Champions League news

• Liverpool can play one way and that’s forward, says Simon Mignolet

  16-08-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Goalkeeper says players knew they had to improve after Watford display
  • Mignolet saved first-half penalty in Champions League win in HoffenheimSimon Mignolet has said Liverpool are not blind to their defensive flaws and will remedy them thanks to the strength of character within the squad.The Liverpool goalkeeper believes Jürgen Klopp’s team responded well to the Premier League draw at Watford when claiming a valuable win at Hoffenheim in the Champions League play-off fir
  
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• Scott Sinclair double inspires classy Celtic to march towards group stages

  16-08-2017 23:02 via theguardian.com
  Two goals in 10 minutes towards the end of the first half laid the foundations for what proved to be an almost contemptuous Champions League play-off first leg victory for Celtic. Even allowing for Astana’s impressive record on their own patch, it would require a miracle to prevent Brendan Rodgers’s side making it through to the group stage on Tuesday. Related: Celtic 5-0 Astana: Champions League play-off first leg – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Celtic 5-0 Astana: Champions League play-off first leg – as it happened

  16-08-2017 22:37 via theguardian.com
  Scott Sinclair scored twice as Celtic thrashed the Kazakhstan champions to all but book their place in the Champions League group stages 9.37pm BSTPeep peep! Celtic have qualified for the Champions League group stages with a match to spare. There is a second leg to be played on Tuesday but their five-goal lead is insurmountable. The scoreline flatters them a touch - it includes two own-goals and a controversial third - but Celtic will not care about that, and nor should they. Thanks for your com
  
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• Celtic v Astana: Champions League play-off first leg – live!

  16-08-2017 21:24 via theguardian.com
  Minute-by-minute updates from the qualifier at Celtic ParkEmail [email protected] with your thoughtsChampions League tie will ‘make or break’ season, says GriffithsLive scores – all Wednesday’s goals as they go in 8.24pm BST38 min Tierney gallops down the left and slides a fine ball across the face of goal, but there are no Celtic players there to finish it. 8.23pm BST37 min Twumasi wins another corner. Astana have responded brilliantly to the goal, with some mena
  
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• Trent Alexander-Arnold hoping to live up to Steven Gerrard’s support

  16-08-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  • Anfield legend is inspiration for teenager’s fledgling Liverpool career
  • ‘It’s always good to get compliments from your idol’Trent Alexander-Arnold has identified Steven Gerrard’s support as an inspiration for his fledgling Liverpool career after scoring his first goal for the club against Hoffenheim on Tuesday. Related: Trent Alexander-Arnold’s display hints at bright future for academy product | Sachin NakraniRelated: Jürgen Klopp hails Ale
  
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• Klopp praises Alexander-Arnold after Liverpool win – video

  16-08-2017 10:20 via theguardian.com
  Jürgen Klopp hailed teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold after Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Hoffenheim on Tuesday evening. The 18-year-old gave the Reds the lead with a stunning free-kick after 35 minutes in the Champions League qualifier. Liverpool will take a 2-1 advantage back to Anfield for the second leg next weekLiverpool close on Champions League group stage with win at HoffenheimContinue reading...
  
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• Trent Alexander-Arnold’s display hints at bright future for academy product | Sachin Nakrani

  16-08-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The full-back’s performance against Hoffenheim suggests Liverpool may have the first locally born star on their hands since Steven GerrardThe road from academy prospect to first-team regular is one that only a select few complete. The big clubs in particular are simply not prepared to be patient and wait for a raw teenager to make the grade. The demands are too great, the choices in an increasingly heated transfer market too tantalising. So when one does make a breakthrough it feels only r
  
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• Jürgen Klopp hails Alexander-Arnold’s courage after crucial Liverpool win

  16-08-2017 00:46 via theguardian.com
  • Teenager scored free-kick in 2-1 Champions League victory over Hoffenheim
  • Klopp: ‘He took it because I told him he has to do it’Jürgen Klopp hailed Trent Alexander-Arnold’s courage and revealed he told the teenager to take the free-kick that sent Liverpool on their way to a valuable Champions League play-off win away at Hoffenheim.The 18-year-old defender marked his Champions League debut with a first senior goal for his boyhood club as Liverpool recorded a 2
  
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