Brendan Rodgers draws on special Anfield night despite Liverpool's Europa League exit 

It was a tantalising glimpse of the past Liverpool are so desperately trying to re-create.

Brendan Rodgers draws on special Anfield night despite Liverpool's Europa League exit 

It was a tantalising glimpse of the past Liverpool are so desperately trying to re-create.

Chelsea scrape past Sparta but Liverpool crash out 

Chelsea claimed a place in the last 16 of the Europa League last night with a dramatic 93rd-minute equaliser from Eden Hazard but Liverpool were knocked out despite a spirited comeback against the Russian club Zenit.

Brendan Rodgers hopes Anfield crowd can 'score' again 

As someone who sat beside Jose Mourinho on the night the Kop shook with emotion, the night that Luis Garcia's "ghost goal" took Liverpool to a European Cup final, Brendan Rodgers knows what Anfield is capable of.

Portsmouth old boys combine to shock Barcelona 

There is a way to play against Barcelona. It is not easy, and nor should it be, but last night Milan followed the famous examples of Chelsea in 2012 and city rivals Internazionale in 2010 to pull off a brilliant 2-0 victory in their Champions League last-16 first leg at San Siro.

AC Milan v Barcelona 

Bayern Munich expose Arsenal's weaknesses 

Whether it happens to be humble old Blackburn Rovers or the European sophisticates they call FC Hollywood that his Arsenal team are playing against, it seems that the movie has the same old ending for Arsene Wenger.

Joey Barton says David Beckham ' not a big worry' 

Joey Barton insists he will not be running scared of David Beckham when title hopefuls Marseille play Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain on Sunday.

Liverpool facing Europa League exit door 

Zenit St Petersburg 2 - 0 Liverpool: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists his side are still in with a fighting chance of turning around their 2-0 Europa League last-32 deficit to Zenit St Petersburg.

Cristiano Ronaldo shackled by Manchester United's unflinching resolution 

Real Madrid 1 Manchester United 1: At the Bernabeu, against these Real Madrid players, destruction is only a heartbeat away so getting out with their Champions League lives intact represented some achievement for Manchester United.

In Pictures: Celtic 0 Juventus 3 

Juventus score three to stun Celtic

Juventus clinical edge too much for Celtic spirit 

Celtic 0 Juventus 3: If this is the end of Celtic's Champions League dream – and it was hard to launch an argument for anything other than that conclusion – then the final act of an enthralling adventure will be remembered for its bravery and its brutality.

Berlusconi Jnr calls Mario Balotelli 'the family's little n*****' 

Mario Balotelli is at the centre of a racism storm in Italy, just days after completing his return to his native country with a move to AC Milan.

Liverpool game was not fixed - it's old news, claim Debrecen 

Hungarian authorities expect to complete their investigation into match-fixing, which has received information from sources in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, by the end of this month amid growing focus on the country in the wake of allegations that a Debrecen player was involved in attempts to fix a Champions League match against Liverpool in 2009.

Liverpool Champions League match 'targeted by fixers' 

The head of Europol has urged football authorities in Britain not to be “naïve” or “complacent” enough to believe the problem of match-fixing does not extend to games in this country as a Liverpool match was last night alleged to have involved an attempted fix.

Springtime in Paris for global brand David Beckham 

On Tuesday, David Beckham was jogging around a field in Hertfordshire chatting to Nico Yennaris and Andre Santos. On Thursday he was presented as the latest luxury acquisition of a Middle East oil dynasty in possession of a football club in one of the famous cities of the western world in which Beckham has not yet lived.

David Beckham to give £4m Paris Saint-Germain salary to children's charity 

David Beckham's €10m-a-year (£8.5m) salary for his new club Paris Saint-Germain will be given to a children's charity here in the French capital, the player has announced.

Is Pep Guardiola really that good? 

When asked about Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich, his successor at Barcelona, Tito Vilanova, said on Wednesday night: "When you are at your home club, it's different."

Cristiano Ronaldo pleads with Real Madrid fans to give Jose Mourinho a break 

Cristiano Ronaldo has pleaded with Real Madrid fans to get off Jose Mourinho's back and to support the team after a couple of jittery home performances where their coach has been whistled by sections of the Bernabeu.

Walk-off not the answer to racism, says Boyce 

Jim Boyce says he supports Sepp Blatter’s view that players should not walk off the field in the face of racist abuse.