Champions League news

• Enzo Maresca must decide to stick or twist on Chelsea’s epic Qarabag trek

  05-11-2025 09:00
  Finding the right balance with rotation will be key as head coach faces tricky Champions League task on WednesdayEuropean away days were not so taxing for Chelsea last season. They were too good for the Conference League and were able to win it even though Enzo Maresca often used those Thursday assignments to play his reserves and keep his best players fresh for the Premier League.This time, though, the physical demands are tougher. Competing in the Champions League has been more sapping and Mar
  
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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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• Frank can afford to lose at PSG but sense of foreboding now clings to Spurs

  24-11-2025 16:06
  Manager can view visit to Paris as a free hit, but the same does not apply to Fulham’s visit on SaturdayWelcome, then, to another of those Spurs weeks, where the executives are deeply concerned and it is impossible to ignore the sense of foreboding. The 4-1 derby humiliation at Arsenal on Sunday ensured the club are playing a game of crisis‑baton hot potato with Liverpool and surely the last thing that the manager, Thomas Frank, needs is a Champions League trip to Paris Saint-Germain
  
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• Paramount to show most Champions League games in UK from 2027-31

  20-11-2025 16:32
  US network made largest bid at this week’s auctionAmazon Prime will have first pick of Tuesday matchesThe US media and entertainment giant Paramount Skydance has won the auction for the rights to broadcast most Champions League matches in the UK from 2027 to 2031 in a major shake-up of the domestic rights market.The Guardian has learned that Paramount, whose subsidiary company Paramount+ owns the rights for Champions League games in the US, made the largest bid in this week’s auction
  
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