Atletico Madrid, like Liverpool look likely to make it though to the next round after they had beaten Olympique de Marseille 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon.
All the matchs goals came in the first twenty two minutes. Marseille were the first out of their staring blocks and early pressure on the Liverpool goal could have [...]
Liverpool almost guaranteed themselves a passage into the next stages of the Champions League with a more than convincing 3-1 home victory at Anfield against Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven.
Steven Gerrard reached a milestone when he scored his one hundredth goal for his club.
The Anfield faithful had to wait only four minutes for the first [...]
Lionel Messi scored two late goals to earn Barcelona an extremely hard fought win at unfortunate Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Ukranians had defended a 1-0 lead since the opening goal from Ilsinho just before the break, but allowed the Catalans to break through their defense twice in the last few minutes.
With three minutes left, Lionel Messi [...]
Sporting Lisbon were never really troubled by their Swiss opposition on Wednesday, and earned a 2-0 win over Basel.
Leandro Romagnolli opened the score for the Portuguese home side in the second half, albeit with a little help from defender Reto Zanni, who deflected the ball into the goal.
The match was decided in the 86th [...]
Internazionale failed to hold on to a narrow lead and gave away two points versus Werder Bremen.
Maicon put the Italians in the lead after 13 minutes. Fellow countryman Adriano was about to take a free kick but Maicon used the advantage rule to run off with the ball and open the score.
But Werder would [...]
Anorthosis have done it again as another Greek side experiences the strength of the Cypriot side.
Only eleven minutes were needed for the home team to take the lead, albeit with some help from the Greeks, as Sarriegi headed past his own goalkeeper.
And just four minutes later, a Sinisa Dobrasinovic header set the score to [...]
AS Roma had to come from behind to secure a win in the other Group A Champions League match of the night.
It was FC Girondins de Bordeaux who were first into their stride and were dominant during the first half. All they had to show for their dominance was a solitary goal from a [...]
CFR Cluj continued with their dream-like start to Champions League football with a workman-like 0-0 draw. To think that Cluj were in the third tier a mere six seasons ago and are now league and cup winners in Romania as well as playing alongside the best clubs in the world. After this draw they [...]