UCL semi-final first leg, Tonight, 7.45pm, ITV1, bet here
Thank you, most merciful television schedulers, for giving tonight’s Liverpool/Chelsea Champions League to ITV. In the hands of Sky we’d have been facing a night of incantations from the Book of Revelation, [...]
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In today’s Sun, court jester Ian Wright highlights what he believes will be the ‘three key battles’ at Anfield tonight. Firstly, he correctly identifies the likely tussle between Torres and Terry. Then, he considers the midfield war that [...]
Read moreWill either side resist the temptation to grind out a bore draw?
For the 4,076 in Champions League history, Liverpool and Chelsea will be facing one another tonight, and no one is more excited than the tabloid media. For the past few days the back pages [...]
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After weeks and months of tinkering around, finally Benitez had stumbled across a team that could perform consistently – Gerrard just behind Torres, Kuyt and Babel on the flanks. So why feel it necessary to change it? He had home advantage against Arsenal, and putting [...]
Read moreChampions League quarter-final second leg, ITV1, 7.45pm, bet here
This week’s top prize for loony marketing initiatives goes to the organisers of the Olympic Games, for parading the Olympic torch behind a phalanx of a dozen shell-suited Chinese goons, countless local police (some [...]
Read more“Can we play at the San Siro every week?” ask English sides
In case you missed it, here’s the action that caused Roberto Mancini to stand down as Internazionale coach last night. The [...]
Read moreChampions League First Round Second Leg, Sky Sports 2, 7.45pm, bet here
So, well done English teams, four of you in the last eight of the Champions League. Brilliant. But wait! One of them isn’t quite there yet. Liverpool still have to hold [...]
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