
Real Madrid’s stricken defence ripe for Haaland
Record 15-time Champions League winners Real Madrid face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City on Tuesday wondering how to keep powerhouse striker Erling Haaland at bay.
Record 15-time Champions League winners Real Madrid face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City on Tuesday wondering how to keep powerhouse striker Erling Haaland at bay.
Real Madrid have eliminated City from the UCL three times—more than any other club—while also knocking out an English team in each of the last four seasons.
Real Madrid centre-half Antonio Rudiger is a major injury doubt for the titleholders’ Champions League clash with Manchester City.
The floodlights will burn bright once more, illuminating a stage that has become all too familiar, Manchester City versus Real Madrid in the Champions League.
European football body UEFA hailed the “more dynamic” new format of the Champions League as a huge success after the first phase concluded on Wednesday while all of the continent’s biggest clubs survived to reach the knockout stage.
Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven twice came from behind Wednesday to beat Liverpool 3-2 in a spectacular Champions League match, denying the Reds a perfect record in the league phase.
Arsenal, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid all qualified directly for the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday with wins in their final league-phase matches.
A blaze erupted outside Manchester City’s Etihad stadium after a merchandise stand caught fire just hours before Wednesday evening’s crucial Champions League tie against Club Brugge.
Manchester City’s Champions League campaign has not gone to plan, but they have a clear objective tonight: win and secure progression. The Moneyman is backing City to cruise past Club Brugge by a margin of three goals. The Etihad Factor Manchester City have not lost a Champions League home game in normal time in 33 matches. Club Brugge, by contrast,… Read more →
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