Chelsea and Arsenal played out a goalless draw in their EFL Cup
semi-final first leg two weeks ago at Stamford Bridge.
Wednesday's Carabao Cup
semi-final first leg between Chelsea and Arsenal was just the second English football match to use VAR (Video Assistant Referee).
Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski (centre) celebrates victory over Real Madrid after their Champions League
semi-final first leg on Wednesday.
The Citizens had an extra game in midweek as well to get through, as they face Bristol City in the EFL Cup
semi-final first leg which they won 2 - 1.
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has insisted that dropping Alexis Sanchez for their Carabao Cup
semi-final first leg against Chelsea, «had nothing to do with the transfer market».
0 - 1 Chelsea took the lead thanks to Eden Hazard's converted penalty in the 18th minute of this Capital One Cup
semi-final first leg at Anfield.
Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon is raring to go for Wednesday's Champions League
semi-final first leg away to Monaco
The Dutch side are a young side who have plenty of fast - paced and attacking players, which had been shown in
their semi-final first leg when they humiliated Lyon 4 - 1, losing 3 - 1 in the second leg, which put them 5 - 4 up on aggregate and into the final against United.
Liverpool pressed and pressed, created a handful of brilliant opportunities to score, but the Capital One Cup
semi-final first leg finished a draw.
Massimiliano Allegri names a 21 - man travelling party for Wednesday's Champions League
semi-final first leg against Monaco
Arsene Wenger's seat for EFL Cup
semi-final first leg between Chelsea and Arsenal due to his touchline ban.
Carlo Ancelotti has spoken to the press today ahead of the Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid
semi-final first leg of the Copa Del Rey.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp spoke to the media ahead of his side's League Cup
semi-final first leg against Southampton, and admitted that the final most people would be looking for would be Manchester United against Liverpool.
Cristiano Ronaldo's brilliant hat - trick handed Real Madrid a 3 - 0 win over city rivals Atletico in the Champions League
semi-final first leg.
But Zidane may at least be concerned by a loss of momentum, particularly given this side is likely to be very close to the one that starts
the semi-final first leg at the Allianz Arena in a week's time.
This will be the fifth game between the two of these this season alone and each of the other four (two league, one Community Shield and the EFL Cup
semi-final first leg) all ended in a draw at 90 minutes.
Arsène Wenger will name Alexis Sánchez in his starting Arsenal lineup for Wednesday night's Carabao Cup
semi-final first leg at Chelsea, despite the u -LRB-...)
• The Spanish side have lost only one of their last 13 games against Serie A sides (W8 D4)-- that defeat at Juve in the 2015
semi-final first leg.
He must also deal with the mysterious controversy surrounding a training ground altercation ahead of that play - off
semi-final first leg he attended.
On 21 December 1965 they were set firmly on course for a third consecutive final appearance thanks to a 5 - 2 League Cup
semi-final first leg victory against Cardiff at Upton Park.
• A French women's record crowd of 22,050 watched Lyon beat Paris 7 - 0 in a UEFA Women's Champions League
semi-final first leg in April 2016, and the venue will hold the first and last matches of the 2019 Women's World Cup.
Arsenal's Calum Chambers vies with Chelsea's Alvaro Morata during their League Cup
semi-final first leg.
Salzburg got the better of Marseille in this season's group stage, and will hope to repeat the trick as the teams meet again in
the semi-final first leg at the Stade Vélodrome.
Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp has made 3 changes to the side that lost 2 - 0 at West Ham for this evening's League Cup
semi-final first leg tie against Stoke City at...
Ancelotti had no qualms in identifying the Polish international striker — who scored four goals in last season's 4 - 1
semi-final first leg win over Madrid — as Dortmund's key player.
In the same season's Champions League
semi-final first leg, then, Leo Messi emphasised the individual excellence that comprises the team with his coruscating solo run.
It's the Champions League
semi-final first leg.
We caught up with Danny Ings earlier this week - and Liverpool's No. 28 insisted the Reds will are focused solely on West Brom, not Tuesday's Champions League
semi-final first leg against AS Roma.
Last season against Real Madrid his Bayern side lost
the semi-final first leg 1 - 0 at the Santiago Bernabeu before being humiliated in the return leg to eventually lose the tie 5 - 0 on aggregate, further highlighting that he can't always rely on the home tie to bail his teams out of jail.
This has always been one of the Premier League's highlight fixtures, but this week it plays second fiddle to Liverpool's Europa League
semi-final first leg with Villarreal.
The two sides played out a 2 - 2 draw in
their semi-final first leg, but the contest was marred late on when Krohn - Dehli was stretched off in some discomfort.
Adebayor, who was handed the armband for the Capital One Cup
semi-final first leg, put in a poor display before being replaced by Roberto Soldado after 65 minutes, with the Spaniard playing an important role in the game's only goal.
He has also featured eight times in the Champions League and will likely be in action when the Old Lady meet Real Madrid in
their semi-final first leg on Tuesday.
Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will be fit to face Manchester City in Tuesday's Champions League
semi-final first leg.
Pogba's last episode with woodwork came during United's 2 - 0 win over Hull in the EFL Cup
semi-final first leg on Tuesday.
The Atletico Madrid forward, who was anonymous as his side were thrashed 3 - 0 by Real Madrid in Tuesday's Champions League
semi-final first leg, has agreed personal terms with the Old Trafford club, according to The Sun.
Brighton right - back Bruno and midfielder Dale Stephens are set to miss the Championship play - offs
semi-final first leg at home to Derby with groin and ankle problems respectively.
While he's begun to demonstrate his best form in recent fixtures — not least in the 3 - 0 victory over Villarreal — he still arguably doesn't have the full faith of Jurgen Klopp, and was overlooked for the Reds» Europa League
semi-final first leg against the Yellow Submarine.
So me reporting that the former Tottenham failure could be unavailable for next week's Europa League
semi-final first leg probably doesn't seem like important news.
• Heaviest away defeat 6 - 2: FC København v Bayern 22/10/91, UEFA Cup second round first leg 5 - 1: Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern 22/04/80, UEFA Cup
semi-finals first leg 4 - 0 on four occasions, most recently v FC Barcelona 08/04/09, UEFA Champions League quarter - finals first leg
Not exact matches
The holders are in pole position to make another
semi-final appearance after dismantling the Old Lady 3 - 0 in the
first leg.
The Champions League
semi-final draw will take place on 13 April at midday, with the
first legs being played on 24 and 25 April and the second
legs on 1 and 2 May.
Barcelona are almost guaranteed a place in the
semi-final draw after they dismantled the Italian club in the
first leg last week.
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first legs of the
semi-finals will take place on Thursday April 24 and Wednesday April 25, while the return fixtures are a week later on May 1 and May 2.
Sevilla defeated Fiorentina 3 - 0 at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in the
first leg of their UEFA Europa League
semi-final, with Aleix Vidal scoring two and assisting for Kevin Gameiro to add gloss to the scoreline late on.
«When Liverpool beat Chelsea in the 2005 Champions League
semi-final at Anfield, the
first thing I did at the final whistle was go over to see John Terry to offer my respects for how well he'd played over the two
legs.
The U take a valuable
first leg lead back to Santiago before the next
leg in two weeks as they look to secure a spot in the
semi-finals.
The 31 - year - old struggled with a thigh strain a few weeks ago which forced him to miss the
first leg of the
semi-final encounter with Manchester City.
The Reds overcame Manchester City 5 - 1 on aggregate in the quarter - finals after a sensational
first leg tie at Anfield inspired Jurgen Klopp's men to go through to the
semi-finals.