Not Real Madrid again: Liverpool get Euro nemeses in Champions League last 16 November 7, 2022 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has urged the club to embrace their Champions League last 16 tie with old foes Real Madrid, despite it representing one of the toughest draws. The Spanish giants beat Liverpool in last season’s final to become kings of Europe for a record-extending 14th time. They also denied Klopp’s men in the [...]
Trevor Steven: Eddie Howe can lead Newcastle back into Champions League November 1, 2022 Next week marks a year since Eddie Howe took over as Newcastle United manager and what has happened since is bordering on the miraculous. When he arrived the Magpies were second bottom of the Premier League. Now they are fourth and have given themselves a chance of Champions League qualification. The only way you could [...]
Spotlight on Antonio Conte as Tottenham’s Champions League D-Day arrives October 31, 2022 Subplots abound in Tottenham Hotspur’s final Champions League group game at Marseille on Tuesday night. Among the most conspicuous is the potential for Spurs to be dumped out by opponents littered with former Arsenal players. But should the worst happen, the spotlight will rightly fall on the north Londoners and their manager Antonio Conte. Tottenham [...]
Champions League offers Liverpool and Klopp respite October 25, 2022 It has been Liverpool’s worst start to a Premier League season under the reign of Jurgen Klopp, but his side are one point away from securing knockout European football for the 12th time in 15 seasons. The Merseyside club have amassed just 16 points from their opening 11 Premier League games, sit eighth in the [...]
European Super League: Fight for future of football to play out in European Court of Justice July 10, 2022 Luxembourg may not be a football superpower but it is in the tiny state over the next two days where the future of the game, and potentially many other sports besides, will be decided. Fifteen months on from its launch and swift collapse, the European Super League is to be the subject of a hearing [...]
Paris Saint-Germain exec blasts LaLiga: ‘The last person we’ll take lessons from is Javier Tebas’ June 16, 2022 Paris Saint-Germain executives have issued a withering retort to LaLiga president Javier Tebas after the Spanish football chief accused the French club of breaking financial rules. LaLiga announced on Tuesday that it has lodged a formal complaint about Qatar-owned PSG’s spending with European football’s governing body Uefa. It follows PSG retaining the services of superstar [...]
Champions League final: Trauma of Liverpool fans raises serious questions for Uefa May 29, 2022 When Uefa moved the Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris three months ago in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the assumption was that it would result in the smooth execution of the biggest match in club football. Regrettably, the footage and testimony of many Liverpool fans and neutral observers who attended the [...]
Champions League final not about revenge over Real Madrid, says Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp May 26, 2022 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists revenge is not top of the agenda when his team face Real Madrid in the Champions League final again on Saturday. The Spanish giants beat Liverpool in the final four years ago, when Reds forward Mohamed Salah was forced off early with a shoulder injury sustained in a tangle with [...]
Manchester City were stupefied in Madrid. They need to find the smelling salts and fast May 5, 2022 Of all the astonishing facets of Real Madrid’s latest Champions League miracle this week, perhaps the eeriest was what it did to Manchester City’s players in the second leg of their semi-final at the Santiago Bernabeu. Under Pep Guardiola, City have become one of the most meticulously orchestrated teams on the planet. They have swept [...]
Carlo Ancelotti: Management’s Mr Cool banishing his comeback demons with Real Madrid May 3, 2022 Carlo Ancelotti added yet another achievement to one of the best CVs in football at the weekend when his Real Madrid team, who face Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday night, won the Spanish title. It made former Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and AC Milan coach Ancelotti the only manager ever [...]