Tag: Champions League
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Liverpool win 7-goal thriller after Salzburg fightback
Liverpool held off a stunning fightback by Red Bull Salzburg to get their Champions League defence up and running with victory in an incredible game at Anfield. The visitors trailed 3-0 in the first half but battled back to 3-3 before Mohamed Salah grabbed the winner midway through the second half. Liverpool lost their Group…
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UCL: Late Willian strike earns Chelsea win at Lille
A brilliant late strike by Willian earned an otherwise unimpressive Chelsea a 2-1 win at Lille in Champions League Group H on Wednesday. Brazilian Willian volleyed home with 12 minutes left on his 300th Chelsea appearance after Tammy Abraham’s opener had been cancelled out by Lille’s Victor Osimhen in the first half. Chelsea are third…
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UCL: Pochettino calls for togetherness after Bayern defeat
Tottenham Manager, Mauricio Pochettino, says his team must “stay together” after a 7-2 defeat at home by Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday. Three goals in the last seven minutes rounded off a sorry evening for Tottenham, who led 1-0 only to fold in the closing stages. The result left last year’s runners-up…
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Gnabry hits four as Bayern Munich trounce Tottenham 7-2
Tottenham Hotspur suffered their worst home defeat in Europe as Serge Gnabry scored four times in Bayern Munich’s 7-2 romp to seize control of UEFA Champions League Group B on Tuesday. Master marksman Robert Lewandowski also scored twice as Bayern responded to going behind in devastating fashion When Son Heung-min gave last season’s runners-up Tottenham…
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UCL: Real Madrid come from behind to draw Club Brugge
Real Madrid battled back from 2-0 down to draw with Club Bruges on another disappointing Champions League night for the 13-time champions. Zinedine Zidane’s side were poor again at the Bernabeu and were almost undone by a bizarre double from 21-year-old Emmanuel Dennis. The Nigerian’s first came as he miscontrolled Percy Tau’s cross past a…
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UCL: Neymar suspended for PSG clash in Turkey
Paris St-Germain forward Neymar serves the final game of his two-game European ban when his side face Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday. Neymar, 27, was given a three-game suspension for insulting match officials after PSG’s loss to Manchester United in March, but the ban was later reduced to two matches. Forward Kylian Mbappe,…
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Man Utd expect fall in earnings after Champions League absence
English football club Manchester United on Tuesday forecast falls in 2019/2020 revenue and core profit after missing out on a berth in the lucrative UEFA Champions League. They had missed out in the wake of a string of inconsistent performances. The 20-times English champions, who failed to qualify for the Champions League last season, forecast…
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Lyon held by Zenit in disappointing start to Champions League
Olympique Lyonnais started their Champions League group stage campaign in disappointing fashion as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday. Memphis Depay’s penalty cancelled out Sardar Azmoun’s first-half opener as the French side dominated after the break without inflicting any serious damage on their opponents. Lyon have now…
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UCL: Kylian Mbappe rules himself out of Madrid clash
Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has revealed on social media that he will not play in his side’s Champions League clash against Real Madrid on Wednesday. The 20-year-old picked up a hamstring injury and was forced off against Toulouse late last month and has not featured for the French champions since. He tweeted: “It’s now…
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UEFA Champions League 2019/2020 draws released
The draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League was conducted today. The two teams entering in this round (the champions of the 14th and 15th-ranked nations, Ajax and PAOK), are joined by the 10 winners from the second qualifying round champions path, which ties conclude on 30/31 July. The six sides…