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6Nov By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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football match live scores: Barcelona 3-3 Club Brugge

Spanish giants Barcelona needed to come from behind three times to earn a 3-3 draw at Club Brugge in the Champions League, with teenage winger Lamine Yamal back to his best for Hansi Flick’s side to help them earn a point in a gripping clash in Belgium. Barca’s defence was shredded on multiple occasions on Wednesday by the hosts as Brugge winger Carlos Forbs struck twice and set one up for Nicolo Tresoldi. Ferran Torres, Yamal and a Christos Tzolis own goal saved Barcelona from what would have been a humiliating defeat, even though they have several players out injured.Barcelona have been in shaky form in recent weeks, including a Clasico defeat by rivals Real Madrid in La Liga. The hosts took an early lead at the Jan Breydel Stadium through Tresoldi, who was set up by the electri...

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4Nov By Silver Emmanuel2 Comments

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Arsenal win in Prague to match 122-year club record Mikel Merino scored twice as Arsenal comfortably beat Slavia Prague in the league phase of the Champions League to extend their winning run to 10 matches in all competitions. It was also an eighth successive clean sheet - matching a club record set back in 1903 over two different seasons. Spaniard Merino was starting up front in place of the injured Viktor Gyokeres and, just as he did last season when he deputised for Kai Havertz, the midfielder showed his versatility to provide a focal point and make a crucial contribution for his team. Arsenal's opening goal came in the 32nd minute when they were awarded a penalty after the video assistant referee (VAR) penalised Lukas Provod for handball after Gabriel flicked on a corner. ...

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4Nov By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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football live: Napoli held to goalless draw by Frankfurt

Napoli failed to score for a second match in a row as the Italian champions were held to a goalless draw at home by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League. Antonio Conte's side were looking to bounce back from a humbling 6-2 defeat by PSV Eindhoven on matchday three, but struggled to create clear chances in the absence of injured midfielder Kevin de Bruyne. Napoli started well but lacked communication in the final third. Rasmus Hojlund and Frank Anguissa got in each other's way with both trying to head in Eljif Elmas' cross, before the winger saw his goal-bound strike inadvertently deflected over by Scott McTominay. The Scottish midfielder spurned two clear chances in the second half, first taking a heavy touch as he rounded Frankfurt goalkeeper Michael Zetterer, before l...

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4Nov By Silver Emmanuel2 Comments

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football live: Alexander-Arnold set for Anfield return

Alexander-Arnold A big night of Champions League football on Tuesday is headlined by the return of Trent Alexander-Arnold to Anfield for the first time since his acrimonious summer move to Real Madrid. Arsenal take on Slavia Prague without injured striker Viktor Gyokeres, while Tottenham are in action against FC Copenhagen. Rangers have had a rant about referees following Sunday’s Scottish League Cup defeat to Celtic, while Granit Xhaka’s second-half goal helped Sunderland avoid defeat against Everton on Monday night. Liverpool boss Arne Slot admits he cannot guarantee Alexander-Arnold a warm reception when he makes his first return to Anfield since his acrimonious summer move to Real Madrid. Alexander-Arnold, who came through the club’s academy system, was booed by his ...

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4Nov By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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foot ball: PSG plans to end 15-game Bayern winning run

Luis Enrique Luis Enrique is confident Paris Saint-Germain can bring an end to Bayern Munich's "incredible" 15-game winning run in Tuesday's Champions League showdown. The German champions head for the French capital to face the last side to beat them in a competitive match, with PSG having emerged 2-0 winners when the sides met in a Club World Cup quarterfinal in Atlanta in July. Head coach Luis Enrique told a press conference: "If we talk about the results and their run in the last 15 games, it is incredible. We know how difficult it is to win three or four matches in a row, but if it is 15, that is just incredible. They deserve it." But as for the game tomorrow, it's at the Parc des Princes in front of our supporters with the atmosphere they create in every game and we are c...

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3Nov By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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football news: Gyokeres set to miss Prague clash

Viktor Gyokeres looks set to miss out for Arsenal in their Champions League clash with Slavia Prague on Tuesday night. Gyokeres did not feature in a session at the Gunners’ London Colney base on Monday afternoon after he suffered a muscular injury in the 2-0 win at Burnley on Saturday and was substituted, having opened the scoring in the match. Mikel Merino replaced Gyokeres at Turf Moor and could do so from the start at the Fortuna Arena on Tuesday, as Arsenal go in search of a 10th consecutive win in all competitions. Midfielder Martin Zubimendi is suspended, so Christian Norgaard is expected to step in for him. Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga also did not take part in training on Monday. One player who did train was former England international Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who ...

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23Oct By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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champions league 2025: Bayern, Liverpool win, Spurs held

Bayern Munich cruised to a 4-0 win over Club Brugge on Wednesday to claim their third straight victory in the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, extending their perfect start to the season. Korean defender Kim Min-jae came off the bench in the 81st minute and played just over 10 minutes. He received a yellow card in stoppage time for pulling down an opposing player while trying to halt a counterattack. With the win at the Allianz Arena, Bayern rose to second place in their group with three straight victories. The club has now won all 12 matches across competitions this season. But Kim has started only three of those games and appeared as a substitute in five, trailing Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah in the battle for a regular starting spot. Harry Kane, Bayern’s prolific strik...

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22Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Champions league updates: PSG hit seven, Barcelona, Arsenal run riot

Paris Saint-Germain scored seven and both Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven hit six in big victories while Arsenal crushed Atletico Madrid 4-0 on a prolific night of Champions League action on Tuesday. Erling Haaland was among the scorers in Manchester City's 2-0 win at Villarreal as a total of 43 goals rained down across nine games. However, it was champions PSG who stole the show with their 7-2 win at Bayer Leverkusen in Germany. Desire Doue scored twice in between goals by Willian Pacho and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for PSG in a first half which saw Alejandro Grimaldo miss a penalty and Aleix Garcia net from the spot for Leverkusen. Both sides had a man sent off in the opening period, with Robert Andrich seeing red for Leverkusen and Illia Zabarnyi walking for the visitors. Nuno Me...

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20Oct By Silver Emmanuel4 Comments

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champions league 2025: Newcastle United injury news

Newcastle United will look to bounce back from Saturday’s Premier League defeat to Brighton when they host Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday evening - but could be without a key player. The Magpies have made something of a mixed start to the 2025/26 campaign, currently sitting 13th in the Premier League table after eight games, while in Europe, they followed up their opening fixture defeat to Barcelona with an emphatic victory over Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise. Eddie Howe’s men return to Champions League action on Tuesday night when they host Benfica at St James’ Park, but may have another name added to their growing injury list. The queue for the Magpies treatment table already includes the likes of Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento and Yoane Wissa, but there ...

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2Oct By Silver Emmanuel3 Comments

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Champions League 2025: Hojlund brace enough for Napoli

On-loan Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund grabbed a brace as Napoli defeated Sporting Lisbon 2-1 to secure their first Champions League win of the season. Former Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne set up both Hojlund goals, while Colombian forward Luis Suarez converted a penalty for the Portuguese visitors. There was mixed fortune for English sides with Arsenal and Newcastle recording victories and Manchester City held in Monaco. PSV Eindhoven drew 1-1 at Bayer Leverkusen and the points were also shared between Villarreal and Juventus in a 2-2 draw. Georges Mikautadze put the LaLiga outfit ahead but Federico Gatti and Francisco Conceicao turned things around in dramatic fashion. Renato Veiga, who was on loan at Juventus last season, rescued Villarreal in the d...

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30Sep By Silver Emmanuel3 Comments

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Victor Osimhen Victor Osimhen scored an early penalty as Galatasaray beat an error-prone Liverpool, who lost goalkeeper Alisson and striker Hugo Ekitike to injury, 1-0 in a raucous Champions League clash in Istanbul. The masked Nigerian striker blasted the ball past a diving Alisson when he stepped up in the 16th minute in the match on Tuesday after Baris Alper Yilmaz went down on being swiped in the face by Dominik Szoboszlai. Liverpool made three changes to the lineup that suffered a first league defeat of the season by Crystal Palace at the weekend, with Mohamed Salah on the bench along with record signing Alexander Isak. Both came on in the 62nd minute when Liverpool made a triple substitution, with Salah replacing starter Jeremie Frimpong on the right wing, after Alisson ...

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30Sep By Silver Emmanuel2 Comments

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Champions League updates: Chelsea 1-0 Benfica

Jose Mourinho It was just after the hour mark with their team labouring a little that the Chelsea fans started to sing the name of their old manager Jose Mourinho. Standing on the touchline in a white shirt, blue trousers and brown brogues, the new coach of Benfica put a solitary hand up and waved. It seems some love affairs never really die. They just hide themselves away for a while. Mourinho can’t hurt Chelsea anymore of course. Not in the grand scheme of things. It was different during his spells at places like Manchester United, Tottenham, Inter and Real Madrid. At various points during that long period, it all grew a little bitter.Now that his career is on the wane and he arrives in west London carrying underdog status, he can be shown the love and fondness t...

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21Sep By Silver Emmanuel3 Comments

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Champions League updates:PSG injury news ahead of Barcelona clash

FC Barcelona had a victorious start to their UEFA Champions League campaign as they beat a difficult Newcastle United side at their own home ground in the north of England. The Blaugranes will have another very difficult match awaiting them in their next round of games in the premier European competition, as they are set to face the current UCL title holders, Paris Saint-Germain, on October 1st. Keeping in view the quality of both these teams, this is certainly going to be a blockbuster tie. However, as Mundo Deportivo has noted, the PSG squad is increasingly being affected by physical problems ahead of this enticing clash. Two of the most notable players in the Parisian team’s squad, Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue, were already unavailable for their last UCL game, against the Italian sid...

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19Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Champions League updates: Rashford shines in Barcelona’s win at Newcastle

An inspired Marcus Rashford celebrated his return to English soil by scoring twice in nine second-half minutes to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory over Newcastle United in their Champions League season opener at St James’ Park on Thursday. Missing key players Lamine Yamal, Alejandro Balde and Gavi through injury, the visitors had to weather an early storm as Newcastle pressed high relentlessly, with goalkeeper Joan Garcia making a fabulous reflex save to deny Harvey Barnes from close-range early in the game. The five-time European champion gradually gained control of proceedings until English forward Rashford broke the deadlock in the 58th minute, scoring his first goal for Barcelona with an angled header from Jules Kounde’s right-wing cross that nestled just inside the left post beyond Nick P...

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18Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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champions league latest: PSG begin title defence in style

Paris Saint Germain picked up where they left off following last season’s triumph as they kicked off their new Champions League campaign with an impressive 4-0 win over Atalanta at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday. Marquinhos opened the scoring inside the first three minutes, and PSG followed that up with goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Nuno Mendes and substitute Goncalo Ramos, demonstrating the high pressing and fluid play that have become hallmarks of their game. Elsewhere Marcus Thuram powered home two headed goals as Inter Milan banished the demons of last season’s Champions League final and won their opening game of the new group campaign 2-0 away at Ajax Amsterdam. Inter were hammered 5-0 by Paris St Germain in May’s final in Munich and came into Wednesday’s clash at the Johan Cru...

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17Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Champions League updates: ‘We don’t want to put a limit on our dreams’says Bruno

Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimarães says the Magpies "don't want to put a limit on our dreams" as they get set to begin their 2025/26 Champions League campaign against Barcelona on Thursday night. The Magpies kick off another European adventure at St. James' Park with the visit of the Spanish giants (kick-off 8pm BST) for a fixture laden in history, evoking memories of Tino Asprilla's famous hat-trick in 1997 and the great Sir Bobby Robson who managed both clubs with distinction. This will be Guimarães' second taste of the continent's top competition since his move to Tyneside in 2022, and he made no secret of both his and the club's ambition after making the move from French side Lyon. And having skippered United to Carabao Cup victory last term - the club's first domestic trophy in ...

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17Sep By Silver Emmanuel2 Comments

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football schedules: PSG vs. Atalanta

Gettyimages 2232152089 612x612 1 Paris Saint-Germain begin their Champions League defense on home soil in Gameweek 1 of the league phase, as they welcome Atalanta to the Parc des Princes. This is just the second time these two clubs are facing off, with Atalanta’s relevancy burst under Gian Piero Gasperini thrusting them to Europe’s top table. La Dea came within minutes of stunning Thomas Tuchel’s PSG during their only meeting back in the 2019–20 single-leg quarterfinals. Gasperini has since departed Bergamo after nine years in charge, joining Roma, and was replaced by a disciple in Ivan Jurić, who has struggled for success since working wonders with Hellas Verona between 2019 and 2021. They’ve started the new season with two draws and a victory, but Wednesday’s clash will ...

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17Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Champions league news: Arsenal, Real madrid win, Juve Snatch Dramatic Draw

Champions League Arsenal won 2-0 away to Athletic Bilbao as the league phase of this season’s Champions League kicked off on Tuesday, with two Kylian Mbappe penalties giving Real Madrid a narrow win over Marseille while Juventus and Borussia Dortmund drew an eight-goal thriller. Tottenham Hotspur also won on the tournament’s opening night which saw outsiders Union Saint-Gilloise and Qarabag claim first ever victories in the Champions League proper. Arsenal are eager to make a big impression again in Europe’s elite club competition, following their defeat by eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals last season. They got off to an ideal start in the Basque Country, with Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard scoring late goals to settle the game. The Brazili...

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16Sep By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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Champions League updates: Bayern face early test as Chelsea come to town

Enzo Maresca Chelsea and Bayern Munich meet for the first ever time in the group stage/league phase, with the last meeting between the clubs back in 2019/20 when the Bavarians sealed a 7-1 aggregate victory in the Round of 16 on their way to winning the competition. Recent history is not in favour of Enzo Maresca's Blues. Bayern are unbeaten in their last 34 home group stage/league phase matches (W32 D2), since a 2-3 loss against Manchester City in December 2013. Chelsea's famous night in Munich back in 2012, which saw them win the Champions League for the first time in the club's history, will look to be repeated with a victory on matchday one in 2024/25. The visitors will be buoyed on after their summer Club World Cup triumph having beaten current Champions League holders Paris Saint-G...

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16Sep By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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latest football updates: Partey ready for UCL despite case

Thomas Partey Villarreal manager Marcelino insisted Thomas Partey will be ready to face Tottenham Hotspur, despite the former Arsenal midfielder being due in court this week on rape and sexual assault charges. Partey is back in north London a month after his appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Aug. 5 -- where he was charged with five counts of rape against two women as well as a charge of sexual assault against a third woman. He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday. The alleged offences took place between 2021 and 2022 when he played for Arsenal. Partey's lawyer Jenny Wiltshire previously said he "denies all the charges against him" and added that he welcomes "the opportunity to finally clear his name." Ghana international Partey was not asked to enter any pleas an...

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