SATURDAYSpurs 2-2 Arsenal (Alderweireld 60, Kane 62; Ramsey 39, Alexis Sánchez 76)Third-placed Arsenal lost Francis Coquelin to a second-half red card and then conceded twice in quick succession. The Gunners fought back to avoid a fourth straight defeat, though, and remain three points behind their north London neighbours but are now eight adrift of leaders Leicester.Dortmund 0-0 Bayern Arturo Vidal had a close-range volley kept out superbly by Roman Bürki, while Manuel Neuer twice denied Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Der Klassiker ended goalless. Having avoided a second successive Bundesliga reverse, Bayern maintai...
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Jonas readies Benfica for Zenit ordeal
Having scored Benfica's added-time winner in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg against Zenit, Brazilian forward Jonas sat down to tell UEFA.com how much performing well in the competition means to the Portuguese club and its players.UEFA.com: How important is it for you to play UEFA Champions League football?Jonas: For me it's the greatest competition in Europe. It has a different vibe than the others. For a player, it's important to play in this competition. It's a competition everyone wants to play in – the whole world watches it and it's a privilege to play in it. When I was young I always watched it on TV, particularly t...
Varane on Zidane’s Real Madrid impact
A seasoned UEFA Champions League campaigner at 22, Real Madrid's French international centre-back Raphaël Varane tells UEFA.com about playing under boyhood hero Zinédine Zidane and how he went from back-yard football to the greatest competition in the world.UEFA.com: What influence has Zinédine Zidane had on the team so far?Raphaël Varane: He is a coach who loves the game and likes attacking football – he likes movement [in the game], moving the ball around quickly. In training he has added a physical aspect to enable us to play higher up the pitch, which is what he is looking for in our game.He loves to talk and to show video ...
Barcelona make unbeaten record their own
Barcelona made it a Spanish record 35 games unbeaten in all competitions as they defeated nine-man Rayo Vallecano 5-1 on Thursday, going eight points clear at the top of the Liga in the process.Last weekend Luis Enrique's side matched the undefeated run of Leo Beenhakker's 1989 Real Madrid team and tonight in the Spanish capital they set a new mark of their own. Lionel Messi scored his 30th Barcelona hat-trick – taking his Liga tally for the season to 19 – while Luis Suárez had a penalty saved and Arda Turan opened his Blaugrana account.Barcelona's cause was made easier by the 42nd-minute dismissal of Diego Llorente, by which point they were leading 2-0, for a high chal...
Women’s Under-17 elite round updates
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship consists of three distinct stages: two qualifying rounds and an eight-team final tournament.Qualifying roundThe competition begins with one-venue four-team mini-tournaments, although the nations with the highest UEFA coefficient may be given byes to the second qualifying round. The winners and runners-up of the groups go through along with the required number of third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams, to ensure there are 24 sides in the next phase.Elite roundThe 24 teams are drawn into six groups of four teams. The groups are played as one-ve...
Bayern, Arsenal, City beaten; Juventus, Paris win
Bayern 1-2 Mainz (Robben 64; Samperio 26, Córdoba 86)Bayern suffered their first home defeat of the season, and their first loss in 13 matches in all competitions. Arjen Robben's second goal in three games was not enough to prevent a reverse that left Josep Guardiola's side five points clear of second-placed Dortmund. Bayern had won all of their previous 15 home games this season.Internazionale Milano 3-0 Juventus (Brozović 16 82pen, Perišić 49) (aet, Juve win 5-3 on penalties)Holders Juve looked certain to reach another Coppa Italia final when they beat Inter 3-0 in the home leg of their semi-final on 27 January, but they were under ...
Super Tuesday for Kenedy, Schürrle and Atlético
Norwich 1-2 Chelsea (Kenedy 1, Diego Costa 45+1)A 15th successive domestic game unbeaten took Chelsea into the top half of the English Premier League table for the first time this season. Burkina Faso winger Bertrand Traoré made his first senior start for Chelsea, but was swiftly upstaged by another 20-year-old as Kenedy took just 40 seconds to score his first Premier League goal for the club. Traoré played in Diego Costa to chip Norwich keeper John Ruddy and make it 2-0 just before the break – his eighth goal of 2016. Nathan Redmond replied for Norwich.Atlético 3-0 Real Sociedad (Reyes 8og, Ñíguez 46, Griezmann 61p)Diego Simeone...