All posts tagged "Uefa Champions League"

  • MOTD: Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Manchester City

    For all that riches can buy in football, perfection isn’t a trait on display in the storefront. Although Manchester City’s Champions League quarterfinal visit to Paris Saint-Germain had been dubbed as a battle between the two richest...

    • Posted April 6, 2016
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  • MOTD: Barcelona 2-1 Atletico Madrid

    The enigma of Fernando Torres lives on. For so long, he has been vying to get a breakthrough goal in the Champions League to translate his good run of form in La Liga into Europe. Finally, he...

    • Posted April 5, 2016
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  • Arsenal seek moral victory in Barcelona

    In the build-up to Arsenal’s Champions League Round of 16 second leg matchup with Barcelona tomorrow, Arsene Wenger has been unusually chipper.  In his pre-match press conference, he was less moody, less brooding than in recent weeks,...

    • Posted March 15, 2016
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain

    Chelsea were undaunted by a 2-1 deficit heading into the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain. Tonight, their performance was persistent and heartfelt despite the odds stacking up against their...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • MOTD: Real Madrid 2-0 AS Roma

    Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez bagged to two second half goals against Roma to secure their position in the Champions League Quarterfinals for the sixth season in a row with a 2-0 win at the Bernabeu. The...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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  • Chelsea quietly confident heading into PSG clash

    Chelsea have been under a lot of pressure this season. First, they carried the burden of reigning Premier League champions. Then when their season rapidly began to unravel, they faced even greater expectations to get themselves out...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • MOTD: Dynamo Kiev 1-3 Manchester City

    Not too long ago, a peach of a goal off the boot of Yaya Toure would not have been a rare occurrence. He has ample power in his legs to curl spectacular long-range efforts into the back...

    • Posted February 24, 2016
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 0-2 Barcelona

    Luis Enrique’s gameplan against Arsenal was brilliantly simple.  “I tell them “Abracadabra,” and the magic sparks, that’s all I do,” he joked ahead of the match. “It’s quite simple, in situations of the game, you don’t have...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • Arsenal look to replicate resilient 2011 performance against Barca in UCL clash

    The Emirates Stadium has rarely seen a more thrilling night than that of February 16, 2011.  One of the greatest football teams, Barcelona, at the peak of their powers in Pep Guardiola’s’ reign at the Nou Camp...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • MOTD: A.S. Roma 0-2 Real Madrid

    Scoring the opening goal in Real Madrid’s 2-0 win over Roma in the Champions League Round of 16 must have been especially sweet for Cristiano Ronaldo.  Just a day after he walked out of a confrontational press...

    • Posted February 17, 2016
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