Manchester United progressed to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals after headed goals from Nemanja Vidić and Cristiano Ronaldo earned them a 2-0 victory over Inter Milan. The champions of England, Europe and the world remain on course for an unprecendented quintuple of trophies this term after surviving an uncomfortable encounter with the Serie A leaders, […]
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Arsenal are through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals after an epic penalty shoot-out win at Roma. It took only nine minutes for Roma defender Juan to level the aggregate scores, yet almost two hours later – despite numerous chances at either end – there was still nothing to choose between the sides as first […]
Four goals in 18 first-half minutes and a superb individual display from Thierry Henry helped Barcelona into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of Olympique Lyonnais despite a defiant performance from the French champions. Henry, who had worked with Lyon coach Claude Puel at Monaco, put the home team in front in the […]
Spanish media resonated with dismay and disbelief on Wednesday after Real Madrid’s thrashing by Liverpool in the Champions League first knockout round. “Madrid humiliated in Europe”, “Liverpool, white cemetery” and “Madrid crash to earth” were among the headlines after a 4-0 defeat saw the nine times European champions eclipsed. Real failed to reach the Champions […]
Barcelona booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 5-2 victory against Lyon on the night and a 6-3 success on aggregate. The hosts strolled into a 4-0 lead in the first half courtesy of a double from Thierry Henry and strikes from Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto’o. Jean Makoun pulled one […]
One English team has already knocked an Italian team out of the Champions League and tonight Manchester United and Arsenal will try and replicate what Chelsea did last night. The Italian papers have had a lot of coverage on these matches this week, and I thought that the gazettta.it had the best break-down and analysis […]
Chelsea are through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the third year running after overcoming Juventus 3-2 on aggregate following an exciting 2-2 draw at the Stadio Olimpico. Vincenzo Iaquinta wiped out Didier Drogba’s first-leg goal after 19 minutes, yet Juve were left needing to score twice more after Michael Essien – making his […]
A commanding performance took Liverpool through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the third season in a row as two goals by Steven Gerrard and one each from Fernando Torres and Andrea Dossena overwhelmed Real Madrid at Anfield. The result, Los Merengues’ biggest margin of defeat in this competition, was nothing more than Liverpool […]