UEFA Champions League | The Asian Age

Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 | Last Update : 02:00 AM IST

UEFA Champions League Page-3

Brazilian Willian volleyed home with 12 minutes left on his 300th Chelsea appearance after Tammy Abraham’s opener had been cancelled out by Lille’s Victor Osimhen in the first half. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Chelsea earn hard fought 2-1 victory vs Lille

Chelsea are third on three points behind second-placed Valencia who beat the Premier League side in the opening round of matches.

03 Oct 2019 9:46 AM

Luis Suarez scored two classy goals to inspire Barcelona to a 2-1 comeback win over Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday and inflict a first defeat on Antonio Conte since he took charge of the Italians. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Barcelona edge past Inter Milan 2-1

Inter produced a wonderful first-half display and took the lead in the second minute through Argentine forward Lautaro Martinez.

03 Oct 2019 9:33 AM

Mohamed Salah, who scored twice, grabbed the 69th-minute winner for Liverpool after Salzburg, managed by American Jesse Marsch, had stunned Anfield with three goals either side of halftime to make it 3-3. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Liverpool stuns Salzburg to complete 4-3 comeback win

Liverpool quickly took charge, taking the lead in the ninth minute with a beautifully-worked goal from Sadio Mane.

03 Oct 2019 9:16 AM

Atletico Madrid’s 126-million-euro forward Joao Felix scored his first goal in the Champions League to help his side earn a 2-0 win at Lokomotiv Moscow in Group D on Tuesday. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Atletico Madrid nail down Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0

The win took Atletico into second place in the group on four points, the same number as leaders Juventus.

02 Oct 2019 1:37 PM

Zinedine Zidane's team came storming back as Sergio Ramos headed in before Casemiro claimed a dramatic equaliser in the 85th minute, seconds after Ruud Vormer had been sent off for the visitors. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Casemiro, Sergio Ramos secure 2-2 draw for Real Madrid vs Brugge

It is a first point for Real in Group A, which is led by PSG.

02 Oct 2019 11:26 AM

Serge Gnabry scored four second-half goals as Bayern Munich came from behind to hand last season's runners-up Tottenham Hotspur a stunning 7-2 home defeat in the Champions League on Tuesday. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Bayern Munich crush Tottenham Hotspur 7-2

Gnabry is the first player to score 4 goals against English since Lionel Messi achieved the same feat for Barcelona against Arsenal in 2010.

02 Oct 2019 10:58 AM

Manchester City made it two wins out of two in Champions League Group C after goals from substitutes Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden gave Pep Guardiola’s side a 2-0 victory over Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Manchester City destroy Dinamo Zagreb 2-0

A game that could easily have ended in frustration, with Dinamo defending deep and effectively.

02 Oct 2019 9:39 AM

Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain scored one goal and made another, while Cristiano Ronaldo added the third, as Juventus cruised to a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to go top of Champions League Group D on a rainy night in Turin on Tuesday. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Juventus thump Bayer Leverkusen 3-0

Juventus paired Higuain with Ronaldo in attack and it did not take long for the move to pay off.

02 Oct 2019 9:27 AM

Mauro Icardi scored his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain as they beat Galatasaray 1-0 away to take control of Champions League Group A on Tuesday. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: PSG inch past Galatarasay 1-0

Icardi touched the ball home from close range in the 52nd minute after being teed up Pablo Sarabia.

02 Oct 2019 9:15 AM

This season's final will be the first staged in Turkey since Liverpool's remarkable 2005 triumph against AC Milan, meanwhile; it is being held at the Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadi in Istanbul. (Photo: AFP)

UEFA announces Champions League final hosts for 2021, 2022 and 2023

The decisions were taken by the UEFA executive committee at its Tuesday meeting in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.

25 Sep 2019 9:50 AM

Gabriel Jesus made it three in the 76th minute after Kevin De Bruyne led a swift counter-attack and slipped in the Brazilian who made no mistake. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Manchester City sink Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0

Shakhtar quickly had a chance to go level after a superb run from Taison who found Junior Moraes.

19 Sep 2019 9:47 AM

Tottenham silenced the raucous crowd with two goals in four minutes midway through the opening half, first with Harry Kane’s well-struck penalty and then a stunner by Lucas Moura. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Olympiakos keep Tottenham Hotspur tied to a 2-2 draw

Olympiakos halved the deficit through Daniel Podence shortly before halftime.

19 Sep 2019 9:35 AM

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo had an unusually quiet game after scoring a hat-trick against Atletico in last year’s competition, although he came within inches of grabbing a last-gasp winner when he sent a shot just past the far post. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Atletico Madrid keep Juventus tied in a 2-2 draw

Visiting coach Maurizio Sarri was left with a bittersweet feeling in his first Champions League match in charge of Juve.

19 Sep 2019 9:22 AM

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski scored a landmark 200th goal for the club as they kicked off their Champions League campaign by easing to a 3-0 victory over Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday in a one-sided Group B encounter. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Bayern Munich destroy Red Star Belgrade 3-0

Bayern were in complete control and Kingsley Coman put them ahead with a diving header in the 34th minute from a fine Ivan Perisic cross.

19 Sep 2019 9:05 AM

Angel Di Maria scored twice in a vintage performance to help Paris Saint-Germain outclass Real Madrid 3-0 in their opening Champions League Group A game on Wednesday. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Paris Saint-Germain sink Real Madrid 3-0

In the absence of the formidable attacking trio of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria provided two first-half goals.

19 Sep 2019 8:46 AM

Valencia spoiled Frank Lampard’s managerial debut in the Champions League by earning a morale-boosting 1-0 win at Chelsea on Tuesday after Ross Barkley spurned a chance to equalise by missing from the penalty spot. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Visitors Valencia take advantage of missed penalty chance to defeat Chelsea 1-0 at

Spain forward Rodrigo Moreno gave the visitors the lead against the run of play in the 74th minute of the Group H game.

18 Sep 2019 9:45 AM

Dries Mertens scored from the penalty spot with eight minutes remaining after Andy Robertson tripped Jose Callejon inside the box and Napoli substitute Fernando Llorente added a second in stoppage time to put the result beyond doubt. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Napoli defeat title holders Liverpool 2-0

Juergen Klopp was frustrated by Liverpool’s poor finishing after his side began their Champions League title defence with a 2-0 defeat.

18 Sep 2019 9:19 AM

Borussia Dortmund hit the woodwork and had a penalty saved before drawing 0-0 with Barcelona in their Champions League Group F opener on Tuesday, with Lionel Messi making his first appearance of the season for the Spaniards. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Borussia Dortmund held by Barcelona to 0-0 draw

Barca’s in-form 16-year-old Ansu Fati became the club’s youngest player to feature in a UEFA competition.

18 Sep 2019 9:01 AM

Forwards Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani have been ruled out for Paris Saint-Germain’s opening Champions League group stage match against Real Madrid on Wednesday, the French Ligue 1 champions said. (Photo:AFP)

Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappe to be out of action for PSG's opening UCL group game vs Real Madrid

Mbappe picked up a hamstring injury, while Cavani is out of action with a hip problem.

17 Sep 2019 12:39 PM

The Argentina striker, Lionel Messi, has not played since sustaining a calf injury in pre-season, but Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde named him in the group which arrived in Germany on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Lionel Messi to mark his return against Borussia Dortmund

Messi trained on Sunday and Monday after missing the first three La Liga matches of the season.

17 Sep 2019 12:18 PM

3 of 13

Columns

Shobhaa De