Our Champions League Awards honour the best – and worst – of the midweek action, featuring Anatoliy Trubin, Joao Pedro and Antonio Conte.
Moment of the Week
Fair play, Anatoliy Trubin, you might just be responsible for the coldest football picture of 2026 before January is even done.
Knee slide, teammates chasing wildly, Benfica into the next round. It’s great when goalkeepers score, isn’t it? What a moment for the Ukrainian.
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE 🔥
Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scores a 98th minute goal to keep Jose Mourinho’s Benfica in the competition 💥
📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplus pic.twitter.com/Vqtndh565T
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 28, 2026
Player of the Week
A brilliant performance from Joao Pedro ensured Chelsea qualified in the top eight. The Brazilian turned the game around at Napoli with two fantastic goals, as Chelsea came from behind to win.
His first was a moment of magic, blasting in from distance on his weaker left side, before driving forward to fire home a late winner.
Two shots, two goals, and nine duels won. This was a complete centre-forward performance from Pedro.
Goal of the Week
File this one under heat-seaking missile.
Vlad Dragomir with arguably the goal of the league phase on matchday eight.
Take a bow, Vlad Dragomir!
That’s some strike!
📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/1iseqOrbc5
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 28, 2026
Save of the Week
It’s not easy being a back-up goalkeeper but Jonas Urbig might just have picked up a few pointers from the great Manuel Neuer.
Urbig was outstanding as Bayern Munich won at PSV Eindhoven, making a string of sensational saves. He made six saves in the first-half alone as Bayern rode their luck to claim the points.
That Urbig performance 😳👏
Some special goalkeeping on a special Champions League night 🧤@QatarAirways | #LetsFly pic.twitter.com/9b4HIT6ElQ
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 29, 2026
Stat of the Week
Virgil van Dijk, playmaker extraordinare?
3 – Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk is the first central defender ever to assist three goals in a single UEFA Champions League game. Source. pic.twitter.com/RoZ6DJmrfM
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 28, 2026
A week to forget for…
Antonio Conte. Conte’s cursed Champions League record continues with the Italian exiting early once again. Napoli’s defeat to Chelsea was the final nail in the coffin, but the damage was done earlier in the competition. A 6-2 hammering at PSV was the lowlight of a campaign that saw Napoli win just twice in eight games.
The Italian champions are the biggest casualty of the league phase, while Conte continues to find Europe tricky. Despite winning six league titles across four different clubs, Conte has never progressed past the quarter-finals. He’s not even reached that stage since 2012-13.
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