Sir Alex Ferguson managed to get the better of long-time rival Jose Mourinho as Manchester United maintained their hunt for five trophies this season with a 2-0 win over Inter Milan at Old Trafford, going through on aggregate by the same score. Prior to this game, Ferguson had beaten Mourinho just once in their 13 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Ariel Ibagaza scored one and set up a decisive second for substitute Joseba Llorente as Villarreal earned a hard-fought victory against Panathinaikos in Athens to secure a place in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Manuel Pellegrini’s side reached the last four on their competition debut in 2005/06 and remain on course to emulate that despite […]
A good night for English teams as both Liverpool and Chelsea advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals. Liverpool hammered Real Madrid 4-0 behind two goals from Steven Gerrard and one each from Fernando Torres and Andrea Dossena. From the first minute Madrid were on the back foot and this game was over within 30 minutes […]
Fabio Aurelio has said he expects Liverpool to finish off Real Madrid and reach the Champions League last eight for the fourth time in five years. Ahead of the last-16 first-leg victory over Real in the Bernabeu, Dutchman Rafael van der Vaart claimed Liverpool “were a little bit scared” of their Spanish opponents. That boast came […]