Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool are used to making life difficult for themselves, admitted Jurgen Klopp as a 1-1 draw with Napoli leaves the European champions with work to do to reach the Champions League last 16. Klopp's men must avoid defeat away to Salzburg on December 10 to secure their passage into the knockout stages. […]

Paris (AFP) – A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday by crushing a desperate Borussia Dortmund 3-1, while RB Leipzig made the last 16 for the first time in their history with an incredible stoppage time comeback. Lucien Favre's position as Dortmund coach looks increasingly in peril following […]

Prague (AFP) – A brace from Lautaro Martinez and a Romelu Lukaku goal handed Inter Milan a 3-1 win at Slavia Prague on Wednesday, keeping the Italians in contention for the Champions League last 16 Martinez opened the scoring on nineteen minutes after Lukaku had picked up a pass, fought off two challenges and took […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Ajax closed in on a Champions League last 16 spot on Wednesday when the Dutch giants won 2-0 at Lille to open a two-point lead at the top of Group H with just one round of games to play. Hakim Ziyech scored the fastest goal of this year's competition inside two […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Lionel Messi marked his 700th game for Barcelona by scoring his 613th goal on Wednesday as the Catalans beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to go through as group winners to the Champions League last 16. Messi celebrated his anniversary in style by putting Barca two up before half-time, between laying on a pair […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool were made to wait to secure their place in the last 16 of the Champions League as Napoli secured a vital point with a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Wednesday. Dries Mertens threatened to inflict Liverpool's first home defeat in the Champions or Premier League since April 2017 with a sweetly […]

Paris (AFP) – Chelsea and Lyon were left to wait for qualification to the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday after failing to claim the wins they needed to book their places in the last 16. Frank Lampard's Chelsea were eight minutes away from sealing their spot at Valencia when Daniel Wass' overhit cross crashed […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Serb Samir Nurkovic scored twice as Kaizer Chiefs cruised to a 4-0 victory over lowly Stellenbosch in Cape Town on Wednesday and regained a 10-point South African Premiership lead. The 27-year-old forward scored the first and third goals for the success-starved Soweto club, who have not lifted a trophy since winning the […]

Valencia (Spain) (AFP) – Daniel Wass's late equaliser denied Chelsea a place in the last 16 of the Champions League as a profligate Valencia fought back for a 2-2 draw that maintains both sides' chances of reaching the knockout stages. A wide open game swung the visitors' way after Carles Soler's opener for Valencia as […]

Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Lyon missed out on a chance to seal a Champions League last 16 place with a match to spare after losing 2-0 at Zenit Saint Petersburg on Wednesday. A victory in Group G over the Russian Premier League leaders would have claimed a knockout spot for Rudi Garcia's men but the […]

London (AFP) – Under-fire Arsenal manager Unai Emery is still hoping to build bridges with the club's support, but reports on Wednesday suggest the Gunners are already preparing for the Spaniard's departure. Emery has come under increasing pressure in his second season after a run of six games without a win. A 2-2 draw with […]

Sarajevo (AFP) – Former Croatia international Robert Prosinecki was sacked as Bosnia and Herzegovina coach after failing to automatically qualify for Euro 2020, the country's football association announced on Wednesday. Prosinecki, 50, who featured for the Croats when they finished third at the 1998 World Cup, had been in the post since January last year. Bosnia […]

Berlin (AFP) – Former Germany and United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Wednesday he is maintaining a family passion by taking over as interim boss of struggling Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin until the end of the season. Klinsmann replaces Ante Covic, who only took charge in July after six years coaching the reserves, but was […]

London (AFP) – Under-fire Arsenal manager Unai Emery hopes a win in Thursday's Europa League match over Eintracht Frankfurt will begin the process of reconnecting with the Gunners' disgruntled supporters. The 48-year-old Spaniard has come under increasing pressure in his second season in charge — taking over after Arsene Wenger's nearly three decade reign came […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski underlined his status as a world-class striker with a Champions League record four goals in 15 minutes, leaving even his rivals comparing him to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Bayern Munich star needed 14 minutes, 31 seconds to score his quartet in Tuesday's 6-0 rout of Red Star Belgrade, […]