Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at the Santiago Bernabeu on the 11th of March 2026 Arsenal's main Premier League rivals are staring down the barrel of a premature Champions League exit tonight. And that only three days after slipping NINE points behind the Gunners in the Prem standings following a 1-1 draw a West Ham. Man City's season is at a crossroads and at risk of fizzling out. Unless they can win by a four-goal margin against Real Madrid in the northwest tonight. Ex-S

By Alessandro Schiavone at Santiago Bernabeu on the 12th of March 2026 Real Madrid 3-0 Man City Manchester City currently have a list of issues as long as Thibaut Courtois’ wonderful arms. Undone by Chelsea's former persona non grata ’s long kick that laid the groundwork for Valverde’s opener and then denied by the Belgian’s stunning foot save from Nic O'Reilly's close-range strike, the serial winners are now at a crossroads. Marc Guehi’s side trail Arsenal by seven points in

By Alessandro Schiavone in Leverkusen Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapié may get the chance to visit their old club in the last-16 of the Champions League after Bayer Leverkusen progressed past Olympiacos. A goalless home draw was enough for the German giants to seal a place in the next round after a pair of Patrik Schick goals in the first leg put them in pole position for this one. On an uneventful night at BayArena , where Blaswich replaced crocked ex-Brentford goalie Mark Fle

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at San Siro An Italian legend praised Cristhian Mosquera and William Saliba for making life hard for Lautaro Martinez. Giuseppe Bergomi, who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy and is now a famous co-commentator for Sky Italia, leapt to the Argentine's defence. He exclusively told Capital Football: "Lautaro did well for what was possible. "He was up against two very strong Arsenal central defenders. "But he and Thuram worked well and enabled Su

By Alessandro Schiavone at the San Siro, Milano Champions League Matchday 7 Inter Milan 1-3 Arsenal Goals : Gabriel Jesus 10', 31' (A), Sučic 18' (I), Gyökeres 84' (A) Inter were taught a lesson by Arsenal who made it seven wins in as many Champions League games thanks to an emphatic 3-1 victory over last season’s finalists at the San Siro. The Gunners were already assured of a top-eight finish before a ball was even kicked last night and now have the certainty to finish top.

By Alessandro Schiavone in Cologne 1.FC Köln 0-1 Union Berlin Goal : Schafer 91' Lukas Podolski in his prime leading the line would have suited Cologne to the ground on Saturday afternoon in their 1-0 home defeat to Union Berlin at RheinEnergie Stadion. Jakub Kaminski put in an energetic first-half display for his lukewarm side and twice came close to an opening goal. Yet his first attempt was comfortably parried by Frederik Ronnow while the volley flashed just off target. Mo

By Alessandro Schiavone in Lausanne Conference League Matchday 6 Lausanne Sport 1-0 Fiorentina Goal: Sigua 58' (LS) Pablo Mari's woeful Fiorentina side are still on course to spend the upcoming season in the second-tier of Italian football all while playing in Europe. With hindsight, the ex-Arsenal defender's side would have required a 3-0 win over the Swiss to seal a top-eight spot ahead of lowly Aek Larnaca on 12 points. Instead Serie A's bottom side suffered a 1-0 defeat

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade Louis II, Montecarlo Champions League, Matchday 6 Monaco 1-0 Galatasaray Goal : Balogun 68' Mikel Arteta must have tapped himself on the shoulder in self-congratulatory mode and shouted "Muy bien, Mikel' to himself if he happened to watch Folarin Balogun's avalanche of missed chances against Galatasaray from his Brugge hotel yesterday night. And watching the scoreboard should not deceive anyone here! Balogun may have displayed his more opportu

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade Orange Vélodrome Olympique Marseille 2-1 Newcastle United Goals: Barnes 6' (N) 46', 50' Aubameyang (M) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rolled back the years as his quick-fire brace within four second-half minutes helped Marseille come from behind to see off Newcastle United 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Marseille fans thought they would be served up the same old rubbish in Europe's premier competition when the red-hot Harvey Barnes

By Alessandro Schiavone at Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam Netherlands 4-0 Lithuania Goals : Reijnders 16', Gakpo penalty 58', Simons 60', Malen 62' Xavi Simons showed glimpses of his former inspirational RB Leipzig self as he awoke from a first-half slumber to get on the scoresheet in the Netherlands's 4-0 trashing of Lithuania in Amsterdam. With qualification to the World Cup already secured thanks to a 1-1 draw in Poland last week, the confidence-shot Xavi was given a rare