Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can complete mission impossible in Madrid next week despite leaving themselves with an uphill struggle to reach the Europa League final. Alexandre Lacazette’s opener put Arsenal on course for a vital win only for a comedy of defensive errors to allow Antoine Griezmann to fire home a late equaliser, and crucially [...]
Europa League
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone is considering a continuation of a recent tactical switch-up ahead of his side’s Europa League semi-final clash with Arsenal. The Argentine has seen his side go through a concerning period of form as the season reaches its climax, with just one victory in their last five matches. Simeone shuffled his [...]
Arsene Wenger has insisted that there is ‘extra pressure’ on his side heading into the all-important Europa League quarter-final against CSKA Moscow due to their league position. Arsenal host the Russia side on Thursday night in the first leg of the last-eight tie knowing that winning the competition would ensure they qualify for the Champions [...]
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has been named the Europa League Player of the Season for the 2016/17 campaign. Pogba was influential as Jose Mourinho’s side reached the final, beating Ajax thanks to goals from Pogba himself and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, helping United lift the trophy and qualify for the Champions League in the process. “Thank [...]
Manchester United stars Zlatan Ibrahimović, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba have been shortlisted for the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season award. All three were inspirational in Manchester United winning the competition last term, a triumph that completed the English giants’ set of major UEFA club trophies. Mkhitaryan and Pogba were on target [...]
Next season’s UEFA Europa League group stage is beginning to take shape, with Arsenal, Lazio, Lyon and Villarreal among 13 of the eventual 16 automatic qualifiers now known. Europa League Automatic Qualifiers Spain: Villarreal, Real Sociedad Germany: Köln, Hertha Berlin England: Arsenal Italy: Lazio, Atalanta Portugal: Guimarães France: Lyon Russia: Lokomotiv Moskva Ukraine: Zorya Luhansk [...]
Jose Mourinho wants Manchester United to win the Europa League and “close the circle” of trophies decorating the club’s illustrious history. Europe’s second trophy is the only one United have never won in either its current or previous form as the UEFA Cup. Mourinho admits that, after a difficult April in which United failed to [...]
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he would prefer to win the Europa League than finish fourth in the Premier League. United are up to fifth for the first time since September following Sunday’ s 3-1 win at Middlesbrough, but now that the Reds there is a growing feeling among the fans that Mourinho’s men [...]
Jose Mourinho is praying he does not have to pile on the air miles in the last 16 of the Europa League when the draw is made in Switzerland on Friday. Manchester United comfortably made the next round with a 1-0 win in France against Saint-Etienne to complete a 4-0 aggregate success. Already in the [...]
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho slammed his players’ attitude despite them securing a 3-0 victory over St Etienne in the Europa League. United won the last-32 first leg at Old Trafford thanks to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat-trick, but the hosts survived some nervy moments, particularly in the first half. When asked about the game afterwards, [...]
