Manchester City are living dangerously in the Champions League once again. Phil Foden's 90th-minute winner may have earned them a 2-1 quarterfinal first-leg victory over Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, but Pep Guardiola's team have left themselves vulnerable to yet another early exit from the competition they are so desperate to win. This is Guardiola's fifth attempt at delivering Champions League glory for City, and the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach has still to take the club beyond the last eight. Foden's goal, which came six minutes after Marco Reus had levelled for Dortmund following Kevin
Paris Saint-Germain reached their first Champions League final with a dominant display to beat RB Leipzig 3-0 at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. Marquinhos set Thomas Tuchel's side on their way, heading home Angel Di Maria's free-kick (13) before Di Maria doubled PSG's lead three minutes before the break following a mistake by Peter Gulacsi.Sponsored link Juan Bernat glanced in PSG's third 11 minutes into the restart from another Di Maria cross while Neymar struck the post twice in a one-sided semi-final.
In an incredible Champions League encounter, Bayern Munich decimated an insipid Barcelona to reach the semi-finals, winning 8-2 in Lisbon. The pressure on manager Quique Setien has grown exponentially after one of the heaviest defeats in Barcelona's history while Bayern look to be the team to beat in the Champions League. The tone was set early on as Thomas Muller - making his 113th Champions League appearance - scored inside four minutes, but it was soon cancelled out by a freak own goal from David
The biggest match of the season is here. Can Barça finish the job at home and book a place in the Lisbon Playoffs? Competition/Round: 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Second leg First leg result: Napoli 1-1 Barcelona Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Sergio Busquets, Arturo Vidal, Ousmane Dembélé, Samuel Umtiti, Martin Braithwaite, Arthur (out) Napoli Outs & Doubts: Nikola Maksimovic (out), Lorenzo Insigne (doubt) Date/Time: Saturday, August 8, 2020, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Sunday) Venue:
Chelsea will be looking to bounce back from their FA Cup disappointment this evening as they face a difficult test away to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last-16. The Blues were beaten 2-1 by London rivals Arsenal in Saturday's final at Wembley to deny Frank Lampard his first piece of silverware since taking over as manager. Their chances of another European triumph are all but dead in the water after a 3-0 defeat at home to the Bayern in the first leg at Stamford Bridge back in
Pep Guardiola dethroned the “kings of the competition” — now his Manchester City side can claim the crown for themselves. Beating Real Madrid was the big win and the big performance in Europe that he has craved since taking over at the Etihad Stadium four years ago. Now, his side can have no nerves about taking on the rest of Europe. City were quicker, sharper, more intelligent and more threatening than a Madrid that had incredibly never tasted elimination in the Champions League before in Zinedine Zidane’s four campaigns as
Lyon qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Friday despite losing 2-1 to Juventus in Turin. A goal up after winning February's first leg, French side Lyon will face Manchester City at the final tournament in Lisbon after drawing 2-2 on aggregate and going through on away goals. Lyon squeezed past the Italian champions thanks to Memphis Depay's 12th-minute penalty which put Rudi Garcia's side two goals ahead in the tie and left Juve with a mountain to climb. Needing to score three unanswered goals
Kylian Mbappe, the most valuable player in the transfer market currently and the world cup winner has been tested for coronavirus after complaining of chest pain and a sore throat. The 21-year-old has also been sidelined for two training sessions before PSG face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last-16 second-leg clash tonight where they trail 2-1 from the first-leg. As per the recent sources, his results came back negative but Kylian Mbappe is expected to miss the crucial Champions League game against the