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Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane will take the European champions to Naples for the first leg of their last-16 tie on 15 February. Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Champions League Last 16: Tie-by-Tie Analysis

by Michael Cox | Dec 16, 2016 | Sports

1) Manchester City v Monaco First leg 21 Feb Second leg 15 Mar Pep Guardiola will be content with this draw, but Monaco are among the most exciting sides in Europe and perhaps the most underrated team in the competition. Leonardo Jardim has created an exciting side...

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The increase in goals is largely an issue of tactical philosophy. The change in the offside law permitted a style of flourish, and that style, in its various guises, has become hegemonic.’ Composite: PA, Rex, Getty

Goals are on the Rise, but does this Mean Defending has become Unfashionable?

by Jonathan Wilson | Dec 11, 2016 | Sports

Manchester City have kept two clean sheets all season. Liverpool have kept three. Both sides may have come out of last weekend lamenting defeats that have allowed Chelsea to open a small gap at the top of the table but it could be argued that with defences like they...

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Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren (left) and Liverpool’s head coach Juergen Klopp celebrate after winning the Europa League quarterfinal second leg soccer match between Liverpool FC and Borussia Dortmund in Liverpool, England, Thursday, April 14, 2016 . (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Jürgen Klopp: The ‘Energy Giver’ Who Made Liverpool Believe Again

by Andy Hunter | Oct 14, 2016 | Sports

A Vauxhall Insignia estate sits in the space at Melwood where a Porsche Panamera GTS used to be. But that’s not it. Too superficial. Plus, he’s an ambassador for Vauxhall. Anfield now houses a luxurious main stand and an extra 8,500 supporters. But that’s not it...

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Managers from Alex Ferguson to Sam Allardyce have acknowledged their own debt to Wenger’. Composite: Getty Images & Colorsport/Rex

Arsène Wenger Should Have Won More but English Football Owes him a Lot

by Barney Ronay | Sep 23, 2016 | Sports

Happy anniversary then, Arsène. You were the future once. Like most ageing pop culture icons Arsène Wenger has by now pretty much completed the full circuit from youthful innovator, new broom and all-round king of the wild frontier to something that looks a bit like...

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Luis Suárez celebra el gol en el Bernabéu. / Sergio Pérez / Reuters

The Champions League Group Stage is Back and already as Predictable as Ever

by Paul Wilson | Sep 18, 2016 | Sports

It is not exactly news that the Champions League group stage has become dull and predictable – chances are you might have heard the complaint before – but it is coming to something when the greatest spectacle as well as the only genuine surprise of the first match day...