![]() ![]() Not many players, let alone a defensive midfielder, can hit a half-volley like he did: so pure, so precise, so beautiful. ![]() Laurens: Thiago Alcantara‘s exceptional goal for Liverpool in the 2-0 win against Porto. Who knows how significant the miss may prove to be? Images of him celebrating the winner could have matched those iconic moments of Jose Mourinho sprinting down the Old Trafford touchline as Porto manager or Steven Gerrard’s crucial winner for Liverpool against Olympiakos in 2004-05.īut the Switzerland forward ended up producing one of the misses of the season by skewing his shot wide from close range. Ogden: Haris Seferovic‘s miss against Barcelona, in the 93rd minute of Tuesday’s 0-0 draw at Camp Nou, not only denied Benfica a 1-0 win which would have left Barca needing a miracle to qualify from Group E but it also robbed us of a potentially seminal moment in Champions League history.īarca are on the ropes right now and Seferovic could have earned a place in football folklore by scoring a goal that would surely have ended their 20-year streak of reaching the knockout phase. What caught your attention on Matchday 5? We asked Mark Ogden, Julien Laurens and Sam Marsden to answer some of the big questions arising from this week’s matches. Matchday 5 of the Champions League group stage saw another clutch of Europe’s biggest club secure their place in the knockout phase with Chelsea, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Sporting CP all putting the names in the hat for the round-of-16 draw. ![]()
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