Matchday 2 of this season’s Champions League is upon us this season and Mauricio Pochettino takes his Tottenham team to sunny Cyprus as after victory in the opening fixture against Borussia Dortmund he will now be looking for a second straight win when they take on APOEL Nicosia. They make …
Read More »How To Watch Champions League Live 2017/18
When UEFA made the decision to put the Champions League behind a paywall many felt that it would be to the detriment of the tournament and to a certain degree that has been the case as fan interest has arguably subsided over the past few season as fans refuse to …
Read More »Manchester United vs Basel – Champions League Match Preview
Manchester United may have lost their one hundred percent Premier League record at the weekend away at Stoke but tonight the focus shifts to Champions League action and a return to the Europe’s top club competition. Last season saw a Europa League hiatus which saw them end up as winners …
Read More »Chelsea vs Qarabag – Champions League Match Preview
The Champions League kicks off for another season and Chelsea celebrate their return to Europe’s top club competition as they play host to Azerbaijan’s Qarabag. The relative minnows have made a trip to London before but that was in the Europa League when they faced Tottenham at White Hart Lane. …
Read More »Champions League Group Stage Draw
The Champions Leaue draw has taken place and the 32 teams at this stage of the competition now though what fate will await them over the next few months. Premier League champions Chelsea have been paired with Atletico Madrid, Roma and Qarabag in Group C. Not necessarily easy for Antonio …
Read More »Champions League Draw Pots Explained
Above are the four pots for what will comprise the Champions League group stage draw later this afternoon. They may be in Portuguese but it is all pretty self explanatory. The only team that may look unfamiliar is that of Basilela in Pot (Pote) 3 – that is actually Basle …
Read More »Liverpool vs Hoffenheim – Match Highlights
Liverpool have booked their place in today’s Champions League group stage draw after a win over Hoffenheim last night in what can only be described as a frenetic encounter. Jurgen Klopp’s men ran out 4-2 winners in the end, a result which saw them progress by an aggregate 6-3 scoreline. …
Read More »Champions League Play-Off Round – Tuesday Recap
Celtic have got their names in the Champions League draw, although they made life particularly difficult for themselves after losing 4-3 to Kazakh champions FC Astana yesterday. That saw them eventually qualify by an aggregate scoreline of 8-4. But what about the other four fixtures that took place last night …
Read More »FC Astana vs Celtic – Match Highlights
Brendan Rodgers probably cannot get out of Kazhakstan soon enough after that performance by Celtic last night, I think by now we have learned the mantra “never assume anything in football” and yesterday afternoon it was nearly proved to be true as they lost to FC Astana Celtic went into …
Read More »Liverpool vs Hoffenheim – Champions League Match Preview
Five teams booked their place in the Champions League group stages last night and tonight the 32 names that will make up that phase of the competition will be complete as the remaining play-off 2nd leg ties will take place. Liverpool are hoping to be in that final five and …
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