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Declan Rice was not present in Arsenal training the day before their Champions League quarter-final with Sporting CP. Rice's absence from training does not mean he is ruled out of the last eight clash on Wednesday night, but it is a concern given Arsenal's huge week in their season - with a huge…
Barcelona rotated their forward line with the Champions League in mind but Lamine Yamal still started against Espanyol. The teenager then decided the derby with a scintillating display of football. Let us be blunt about what we are seeing. This is a genius.
Aston Villa took control of their Europa League quarter-final tie with Bologna, as England stars Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins fired Unai Emery's side to a 3-1 first-leg win in Italy. Villa were given a real scare by the Serie A side though, and should have been behind in the first half.
A bizarre long-range own goal helped Nottingham Forest earn a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Porto in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final.
Arne Slot and Liverpool are on the ropes. They were well beaten by Paris St-Germain in their 2-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg loss on Wednesday and face the most difficult run-in of the Premier League sides chasing a top-five finish.
Jamie Carragher said Arne Slot got his tactics "massively wrong" and that Virgil van Dijk will be pleading with him not to use a back five again after Liverpool were outclassed by Paris Saint-Germain.
Julian Alvarez’s brilliance inspired Atletico Madrid to a huge 2-0 first-leg win at 10-man Barcelona to take control of their Champions League quarter-final.
Liverpool face a huge task to reach the Champions League last four after a humbling 2-0 defeat to holders Paris Saint-Germain in their quarter-final first leg at the Parc des Princes.
It was the silence that was striking. Save for the Atletico Madrid supporters high up in the half-finished Camp Nou, the atmosphere had been sucked from the stadium. Barcelona deflated and defeated by their old foe Diego Simeone on a night of firsts.
The Premier League has secured a fifth Champions League spot for next season's competition - although that could yet rise to seven places.
Kai Havertz came off the bench and scored a 91st-minute winner as Arsenal clinched a 1-0 victory over Sporting in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon.
Harry Kane earned Bayern Munich a priceless 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
