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KHARKIV, Ukraine, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Manchester City put aside their recent Premier League setback, delivering a comfortable performance in a 3-0 win at Shakhtar Donetsk in Champions League Group C on Wednesday.Pep Guardiola’s side, beaten by Norwich City on Saturday, brought in their Brazilian former Shakhtar midfielder Fernandinho as a makeshift central defender to replace the injured John Stones.But there was to be no real test of City’s back line as the English champions dominated, taking the…
James Rodriguez seemed frozen out at Real Madrid, but after starting their last match, does the Colombian have a place in Zinedine Zidane’s squad?
Real Madrid will face Paris Saint-Germain, while defending champions Liverpool have been paired with Napoli, Salzburg and Genk in the Champions League group stage this season.
Thirteen-time champions Madrid eliminated the Parisians in the round of 16 in the 2017-18 edition of the competition and have been linked to PSG’s biggest stars — Neymar and Kylian Mbappe — in recent years.
Madrid and PSG are joined in Group A by Club Brugge and Galatasaray. The previous two times Los Blancos were placed…
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Olympique Lyonnais earned the point they required to book their place in the Champions League last 16 but needed Nabil Fekir’s equaliser 20 minutes into the second half to salvage a 1-1 draw away to Shakhtar Donetsk.
The French side fell behind to a goal from Junior Moraes midway through the first half and looked in danger of being overtaken in Group F by the Ukraine side and bowing out.
But Fekir’s curled shot from just inside the box meant they drew for the fifth time in the group to finish as…
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BERLIN, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Shakhtar Donetsk snatched a last-gasp 3-2 win at Hoffenheim on Tuesday thanks to Taison’s stoppage-time goal to keep their hopes of a top-two finish in Group F alive and send the Germans out of the competition.Hoffenheim, who needed a win to have any hope of reaching the last 16, were stunned by a double strike early in the first half from the visitors.Ismaily put Shakhtar ahead in the 14th minute and Taison, who had set up the first, doubled it with a fine finish.The Germans…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hailed the performance of hat-trick hero Gabriel Jesus after City’s thumping win over Shakhtar Donetsk.
After Raheem Sterling was awarded a penalty for tripping over his own feet against Shakhtar, the FC guys discuss if he should have told the referee.
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Gabriel Jesus scored a hat trick as Manchester City cruised to a 6-0 win over Shakhtar Donetskin Champions League Group F action on Wednesday night.
City had little trouble against the Ukrainian side at the Etihad in a match that also saw a dubious penalty awarded to Raheem Sterling.
David Silva put the home side on top within 13 minutes when he tapped in a centre cross from Riyad Mahrez, who set up the play with some nifty moves to shake off Ismaily’s attention.
City doubled their…
Despite Man City’s 6-1 win over Southampton, Pep Guardiola still finds room for improvement for his side moving forward.
The Exploding Heads also explore some interesting Mo Salah statue lookalikes and look at some curious goal celebrations over the Premier League weekend.
So much of the focus of the Champions League is on the big clubs with the big names from the big leagues. But what about the rest? What about the teams who may be top dog domestically and find themselves relative minnows on the European stage? How do they begin to prepare for the big boys?
Paulo Fonseca, manager of Shakhtar Donetsk will be facing Manchester City for the fourth time in two years this week. Last season, his team kept a clean sheet (and had the bulk of possession) in the first half…
Bernardo Silva was embarrassed in training as he was nutmegged twice ahead of Man City’s clash with Shakhtar Donetsk.