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Chelsea boss Graham Potter had to pause his celebrations after his side's dramatic victory over Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday to step in and stop Marc Cucurella from confronting some of the opposition. Stamford Bridge was bouncing ahead of game in their key Champions League tie with Dortmund on Tuesday. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Having lost the first leg in a 1-0 defeat, all the pressure was on Chelsea to turn things around. And Raheem Sterling put the Blues level on aggregate in the first half and they continued to push for a winner. It come in controversial circumstances after Chelsea were given a penalty. Kai Havertz hit the post with his effort, but he was given a another chance from the spot after Dortmund were penalised for encroachment. ...

Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic appeared to aim a dig at Chelsea’s spending after they knocked his team out of the UEFA Champions League. Goals from Raheem Sterling and Havertz saw Chelsea win 2-1 on aggregate on Tuesday as the Premier League side booked their spot in the quarter-finals of the competition. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The result means that Dortmund have lost their first game of 2023 and Terzic feels his team did more than enough to compete with the Blues, who have spent over £600m on players since the summer. When asked if his plans were thrown up in the air after he was forced to substitute Julian Brandt after just five minutes in the second-leg tie, Terzic told BT Sport: ‘[We lost] three players who have been in form in...

Manchester United threw shade at Barcelona head coach Xavi over Bruno Fernandes comment after the Red Devils beat them in the UEFA Europa League. Fernandes gave away a penalty as Barcelona took a 1-0 lead in the second-leg at Old Trafford on Thursday but impressed in the second half and gave the assist for Fred’s goal as United turned it around to progress with a 2-1 win. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); United supporters were angered in the build-up to the game as Xavi labelled Fernandes ‘the Portuguese guy’ with fans feeling he was showing a lack of respect for a player who has now registered 27 goal contributions in 35 European games for United. Bruno Fernandes admits he was impressed with how Ten Hag treated Ronaldo Antony trolls Garnacho ove...

Robin van Persie has suggested there is one team Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will not want to face in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League. United fell behind to Barcelona in the second leg of Thursday’s round play-off tie at Old Trafford but rallied with a solid second-half display as goals from Fred and Antony secured a 2-1 (4-3 on aggregate) win. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Red Devils can now get excited about Friday’s round-of-16 draw and Van Persie was not convinced by Ten Hag’s claim that he does not care who his team face in the next round. Bruno Fernandes admits he was impressed with how Ten Hag treated Ronaldo Antony trolls Garnacho over his new haircut in Man Utd training Benni McCarthy tells Man Utd fans his sec...

Virgil van Dijk has explained the pain and anger Liverpool feel, at giving themselves an “impossible job” in their quest for Champions League redemption. Van Dijk insisted he and his team mates must now face the “hard reality” of their humiliation and put things right. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “We were 2-0 up and we gave it away because of mistakes we made against Real Madrid - who punish you immediately. That is the hard reality,” he explained. Van Dijk fires back at criticism of Liverpool’s defending in Real Madrid beating Vinicius Jr brutally trolls Liverpool fans with Cristiano Ronaldo gesture at Anfield Timo Werner slams Tuchel & blames Romelu Lukaku for Chelsea failure “The only thing we can do in this case is watch it and...

Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag has praised Wout Weghorst’s display in an unfamiliar number 10 role against Barcelona and has explained his reason behind the tactical tweak. United gave an good performance at Camp Nou in their Europa League knockout round play-off first-leg tie, securing a 2-2 draw. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Weghorst – who only has one goal in nine games now – missed a great chance to open the scoring in the first half but his positioning caused Barca some problems. Chelsea owner Todd Boehly holds talks with PSG president over Neymar transfer De Bruyne mocks Arsenal fans after being pelted by plastic glasses Rio Ferdinand slams Chelsea’s transfer policy after Dortmund defeat The Dutchman was playing behin...