The Athletic FC ⚽ This is The Athletic’s daily football/soccer newsletter. to receive it directly in your inbox. Hello! A day when standing still, like ’s , is not going backwards. Coming up: 🖋️ Real Madrid’s night after penalty plan comes off 👀 Bayern Munich regain their marbles 😬 and the sound of choking 🏆 FIFA’s Club World Cup: Who really wants it? Lunin shines as City pay penalty Something had to give. Go back to the final five minutes of ’s defeat on penalties to Real Madrid last night...
There are ways of losing, and Pep Guardiola made clear that this one, in a game his team dominated, in a shootout they threw away, was acceptable and that he had made his peace with it.]]>
Real Madrid 3-3 Manchester City: The champions showed cracks in their aura of invincibility but emerged from the Bernabeu with their hopes restored after a thrilling fightback
The attacking midfielder scored in the penalty shootout win over Manchester City
Man City’s double treble dream is over as they crashed out of the Champions League in the quarter-final to Real Madrid. City were beaten in a dramatic penalty shootout at the Etihad Stadium t
The quarterfinal draw for the UEFA Champions League tantalisingly placed Real Madrid and Barcelona on opposite sides of the bracket. Could the most famous rivalry in modern European football play out in a Wembley final?
MADRID (AP) — One of the Champions League's newest rivalries resumes this week when Real Madrid hopes to take advantage of extended rest in Tuesday's quarterfinal against Manchester City.
Kylian Mbappe is likely to become Barcelona's tormentor-in-chief once he joins Real Madrid, but he can launch a pre-emptive strike on the Blaugrana by knocking them out of the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain
Kylian Mbappe is likely to become Barcelona's tormentor-in-chief once he joins Real Madrid, but he can launch a pre-emptive strike on the Blaugrana by knocking them out of the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain
Opta's supercomputer has predicted the winner of the Champions League. Man City and Arsenal are thought to have a chance but could face each other. Arsenal must feel unbeatable they'll heap more misery on Harry Kane and Bayern Munich -
Xavi was dismissed as Barcelona crashed out of Europe to Paris Saint-Germain. Coach is leaving anyway but that process may accelerate with Clasico defeat. 'He doesn't have any excuse to dive!' Will Bukayo Saka learn from his Bayern tumble? Listen to the
Manchester City travel to Real Madrid this week for the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League quarter-final, live on talkSPORT. Pep Guardiola’s reigning European champions will meet Carlo