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LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 15: Danny Drinkwater of Leicester City celebrates scoring his team’s opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge on May 15, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Watch: Danny Drinkwater gives great answer when asked where he was when he found out about England call up

It started with the saying “Jamie Vardy is having a party” during Vardy’s record goal scoring run in the first half of the Premier League season. It then became “Jamie Vardy is having an international party” when Vardy started scoring goals for England. Whether it was pizza parties after clean sheets, the clubs owners giving […]

MADRID, SPAIN – APRIL 27: Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich signals during the UEFA Champions League semi final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and FC Bayern Muenchen at Vincente Calderon on April 27, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Watch: Robert Lewandowski puts Bayern Munich ahead on the night

Game on. Following Antoine Griezmann’s goal early in the second half Atletico Madrid had leveled the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal at one goal apiece, but had a 2-1 lead on aggregate. Bayern had about 35 minutes to mount a comeback that would require two goals, otherwise they would be left thinking […]

VALENCIA, SPAIN – MARCH 06: Antoine Griezmann of Atletico de Madrid celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the La Liga match between Valencia CF and Atletico de Madrid at Estadi de Mestalla on March 06, 2016 in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images)

Watch: Antoine Griezmann puts Atletico Madrid ahead on aggregate

Bayern Munich had their chances. Xabi Alonso scored on a free kick in the first half but just minutes later Thomas Muller missed a penalty and Bayern Munich went to halftime of the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal against Atletico Madrid ahead just 1-0 and more importantly level on aggregate. When you […]

Watch: Bayern Munich score on free kick then miss penalty

With Atletico Madrid holding a 1-0 lead on aggregate coming into the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal, Bayern Munich were always going to have to score. Though they had the benefit of being at home in the second leg, it still would not be an easy task as Atletico Madrid are one […]

MADRID, SPAIN – APRIL 23: Saul Niguez of Atletico de Madrid saves on a header during the La Liga match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Malaga CF at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 23, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

Video: Saul puts Atletico ahead with fantastic individual goal

After suffering through the slop that was Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg between Manchester City and Real Madrid fans were desperate for an early goal in the first leg of Wednesday’s semifinal between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. It was always going to be a tough task for Bayern to break down Atleti’s […]

MADRID, SPAIN – APRIL 09: Cristiano Ronaldo (R) of Real Madrid CF celebrates scoring their third goal during the La Liga match between Real Madrid CF and SD Eibar at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 9, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo completes his hat trick with beautiful free kick

There was a feeling before the game that this was a night that Cristiano Ronaldo would do something special. We didn’t have to wait long for that to happen either as Ronaldo scored two goals within two minutes to pull Real even on aggregate with Wolfsburg. With Real ahead 2-0 on the night, the score was […]

during the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg match between Manchester City FC and Paris Saint-Germain at the Etihad Stadium on April 12, 2016 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Watch: Kevin de Bruyne puts Manchester City ahead

All season long we’ve been hearing about how important Vincent Kompany is to Manchester City this season. Well we’ve been forgetting about one player who is proving to be even more important. Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne. Since going down with a knee injury at the end of January Manchester City won just two of […]

SEVILLE, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 03: Fernandinho of Manchester City celebrates as he scores their second during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Sevilla FC and Manchester City FC at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on November 3, 2015 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

Watch: Fernandinho equalizes against PSG

Well it’s safe to say no one saw this coming. Right from the start PSG were dominating their Champions League quarterfinal tie with Manchester City right up until some shaky defending allowed Kevin de Bruyne to give City the lead against the run of play. Not to be outdone, some even more shaky defending play […]

PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 06: Adrien Rabiot of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City at Parc des Princes on April 6, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Watch: Adrien Rabiot gives PSG the lead over Manchester City

Kevin de Bruyne may have shocked everyone when he gave Manchester City a 1-0 lead over PSG. The goal came completely against the run of play and no one really thought that lead would hold up for long. In fact it didn’t, as Zlatan Ibrahimovic equalized a mere seconds later. The game would go into […]

during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City at Parc des Princes on April 6, 2016 in Paris, France.

Watch: Kevin de Bruyne gives Manchester City the lead, Zlatan Ibrahimovic immediately equalizes

If everything went the favorite’s way on Tuesday well then Wednesday seems to be the day of the underdog. No one was giving Manchester City in their first leg match against PSG in Paris, but perhaps that’s exactly where they wanted to be. Kevin de Bruyne returned from injury for Manchester City last weekend and […]

of Muenchen is challenged by of Wolfsburg during the Bundesliga match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Muenchen at Volkswagen Arena on January 30, 2015 in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Watch: Wolfsburg jumps out to early 2-0 lead over Real Madrid

At the end of the day, Tuesday’s Champions League matches pretty much went exactly as we all expected. Both of the favorites progressed with advantages heading into the second leg next week and we’d be forgiven for thinking that more of the same would occur on Wednesday. Especially when it came to the Real Madrid […]

Watch: Joe Hart saves Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty

Manchester City were given a big boost this week when Joe Hart returned to training and then back into the team for their Champions League clash against Paris Saint Germain. With City’s defensive issues this season, and playing against a team with the attacking talent of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Angel di Maria, and Edison Cavani, City […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 14: Christian Eriksen (L) of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at Etihad Stadium on February 14, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Watch: Coutinho puts Liverpool ahead, Harry Kane equalizes for Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur had a golden opportunity to cut Leicester City’s lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to just two points but would have to go to one of their least favorite places in the England to do so. Anfield. Liverpool have not been kind to Spurs recently, as Spurs last beat them […]

MADRID, SPAIN – MARCH 08: James Rodriguez of Real Madrid celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Real Madrid and Roma at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on March 8, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Video: James Rodriguez doubles Real Madrid’s lead

It was always going to be a tough task for AS Roma to come back from two goals down away from home in the second leg of their Round of 16 tie with Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. The Romans would need to attack to get back in the tie, while playing cautiously […]

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