yet another bad night in the Champions League as they lost 3-0 to Benfica. Ronald Koeman is under immense pressure following a poor start to the season and may be hanging on to his job by a thread. Benfica ran riot against BarcelonaGetty Pressure is building on Barcelona boss KoemanAFP Benfica defender Nicolas…

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Peter Schmeichel revealed he has no memory of what happened after Manchester United’s famous Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich. Back in 1999, United famously scored two goals in injury time to win 2-1 at the Nou Camp and complete a famous treble. Schmeichel won the Champions League with Manchester United in 1999 Substitutes…

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Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman is under huge pressure and is not even sure how long he will last at the club, following their latest Champions League loss. A 3-0 defeat to Benfica has meant this is the Spanish giants’ worst start to a Champions League campaign and currently sit bottom of Group E. Koeman…

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Antonio Conte’s comments about Chelsea and Romelu Lukaku have split opinion on talkSPORT. The former Blues boss, who coached the Belgian with great success at Inter Milan, doesn’t think Thomas Tuchel is using his star striker properly. Conte got the best out of Lukaku at the San SiroAFP The striker is suffering a mini-drought at…

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Rio Ferdinand revealed a text sent to him by Cristiano Ronaldo after his late winner in Manchester United’s 2-1 victory over Villarreal. Ronaldo struck in the last minute of the game to ensure the Red Devils got a crucial three-points from an underwhelming Champions League performance. Ronaldo is continues to make historyGetty Ferdinand is delighted…

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be breathing a sigh of relief after Cristiano Ronaldo bailed him, and Manchester United, out at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Solskjaer would have been fearing the worst after watching his side go 1-0 down against Villarreal, having also lost their opening Champions League group game to Young Boys. Solskjaer was…

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Cristiano Ronaldo did it again in the Champions League scoring a late winner for Manchester United in their 2-1 victory over Villarreal at Old Trafford. It had been a largely poor evening for the Red Devils with Alex Telles’ stunning strike cancelling out Paco Alcacer’s opener. United were far from at their best, but Ronaldo…

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Holders Chelsea face a massive test tonight as they take on Juventus in the Champions League. The Blues have enjoyed a wonderful start to the new season but suffered a setback after falling to a 1-0 defeat against Manchester City on Saturday. Chelsea face Italian giants Juventus in Champions League on Wednesday night That should…

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