Nigeria Stephen Odey goal was not enough as Liverpool destroyed Belgian giant Genk 4-1 in the Grop E matchday 3 encounter on Tuesday, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored twice, including a stunning outside-of-the-boot finish, but said Champions League holders Liverpool must “improve” despite hammering Genk in Belgium. The Reds’ 100% start to the Premier League season ended … Read more
Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to score a late winner at Ajax as Chelsea stunned last year’s Champions League semi-finalists. The Dutch giants had won both their Group H games prior to the visit of Frank Lampard’s side but struggled to break down their disciplined opponents and were undone when Batshuayi slammed home in … Read more
Barcelona claimed a narrow 2-1 win at Slavia Prague as Lionel Messi became the first player to score in 15 consecutive Champions League seasons. Captain Messi gave Barca an early lead with a first-time finish after an exchange of passes with Arthur. The Czech champions were deservedly level when Jan Boril poked home Lukas Masopust’s … Read more
Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both struck twice as Tottenham Hotspur rekindled their Champions League hopes with a club record 5-0 thrashing of Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday. After suffering their heaviest home defeat in Europe on matchday two, a 7-2 humiliation by Bayern Munich, they responded to claim their biggest win in the Champions … Read more
Juventus forward, Paulo Dybala, scored twice in three minutes late in the game as the Turin side came from behind to beat a defiant Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday. Dybala was surprisingly preferred to Gonzalo Higuain in Juventus attacking lineup. In spite of enjoying 69 per cent possession over 90 minutes, … Read more
A goal from German midfielder Toni Kroos gave Real Madrid their first win of this season’s Champions League with a 1-0 victory at Galatasaray on Tuesday. Eden Hazard cut the ball back to Kroos in the 18th minute, whose side-footed effort found its way into the roof of the net via a deflection. The win … Read more
Robert Lewandowski two goals gave the German champions Bayern Munich 3-2 win over Olympiakos to remain top of their Champions League Group B. The Greeks scored on the break when Kostas Tsimikas’s cross found Youssef El Arabi at the far post and the Moroccan beat keeper Manuel Neuer. Bayern, struggling for form since their 7-2 … Read more
Kylian Mbappe came off the bench to grab a second-half hat-trick and inspire Paris St Germain to a runaway 5-0 victory at Belgium’s Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday. The win kept up their 100 per cent record in Group A with the French team on nine points at the halfway mark and … Read more
Real Madrid have left Luka Modric, Gareth Bale and Lucas Vazquez out of their squad for Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League clash away to Turkish side Galatasaray. It is a match manager Zinedine Zidane has since described as a “must-win game”. None of them — Modric, Bale and Vazquez — played in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at … Read more
Nigeria forward Emmanuel Dennis has been named in the UEFA Champions League team of the week following his brilliant performance against Real Madrid on Tuesday. Dennis netted a brace for Club Brugge in their 2-2 away draw against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday and narrowly missed out on a hat-trick. The forward … Read more
Liverpool relinquished a 3-goal lead after Red Bull Salzburg came from behind to give the reigning Champion a run for their money at Anfield in the Champions League group stage match on Wednesday night. The visitors trailed 3-0 in the first half but battled back to 3-3 before Mohamed Salah grabbed the winner midway through … Read more
It was spectacular night for the Nigeria duo, Victor Osimhen and Tammy Abraham after both were on target for their respective teams in the matchday of UEFA Champions League. Tammy Abraham, who yet to pledge his allegiance to Nigeria opened the scoring for Chelsea before another Nigerian, who is currently in top form for French … Read more
Super Eagles forward Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis faces a painful decision after bagging two goals for Club Brugge in their surprise 2-2 draw at Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday. The 21-year-old who made his Super Eagles bow in a friendly against Ukraine last month had made a pre-match vow to commemorate any … Read more
Juventus manager, Maurizio Sarri, has revealed why he has been reluctant to start Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain together. Higuain looked set to leave Juve in the close-season, but having worked under Sarri at both Napoli and Chelsea, the 31-year-old has been given a prime role in the squad so far this term. … Read more