The Champions League quarter-final draw delivered some intriguing ties, including a contest that should produce plenty of goals between Liverpool and Manchester City, as well as a revenge mission for Juventus against Real Madrid.
Liverpool and City have been among the best attacking teams in world football this season, and will take their domestic rivalry onto the European stage.
Juve are aiming to avenge last season s final heartbreak against Madrid, while Barcelona tackle Roma, and Bayern Munich take on new opponents in the form of Sevilla.
Below, we have used Opta data to look at some of the best stats for the last-eight draw.
Liverpool v Manchester City
0 The Premier League rivals have never met in European competition, but Liverpo…
Germany team director Oliver Bierhoff has revealed he held talks with Ralf Rangnick over succeeding Joachim Low as head coach.
The World Cup winner has been under huge pressure following last month s 6-0 Nations League humbling at the hands of Spain.
It ended a 12-match unbeaten run for Germany and was their heaviest defeat since losing to Austria in a friendly in 1931 by the same scoreline.
The German Football Association (DFB) last week brought an end to the speculation over Low s future by throwing their support behind the 60-year-old.
But Bierhoff has eyed up alternative options should Low leave the position he has held since 2006.
You have to be careful with words. It is an ongoing process, Bierhoff told Sky Sport. Anyone who thinks I ll on…
Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Paul Pogba from Manchester United in the summer of 2021, according to . It has been reported that French giants PSG are targeting three top-level midfielders, and one among them is former Juventus star Pogba. The report in the Spanish news outlet has added that United want to sell the France international.
Pogba returned to United in 2016 after a successful spell at Juventus, having left the Red Devils for the Italian club in 2012. The 28-year-old has not been exactly a massive success at Old Trafford, with questions raised over his consistency and his best position.
PSG are one of the biggest and richest clubs in the world who also reached the final of the Champions League last season. Former Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ma…
Wales saw their hopes of Euro 2020 qualification taken out of their own hands as they could only draw 1-1 at home to Group E leaders Croatia.
Fourth in the pool heading into a crunch clash in Cardiff following a slow start to the campaign, Ryan Giggs men suffered another setback on Sunday as they trailed to Nikola Vlasic s early goal.
Gareth Bale struck shortly before half-time to lift Wales, yet they could not get the crucial second goal and were forced to settle for a point.
Wales now likely require a helping hand from opponents Croatia when they face Slovakia, with the World Cup finalists themselves still to secure a place at the finals after failing to win here.
14 Gareth Bale has been directly involved in 14 goals in his last 18 starts for Wales in a…
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal joked that his wife would have to make the final call on his next destination, as he did not rule out taking over as Belgium s boss.
Van Gaal will leave his role in charge of the Oranje after their World Cup campaign comes to an end in Qatar.
The United States are the Netherlands opponents in the last 16 on Saturday.
One team that has not progressed from the group stage is Belgium, with the world s second-best side according to the FIFA rankings finishing third in Group F after Thursday s goalless draw with Croatia.
Roberto Martinez confirmed after the match that his six-year tenure as Belgium coach was coming to an end and on Friday it was put to Van Gaal that the Red Devils could be his next job.
Belgium is a re…
Cristiano Ronaldo salvaged a 2-2 Serie A draw for Juventus after Antonio Sanabria s double threatened to secure a shock derby win for struggling Torino.
Federico Chiesa s 13th goal of the season put the champions in front, but Sanabria equalised before the break and struck again just 15 seconds into the second half at Olimpico Grande Torino.
Ronaldo denied Torino when he levelled 11 minutes from time with a goal that was initially ruled out, but a VAR checked showed he was onside.
Rodrigo Bentancur struck the post as fourth-placed Juve slipped up again following their shock loss to Benevento and they will be 12 points adrift of leaders Inter if Antonio Conte s side beat Bologna later on Saturday.
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Ipswich Town, the Championship s bottom side, have appointed Paul Lambert as their new manager.
Lambert – who was in charge of Ipswich s East Anglia rivals Norwich City between 2009-2012 – replaces Paul Hurst, who was dismissed on Thursday after a 2-0 defeat at leaders Leeds United a day earlier.
Ipswich are four points adrift of safety having won only one league game and the club have turned to 49-year-old Lambert to turn their fortunes around.
The former Scotland international, who left his role as Stoke City boss in May after their relegation from the Premier League, has signed a deal at Portman Road until 2021.
Ipswich Town Football Club can confirm the appointment of Paul Lambert as our new manager.
The 49-year old has signed a con…
Is Maurizio Sarri getting the most out of Lazio? To help answer that, we arguably have to look to his coaching predecessor Simone Inzaghi.
After five seasons of trying under Inzaghi s stewardship, the Biancocelesti finally qualified for the Champions League. There were seasons where they came agonisingly close too particularly in 2017-18, where Inter beat them at the Stadio Olimpico on the final day of the Serie A season, to claim fourth place and the final spot in Europe s premier competition.
When they finally did qualify, last season’s 6-2 defeat on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the last-16 – and Inzaghi’s ensuing departure for Inter – was microcosmic of an overall sense the 45-year-old extracted the maximum out of the players he had at his disposal, within hi…
Jurgen Klopp has vowed success will not change Liverpool s tune as the heavy metal Premier League champions tackle an Arsenal side he once described as an orchestra .
Opposite number Mikel Arteta has added a greater tempo to an Arsenal side who strived for sweet music but often hit bum notes in the latter years of Arsene Wenger s reign, as well as under successor Unai Emery.
The orchestral connection was made by Klopp seven years ago, when he was head coach at Borussia Dortmund but already a keen student of the English game.
Since then, Klopp has brought his loud brand of football to Anfield, with the Reds in-your-face, high-octane style of play bringing Champions League and Premier League titles.
On the training ground. In his element.
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Leicester City have completed the signing of winger Cengiz Under on a season-long loan from Roma.
It is reported Brendan Rodgers team have paid an initial £2.7million loan fee and hold an option to buy the Turkey international for around £22m.
Under has spent three years with Roma after joining them in 2017 from Istanbul Basaksehir, though he only started 42 Serie A games over that period.
I can t wait to go to Leicester and start training, Under told his new club s website.
I ve always wanted to play in England and this is a great opportunity to play in the Premier League.
I will try to help my team-mates on the pitch and off the pitch and I believe that I can improve my performance every day. I think I am fast and can create lots of chance…