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Cristiano Ronaldo begs Real Madrid fans for support vs PSG

Real Madrid host PSG in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tieAhead of the game on Wednesday, Cristiano Ronaldo sent a message [...]

Mattia De Sciglio believes Juventus will beat Tottenham

Tottenham drew 2-2 with Juventus on Tuesday at the Italian's Allianz stadium Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen cancelled out Gonzalo Higuain's brace Juve defender Mattia De Sciglio [...]

Pundits hail Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele

Tottenham played an entertaining 2-2 draw with Juventus in Turin on Tuesday Midfielder Mousa Dembele ran the game for Spurs and was widely praised The Belgian finished [...]

Man City approach matches better than anyone – Lampard

Manchester City beat Basle 4-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday night City were dominant throughout the first leg of their last 16 tie in Switzerland Chelsea [...]

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is ‘proud’ of his side

Tottenham came back from two goals down to draw against Juventus in Turin Spurs conceded twice in the first seven minutes of their Champions League tie The [...]

Six things you missed from the Champions League’s return

The return of the Champions League on Tuesday night brought two very contrasting games with Manchester City thrashing Basle and Tottenham overcoming a two-goal deficit [...]

Porto boss Sergio Conceicao wary of Liverpool’s threat

Porto coach Sergio Conceicao congratulated compatriot Carlos Carvalhal on masterminding Swansea's recent victory over Liverpool but admits facing the Reds in the Champions League is [...]

Man City star Kompany happy after Champions League return

By Alex Martin For Mailonline Published: 22:32 GMT, 13 February 2018 | Updated: 22:32 GMT, 13 February 2018 Vincent Kompany made his first Champions League [...]

Tottenham will feel more pressure than Juventus – Allegri

Juventus went two goals ahead in the first ten minutes of Wednesday's game But Spurs fought back and managed to level up the game ahead of [...]

Harry Kane praises Tottenham’s character against Juventus

Tottenham came from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Juventus on TuesdayGonzalo Higuain scored twice in the first nine minutes for the Serie A [...]

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino gets happy homecoming

Mauricio Pochettino had spent the previous evening exchanging gifts and good wishes with those from the land of his fathers.The mayor of Virle Piemonte was [...]

Basle 0-4 Manchester City: Ilkay Gundogan at the double

Well that’s pretty much that. Unless Basle have something extraordinary up their sleeves, they might as well not bother turning up for the second leg [...]

Juventus 2-2 Tottenham: Kane and Eriksen lead comeback

They love a Champions League comeback, Tottenham. Even by their standards, however, this was something special.November 19, 2017, was the last time Juventus conceded twice [...]

Rio Ferdinand tears into Tottenham’s ‘rash’ Serge Aurier

Pundit Rio Ferdinand criticised 'rash' Serge Aurier in the Champions League The Tottenham right back gave away a cheap first half penalty which was missedFerdinand insisted [...]

Emery insists PSG have ‘learnt’ from Barcelona humiliation

PSG squandered a 4-0 aggregate lead against Barcelona last seasonUnai Emery has claimed his side have learnt their lesson from the defeatThe Ligue 1 side [...]

Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino to make Porto ‘suffer’

Roberto Firmino is ready to make Porto 'suffer' as he maintains his personal crusade to elevate himself alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.The Brazil international has hit an [...]

Basel vs Man City LIVE score – Champions League last 16

By Tom Farmery For Mailonline Published: 17:57 GMT, 13 February 2018 | Updated: 17:57 GMT, 13 February 2018 Manchester City return to the European front [...]

Liverpool defender Nathaniel Clyne resumes training

Nathaniel Clyne has missed the majority of the season with a back injury Clyne resumed first team training with Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon The defender has also [...]

Juventus vs Tottenham LIVE score: Champions League last 16

Tottenham Hotspur travel to Juventus for first leg of UEFA Champions League tieSpurs face tough test at Allianz Stadium where Juve are unbeaten since OctoberMauricio Pochettino's [...]

Porto sweating Vincent Aboubakar’s fitness for Liverpool

Vincent Aboubakar has scored 20 times in 28 games for Porto this seasonA muscle injury has kept him out of Porto's two matches before LiverpoolThe [...]

Arsene Wenger under pressure to reach Champions League

Arsene Wenger is under increasing pressure to ensure Arsenal qualify for the Champions League next season as the club consider an early decision over his [...]

Liverpool fly to Porto for Champions League clash

Despite having the best record in European competition of any English club, Liverpool's modern team are heading into uncharted territory this week.The Reds have not [...]

Real Madrid coach keeping tactics quiet regarding Neymar

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane refused to rule out deploying a player to man-mark Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar ahead of the Champions League last-16 first leg [...]

PSG won’t be haunted by Nou Camp nightmare insists Marcelo

Paris Saint-Germain face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on WednesdayPSG threw away a 4-0 first-leg lead in their last-16 clash with Barcelona in 2017Real [...]

Neymar jokes around in PSG training for Real Madrid tie

Paris Saint-Germain's players appeared completely at ease at their training session on Tuesday despite the upcoming clash with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. PSG trained as [...]

Man City must challenge for the trophy rich owners crave

And so Manchester City's quest to fill the one blank space that remains in a trophy cabinet stocked handsomely through recent years resumes in Basle.The [...]

Real divided over signing football’s playboy prince Neymar

Neymar arrives in Madrid on Tuesday as only Neymar can, still surfing the social media wave created by him posting a posed semi-naked photograph of himself [...]

10 key questions as the Champions League resumes

The Champions League makes a welcome return this week with the cream of European football fighting it out in the last 16, first leg fixtures.Four [...]

Real Madrid train ahead of Champions League clash with PSG

Real Madrid have taken part in countless numbers of huge games in recent times, but the upcoming clash with PSG is unquestionably the biggest of [...]

Juventus: The veterans in the way of Spurs’ ambitions

These are heady days for Tottenham. They are lighting up Wembley while waiting to move back into a hi-tech, renovated White Hart Lane. On Saturday [...]

Champions League last-16 preview: Real Madrid-PSG and more

The cream of the European crop return to action this week with the Champions League knockout stages beginning on Tuesday.Sixteen teams remain in the hunt [...]

Morata: Chelsea ‘can’t stop’ Messi in Champions League

Chelsea take on Barcelona in the last-16 of this season's Champions LeagueBarca star Lionel Messi has not scored against Chelsea in eight appearancesBut Blues forward [...]

PSG star Neymar gets Champions League tattoos

Neymar took time from his schedule to get some Champions League tattoosThe Brazilian won the competition in 2015 when Barcelona beat Juventus 3-1 PSG travel to [...]

Jurgen Klopp to make keeper Loris Karius Liverpool No 1

Loris Karius is set to be selected for Liverpool's Champions League tie in PortoThe German has found himself regularly rotated with Belgian Simon MignoletBut Liverpool [...]

Pochettino has told Alderweireld he must get fitter

Mauricio Pochettino has told Toby Alderweireld he must get fitter before he can be considered for Tottenham's big games.Alderweireld returned after more than three months [...]

Harry Kane wants to give Juventus pain in Champions League

Harry Kane was just a few minutes into his full England debut when he first encountered Giorgio Chiellini.‘My first touch,’ said Kane. ‘He wiped me [...]