Liverpool sealed a top four place in the Premier League with a 3-0 win against Middlesbrough on Sunday, and in doing so took the last Champions League spot on offer. However, they will still need to navigate through a playoff to reach the group stages, although results around Europe have made that task a lot easier for Jurgen Klopp’s side. …
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Leicester City became the first ever English club to win their first three Champions League games, while Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t break down a resolute Bayer Leverkusen. To Group E first where Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris was the busier of the two goalkeepers as Mauricio Pochettino’s side ground out a 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen. In particular, the French international made a …
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The second half of the Matchweek 1 of the Champions League took place tonight, as the likes or Real Madrid, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund were all in action. The Group C fixture between Manchester City and Borussia Mönchengladbach finally took place having been rained off 24 hours earlier. A Sergio Aguero hat-tick ended the tie as a contest before Kelechi Iheanacho …
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Premier League champions Leicester City made their first appearance in the Champions League tonight, and it was one to remember. Their title defence may not exactly be going to plan, but their status as an unknown quantity in Europe is something that they plan on using fully to their advantage. Club Brugge had suggested that the reason that they had …
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As the saga has rumbled on and David de Gea has been frozen out of United’s first team, the story has see-sawed this way and that, however we may now finally have a definitive answer as to where the Spaniard’s future lies as deadline day looms. The Mirror report that De Gea’s representatives believe a deal can be agreed between Real Madrid …
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Making observations based off one game and presenting them as fact is reactionary pulp. Especially when players and teams have anywhere between 37 and 50 games left, including cups, to rectify mistakes, build chemistry and become comfortable playing together. Two games in, and little more than guesswork is still the most prevalent manner of forecasting the next nine months of …
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This is the sort of talk that Manchester United fans will like to hear. BT Sport now have exclusive rights to the Champions League in the UK and last night, they had a few big hitters on the panel for The Red Devils opening qualifier with Club Brugge. Rio Ferdinand, Glenn Hoddle and Paul Scholes all sat down for the …
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To celebrate the return of Champions League football, Manchester United fans, we’re going to do you a solid and get you pumped for tonight. If you haven’t heard of Adita Rathod and You’re a Manchester United fan who has internet access, shame on you. He’s a great YouTuber producing quality Manchester United videos. In May he decided to get the …
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It should be a procession for Manchester United tonight, but assumption is the mother of all screw-ups. Time: 7:45 p.m Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester Previous Champions League playoffs have seen United face little to no trouble in progressing to the main event. They faced Dinamo Bucureşti in 2004, winning 5-1 on aggregate. 2005 saw Hungarian champions Debrecen offer no resistance, with 3-0 …
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It’s now down to just five sides who Manchester United could face in the Champions League play-off round. With the third qualifying round now done and dusted United’s fate in the next round has been narrowed even further. Vienna beat Ajax to remove the possibility of United facing Sporting Lisbon while Shakhtar Donetsk were victorious over Fenerbahce to rule out what could …
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