Champions League team of the week for matchday five
Here is our Champions League team of the week from matchday five. GK: Nick Pope – Newcastle Utd Nick Pope came agonisingly close to…
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Every player to score 10 Champions League goals before the age of 21
Jude Bellingham joined a very exclusive club when he notched his latest goal in the Uefa Champions League this week. The Birmingham native not…
Noughties Nines: Hernan Crespo – Serie A sharpshooter
In the final decade of the 20th century, Italian clubs broke the world transfer record six times. The nineties had belonged to Serie A,…
Champions League Nights: Gerrard rescues Reds on path to Istanbul
The final stage of any major silverware success often represents the defining image of a tournament, but each path to triumph is littered with…
The fastest players to 40 Champions League goals
Another game, another record for Erling Haaland. There’s no goalscoring landmark that appears safe from the Manchester City man, who continues to find the…
Noughties Nines: Filippo Inzaghi and the glee of goals
Filippo Inzaghi just loved scoring goals. Perhaps for no other number nine has it been quite so apparent. No matter the style of goal…
Five iconic individual Champions League performances
The greatest competition in club football, the Champions League is arguably the biggest stage in the sport. The tournament pits together Europe’s elite in…
Champions League: What each English side needs to qualify
We’ve reached a crucial juncture in the UEFA Champions League’s group stages as Europe’s elite battle it out to reach the knockout rounds. Just…
Iconic Duos: Mahrez and Vardy inspire Premier League fairytale
When Leicester City completed one of the most unlikely feats in English football history by lifting the Premier League title in 2016, two men…
Youngest debutants in Europe’s top five leagues
Francesco Camarda made history at the weekend after becoming the youngest debutant in Serie A history. The 15-year-old came off the bench as a…
Noughties Nines: The incomparable Zlatan Ibrahimovic
You need little more than a brief look at the destination clubs of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be left in no doubt of his stature…
Premier League weekend: Five things we learned
Following the latest round of Premier League action we look at five things we learned from the weekend fixtures. Do we have a multi-team…
Premier League Team of the Week – Matchday 13
Here is our Premier League Team of the Week for Matchday 13 after an event-filled weekend of top-flight football. Goalkeeper: Thomas Kaminski – Luton…
Premier League Awards: Hero Havertz, Garnacho’s Golazo
Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. Moment of the Week Kai…
Eric Cantona and how he made us feel
The master of his domain and the director of our nostalgic imagination. Eric Cantona stars, in his own life, as ‘The King’… Marlon Brando…
Tweets of the Week: De Bruyne x Drake, Colonel Sanders, Big Sam for PM,
After a couple of weeks away due to the international break, we are back with the best football tweets of the past week (and…
The fastest players to 50 Premier League goals as Haaland shatters record
Erling Haaland has smashed yet another Premier League record, as the Manchester City man has scored his 50th goal in England’s top flight. Haaland…
Manchester City vs Liverpool – Key talking points and stats
Manchester City meet Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend, as the division’s top two go head-to-head in Saturday’s early kick-off. Just one point…