We played some of our best football of the season and ended up behind. "I think we were playing well and creating a lot. We were always confident throughout the game that something would drop for us. "I don't c
"It's a stage of the competition when it's all about results, and that's the only way you're going to get through. You have to find a way and suffer – sometimes the football isn't the best, but we have a strong team of characters who have the ab...
Champions League winner Drogba leaving ChelseaROB HARRIS
when they lost at Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League, as they’re currently on a 21-game unbeaten run. They have plenty of experience in captain Benjamin Andre, midfielder Remy Cabella and defender Thomas Meunier, while Lille also have a host of talented youngsters. This is a ve...
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 29, 2020Shevchenko was peerless for Milan in Serie A, scoring 24 league goals and winning the Scudetto during the 2003-04 season while staking his claim as one of the most fearsome all-action forwards in world football. However, the ...
In keeping with the previous section, it's really hard to win the Champions League if you're not hard to pass against. If you're not hard to pass against, the best passing teams in the world are just going to gradually turn the screws, wear you out by forci...
How will it play out this time, though?Mirror Football's writers have given their verdict ahead of the first leg, with City and Madrid both desperate to lay down a marker as they vie for a chance to take on Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen in the round of ...
The UEFA Champions League race was seconds from becoming ever murkier than it was when the day began as Manchester City and Aston Villa were headed for a 1-1 draw at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, until Matheus Nunes bagged his first Premier League goal for the club in stoppage ti...
“It’s difficult to think about the match in a positive way. We deserved to win, clearly,” said PSG coach Luis Enrique. “Football many times is unfair and we have to accept that, but we are ready to (go to) Liverpool. “We don’t have anything to lose.” It was the fi...
“Now comes the moment that no footballer can avoid. After 18 years and so many things that football has given me, I’m ending my career this summer.” Hummels joined Roma as a free agent in September, signing a one-year contract with the option to extend for another season. A f...