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Champions League preview: Will Son continue record against familiar foes Dortmund?

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Champions League preview: Will Son continue record against familiar foes Dortmund? Everything’s coming up Milhouse as far as Tottenham ahead of their welcome of Borussia Dortmund. Of course, Mauricio Pochettino is without Harry Kane and Dele Alli for their Champions League clash, but Dortmund have a number of key absences for their trip to Wembley. Lukasz Piszczek, Paco Alca...

Champions League preview: Stars aligning for Manchester United to eliminate PSG

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Champions League preview: Stars aligning for Manchester United to eliminate PSG It has been just under two months since the draw for the Champions League last-16 was made and so much has changed since then. Paris Saint-Germain were considered overwhelming favourites when they were paired with Manchester United, who were managed by Jose Mourinho at the time. It is safe to say th...

Barcelona sensation lands individual Champions League accolade

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Barcelona sensation lands individual Champions League accolade We’re down from 32 to 16 teams in the Champions League following the culmination of Wednesday’s matches. Here, using our unique rating system, we run through the best-rated XI from the group stages.Goalkeeper - Samir Handanovic (Inter) 7.36 ratingInter may have crashed out of the Champio...

Champions League round-up: The star men from Wednesday’s action

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Champions League round-up: The star men from Wednesday’s action A run through of the WhoScored Man of the Match awards from Wednesday’s Champions League action. Viktoria Plzen 2-1 Roma - Tomas Chory - 7.90 rating Viktoria Plzen pulled off a shock 2-1 win at home to Roma on the final day of the group stage campaign to secure a third place finish in Group G ...

Champions League round-up: The star men from Tuesday’s action

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Champions League round-up: The star men from Tuesday’s action A run through the WhoScored Man of the Match awards from Tuesday's Champions League action.Galatasaray 2-3 FC Porto - Garry Rodrigues - 7.88 rating Despite falling to defeat at home to FC Porto, it was Galatasaray winger Garry Rodrigues that finished as the WhoScored Man of the Match. The 28-year-ol...

Champions League round-up: Shakhtar star steals the show

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Champions League round-up: Shakhtar star steals the show 12 spots down, four to go. The remaining teams for the last-16 stage of the Champions League are all but set, but a handful of places will need to be decided on the final gameweek of the group stages. One of those is Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk, who are still in with a chance of leapfrogging L...

Champions League round-up: Assessing Wednesday's star men

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Champions League round-up: Assessing Wednesday's star men Atletico Madrid 2-0 Monaco: Antoine Griezmann (8.19 rating)Despite the absence of key players Diego Godin and Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid ran out comfortable 2-0 victors at the Wanda Metropolitano, despite playing the final 10 minutes with 10 men. Antoine Griezmann (8.19) was the star man for the L...

Tottenham 1-0 Inter Ratings Explained: Late Eriksen strike seals all three points

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Tottenham 1-0 Inter Ratings Explained: Late Eriksen strike seals all three points Tottenham kept their slim Champions League hopes alive with a late 1-0 win over Inter Milan at Wembley.TOTTENHAMHugo Lloris - 7.18 - Almost gifted Inter a chance after playing the ball to Ivan Perisic, though he wasn’t helped by Harry Winks’ lofted back pass, but you’d expect bette...

Champions League round-up: The star men from Tuesday's action

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Champions League round-up: The star men from Tuesday's action AEK Athens 0-2 Ajax - Dusan Tadic - 8.52 rating Ajax secured their name in the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time in 13 years after overcoming AEK Athens 2-0 in a game tainted by the behaviour of supporters before and during the game. Dusan Tadic scored both of Ajax’s go...

Should Lloris fear Gazzaniga for his Tottenham starting spot?

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Should Lloris fear Gazzaniga for his Tottenham starting spot? A little over a year ago, Paulo Gazzaniga made his Tottenham debut. The Argentine’s arrival was met with little fanfare compared to his fellow summer captures and rumours were about that Spurs even delayed the announcement as, late last August, they geared up to confirm their first new signing...