Liverpool will line up in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the third time in five seasons after Roberto Firmino’s second-half double all but wrapped up an aggregate triumph before Benfica hit back to remove some of the gloss. Next up: Villarreal. A much-changed Liverpool side were slow to get into this quarter-final second leg, […]

Samuel Chukwueze scored in the 88th minute to help giant killers, Villarreal qualify for the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League beating Bayern Munich 2-1 on aggregate. The onus was on Bayern following last week’s 1-0 defeat in Spain, and the home side took up the responsibility from the off, setting up camp in the Villarreal […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Chelsea has a mountain to climb on Tuesday when they travel to Spain for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie with Real Madrid. Karim Benzema’s brilliant hat-trick condemned the defending champions to a first leg loss at Stamford Bridge and they now face an uphill task of scoring two […]

 Karim Benzema scored back-to-back UEFA Champions League hat-tricks as record winners Real Madrid took a big step towards the semi-finals with a 3-1 victory at title-holders Chelsea on Wednesday. France striker Benzema headed home twice within three minutes midway through the first half. He completed his treble seconds after the restart owing to a terrible […]

Liverpool took a big step towards the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday with an away win, but their big English rivals Manchester City laboured to a slim home win. While the former champions had a comfortable 3-1 victory at Benfica, Manchester City had a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid. Ibrahima Konate and Sadio Mane […]