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1 DAVID v GOLIATH! Man. City have progressed from the round of 16 in each of the last six campaigns of the Champions League, while it’s also really rare for a CL holder to be eliminated at this stage of the comp! They're huge favourites v Copenhagen, but the Danish side will have been boosted by their shock win over Man. United in the group stage! 2 GUNNERS’ LUCKY OMEN? Arsenal have been knocked out in the Champions League round of 16 in their past seven attempts! The last time they reached the quarter-finals of the competition was back in 2009-10, when they happened to beat…Porto! That’s a great omen for Mikel Arteta’s side going into their double header! 3 INTER’S HISTORY LESSON! Inter’s clash with Atletico Madrid will be…

ICONIC CELEBRATION! It’s fair to say the German gaffer is a little bit passionate! When his side wins a game, he always marches over to the Liverpool supporters, clenches his fist and pumps the badge on his chest! His love for Liverpool is why he said he could never manage another Prem club in the future! CHAMPO LEAGUE KING! Having reached the Champions League final in 2017-18 only to lose out to Real Madrid, Liverpool made up for it the following year by beating Tottenham in the final. They had to pull off an incredible four-goal comeback against Barcelona in the semis, too! REDS’ PREM GLORY! Liverpool came so close to winning their first-ever Premier League title in 2018-19 but missed out to Man. City by a single point! The…

CONCACAF 1 Javier Hernandez Mexico 14 GOALS 2 Dwight Yorke Trinidad & Tobago 11 GOALS SOUTH AMERICA 3 Lionel Messi Argentina 129 GOALS 4 Neymar Brazil 43 GOALS 5 Alexis Sanchez Chile 17 GOALS 6 Jackson Martinez Colombia 13 GOALS 7 Oscar Cardozo Paraguay 11 GOALS 8 Claudio Pizarro Peru 21 GOALS 9 Edinson Cavani Uruguay 35 GOALS EUROPE 10 Romelu Lukaku Belgium 18 GOALS 11 Edin Dzeko Bosnia &Herzegovina 29 GOALS 12 Dimitar Berbatov Bulgaria 13 GOALS 13 Mario Mandzukic Croatia 21 GOALS 14 Michalis Konstantinou Cyprus 11 GOALS 15 Pavel Nedved Czech Republic 15 GOALS 16 Wayne Rooney England 30 GOALS 17 Jari Litmanen Finland 23 GOALS 18 Karim Benzema France 90 GOALS 19 Thomas Muller Germany 53 GOALS 20 Kostas Mitroglou Greece 14 GOALS 21 Filippo Inzaghi Italy 46 GOALS 22 Mirko Vucinic Montenegro 10 GOALS 23 Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands 56 GOALS 24 Erling Haaland Norway 40 GOALS 25 Robert…

Women’s Champions League Football Now the Women’s Champions League group stage has finished – and ahead of the comp’s quarter-finals in March – adidas have released the football that will be used in the knockout rounds! The patterns on the ball are inspired by the ones you'll find at Athletic Bilbao’s epic San Mames stadium, where the 2023-24 WCL final is going to be held later this year. Class! Price: £130 adidas.co.uk Liverpool Training Gear Liverpool’s pre-match and training collection has been reloaded for the second half of the 2023-24 campaign! The wicked new gear features a Training Drill Top, Pre-Match Shirt, Strike Training Hooded Tracksuit and a Storm-FIT Down Jacket. Check out the website below to see the full top-quality Reds collection! store.liverpoolfc.com Puma Eclipse Pack Every year, at…

Superglue prank! That’s one way to get Kylian Mbappe to stay at the club! Outnumbered! Good luck getting yourself out of that one, Jack! Magic Magpie! Has Tino Livramento grown another pair of arms? Twister king! Lazio’s Mattia Zaccagni never loses a game of Twister! King of Milan! Milan stars always bow down to their gaffer Stefano Pioli! Strange Shakhtar! Is Valeriy Bondar checking his goalkeeper’s head for lice? Brick wall! Not even Erling Haaland could score past that goal-line wall! Peak-A-Boo! Vinicius Jr. loves fooling around! F1 favourite! Is Leroy Sane about to drive around a Formula 1 track? Shirt shocker! It must have been a strong gust of “wind” to get Dalot’s shirt like that!…

HOW DOES IT WORK? Right, the regular season starts in February and runs through to October, with 29 teams split into two leagues – the Western and Eastern Conference! THEN WHAT? The team with the best record of all 29 clubs is crowned the Supporters’ Shield winners, so they’re basically the best team overall – but that doesn’t make them MLS champs! HOW DO YOU WIN THE MLS CUP? The top teams in each conference will advance to the 2024 MLS Cup play-offs, which start in October and ends with the showpiece on December 7! Got it? WESTERN CONFERENCE Austin FC Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United  Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake  San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders St. Louis City Sporting Kansas City…

THE REIGNING CHAMP ERLING HAALAND MAN. CITY 2023-24 CL goals: 5 Mins per CL goal: 84 After failing to score in his first two games of the 2023-24 Champions League group stage, last season’s top scorer then netted back-to-back braces against Young Boys, plus a goal against RB Leipzig, to head into the knockouts at the top of the charts. He’s most people’s favourite to win the Golden Boot award again! STAT ATTACK! Haaland scored his 40th Champions League goal in just his 35th appearance! THE CONTENDERS HARRY KANE BAYERN MUNICH 2023-24 CL goals: 4 Mins per CL goal: 133 The England captain recently told MATCH that his objective at Bayern is to win the Champions League! Most people are expecting the German giants to ease past Lazio in the…

THE BAND IS BACK! By signing Luis Suarez, Inter Miami now have four of Barcelona’s 2015 Champions League-winning starting XI in their side! The Uruguay hitman joins up with former team-mates Leo Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba to make it the most star-studded squad in the MLS! CELEB OWNER! It’s no secret that Man. United and England legend David Beckham is one of the owners of the club. Since he bought The Herons for $25 million, the club’s value has risen to over $1 billion, so he’s done a brilliant job at raising their popularity across the globe! SEARCH FOR SILVER WARE! Since they started playing MLS footy in 2020, they’ve never finished higher than 6th in the Eastern Conference – or 12th in the race for the Supporters’…

LIVERPOOL LOVE THE EFL CUP! ✓ Liverpool have qualified for their 14th League Cup final, which is four more than any other club, while they’ve also won it more times than any other team! ✓ This is the third time that they’ve reached the final under Jurgen Klopp, with only legendary gaffer Bob Paisley doing so more often as Reds boss! ✓ Liverpool have scored 13 goals in the League Cup this season – on the last four occasions that they’ve netted that many in a season, they’ve ended up winning the trophy (in 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2012). Good omen! TEAM NEWS & LIKELY LINE-UP Irish keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has played every game of Liverpool’s run to the final and will surely start between the sticks in the final!…

Keep reading MATCH for loads of top fantasy footy tips! MATCH’S TOP 20! Check out our league table after Gameweek 23! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of this fortnight’s action! PERVIS ESTUPINAN DF ★ BRIGHTON £5.1 MILLION This fortnight is the start of a really attractive run of fixtures for The Seagulls, with Sheffield United and Everton up first! ERLING HAALAND FW ★ MAN. CITY £14.2 MILLION Man. City’s double gameweek 25 could be the time to triple captain one of their players if you still have that chip at your disposal! OLLIE WATKINS FW ★ ASTON VILLA £8.8 MILLION Villa have a nice run of matches ahead, including winnable fixtures v Fulham and Nottingham Forest up next… Watkins could haul! TRANSFER OUT… You should consider…