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Champions League draw: Who could Premier League clubs get?

With Liverpool, Sevilla, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk the final four to book their place in the Champions League knock-out stages, attention turns to Monday's draw [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo targets third straight European win

By Adam Shergold for MailOnline Published: 07:01 GMT, 7 December 2017 | Updated: 07:01 GMT, 7 December 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo has already set his sights [...]

Mauricio Pochettino impressed with Spurs fringe players

Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham's fringe players put their hands up for a more regular starting spot after their 3-0 thumping of Apoel Nicosia.Fernando Llorente, Son [...]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expects tough draw

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is not expecting to be happy with his draw for the last 16 of the Champions League because of the way [...]

Alberto Moreno hobbles off in tears with ankle injury

Alberto Moreno appears to have serious ankle injury after leaving pitch in tears Liverpool defender is likely to be ruled out of Merseyside derby this weekend Jurgen [...]

Roy Keane warns Liverpool big tests are yet to come

Liverpool overcame Spartak Moscow 7-0 to top group and qualify for last 16 Attacking play was irrepressible and Reds have been on strong run of formRoy [...]

Chris Sutton and Richard Dunne lay into ‘shocking’ Danilo

Chris Sutton has slammed Danilo after the defender's 'shocker' of a performance for Manchester City in their 2-1 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night.Danilo [...]

Liverpool ‘learn from mistakes’ in Spartak win: Klopp

Jurgen Klopp made sure Liverpool players did not switch off vs Spartak Moscow Liverpool led 3-0 at half time against the Russians - as they did [...]

Guardiola says Manchester City loss is ‘good for the club’

By Chris Wheeler for MailOnline Published: 22:51 GMT, 6 December 2017 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 6 December 2017 Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has revealed [...]

Dele Alli: Tottenham must continue Champions League form

Dele Alli hopes Tottenham can continue their dominant Champions League formSpurs beat APOEL 3-0 in their final group stage to rubber-stamped top spot Yet Tottenham have [...]

Tottenham star Danny Rose not impressed with substitution

Tottenham left back Danny Rose appeared less than impressed by Mauricio Pochettino's decision to hook him after 70 minutes against APOEL on Wednesday night.The defender [...]

Porto thrash Monaco to progress in the Champions League

Vincent Aboubakar struck two first-half goals to spearhead Porto's emphatic 5-2 win over Monaco and seal their place in the knockout stages of the Champions [...]

Rampant Liverpool set new Champions League goals record

The Champions League group stage drew to a close with eight games, a bucketful of goals and even a few records. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first [...]

Liverpool ‘can beat anybody by any score’: Michael Owen

Liverpool can beat any potential Champions League foes, says Michael OwenNeeding to beat Spartak Moscow to reach knockouts, Reds earned 7-0 victoryOwen feels that his [...]

Tottenham star Harry Winks impresses again in midfield

With one touch to turn and another to finish, it was a fine first Tottenham goal from Fernando Llorente, yet how the entire move started [...]

Tottenham 3-0 APOEL: Champions League match report

His beaming smile and over-zealous clench with Serge Aurier summed it up perfectly. Finally, Fernando Llorente has lift off.On his 17th appearance since joining from [...]

Liverpool 7-0 Spartak Moscow: Coutinho hattrick in big win

When Jurgen Klopp closes his eyes at night, this is the kind of football he surely must see. This is the kind of football the [...]

Atletico Madrid and Celtic join Arsenal in Europa League

Arsenal will be joined by several sizeable teams in the Europa League knockoutsAtletico Madrid the biggest team to crash out of Champions League groups Celtic and [...]

Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Manchester City: Match report

It has taken 29 games and seven-and-a-half months, but Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City finally tasted defeat on a freezing night in Ukraine.City’s imperious run at [...]

Liverpool complain after Rhian Brewster racial abuse

Liverpool have lodged an official complaint to UEFA about Spartak Moscow after Rhian Brewster – one of the stars of England's Under-17 World Cup winners – [...]

Shakhtar vs Man City LIVE plus rest of Champions League

Manchester City are already assured of qualifying top of Group F Tottenham Hotspur will also finish top of Group H regardless of their resultThere are still [...]

Liverpool stars arrive for vital Champions League clash

Liverpool need to avoid defeat to advance in the Champions LeagueIf Spartak Moscow win, Liverpool will drop into the Europa LeagueA draw would mean Liverpool [...]

Gary Cahill keen for Chelsea to avoid Barcelona and PSG

Captain Gary Cahill has admitted Chelsea would rather avoid Barcelona and Paris St Germain in the first knock-out round of the Champions League.Chelsea drew 1-1 [...]

Thomas Muller revels in Bayern Munich victory over PSG

Thomas Muller feels Bayern Munich are back on track following their latest winThe German giants beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 at the Allianz Arena on TuesdayThe [...]

APOEL’s Roland Sallai to be watched by European giants

APOEL Nicosia's forward Roland Sallai has been dubbed 'the next Paulo Dybala'The Hungarian international will be watched by a host of Europe's top clubsThe Cypriot [...]

Spartak doctor Victoria Gameeva bans sex before Liverpool

Spartak Moscow will likely need to beat Liverpool to stay in Champions LeagueClub doctor Victoria Gameeva banned players from having sex before the game She told [...]

Diego Simeone plays down Antoine Griezmann exit

Diego Simeone talked about Antoine Griezmann's wish to leave the clubAtletico Madrid were eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday night However, Simeone says playing in [...]

Serena Williams set to make return at Australian Open 2018

Australian Open director claims Serena Williams is aiming to play in MelbourneWilliams has not played since winning the title while pregnant last JanuaryThe 36-year-old gave [...]

Diego Simeone plays down Antoine Griezmann exit rumours

Diego Simeone has talked down rumours that Antoine Griezmann wants to leaveAtletico Madrid were eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday night However, Simeone says playing [...]

Bayern Munich fans throw fake €500 notes at Neymar

Bayern Munich's fans have risked the wrath of UEFA once again by printing counterfeit €500 notes featuring Neymar's face and hurling them at the Brazilian [...]

Antonio Conte: it will be hard to win the Champions League

Antonio Conte says the biggest obstacle in Chelsea's bid for Champions League glory is the Premier League - and not Barcelona or Paris St Germain.Lionel [...]

Kylian Mbappe youngest to score 10 Champions League goals

Kylian Mbappe's fledgling career gained a new impressive milestone on TuesdayThe teenage striker became the youngest to score 10 Champions League goalsMbappe scored a powerful [...]

Mane sure Liverpool can cause Champions League trouble

Sadio Mane is confident Liverpool will continue to cause problems for defenders in the latter stages of the Champions League - although first they have [...]

Liverpool don’t scare Spartak Moscow, says Massimo Carrera

Spartak Moscow have to beat Liverpool to reach the Champions League last 16Favourites Liverpool are unbeaten on home soil in all competitions since AprilUnderdogs Spartak have [...]

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers: ‘We have a long way to go’

Brendan Rodgers has admitted Celtic have a long way to go before they can compete in the Champions League.Scotland's champions secured a place in the [...]

Shakhtar Donetsk’s Fonseca: Man City among world’s best

Shakhtar Donetsk coach Paulo Fonseca is preparing for one of his toughest challenges as Manchester City visit in the Champions League.The Ukrainian champions need to [...]