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• Football Daily | Zinchenko and a deep respect for a loan spell in 2016-17

  13-03-2025 17:40
  
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!While the first-leg shellacking Arsenal dished out to PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands meant that Wednesday night’s return leg was predictably low on drama, there was at least one moment of highly performative nonsense for fans at the Emirates to enjoy. Handed a rare start by Mikel Arteta, Oleksandr Zinchenko repaid his manager by firing his side ahead with a terrific strike but very pointedly refused to celebrate his first ever Bigger Cup
  
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• Everton v Bayern Munich: 40 years since the greatest night at Goodison

  24-04-2025 09:00
  As Everton leave their beautiful old stadium, we look back on a game that lives on in the hearts of all who saw itBy That 1980s Sports Blog“If you talk to any Evertonian who was there that night, who actually got in this ground that night, and you said, ‘You can take one game to the grave with you’. Say there was 55,000, I’m betting you 50,000 would take this game with them.” Andy Gray’s words about the second leg of Everton’s semi-final against Bayern M
  
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• Arteta will not rest players against Palace despite looming PSG tie

  22-04-2025 23:30
  ‘When players are fit and available, they have to play’Liverpool to be league winners if Arsenal lose to PalaceMikel Arteta will not shy away from selecting key Arsenal personnel to face Crystal Palace on Wednesday in their final game before next week’s Champions League semi-final first leg even though his team are playing for little beyond pride.The meagre prize on offer is delaying Liverpool’s title celebrations but the manager denied he could wrap members of his squad
  
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• Lyon and PSG have lessons to learn after careless performances in Europe

  22-04-2025 14:42
  Both clubs threw away convincing leads in England last week. They need to get their seasons back on track quicklyBy Get French Football NewsHubris cost Lyon last week and it almost cost PSG too. “We thought we were too good,” admitted Ousmane Dembélé after PSG conceded three goals at Villa Park and were nearly knocked out of the Champions League. “We eased off a bit. We thought it was over but big matches are like that,” said Malick Fofana after Lyon’s
  
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• Aston Villa have all the tools to establish themselves among the elite | Jonathan Wilson

  21-04-2025 16:35
  Unai Emery has built a side with high standards and a squad with depth – they’ll need both in the coming weeksSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereMost teams in the battle for Champions League qualification are staggering to the line, battered, exhausted, done in by a season that feels like it finished in February but somehow still has a month to run. But as they falter, Aston Villa have seemingly found another gear.Liverpool are secure in the Champions League qualification sl
  
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• Aston Villa have all the tools to establish themselves among the elite

  21-04-2025 16:35
  
  Unai Emery has built a side with high standards and a squad with depth – they’ll need both in the coming weeksSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereMost teams in the battle for Champions League qualification are staggering to the line, battered, exhausted, done in by a season that feels like it finished in February but somehow still has a month to run. But as they falter, Aston Villa have seemingly found another gear.Liverpool are secure in the Champions League qualification sl
  
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• Premier League money matters: the table that really counts in May

  18-04-2025 09:30
  With one trophy and hundreds of millions up for grabs, league position means more than pride as TV payouts shape the financial future of every clubPoints mean prizes. And money. Lots and lots of money. Only one trophy is handed out at the conclusion of the Premier League season, meaning the most tangible reward most teams are playing for over the final few weeks of the campaign is a bigger check.Last season, each Premier League team received anywhere between £175.9m and £109.7m for t
  
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• Spirit animal Lewis-Skelly leads Arsenal’s youthful puncturing of Madrid mythology

  17-04-2025 20:18
  
  Teenager looked at home in Bernabéu contest as Mikel Arteta’s side celebrated progress six years in the makingWhere is la remontada? Seriously. There really was supposed to be a remontada around here somewhere. Of all the sprinkles of sugar, the crispy, salty, crunchy morsels for Arsenal’s supporters to pick over after Wednesday night’s brilliantly assured victory at the Bernabéu it is probably Myles Lewis-Skelly’s part that will give the most lasting satisf
  
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• Champions League review: Arsenal conquer Bernabéu as elite reshuffle

  17-04-2025 16:44
  
  Arteta’s side delivered a performance for the ages to knock out Real Madrid, while PSG held firm at Villa Park and Inter outlasted Bayern to set up a semi-final of contrastsArsenal Continue reading...
  
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• Reality bites as Madrid’s Champions League remontada turns to dust

  17-04-2025 16:20
  
  Carlo Ancelotti’s pleas went unanswered with his side’s limp exit a damning indictment of collective failings this seasonJude Bellingham saw the videos, listened to the stories and heard the word remontada “a million times”, but it was easier said than done. “There is no magic,” Carlo Ancelotti warned. In the end there was nothing really, just another glimpse of reality, the true story of their season: a chronicle of a death foretold. No epic, no comeback, not
  
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• Bayern’s Josip Stanisic admits pushing ballboy was ‘a bit stupid’ in exit at Inter

  17-04-2025 09:59
  
  Defender reacted after ballboy threw ball away from himBayern were chasing goal to force extra time at San SiroBayern Munich’s Josip Stanisic said it was “stupid” of him to push a ballboy off his stool after he tossed the ball away in stoppage time of their Champions League match against Inter on Wednesday.A 2-2 draw in the second leg at San Siro enabled Inter to advance to the semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Massive step’: Arteta praises Arsenal’s character in statement Real Madrid win

  17-04-2025 00:47
  ‘The way Saka handled penalty miss was incredible’Arsenal set up PSG semi-final after 5-1 aggregate victoryMikel Arteta joked that he could have given Bukayo Saka a “clip round the ear” after his dinked penalty was saved by Thibaut Courtois, but the Arsenal manager described the winger as “incredible” for the way he recovered to score the goal that helped to send the Gunners into the Champions League semi-finals.Arteta described Arsenal’s 2-1 victory at
  
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• Rice finds antidote to Madrid’s magic and provides glimpse of his ultimate potential | Barney Ronay

  17-04-2025 00:34
  
  Arsenal conclusively outplayed Real Madrid, led by brilliant performances from Bukayo Saka and Declan RiceWhere is your magic now? As the night wore on at an increasingly sullen Bernabéu, as the latest keepers of the Real Madrid shirt tried and failed to crank their way up through the emotional gears, this felt a bit like watching a conjuring act gone wrong. Pick a card. Any card. No. Not that one. Wait. Keep your eyes on the ball. The glass. Hang on.Such is the voodoo around Real&nb
  
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• Inter 2-2 Bayern Munich (agg: 4-3): Champions League quarter-final – as it happened

  16-04-2025 23:29
  
  Goals from Lautaro Martinez and Benjamin Pavard helped Inter into the semi-finals, where they will face Barcelona2 min: Bayern’s are pressing absurdly high, and forcing Inter’s full-backs to go long. But the third hopeful ball forward finds Thuram, whose neat flick helps to release Darmian down Inter’s right. The ball is crossed low and after a nervy dalliance in Bayern’s defence, Urbig surges forward to collect the ball impressively. That will do the young keeper a world
  
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• Inter 2-2 Bayern Munich (4-3 agg): Champions League quarter-final – live reaction

  16-04-2025 23:29
  
  Goals from Lautaro Martinez and Benjamin Pavard helped Inter into the semi-finals, where they will face Barcelona2 min: Bayern’s are pressing absurdly high, and forcing Inter’s full-backs to go long. But the third hopeful ball forward finds Thuram, whose neat flick helps to release Darmian down Inter’s right. The ball is crossed low and after a nervy dalliance in Bayern’s defence, Urbig surges forward to collect the ball impressively. That will do the young keeper a world
  
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• Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – as it happened

  16-04-2025 23:13
  
  Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli scored as Arsenal laughed in the face of the remontada“Is there really any point watching this game?” asks Matt Dony. “I mean, is there really any point even playing it in the first place? It’s Madrid in Europe. We all know what’s going to happen. They’ll have a blindingly good 10-minute spell towards the end of the first half, where they score two goals. There’ll be a scruffy third goal around the 70th minute, then the
  
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• Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal (agg: 1-5): Champions League quarter-final, second leg – as it happened

  16-04-2025 23:13
  
  Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli scored as Arsenal laughed in the face of the remontada“Is there really any point watching this game?” asks Matt Dony. “I mean, is there really any point even playing it in the first place? It’s Madrid in Europe. We all know what’s going to happen. They’ll have a blindingly good 10-minute spell towards the end of the first half, where they score two goals. There’ll be a scruffy third goal around the 70th minute, then the
  
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• Saka and Martinelli fire Arsenal to last four after famous win at Real Madrid

  16-04-2025 23:12
  When at last The Never Ending Story reached its final page, there was Bukayo Saka standing at the north end of the Santiago Bernabéu shrugging a familiar shrug that says: how about that, then? And that was pretty special, Arsenal’s own story written as Mikel Arteta had asked and given a scene they will remember for a long time, a coming of age.The goal that finally confirmed that they were heading into their third European Cup semi-final was a portrait of the way Arsenal had played
  
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• Martínez and Pavard send Inter past Bayern into Champions League last four

  16-04-2025 23:01
  
  With the final kick of a ragged, enthralling two legs Kingsley Coman volleyed too high and San Siro could erupt. The grand old venue had been buffeted by wind and water all ­evening but here was the fire: Inter’s players wheeled over towards their faithful, the stands bouncing to the tune of another legend in the making.European football will miss this stadium achingly whenever it is finally put out to pasture; here it hosted another cocktail of gravitas and exuberance, tense to the la
  
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• Real Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live

  16-04-2025 20:16
  
  Champions League news, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 0-3)Live scoreboard | Read today’s edition of Football DailyJude Bellingham on the task aheadTonight’s winners will play Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals, with the first leg at home of 29 or 30 April and the second leg in Paris a week later. Continue reading...
  
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• Inter v Bayern Munich: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live

  16-04-2025 20:13
  
  Champions League news, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 2-1)Live scores | Football Daily | Get in touch! Email Michael There is another game going on tonight, just in case you didn’t know.Wait … there are two! Alas, all matches are not created equal. Continue reading...
  
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• Villa thriller shows PSG remain an antidote to sterile systems football | David Hytner

  16-04-2025 18:19
  Luis Enrique’s fearlessness sets apart arguably the most watchable team in Europe after years of disappointmentLuis Enrique had one word to describe Gianluigi Donnarumma. “Sensationnel,” the Paris Saint-Germain manager said, switching briefly into French from his native Spanish; no translation required.Donnarumma was the difference for PSG against Aston Villa on Tuesday night, the goalkeeper making five saves in the Champions League quarter-final second leg at Villa Park, three
  
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• Aston Villa fall short of heroic comeback against PSG – Football Weekly

  16-04-2025 13:03
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Lars Sivertsen as Aston Villa go out swinging in the Champions LeagueRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; so close for Aston Villa. At 2-0 down on the night and 5-1 on aggregate it all looked over before they rallied thanks to goals from Youri Tielemans, John McGinn and Ezri Konsa. Marcus Rashford played
  
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• Arsenal, Real Madrid and the history of three-goal leads in Europe

  16-04-2025 09:00
  Forty-seven teams have gone into second legs trailing by three or more goals. Only four have turned it aroundBy Opta AnalystWhat a night it was for Arsenal. A Champions League quarter-final at home to holders and perennial winners Real Madrid, and a resounding 3-0 victory. Two stunning free-kicks from Declan Rice and another impressive finish from Mikel Merino put them in a commanding position but, crucially, it was only the first leg.Real Madrid did not wait long before making noises about over
  
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• Emery challenges Aston Villa to return to Champions League quickly after exit

  16-04-2025 00:38
  
  ‘It is now most important for us to get Europe again’Villa beaten in quarter-finals by PSG after comeback failsUnai Emery said Aston Villa must use their agonising Champions League quarter-final defeat against Paris Saint-Germain as fuel to qualify for the competition again quickly.Villa stirred from 5-1 down on aggregate but a 3-2 win on the night was not enough to advance to the semi-finals, in which PSG will face either Arsenal or Real Madrid. Villa will return to the biggest Euro
  
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• When dust settles on PSG exit Aston Villa will be proud of their progress | Ben Fisher

  16-04-2025 00:13
  
  The disappointment on show after a valiant quarter-final defeat shows just how far Unai Emery’s team have comeIt was the 57th minute when Unai Emery made a series of small circles with his hands as the pulses of everyone else in this stadium began to race that little bit quicker. Emery tapped his temples, reminding his Aston Villa players to stay focused, but, really, who was he kidding? Ezri Konsa had just side-footed a shot in off a post to earn Villa the lead on the night and, with the
  
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• Aston Villa 3-2 Paris Saint-Germain (agg 4-5): Champions League quarter-final, second leg – as it happened

  15-04-2025 23:36
  
  Villa fell just short of completing one of the great European comebacks with a rousing second-half display1 min: McGinn loops a pass down the left for Rashford to chase. Hakimi shepherds the ball back to Donnarumma, who blooters clear. From the resulting throw, McGinn wins the first corner of the evening.Villa kick off. They’re kicking towards the Holte End in this first half. It’s tipping down in Birmingham. Continue reading...
  
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• PSG end Aston Villa’s European run after epic fightback falls just short

  15-04-2025 23:02
  
  Unai Emery will always shudder at mention of La Remontada. It came to define his time as the manager of Paris Saint-Germain, the crazy Champions League defeat to Luis Enrique’s Barcelona in 2017 after his team had held a 4-0 first-leg lead in the last 16. Barcelona would end up needing three goals with 88 minutes of the second leg gone at the Camp Nou. They got them for a 6-5 ­aggregate win.On an epic night in the West Midlands, the roles were reversed; Emery the hunter with Aston
  
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• Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Barcelona (agg: 3-5): Champions League quarter-final, second leg – as it happened

  15-04-2025 23:02
  
  Serhou Guirassy’s hat-trick gave Barcelona a scare but they held on to reach their first Champions League semi-final since 2019The players gather round the centre circle to pay tribute to Dortmund legend Wilhelm Burgsmuller, who died last week aged 93.A reminder of the teams Continue reading...
  
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• Barcelona sneak through after Serhou Guirassy’s treble gives Dortmund hope

  15-04-2025 22:59
  
  In the end, it was comfortable enough for Barcelona, despite Serhou Guirassy’s hat-trick. They were unable to hold the ball and command through possession as they might have liked but they always had clear water. There were spells, though, when they were distinctly uneasy and, but for an own goal that came at just the right time for them, this might have been a very awkward evening.“I had a feeling something like that would happen today because I know the stadium well,” said th
  
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