Browsing: Champions League

The Austrian champion has been awarded a remarkable five penalties in two matches and four were earned by Adeyemi.

Barca have now lost their first two Champions League group stage games this season and the disappointing defeat will do little to appease the growing section of Barca fans who want to see Koeman sacked.

The Argentine, who signed on a free transfer from Barcelona this summer, found the net with a trademark effort midway through the second half after Idrissa Gueye’s eight-minute strike had opened the scoring.

The 25-year-old Coman has already made four appearances for the Bundesliga giants this season.

The Italian champions are trying to make the competition’s knockout rounds for the first time since 2011/12.

It’s a scoreline usually reserved for tennis sets but the English champions and the German upstarts traded blows across the 90 minutes as if engaged in a rally fit for a Grand Slam.

Bellingham silenced the boisterous crowd in Istanbul with the opening goal and then unpicked the home defence to serve up a simple tap-in for Haaland to claim his 21st Champions League goal just before half-time.

Three-and-a-half months on from losing the Europa League final to Villarreal on penalties, the Red Devils were on course to return to continental action with a straightforward win after Cristiano Ronaldo’s early opener.

The Polish forward’s brace came after Thomas Muller had opened the scoring to set Bayern on their way to a 3-0 triumph against a Barca side beginning the first campaign of the post-Lionel Messi era.

Belgium hitman Lukaku bagged his third goal in two games and his fourth for Chelsea since his €114 million switch from Inter Milan.

The Portugal international also became the first player to score the opening goal in two different Champions League campaigns, having previously scored the first goal for Real Madrid in a 5-2 win against FC Zurich during the 2009-10 season.

The Amsterdam club went viral on social media in August when they released an eye-catching strip which gave a nod to the team’s connection with the famous reggae singer.

Five-time world player of the year Ronaldo typically grabbed the headlines in a dream return to Old Trafford on Saturday, scoring twice in United’s 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle.

Ronaldo claimed three Premier League medals and one in the Champions League in his first stint at Old Trafford.

The 6ft 7in forward – who has previously faced the Reds in the Champions League – continues to go from strength to strength in Belgium after his 35-goal haul from 41 games in all competitions last season.

Sources have told ESPN that Man City are closing in on a deal for Ronaldo, while Messi will be embarking on his first Champions League campaign away from Barcelona after joining PSG earlier this month.

Describing the Aisha Buhari Cup as a most laudable project in the land in recent times, Okon opined that team selection in favour of the domestic players will give the tournament its biggest catch.

Okocha sent his welcome message via his Instagram handle to Messi, who just moved to Ligue 1 after an emotional exit from Barcelona.

“I have said my dream is to win another Champions League and I think I’m in the ideal place to have that chance and to do it,” he said as he was unveiled as a PSG player.

“I have said my dream is to win another Champions League and I think I’m in the ideal place to have that chance and to do it,” he said as he was unveiled as a PSG player.