Champions League news

• Xabi Alonso walking thin line at Madrid even with dressing room backing

  11-12-2025 16:00
  Despite signs of renewed intensity, Real Madrid fell to their second loss in four days against Manchester City. How long can a positive reaction make up for negative results?No attacker in Real Madrid’s history had gone without a goal for as long as Rodrygo but at last he was released and he had a message to deliver, performed for public consumption. The Brazilian, who had not scored in nine months and was starting only his fifth game this season, beat Gianluigi Donnarumma to give them the
  
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• Champions League review: Liverpool sidestep Salah saga as Chelsea slip up

  11-12-2025 14:30
  Manchester City conquer the Bernabéu, Liverpool survive without Mohamed Salah and Atalanta find Chelsea’s flaws• To say that Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid have history is to put it mildly. At Barcelona, Guardiola grew up amid an obsessive enmity on both sides, one deepened by his term as the Catalan club’s coach. They are highly familiar with Manchester City, too. City met Madrid for the fifth season in succession on Wednesday. Despite Madrid’s recent struggles unde
  
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• Losing grip on games is worry for Guardiola despite City finding way past Madrid

  11-12-2025 13:00
  Youthful side struggles off the ball and head coach knows more control is needed to take big prizes this season‘Some things were happening,” Josko Gvardiol said, with glorious understatement, as he reflected on the chaos of Manchester City’s start at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday night. The defender had been guilty of a lapse at the very outset, caught in possession, Madrid suddenly in and running. Then, there was the penalty that was not.It was a reckless sw
  
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• ‘That level is not enough’: Guardiola wants more despite City win in Madrid

  11-12-2025 01:01
  Head coach said City must improve away from home‘Knowing the players we will be better’Pep Guardiola was able to celebrate a 2-1 Champions League victory at Real Madrid on Wednesday night – a result that does not come along too often. But the Manchester City manager was clear that his team would have to raise their performance levels in the knockout rounds if they are to repeat their triumph of 2023 in the competition.It was a night when the pressure intensified on the Madrid m
  
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• Real Madrid show fight but another setback leaves Xabi Alonso’s future on knife-edge | Sid Lowe

  11-12-2025 00:53
  The hosts battled against Manchester City but a second successive home defeat pushes manager towards exitOn the night they were going to sack him, Xabi Alonso watched his team rise against their fate and perhaps his, but fall again. He listened to the fans whistle and the final whistle, embraced the man who had been his mentor and then, defeated for the second time in four days here, disappeared straight down the Bernabéu tunnel without looking back. Real Madrid had taken the game to Manc
  
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• Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City: Champions League – as it happened

  10-12-2025 23:43
  City came from behind for a deserved win that puts Real coach Xabi Alonso under further pressure1 min: A fierce old atmosphere in the Bernabéu. It’s Real Madrid in the Champions League after all. It’s Real Madrid versus a Pep team. And then …Hats off to Erling Haaland, who goes out of his way to say hello to a couple of the tiny mascots and give them a high five. Once he goes off down the line, the little lads embrace each other with excitement, their day made. So sweet
  
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• Champions League: Mourinho’s Benfica swat aside Napoli while PSG draw blank

  10-12-2025 23:38
  Ajax win 4-2 at Qarabag; Juventus edge out PafosCopenhagen stun Villarreal; Bodø/Glimt hold DortmundBenfica’s Richard Ríos scored one goal and set up another to seal a vital 2-0 victory against Napoli on Wednesday, boosting the Portuguese side’s hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stage.The result reignited Benfica’s European campaign, clinching a second consecutive win after a poor start and lifting them to six points and up to 25th place, just one po
  
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• Champions League: Club Brugge 0-3 Arsenal, Leverkusen 2-2 Newcastle, and more – as it happened

  10-12-2025 23:21
  Arsenal eased to a 3-0 win in Bruges, Newcastle conceded a late goal at Bayer Leverkusen and Benfica beat Napoli 2-0Athletic Bilbao: Simon, Areso, Vivian, Yuri, Boiro, Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta, Berenguer, Sancet, Nico Williams, Guruzeta.
  Subs: Santos, Padilla, Gorosabel, Vesga, Lekue, Gomez, Serrano, Rego, Hierro, de Luis, Selton Sanchez, Inaki Williams.PSG: Safonov, Zaire Emery, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Neves, Vitinha, Fabian, Barcola, Mayulu, Kvaratskhelia.Subs: James, Marin, Zabar
  
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• Grimaldo’s late strike for Leverkusen denies Newcastle comeback victory

  10-12-2025 23:09
  Eighty-eight minutes had passed and Newcastle fans were already in party mode when Alejandro Grimaldo collected Ibrahim Maza’s pass and concluded a move he had initiated courtesy of a glorious run and dummy.As the Spain left wing-back’s shot slid beneath Aaron Ramsdale’s body and his Bayer Leverkusen teammates celebrated an arguably deserved equaliser, North Rhine-Westphalia suddenly felt a much colder place for Eddie Howe’s players. Continue reading...
  
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• Haaland seals Manchester City win at Real Madrid to leave Alonso on brink

  10-12-2025 23:05
  For Xabi Alonso, the slide towards the abyss has looked sudden from the outside. Everything was fine at the beginning of November, results for Real Madrid excellent. Since when precious little has gone his way. The manager desperately needed something here. When this latest game eluded him, it was easy to fear the worst. Time is not a commodity afforded to men in his position.Alonso has now won twice in eight matches in all competitions and the pain was deep, the frustration given an extra twist
  
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• Madueke and Martinelli magic makes it perfect six for Arsenal at Club Brugge

  10-12-2025 22:57
  This was an evening of notable milestones for Arsenal and Gabriel Martinelli, although there was no smile broader than Noni Madueke’s. The England forward was subjected to a ridiculous online petition that opposed his move across London from Chelsea in the summer. But on a rare appearance on the right flank as Bukayo Saka was given a welcome rest, Madueke scored a fantastic individual goal before adding a second after half-time to set up a comfortable victory for Mikel Arteta’s side.
  
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• Arne Slot full of praise for Liverpool efforts after gritty win against Inter

  10-12-2025 00:51
  ‘We couldn’t have asked for more,’ says managerSlot skirts around the Mohamed Salah issueArne Slot said Liverpool’s players gave everything he could have asked after they put Mohamed Salah’s absence aside to inflict a first European home defeat on Inter in more than three years.The Liverpool head coach conceded that Dominik Szoboszlai’s decisive 88th-minute penalty – awarded for a shirt pull by Alessandro Bastoni on Florian Wirtz – would probably n
  
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• Champions League: Koundé double boosts Barcelona, Greenwood lifts Marseille

  10-12-2025 00:19
  Bayern beat Sporting to move level with Arsenal at topAtlético come from behind to burst PSV’s bubbleJules Koundé’s two quickfire headers helped Barcelona to fight back and edge past Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Champions League at Camp Nou on Tuesday, marking a much-needed win for the Catalan side.After a draw against Club Brugge and a defeat by Chelsea, Barcelona found their stride to climb to 14th in the standings, level on 10 points with several teams, as they aim
  
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• Atalanta 2-1 Chelsea, Tottenham 3-0 Slavia Prague: Champions League as it happened

  09-12-2025 23:28
  Chelsea slipped to defeat in Bergamo, Spurs earned a welcome home win and Barcelona fought back to deny FrankfurtBarcelona (4-3-3): Joan García; Koundé, Cubarsí, Gerard, Balde; Eric García, Pedri, Fermín López; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha (c).
  Subs: Ter Stegen, Szczesny, Torres, Rashford, Christensen, Casadó, de Jong, Bernal, Torrents, Dro Fernández, Bardghji.Eintracht Frankfurt (4-4-1-1): Zetterer; Kristensen, Koch (c), Theate, Brown; Doa
  
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• Inter 0-1 Liverpool: Champions League – as it happened

  09-12-2025 23:18
  Dominik Szoboszlai’s late penalty gave Liverpool a deserved victory after a strong performance in MilanIt’s a great fixture to look forward to. Like I said yesterday when people asked, not that many did, I told them how well Inter have started the season, that they made two of the last three finals.[On his team selection] At this moment in time I have 13 outfield players with Champions League experience available. If you don’t have wingers available, apart from Rio [Ngumoha] wh
  
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• Szoboszlai steps up in place of Salah to sink Inter as Liverpool fans sing Slot’s name

  09-12-2025 23:08
  First the Liverpool hierarchy protected Arne Slot’s authority by axing Mohamed Salah from a daunting Champions League assignment in Milan. The Liverpool team then followed suit by inflicting Inter’s first European home defeat since September 2022. A brooding superstar with a bruised ego watched from afar while Liverpool fans serenaded Slot at San Siro.Salah might well have taken the decisive 88th-minute penalty had he not talked himself out of the trip to San Siro, another legend of
  
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• Spurs ease pressure on Frank as Simons rounds off easy win against Slavia Prague

  09-12-2025 23:06
  Son Heung-min was back at the club he served with such distinction for 10 years and the former Tottenham captain will perhaps conclude that finding meaning in much the new version of the Champions League has to offer before the knockout stages arrive is far from straightforward.This was something of a non-event in terms of competitiveness, so much so that it would be a mistake to assume Tottenham are on their way to becoming a winning machine at home. They did not have to extend themselves to se
  
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• Chelsea’s top-eight hopes hit by Atalanta after De Ketelaere seals comeback win

  09-12-2025 23:03
  There were no answers to Chelsea’s search for consistency here. Instead they supplied more evidence that they lack the resilience for a Champions League tilt that may now have to be tackled the hard way. This damaging late defeat completed a grim week on the road and had implications for the longer-term picture. They are staring down the barrel of a February playoff that could stretch Enzo Maresca’s side, active almost year-round, to the very limit.Atalanta twice punished weak defend
  
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• ‘A good place to prove yourself’: Guardiola peps up Manchester City for Bernabéu test

  09-12-2025 22:41
  Manager stresses transitional phase of reshaped squadMadrid defeat could spell end of Xabi Alonso’s tenurePep Guardiola has challenged his reshaped Manchester City team to prove they can thrive against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu.The City manager goes back to one of Europe’s grandest venues for the Champions League game on Wednesday night without many of the stalwarts who have been at the heart of the numerous battles between the clubs in recent years. Continue reading...
  
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• Arteta fears Arsenal trophy hunt could be hindered by ‘dangerous circle’ of injuries

  09-12-2025 21:22
  Declan Rice ruled out of Club Brugge match with illnessMax Dowman to miss several weeks with ankle injuryMikel Arteta fears that Arsenal’s quest for silverware this season could be undermined by a “dangerous circle” of mounting injuries and an unforgiving fixture list that he believes are placing huge demands on his squad.Arteta confirmed that Declan Rice has not travelled to Belgium for Arsenal’s Champions League meeting with Club Brugge on Wednesday because of illness,
  
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• Tottenham’s Pride flag moved on ‘security grounds’ after Slavia Prague request

  09-12-2025 19:09
  Czech club made request to Uefa for flag to be movedProud Lilywhites: ‘The flag will fly. It will still be seen’Proud Lilywhites, Tottenham’s official LGBTQ+ supporters’ group, has expressed disappointment after the club’s rainbow flag was moved for Tuesday’s home fixture against Slavia Prague.The flag to show support for the LGBTQ+ community is displayed in the north-east corner of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, close to the away fans. It has been moved to the so
  
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• Xabi Alonso fights for Madrid future in latest edition of modern classic

  09-12-2025 19:04
  Los Blancos host Manchester City on Wednesday with head coach’s job on the line after one win in five league games“This is a team, it is a club, and we all go together hand in hand,” Xabi Alonso insisted, protesting perhaps a little too much. “When you’re Real Madrid coach you’re ready,” he added on the morning before Manchester City return to the Santiago Bernabéu for the latest of a very modern classic against one of the many managers who made h
  
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• Garnacho happy to have taken ‘a step forward’ by swapping United for Chelsea

  08-12-2025 21:57
  Forward says he is ‘building confidence’ with MarescaManager praises Atalanta before Champions League tieAlejandro Garnacho has said that he has no regrets about the manner of his departure from Manchester United, and that it was a straightforward decision to “take a step forward” by ­joining Chelsea last summer.Garnacho has had a steady, rather than sparkling, first few months since he joined Chelsea in August. His relationship with Ruben Amorim had collapsed by the
  
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• Champions League review: Arsenal erupt, PSV stun Liverpool and Benfica revive

  27-11-2025 13:46
  Arsenal rout Bayern to stake a claim as Europe’s best, Liverpool spiral again, Benfica revive under Mourinho, and Estevão dazzles on a crowded week of stars• Bayern Munich’s unbeaten run and claim to be the best team in European football were both punctured at the Emirates. Arsenal were rampant against an opponent who have handed them so much pain in the past. The Gunners opened the scoring through their habitual set-piece goal, Jurriën Timber fulfilling the role of
  
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• Newcastle to lodge Uefa complaint over ‘unacceptable treatment’ of fans at Marseille game

  27-11-2025 12:50
  Supporters ‘targeted with pepper spray and batons’French police used ‘excessive tactics’, claim NewcastleNewcastle are to complain over the “unacceptable treatment” their fans endured after Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at Marseille in the Champions League. The Premier League club accused French police of using pepper spray, batons and shields to subdue supporters in the wake of Tuesday night’s loss at Stade Vélodrome.A club statement said: “We
  
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• Can Arne Slot revive this Frankenstein’s monster of a Liverpool side? | Barney Ronay

  27-11-2025 07:30
  New players have come in, too many of them, and that has meant a dilution of the collective will instilled by Klopp Before this game Arne Slot had announced that he was “almost confused”. Which does at least raise some tantalising questions. Mainly, what is this Liverpool team going to look like when he gets there, when a state of full confusion is finally attained, when even Slot’s confusion stops being confusing and reveals its diamond-cut final form. Continue reading...
  
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• Declan Rice cranks up volume to show he is Europe’s best player right now | Nick Ames

  27-11-2025 00:18
  The driving force behind the continent’s standout team resembled four players in one as Arsenal put their old nemesis Bayern Munich to the swordShortly before the goal that left Arsenal’s supremacy in no doubt, Harry Kane embarked upon a lonely jaunt up their left flank. Much like the majority of Bayern Munich’s attacking endeavours, it ended almost as soon as it had begun. In common with a sizeable percentage it was terminated by Declan Rice, who thundered in and took the ball
  
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• Champions League roundup: Mbappé hits four at Olympiakos, Atlético stun Inter

  27-11-2025 00:15
  Real Madrid edge home 4-3 in GreeceGiménez heads home in injury time for AtléticoKylian Mbappé scored the second-fastest hat-trick in the Champions League as he helped himself to all four goals in Real Madrid’s 4-3 win at Olympiacos.The La Liga leaders were trailing to Chiquinho’s early strike at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis before Mbappé intervened with a seven-minute treble after 22, 24 and 29 minutes. Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal 3-1 Bayern Munich: Champions League – as it happened

  26-11-2025 23:47
  Arsenal dismantled an excellent Bayern side to maintain their 100% record in the Champions League this seasonMike Arteta, Arsenal manager, speaks to TNT about his selection choices:The headaches are going to be a little bit harder. Cristhian Mosquera and Myles Lewis-Skelly deserve to play. We have to manage the squad and the load that we have. We have a game every three games. Continue reading...
  
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• PSG 5-3 Tottenham, Liverpool 1-4 PSV, and more: Champions League – as it happened

  26-11-2025 23:35
  Vitinha was the star of an eight-goal thriller in Paris, while Liverpool’s abysmal run of form continued as PSV routed them at AnfieldAll across the continent, teams line up to hear Zadok the Priest get his usual Uefa-sanctioned kicking. Poor Zadok’s a-cold! All of which is a roundabout way to say that we’ll be off in a minute. Big night coming up.TNT have a quick word with Thomas Frank before kick-off. “There is one game in front of us, that’s PSG … if you l
  
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• Vitinha’s PSG hat-trick blows Spurs away as Frank changes fail to solve riddle

  26-11-2025 23:17
  There was no shame in this defeat for Tottenham, which represented progress after the north London derby disaster at Arsenal on Sunday. There were measures of encouragement for the crucial Premier League home game against Fulham on Saturday, most notably in the shape of Randal Kolo Muani, the striker who is on loan from Paris Saint-Germain.Kolo Muani set up Richarlison for 1-0 and scored with a stinging volley for 2-1. There would be another for him before this wild Champions League tie was over
  
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• Arne Slot’s woes deepen as awful Liverpool are thrashed by PSV at Anfield

  26-11-2025 23:10
  Nine defeats in 12 games. The worst run in 71 years. By a team that coasted to the Premier League title last season and were then supposedly upgraded to the tune of almost £450m. Unbelievable, as Arne Slot would say. His Liverpool are stuck in reverse and his position could be under serious threat unless a way out is found soon.PSV Eindhoven were the latest beneficiaries of woeful Liverpool defending and aimless attacking play as the Dutch side inflicted a comprehensive defeat on Slot&rsqu
  
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• Arsenal go top as Martinelli puts finishing touch to win against Bayern Munich

  26-11-2025 23:00
  This was billed as a clash of two of the best teams in Europe and for most of a cold evening in north London it felt like it. An absorbing game that ebbed and flowed throughout had Bayern Munich’s rising teenager Lennart Karl cancel out Jurrien Timber’s opening goal from a corner before substitutes Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli sealed a deserved win for the home side. It maintains their 100% record in the Champions League and sends them top of the table.Harry Kane let it slip i
  
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• ‘Dog that didn’t bark’: Uefa’s Champions League rights sale delivered a key lesson

  26-11-2025 15:00
  Plan to sell first-pick games to one global streaming company failed and that offers pointers for the futureChampagne corks were flying last Thursday after Uefa secured average annual increases of more than 20% in the value of its Champions League rights across its five biggest European markets, largely by luring the American entertainment company Paramount into the auction for the first time.Paramount secured the UK rights by outbidding Uefa’s incumbent partner, TNT Sports, triumphed in G
  
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• Why Feyenoord’s 1970 European Cup win was a sliding doors moment for Celtic

  26-11-2025 12:00
  The final remains curious in a Celtic context because it is the showpiece occasion the club would rather forgetIt feels cruel in part to use Thursday’s meeting of Feyenoord and Celtic to reflect upon illustrious times. The Dutch side are 29th in the 36-team Europa League table, with Celtic’s position in 27th only more slightly more palatable to supporters because Rangers are bottom of the pile.Those fans disrupted an annual general meeting to the point of abandonment last week, demon
  
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• Estêvão’s delight at ‘perfect night’ after Chelsea teenager helps see off Barcelona

  26-11-2025 00:45
  Own goal and Delap contribute to 3-0 victory‘It was the most special moment of my career’Estêvão Willian relished the biggest night of his short career after powering Chelsea to a 3-0 victory against Barcelona in the Champions League with a special solo goal.The 18-year-old Brazilian struggled to make sense of his emotions after a special night at Stamford Bridge. Estêvão, who joined Chelsea from Palmeiras for £52m last summer, convincingly won his bat
  
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• Estêvão outshines Lamine Yamal to show why he is Chelsea’s rare diamond | Jonathan Wilson

  26-11-2025 00:16
  Brazilian teenager’s goal in win against Barcelona was a classic and the winger could end up as one of the very best Everything Lamine Yamal does oozes quality. Even when he is strolling about looking dejected, which he did quite a bit at Stamford Bridge, he does it with the nonchalant grace of a star. He caresses the ball rather than kicking it, generating remarkable power from limited back-lift. He plays on the balls of his feet, always alert, always able to go either way. He glides rath
  
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• Champions League roundup: Dortmund thrash Villarreal, McTominay on target for Napoli

  26-11-2025 00:06
  Serhou Guirassy scores twice in 4-0 victoryJuventus off the mark with winner at Bodø/GlimtBorussia Dortmund ended a three-match winless run with a decisive 4-0 triumph against 10-man Villarreal, powered by a double from Serhou Guirassy.The Guinean striker broke the deadlock in stoppage time before the break, heading home from a corner, and he made it 2-0 early in the second half. Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea 3-0 Barcelona: Champions League – as it happened

  25-11-2025 23:34
  Estêvão was the star of the show as Chelsea thoroughly dominated ten-man Barcelona4 min: … there’s a scramble in the Chelsea box. Fofana chests down on the right-hand edge of the six-yard box and cuts back for Fernandez, who slams home from close range. But the flag immediately pops up for handball. Chest then ball. There’s not much in it, but the on-field decision stands. Barcelona couldn’t have complained too much had that stood.3 min: It’s loud in t
  
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• Marseille 2-1 Newcastle, Manchester City 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen, and more: Champions League – as it happened

  25-11-2025 23:10
  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice to beat Newcastle while Leverkusen stunned a much-changed Manchester CityFull time: Ajax 0-2 BenficaJose Mourinho has won his first Champions League game Before Covid, 26 November 2019 to be precise. Ajax stay bottom with five defeats from five. Continue reading...
  
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• Aubameyang fires Marseille to win as Newcastle fail to heed Howe’s warning

  25-11-2025 23:10
  Newcastle cannot complain that they were not warned. Eddie Howe had cautioned his players that Pierre‑Emerick Aubameyang was “as good as ever” and would need to be “controlled” but, ultimately, the visitors proved powerless to prevent the 36-year-old transforming both the match and Marseille’s Champions League ambitions.While Aubameyang fulfilled the soaring expectations of a raucously loud audience at a stupendously designed, incredibly atmospheric arena, How
  
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• Estêvão wonder goal lights up Chelsea’s statement win over 10-man Barcelona

  25-11-2025 23:04
  There cannot have been many moments during Lamine Yamal’s short, golden career when the Barcelona winger has had to let another wonderkid dominate the stage. The accolades have come his way but it was different at Stamford Bridge.Lamine Yamal was barely given a kick by Marc Cucurella, who delighted in neutralising his international teammate, and was unable to do anything to make his first meeting with Estêvão Willian live up to expectations. Continue reading...
  
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• Grimaldo and Schick shock understrength Manchester City in Bayer Leverkusen win

  25-11-2025 23:01
  You had to go back to September 2018 for the last time Manchester City lost a Champions League group match at home, when Pep Guardiola was in the stands because of a ban, and Nabil Fekir’s winner gave Lyon a 2-1 victory.Guardiola stood down all but one of the XI that lost at Newcastle United and witnessed Bayer Leverkusen end a 23-match run in the type of off‑colour display reminiscent of last season. Continue reading...
  
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• Thomas Frank defends his ability to lead Spurs after Arsenal humiliation

  25-11-2025 21:59
  ‘I’m 1,000% sure I know how to build a team,’ manager saysFrank insists continuity under Arteta has helped ArsenalThomas Frank has given a robust defence of his credentials at Tottenham, saying he was entirely convinced of his ability to rebuild the club and lead it to success. The manager is under mounting pressure after Spurs’ 4-1 derby humiliation at Arsenal on Sunday, a result that extended a troubling run.Tottenham have won three of 11 matches in all competitions sin
  
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• Arsenal in ‘different universe’ to Bayern Munich due to lack of European success

  25-11-2025 18:44
  ‘We are not there yet,’ Mikel Arteta said on club’s standingBayern visit Arsenal in Champions League on WednesdayMikel Arteta believes Arsenal remain in a “different universe” to European heavyweights such as Real Madrid and Bayern Munich given they have yet to win the Champions League.The Premier League leaders head into their meeting with Bayern at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday having won all four matches so far in the league phase and are the only team yet to
  
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• Leonardo Balerdi on Marseille, Lionel Messi and proving angry fans wrong

  25-11-2025 11:32
  The centre-back had a difficult start in Ligue 1 but now he is captaining the club and dreaming of winning the World CupBy Get French Football NewsLeonardo Balerdi bursts into laughter as he describes the moment a police van stopped in front of his car in Marseille, sirens blaring, only for four officers to jump out, shout and sing “Allez l’OM!” and drive off again. “It was just a normal day, but it was brilliant. I thought: OK, I’m good here now,” he says wit
  
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• Arsenal v Bayern offers a stark reminder of the shift in football’s power balance | Sean Ingle

  25-11-2025 09:00
  Ten years ago Arsenal were thrashed by the Bavarian giants – now Mikel Arteta’s men are rated the best side in EuropeNovember 2015. The Allianz Arena, Munich. A decade ago, yet a lifetime away for Arsenal in the Champions League.That night Arsène Wenger’s team were so shredded in a 5-1 defeat by Bayern Munich that my Guardian colleague David Hytner likened them to “the chicken feed from the lower reaches of the Bundesliga that Bayern routinely gobble
  
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• ‘He’s smiling a lot’: Rashford is enjoying himself again at Barcelona, insists Flick

  24-11-2025 21:41
  Forward fit to face Chelsea after shaking off coldBarça manager is happy to have England playerHansi Flick has said that joining Barcelona on loan from Manchester United and experiencing life in a new country has put the smile back on Marcus Rashford’s face.The forward was out of favour at United last season but he has found fresh momentum since moving to Spain. Rashford has made a positive impression for Barça, scoring six times in all competitions this season, and Flick is
  
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• Eddie Howe hopes Newcastle can banish travel sickness on mission to Marseille

  24-11-2025 20:56
  Magpies’ away record is a worry before Champions League meeting with Roberto De Zerbi, Mason Greenwood and coNewcastle fans are travelling to Marseille with a soundtrack of uncertainty echoing in their ears. Quite apart from the official warnings about rampant pickpocketing, street crime and potential football‑related violence, their phones seem full of concerned messages from families and friends.Those oft-repeated exhortations to variously “take care”, “
  
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• Estêvão ready to rival Lamine Yamal in battle of the teenage prodigies

  24-11-2025 20:15
  When Chelsea host Barcelona, fans can assess two 18-year-olds who are equally tipped as future Ballon d’Or winnersComparisons mean little to Estêvão Willian. The Brazil winger did not even take kindly to being nicknamed Messinho – “Little Messi” – earlier in his career. He called the nickname “disruptive” and made clear that he had no interest in trying to be someone else. “I don’t like comparisons,” the 18-year-old told ES
  
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