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Manchester United captain Roy Keane wheels away after giving his side hope in their 1999 semi-final second leg in Turin. They would complete a comeback from 2-0 down to win 3-2 against Juventus. Photograph: Getty Images

From Istanbul to the Etihad: Eight of the Most Exciting Champions League Games

by Nick Ames | Mar 6, 2017 | Sports

It was raining goals in Manchester on Tuesday but where does City’s 5-3 win over Monaco stand alongside other great Champions League nights? Dynamo Kyiv 3-3 Bayern Munich – semi-final first leg, 7 April 1999 Dynamo Kyiv’s wonderful team of the late 1990s deserved a...

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Alexis Sánchez cut a forlorn figure in Munich as he struggled to lift his Arsenal team-mates to his level during the 5-1 defeat by Bayern. Photograph: Chris Brunskill Ltd/Getty Images

As Arsène Wenger Struggles, does ‘the Arsenal Way’ Just Mean Annual Angst?

by Nick Ames | Feb 20, 2017 | Sports

Arsenal’s Identity However Arsenal proceed in the summer, one of their primary considerations will be the identity the club have cultivated under Arsène Wenger. That goes far beyond the football pitch: in common with most of their direct rivals at home and abroad,...

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Emmanuel Adebayor at a Togo training session in Bitam, the team’s base for the Africa Cup of Nations. ‘I’m feeling even better than when I was on top of my game,’ he says. Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

Emmanuel Adebayor: ‘I have a bad reputation in England and I don’t know why’

by Nick Ames | Jan 22, 2017 | Sports

A short walk downhill from the Togo team’s hotel in Bitam, northern Gabon, a graffiti artist has been at work. “Adebayor le meilleur” – Adebayor the best – is the scrawl on the side of a breeze-blocked structure, accompanied by a telephone number. Someone is clearly...