Romelu Lukaku was surprised to be left on the bench for Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Lille in the Champions League, and considered himself fit and ready to play despite Thomas Tuchel saying otherwise. The London side started with a front three of Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech, with […]
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Mohamed Salah was denied the opportunity to put Liverpool ahead against Inter Milan after referee Szymon Marciniak blew for half-time when he appeared to be through on goal. Liverpool were held to a goalless first half at the San Siro on Wednesday night in the first leg of their UEFA […]
Thibaut Courtois vented his frustration after Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat to PSG and appeared to take a swipe at Toni Kroos for his ‘very stupid pass’ in the build-up to Kylian Mbappe’s late winner in Paris. Madrid had looked to heading back to the Bernabeu as favourites in the Champions […]
Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has named five teams he believes could win the UEFA Champions League this campaign. The former Barcelona superstar was speaking ahead of PSG’s last 16 tie with Real Madrid on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes. Speaking to Marca, Messi spoke about the race for […]
Peter Crouch has named Liverpool and Manchester City as his two favourite teams to win this season’s Champions League. It was an all-English final in the previous year, as Chelsea edged out Man City courtesy of Kai Havertz’s strike in Porto. This season, Liverpool, City, Chelsea and Manchester United have […]
Borussia Dortmund forward Erling Haaland has named Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi as the three best players in the world football. Lewandowski was named the 2021 Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year this month after missing out on the Ballon d’Or award to Paris Saint-Germain star and […]
Former Manchester United and England player Rio Ferdinand has named his three favourites to win the Champions League this campaign. Ferdinand was asked to assess the main Champions League contenders after Liverpool became the first English team to win all six of their Champions League group matches. The Reds, who […]
Wojciech Szczesny believes Chelsea should be considered as the best team in Europe after their 4-0 demolition of Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Blues booked their place in the Champions League knockout phase with an incredible result against the Serie A giants at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City […]
Jamie Carragher believes PSG won’t win the UEFA Champions League as they are ‘carrying three passengers’ in Lionel Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. The Ligue 1 giants are now forced to settle for runners-up in Group A after they were beaten 2-1 by Manchester City at the Etihad on Wednesday. Mbappe […]
There are fears Ben Chilwell could be rules out for the rest of Chelsea’s season after the left-back suffered a knee injury in the side’s 4-0 win over Juventus. Goals from Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Timo Werner booked them a place in the Champions League last 16, […]