Football

    Xavi is optimistic of Barcelona reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite watching his dominant team held 1-1 at Napoli on Wednesday. Barcelona were the better team for large parts of the game in Naples but return to Spain level after Victor Osimhen snatched a draw with the hosts' only shot on target. Xavi's team, who scored through Robert Lewandowski, created more chances and were agonisingly close […]

  Marko Arnautovic gave Inter Milan a single-goal advantage in their Champions League last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid after netting the only goal in Tuesday's hard-fought 1-0 win. Austria striker Arnautovic replaced Marcus Thuram at half-time and rammed home Inter's winner with 11 minutes left at the San Siro after Jan Oblak failed to hold Lautaro Martinez's shot. The 34-year-old turned jeers into deafening cheers with his goal, which came […]

  said the dream of Arsenal winning the club's first ever Champions League at Wembley is in his players' minds as they make a long-awaited return to the knockout stages at Porto on Wednesday. The Gunners have not reached the last 16 of the Champions League for seven years and last made it to the quarter-finals back in 2010. However, they are in supreme form having smashed 21 goals in […]

  PSV Eindhoven coach Peter Bosz was left ruing missed chances after his side squandered several opportunities in a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last-16 first-leg tie on Tuesday. "In the second half, we had loads of chances. It was a shame that we didn't score a second," Bosz told reporters after the game at the Philips Stadion. Donyell Malen snatched a vital goal to earn […]