Manchester United’s return to the Champions League started with a 2-1 defeat against PSV, in which Luke Shaw suffered a horror injury. Louis van Gaal will be keen to right a few wrongs and get some points on the board at home to Wolfsburg on Wednesday. Despite all the criticism that has come Manchester United’s … Read more
Arsenal will look to kick start their Champions League campaign on Tuesday when they play Olympiacos at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal lost their first match in the group stages against Dinamo Zagreb a fortnight ago. Arsenal needs to win Tuesday if they plan to advance through the group stages for a 19th consecutive time under … Read more
The Champions League did not turn up to be the greatest hunting ground for most of the English clubs in its return. Three out of England’s four representatives lost in the opening fixtures and many questions were asked about the quality of the teams from the so-called ‘best league in the world’. Manchester United, on … Read more
The Champions League returns to give teams hope of conquering the biggest prize in European football and we look ahead to the chances of the English clubs in this competition. The last team to win the Champions League from England were Chelsea in 2012. England hasn’t done better than the semi-final stage ever since and … Read more
The biggest English clubs all have one goal in terms of cup competitions which is to win the UEFA Champions League, something that none of the English clubs have done since the 2011-12 season when Chelsea won it. In fact, in the next 3 instalments of the competition, the best any English club has done … Read more
Arsenal Vs Bayern Munich Feb 19, 2013 at 7.45pm (UK) Emirates Arsenal find themselves exactly in the same position as they were in last year. A matter of 10 days saw the Gunners bow out FA cup, Carling cup and the Champions league last time and having already crashed out in both the domestic cups, … Read more
This season the LFP responded to the requests of Real Madrid and Barcelona, to prevent the second league El Clasico being played in April or May – to avoid the encounter clashing with cup competition duties in the calendar, as it has in recent seasons. A report in the Spanish media today states that both clubs … Read more