3 h. ago How Chelsea can qualify automatically for Champions League knockout stages after Atalanta loss

Blues face Pafos and Napoli in their remaining league phase matches

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5 h. ago Spurs ease pressure on Frank as Simons rounds off easy win against Slavia Prague

The difficulties in trying to find meaning in much the new version of the Champions League has to offer before the knockout stages arrive makes it premature to assume that Tottenham are on their way to becoming a winning machine at home. They did not have to extend themselves to defeat moderate opposition on a sentimental evening and although a second triumph in front of their supporters in the space of four days was welcome Thomas Frank would be wise not to read too much into victory over a Slavia Prague side who looked as if they would be better off in the Europa League.Frank, of course, is entitled to cling on to signs of progress after a tough few weeks. This was only the sixth home win in all competitions for the Dane this season and he will not mind that it arrived with the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium close to 15,000 below capacity. It was still an enjoyable performance from Spurs to see off the Czech champions, who remain winless after six games of the league phase, and it matt...

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5 h. ago Beth Mead fires Arsenal past Twente to book place in WCL knockout stage

Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League knockout phase after a narrow but industrious victory over Twente thanks to Beth Mead’s first-half finish.Arsenal’s inconsistent form in the Champions League this season – two wins and two defeats – had placed extra importance on their final two games of the league phase with elimination from the competition not out of the question ahead of the penultimate matchday. They will have been well aware of the threats posed by the visitors who earned a point off Chelsea in their opener. While Corina Dekker’s side have only secured two points in the competition, they boast a developing group of young players who have been catching the eye. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Liverpool set to miss Arne Slot's 'most important' target as extent of crisis emerges

Liverpool’s current form has them on track to miss out on an automatic spot in the Champions League knockout rounds in a blow that will be damaging for Arne Slot

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1 week ago Could all six English clubs qualify for Champions League knockouts after latest wobble?

With all six Premier league clubs still in with a chance of the top eight in the league phase, could every English side qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds automatically?

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1 week ago Pep Guardiola got his maths wrong and it could cost Man City in Champions League

Manchester City’s second string lost to Bayer Leverkusen and it has left their chances of automatic qualification for the Champions League knockout stages needlessly in peril

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1 week ago Why Feyenoord’s 1970 European Cup win was a sliding doors moment for Celtic

The final remains curious in a Celtic context because it is the showpiece occasion the club would rather forgetIt feels cruel in part to use Thursday’s meeting of Feyenoord and Celtic to reflect upon illustrious times. The Dutch side are 29th in the 36-team Europa League table, with Celtic’s position in 27th only more slightly more palatable to supporters because Rangers are bottom of the pile.Those fans disrupted an annual general meeting to the point of abandonment last week, demonstrating the disharmony that has engulfed Celtic for months. A club that progressed to the Champions League’s knockout phase last season, looking an overdue but serious European force, have starkly regressed. Celtic have the spending power to outshine clubs who routinely embarrass them in a bigger pond than St Mirren and Motherwell occupy. Continue reading...

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