Arbeloa's 4-4-2 Masterclass: Valverde Treble Leaves City Reeling
Final score: Real Madrid 30 Manchester City Real Madrid picked the perfect night to remember who they are. Fourteen months after Alvaro Ar...
Paul Templin-Ashford
Relegation fears clash with title fire as West Ham host relentless Man City
Tomorrow night the London Stadium hosts a collision of extremes. Manchester City arrive second in the Premier League with 60 points, seven b...
Paul Templin-Ashford
Palmer v Burn, Caicedo v Bruno: Bridge showdown shapes Chelsea’s Champions League chase
Chelsea sit fifth on 48 points, and tomorrow at Stamford Bridge they know that beating Newcastle would keep real pressure on thirdplaced Man...
Frederic Lumiere
Endrick rescues Lyon with 87th-minute equaliser as 10-man Celta cling to Europa League hopes
Celta Vigo were held to a 11 draw by Lyon in Thursday night’s UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg, a result that leaves Claudio Girálde...
Paul Templin-Ashford
Lorient’s home streak meets Lens’ title push in Brittany showdown
Lens arrive in Brittany a single point off Paris SaintGermain, yet they know how fragile that gap feels when the leaders are playing later i...
Paul Templin-Ashford
Pulse Check at the Emirates: Arsenal’s Title Rhythm Faces Everton’s Grit
Arsenal and Everton have seldom inhabited the same plane in Premier League history, yet the fixture is dotted with moments when the narrativ...
Dan McCloud
Vitinha spark and late flurry give PSG commanding 5-2 lead over Chelsea
Paris SaintGermain ripped through Chelsea 52 at Parc des Princes last night, a Round of 16 first leg that finally gave Enrique Luis a Europe...
Frederic Lumiere
Lemina’s Early Strike Ignites Galatasaray’s Istanbul Epic as Liverpool Fall 1-0
Galatasaray have long treated European nights in Istanbul as an act of collective remembrance, recalling Gheorghe Hagi and the roars that sh...
Dan McCloud
Atlético rout Spurs as Simeone’s 4-4-2 rewrites Rotterdam reckoning
In 1963 Tottenham dismantled Atlético Madrid in Rotterdam to lift the Cup Winners’ Cup. Two nights ago, in the same competition’s modern gui...
Dan McCloud
Leverkusen’s blueprint blunts unbeaten Arsenal in tense 1-1 Champions League first leg
A quarter of a century on from the spring when Bayer Leverkusen were Europe’s nearly men, BayArena hosted a UEFA Champions League Round of 1...
Dan McCloud