Champions League preparation at the Emirates Stadium. Pic by @JTaylorSport ARSENAL 3 KAIRAT ALMATY 2 There might be one or two ongoing question marks concerning Arsenal’s durability to remain top of the Premier League. However when it comes to Europe, the Gunners are enjoying a certain serenity which may yet yield the ultimate club trophy. Arsenal’s three point ahead at the top of the Champions League – above illustrious names such as Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Barcelona and I

Tottenham Hotspur (2) 2 v Borussia Dortmund (0) 0 Champions League MD7 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium “What I feel the whole time is that - I feel the staff is with us, I think the players are with us. The ownership, everyone wants the same thing. And we’re on the same page. We do a lot of things in the right direction, and today was a big performance and a big win.” That is how Thomas Frank summarised the mood inside the club after Tottenha

Stamford Bridge Chelsea 1 Pafos 0 It was a nervy night, characterised with a superb showing from the visitors from Cyprus – but patient Chelsea eventually prevailed with a narrow win which just about forced them into the top eight of the Champions League. The Blues dominated proceedings at Stamford Bridge in Liam Rosenior’s first experience as a head coach in Europe’s elite competition. Yet it took until the 77 th minute for the illustrious west Londoners and world champions

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner by Capital Football Crystal Palace 2 KuPS Kuopio 2 The night was punctured with some class, some quiet desperation and surprise – but Crystal Palace will have to negotiate the Uefa Conference League playoffs, after a 2-2 draw against KuPS Kuopio. Palace almost paid for long spells of going through the motions - albeit with a starting side which was largely an unfamiliar one – but they did eventually salvage a point. It is, though, insuffi

Tottenham Hotspur (1) 3 v Slavia Praha (0) 0 Zima (og) 26 Kudus (pen) 50 Xavi Simons (pen) 79 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions League MD6 Tottenham Hotspur edged encouragingly closer to the Champions League knock-out stages, extending their excellent European run with another home victory as they battled to beat Slavia Praha 3-0. However, it took an own goal and two penalties to maintain their 100% winning start in the competition this season in N1

Tottenham Hotspur (1) 4 v København (0) 0 Johnson 19 Odobert 51 van de Ven 64 João Palhinha 67 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions League MD4 Tottenham Hotspur gained their highest win under Thomas Frank, and a much-needed first success at home for six weeks, as they swept aside København 4-0 with the help of a wonder goal from Micky van de Ven. Spurs’ superiority was not even impeded by having to play for most of the second half with 10 men after Bre

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