Napoli stay top as Bayern, Chelsea advance

Napoli stay top as Bayern, Chelsea advance

Dries Martens scores twice at Genoa as Napoli stay top of Serie A, Juventus and Roma also win Ten-man Leipzig take Bayern to penalties but visitors come through in sudden death Chelsea join Manchester duo in English League Cup quarter-finals but Spurs let 2-0 lead slip Shakhtar in 12th straight Ukrainian Cup quarter-final; Celtic open up three-point Scottish lead Holders Barcelona and Dortmund among Tuesday cup winners Real Madrid in Copa del Rey action on Thursday MAKE YOUR... UEFA.com - News

Monaco lose late at Lyon, Shakhtar extend lead

Monaco lose late at Lyon, Shakhtar extend lead

Monaco miss chance to go level with Paris at summit after 95th-minute loss at Lyon Shakhtar win 3-2 to extend their lead at the top in Ukraine to seven points Saturday: Liverpool v Man. United, Roma v Napoli, Atlético v Barcelona, Dortmund v Leipzig Real Madrid's trip to Getafe will be Zinédine Zidane's 100th game in charge Check how the #UCL groups stand after two rounds of matches MAKE YOUR FANTASY CHANGES Group ALiverpool v Manchester UnitedUEFA.com - News

Omens favour Manchester City for Shakhtar visit

Omens favour Manchester City for Shakhtar visit

Manchester City FC and FC Shakhtar Donetsk both opened Group F with fine wins, although the portents point to a home victory at the City of Manchester Stadium on matchday two.• While these teams have never met before, Shakhtar have lost all but one of their matches in England and may have their work cut out against a City side who equalled their biggest win in the UEFA Champions League – group stage to final – in their first game. That said, Shakhtar's recent away form in Europe has been imperious.  Match backgroundManchester City• City are unbeaten in their last ten home matches

Ajax held by PAOK, Shakhtar defeat Young Boys

Champions routeBATE 1-0 DundalkMikhail Gordeichuk's 70th-minute strike was BATE's only reward for a dominant performance. The substitute's effort was one of 23 attempts the group stage regulars had on the Dundalk goal. BATE centre-back Kaspars Dubra headed against the crossbar late on as Aleksandr Yermakovich's men sought to double their lead ahead of the second leg in Dublin.©Sportsfile BATE's Mikhail ... UEFA.com - News

Snap shot: Shakhtar win the 2009 UEFA Cup

Beating domestic rivals Dynamo Kyiv in the semi-finals was not to be the pinnacle of Shakhtar Donetsk's 2008/09 UEFA Cup achievements. With their now customary mix of Brazilian flair and European industry, Shakhtar topped that by overcoming a much-fancied Werder Bremen side 2-1 in the Istanbul final.Bremen's Naldo cancelled out Luiz Adriano's 25th-minute opener, but a Jádson goal in extra time secured the first major European success for a Ukrainian club since independence.1. Luiz AdrianoThe Brazilian's goal against Bremen was his third in that season's UEFA Cup. The forward spent eight years at Shakhtar and eventually left for AC Milan in summer 2015 ...

Sevilla v Shakhtar Donetsk background

A third successive UEFA Europa League final is seemingly within Sevilla FC's reach as they welcome FC Shakhtar Donetsk in their semi-final decider.Previous meetings• Kevin Gameiro's penalty earned Sevilla a 2-2 draw in Lviv; the holders took an early lead but trailed 2-1 at the break.• Juande Ramos's Sevilla overcame Shakhtar in dramatic fashion in the round of 16 en route to lifting the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. After a 2-2 draw in Spain, Sevilla goalkeeper Andrés Palop scored at the death to make it 2-2 in the return leg, Ernesto Chevantón eventually winning it for the visitors in extra time.

Shakhtar Donetsk v Sevilla background

FC Shakhtar Donetsk will look to erase the memory of a fateful defeat from 2007 as they welcome holders Sevilla FC, the Pitmen unbeaten in six UEFA Europa League games.Previous meetings• Juande Ramos's Sevilla overcame Shakhtar in dramatic fashion in the round of 16 en route to winning the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. After a 2-2 draw in Spain, Sevilla goalkeeper Andrés Palop scored at the death to make it 2-2 in the return leg, Ernesto Chevantón winning it for the visitors in extra time.• The teams for that game in Donetsk on 16 March 2007 were: Shakhtar: Shust, Lewandowski, Chygrynskiy, Kucher*, Shevchuk* (Raţ 44), Gai, Matuzalém (D...