This was a curious Manchester City display studded with lax marking and concentration. Pep Guardiola’s side ended by returning an 18th unbeaten group game – 14 of them victories – but he will surely upbraid his charges for the slipshod fare they produc…
Jordan Henderson fires Liverpool to comeback win after Milan scare
The Kop reminded Milan of Istanbul before kick off with a banner that read: “25/05/05 – There are places I remember”. Their torment did not cease there. Liverpool rekindled 16-year-old memories on the pitch too with three goals, another comeback and an…
Manchester City v RB Leipzig: Champions League – live!
Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offLive scoreboard: the latest from Wednesday’s matchesAnd you can get in touch with Gregg by email or Twitter 9.32pm BST 70 min: De Bruyne, who has been excellent despite this being his first game back af…
Liverpool v Milan: Champions League – live!
Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offLive scoreboard: the latest from Wednesday’s matchesAnd you can get in touch with Simon by email or Twitter 9.31pm BST 74 mins: Jones goes on a lovely mazy run, refuses to go down when Kjaer dives in un…
Manchester United have no excuses in Champions League, warns Solskjær
Champions League campaign begins against Young Boys in BernManager says squad is now strong enough to cope with scheduleOle Gunnar Solskjær admits there can be no excuses if Manchester United fail to perform in the Champions League after a weekend Prem…
Champions League’s group stage is oddly palatable in a stale world | Jonathan Wilson
An unusually open group stage highlights the waning power of super-clubs and offers better football than what is to comeThere is, perhaps, no better indication of how broken modern football is that the return of the Champions League group stages feels …
Champions League 2021-22 draw: group stage analysis and predictions
Manchester City are in the toughest group, United’s is tricky and all the teams in Liverpool’s have reached the finalGroup A is by by some distance the toughest, featuring the defeated finalist of the past two seasons, plus RB Leipzig, who reached the …
Ange Postecoglou rues transfer failings after Celtic exit Champions League
Ange Postecoglou suggested he might not have been forceful enough in his demands for new signings as took responsibility for Celtic’s latest Champions League failure. Celtic missed out on the group stages for a fourth year running as a 2-1 extra-time d…