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The UEFA Champions League returns from its winter break this week, earlier than usual ahead of a consequential round of fixtures to close out the competition’s first edition of the league phase. Several continental heavyweights will take part in must-win games on Matchday 7 after struggling over the course of the season, most notably Manchester…
What else did you expect from Wojciech Szczesny’s return to the big time? On his first appearance in the competition as a Barcelona goalkeeper, the veteran goalkeeper set the baffling standard for both sides in a thrilling 5-4 win at Benfica that featured (deep breath) three penalties, two howlers from the returning goalkeeper and one…
Barcelona just pulled off one of the most impressive comebacks that we’ve seen this season to clinch their spot in the top eight of the Champions League league phase with a 5-4 victory over Benfica. As the goals would suggest, this was a wild one that featured a hat trick in the first 30 minutes…
In the six weeks since Arsenal last played in it, the Champions League has become their best, perhaps even their last, hope of silverware this season. For Mikel Arteta, then, the calculus on how to approach the two remaining league phase games must change. Under the old six-game group stage format, there was a time-honored…
There is work still to be done but Mikel Arteta can be confident in Arsenal’s ability to do what is required over the next seven days, starting with Wednesday’s clash with Dinamo Zagreb. At the start of Matchday 7, the Gunners find themselves third in the Champions League league phase, knowing a win over Dinamo…
Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City met in the UEFA Champions League at Parc des Princes on Wednesday in one of the most critical league phase games. The Ligue 1 titleholders and their English Premier League counterparts are both staring down the barrel at potential continental elimination after poor runs of form this European season. Luis…
Getty Images There were plenty of fireworks on the pitch as Barcelona stormed back to defeat Benfica 5-4 in Champions League play on Tuesday, but they also extended off of it, too. Deep into stoppage time, Barcelona’s dramatic winner came via Raphinha after Benfica wanted a penalty moments prior. The ball fell to Ferran Torres,…
The league phase of this Champions League campaign has brought some unexpected events, but one of the biggest surprises is that there’s a possibility that Real Madrid won’t qualify for the knockout phase of the tournament as they host RB Salzburg on Tuesday. It’d be a total disaster for Los Blancos if they failed to…