Real Madrid 3-0 APOEL: Ronaldo brace hands Zidane three points
Real Madrid got their Champions League defence off to a winning start with a comfortable 3-0 win over APOEL. Cristiano Ronaldo goals either side of half time got Madrid on their way before Sergio Ramos grabbed the third in what was a straight forward win for the European champions. Madrid made much of the early […]
Liverpool 2-2 Sevilla: Correa earns Sevilla a point at Anfield
Sevilla and Liverpool played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at Anfield on Wednesday night in the opening game of their Champions League campaign. The visitors took a surprise lead early on when Wissam Ben Yedder tapped home from close range. Liverpool struck back well and goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah saw them take […]
Sevilla go to Anfield in Champions League
Sevilla kick off their Champions League campaign with a trip to Anfield to take on a Liverpool side that they defeated in the Final of the 2016 Europa League Final. Sevilla and Liverpool will be favourites to qualify from Group E but both will want to get off to a positive start before taking on Spartak […]
Nolito set to miss Anfield trip
Sevilla winger, Nolito, has been ruled out of the clubs trip to England to take on Liverpool in their opening game of the Champions League group stages. Nolito gave a man of the match performance on Saturday evening in Sevilla’s 3-0 win over Eibar. He scored one goal and set up another but unfortunately for […]
Champions League Preview: Maribor (Sevilla, Group E)
La Liga News spoke to Maribor fan, @LukaNCvikl about the clubs Champions League draw. How long have you been a fan of Maribor and what made you start supporting them in the first place? Since I can remember really, NK Maribor signed my father on loan in 1991 and after that I fell in love with […]
Champions League Preview: Liverpool (Sevilla, Group E)
Gerry Johnston spoke to @Scraggy_74 of @thesefootytimes and @thisisanfield about Liverpool’s draw in the Champions League. How long have you been a fan of Liverpool and what made you start supporting them in the first place? Since year dot. I’m a product of Liverpudlian parents, and have always lived within a short car journey of the city. My first game was […]
Champions League Preview: Spartak Moscow (Sevilla, Group E)
Gerry Johnston of La Liga News spoke to the Editor in Chief of Russianfootballnews.com, @TokeTheilade about Spartak Moscow’s Champions League draw. What were your initial thoughts on Spartak’s Champions League draw? This is a decent group for Spartak. They avoided the biggest clubs in the draw, and can allow themselves to be optimistic. They should at least […]
Villarreal 3-1 Real Betis: Villarreal pick up first win of the season
Villarreal came from behind to beat Real Betis 3-1 at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Sunday evening. The win was Villarreal’s first win of the season after El Submarino Amarillo had started the season with back to back defeats. Sergio Leon opened the scoring for the visitors after 11 minutes before Carlos Bacca equalised […]
Sevilla 3-0 Eibar: Sevilla cruise to three points at home
Sevilla produced an excellent second half performance, scoring three times, to secure a 3-0 win over Eibar at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Goals from Ganso, Wissam Ben Yedder and Nolito saw the Andalusians run out comfortable winners in the end and the three points saw them go temporarily top of La Liga. The game started […]
Dembele set for debut in Derbi barceloni
Barcelona and Espanyol meet in the first Derbi barceloni of the season on Saturday evening and it looks as though Barcelona’s record signing, Ousmane Dembele will make his debut for the club. Dembele arrived at Camp Nou a few days before the transfer window closed after a long and protracted deal was finally struck with […]