Tag: Barcelona

Salah ruled out of Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final

Mohamed Salah has been ruled out of Liverpool’s Champions League semi-final, second-leg tie with FC Barcelona on Tuesday, Jürgen Klopp has confirmed. The Egyptian was forced from the pitch with a head injury during Saturday evening’s 3-2 victory at Newcastle United and will not be available for the meeting with the La Liga champions. The […]

Virgil van Dijk: We won’t give it up against Barcelona

Virgil van Dijk insisted Liverpool have to believe they can accomplish the ‘big job’ they need to rescue their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. A 3-0 defeat at Camp Nou, inflicted by goals from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi (two), did not reflect the full story of a first leg in which the Reds had […]

Klopp unsure if Firmino will face Barcelona

Liverpool make the trip to Camp Nou for the first leg of their semi-final against Barca on Wednesday and while Klopp is optimistic over Firmino’s availability, the German is not yet certain. “Bobby trained yesterday [Thursday] completely normally. It was not high intensity, we just had to work on set-pieces a little bit and here and there […]

Tottenham eliminate Man City, Liverpool thrashed Porto to reach Champions League Semi-finals

Sterling goal disallowed by VAR and Tottenham Hotspur edge past Manchester City, Liverpool were clinical against Porto to reach semi-final. Tottenham surpassed Man City to reach their median Champions league semi-finals spot. Match was ended 4-4 on aggregate and Tottenham reached semi-finals on away goals. Fernando Llorente’s goal gave Mauricio Pochettino’s side victory on away […]

Martial, Lingard and Rashford start against Barcelona (see starting XI here)

Anthony Martial will start with Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard in Manchester United’s Champions League clash with Barcelona on Tuesday. The France international played the full 90 minutes of the 2-1 Premier League win over West Ham on Saturday, having only come on as a substitute in the 1-0 first-leg loss to Barca last week. […]

Dembele Cleared To Face Manchester United

Ousmane Dembele has been given the medical all-clear by Barcelona, meaning the forward is available to face Manchester United in the Champions League. Dembele has not played since he suffered a torn hamstring after coming off the bench against Lyon in the last round on March 13. Barca boss Ernesto Valverde accepted he had risked […]