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Champions League: Copenhagen halt Bayern to put Manchester United on brink | Champions League

Copenhagen floor out a 0-0 draw at Bayern Munich in Champions League Group A to finish their opponents’ 17-game successful run in group-stage matches and provides themselves an incredible likelihood of reaching the final 16. Copenhagen had an early likelihood when Roony Bardghji’s Twenty seventh-minute shot sailed narrowly broad and Thomas Müller’s close-range header for Bayern was saved by Kamil Grabara. The guests, whose stable backline has been key to their success this season, defended effectively and got here shut once more two minutes after the restart by Diogo Goncalves’s curled shot. The Danes can qualify for the knockout phases by beating Galatasaray, who’re additionally on 5 factors after drawing 3-3 with the bottom club Manchester United, and so they virtually snatched a last-gasp winner. Manuel Neuer got here to the rescue, nonetheless, with a double save to disclaim Mohamed Elyounoussi and lengthen the German champions’ report unbeaten run to 39 successive group-stage matches within the competitors. Copenhagen’s shock level means United can solely qualify in the event that they beat Bayern and the opposite sport is a draw. Internazionale fought again from 3-0 all the way down to rescue some extent with three objectives…

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Ten Hag hails Manchester United’s fighting spirit and ‘personality’ of Onana | Champions League

Erik ten Hag hailed Manchester United’s staff spirit after André Onana’s last-minute penalty save secured a 1-0 victory towards Copenhagen within the Champions League. The complete substitutes bench ran on to the pitch to have fun after Onana had palmed Jordan Larsson’s spot‑kick vast with the final contact of the sport. United had taken the lead by way of Harry Maguire’s header within the 72nd minute and a draw would have put the hosts in a deadly place. The win, however, will likely be a lift going into the second half of the group stage. Ten Hag stated: “There’s a superb spirit within the dressing room, they’re collectively, they battle collectively, they have fun collectively and if we’ve setbacks they assist one another. I believe that spirit is all the time wanted to be a profitable staff. The win was justified however it was a slender escape.” Onana has obtained loads of criticism since arriving from Internazionale in the summertime and his heroics on an emotional night time at Previous Trafford, as these right here inside paid tribute to the late Sir Bobby Charlton, may very well be a turning level. “He confirmed persona,” Ten…

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Champions League roundup: Benfica eliminate Juventus as PSG run riot | Champions League

Benfica’s Rafa Silva scored twice because the Portuguese aspect defeated Juventus 4-3 in a thriller on the Estádio da Luz to seal a spot within the knockout phases of the Champions League and finish the Italian membership’s probabilities on this yr’s competitors. Benfica have 11 factors from 5 video games, the identical because the Group H leaders Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Maccabi Haifa 7-2 in an equally beautiful recreation on the Parc des Princes. Juve’s three factors, in the meantime, leaves them to give attention to successful a spot within the Europa League, one thing they will safe on the ultimate matchday once they host PSG. Benfica at the moment are unbeaten in 20 video games in all competitions this season and it was straightforward to see why on Tuesday evening. They had been ingenious with the ball and may need been out of sight at half-time earlier than a late Juve rally meant a nervous end. Because it was, it’s the first time within the Italian large’s historical past they’ve conceded three first-half objectives within the Champions League, and the primary time since 2013-14 they’ve didn’t get out of their group. {The teenager} Antonio…

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Copenhagen v Manchester City: Champions League – live | Champions League

Key occasions Present key occasions solely Please activate JavaScript to make use of this function FC Copenhagen v Manchester Metropolis is go … 1 min: Manchester City kick off, with captain Ilkay Gundogan having received the toss. Their gamers put on black and purple shirts, black shorts and black socks. The gamers of FC Copenhagen put on white shirts, shorts and socks. Not lengthy now: The groups are led out on to the Parken pitch by referee Artur Dias and his workforce of match officers, with the stands a sea of blue and white. Each units of gamers line up for the Champions League anthem and kick-off is just some pre-match formalities and a few minutes away. Pep’s pre-match ideas: BT Sport ask him how a lot the weekend fixture towards Liverpool influenced his collection of a line-up with 5 adjustments from the Southampton recreation. “Nothing,” he says. “The fellows who’ve been taking part in are drained, they’re fatigued. That’s why we put contemporary legs.” He’s requested how Erling Haaland took the information that he’d be on the bench. “I didn’t communicate with him,” says Pep. “I don’t give to my gamers the choices we…

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Kylian Mbappé fires PSG past Juventus after laughing off private jet flight | Champions League

Kylian Mbappé struck twice as Paris Saint-Germain launched their newest quest for Champions League glory with victory over Juventus. The France worldwide took simply 5 minutes to place his facet in entrance after operating on to Neymar’s audacious through-ball and he doubled his tally with simply 22 minutes gone. Half-time Juventus substitute Weston McKennie decreased the deficit with a 53rd-minute header after Mbappé had squandered an excellent likelihood for the hosts, failing to sq. the ball throughout to the unmarked Neymar early within the second half. “Mbappé performed an excellent recreation and he’s objective obsessed,” PSG supervisor Christophe Galtier mentioned. “Perhaps he didn’t see Neymar, I don’t know.” Nonetheless, Juventus couldn’t drive an equaliser and slipped to a 2-1 defeat in Group H. Each Mbappé and Galtier confronted a backlash earlier than the sport for laughing off a query about why the staff took a non-public jet for a brief journey to a recreation in Nantes on the weekend. “Are you critical, responding like this???,” Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo tweeted. “Get up guys???” Quizzed on PSG’s jet journey to Nantes at a information convention on Monday, Galtier and Mbappé checked out one another and the…

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