Wojciech Szczesny was under the scanner as Barcelona secured a narrow yet thrilling 5-4 win over SL Benfica last night. The Polish goalkeeper, starting ahead of Inaki Pena, had a horrendous start to
Barcelona came from behind to beat Benfica in dramatic fashion on Tuesday in UEFA Champions League action, taking part in Matchday 7's wildest game so far with a 5-4 win. Benfica
FC Barcelona's heroic comeback win over Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday could end up being worth over $50 million to the club.
Benfica forward Vangelis Pavlidis has scored the third-fastest hat trick at the start of a Champions League game on Tuesday, against Barcelona.
Today in TAFC, we break down the chaos of Barca's comeback win over Benfica, Amorim smashes a TV, and Girma set to be the first $1m player.
Barcelona came back from two goals down with 15 minutes to go to defeat Benfica 5-4 and secure their place in the Champions League round of 16.
Raphinha struck a dramatic winner in stoppage time as Barcelona came from behind to beat Benfica 5-4 in a wild match on Tuesday and ensure direct qualification to the Champions League last 16.
Barcelona's spectacular fightback against Benfica on Tuesday meant Liverpool would have to wait another week to be confirmed winner of the league phase of the new look Champions League. But manager Arne Slot was full of praise for referee Danny Makkelie playing so much stoppage time in the 5-4 win for Barcelona.
Aston Villa miss the chance to all but secure their place in the Champions League knockouts as they were beaten by Monaco at Stade Louis II.
Remarkably, after multiple collapses and only two victories in seven tries, City remains alive. A win at home against Club Brugge on the final matchday, next Wednesday, would almost certainly be enough to secure a spot in the play-in round.
UEFA Champions League results on Wednesday: Atalanta (ITA) 5 (Retegui 12, Pasalic 58, De Ketelaere 63, Lookman 90, Brescianini 90+4) Sturm Graz (AUT) 0 Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 2 (Ndiaye 71, Djiga 77) PSV Eindhoven (NED) 3 (De Jong 17, 23, Flamingo 43)