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We now know the fixtures for the Champions League semi-finals but when are the dates for Manchester City vs Real Madrid and Liverpool vs Villarreal?

Liverpool vs Villarreal (Anfield) - April 26 or 27 Real Madrid vs Manchester City (Estadio Santiago Bernabeu) - May 3 or 4 Manchester City vs Real Madrid (Etihad Stadium) - April 26 or 27

The moment CL nailbiter 'turns into UFC' as police rush to stop furious tunnel bust-up.

In the end, another melee kicked off which needed eight police officers to sprint down the tunnel to be broken up. Eventually, play resumed and City sealed passage through to the semi final before tempers continued to flare off the pitch. City’s Phil Foden went down and clutched at his leg after a robust challenge from Felipe. It was a fair tackle and the Brazilian was angered by Foden’s response, taking a swipe at the Englishman, which ultimately saw him sent off among the chaos.

City, a team shaped by style, showed it was also skilled in the dark arts as eliminated Atlético Madrid and moved a step closer to its first Champions ...

It is the way it is because it works. Often, it is so easy to be dazzled by the brilliance of Guardiola’s side that its character, its courage, is overlooked. Atlético is not the way it is for fun. City does not wilt and it does not doubt; it keeps going, remorselessly, absolute in its conviction that it will be proved right in the end. He knows there are times when that is what matters, that is what counts. That is as much part of Guardiola’s recipe as anything else. There is no team more associated with beauty than Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. He has come, over the years, to stand as an embodiment of soccer’s higher values, its ultimate arbiter of taste, its aesthete in chief. Atlético should, by rights, be a heroic underdog among Europe’s elite, a countercultural alternative to the hegemony of pressing and possession. No injury was shaken off; even the most minor bump and bruise warranted an extended period of treatment. Simeone has spent a decade crafting a team in his own image, one that plays, just as he did, with a “knife between its teeth.” There were flashes, of course, Atlético Madrid charging forward, desperately hunting the goal that would break Manchester City’s resistance and take the game into extra time, extend their stay in the Champions League for another 30 minutes or, just maybe, another few weeks. There was quite a lot of time-wasting.

In the past, Man City have been guilty of allowing Champions League knockout ties to descend into chaos, but they handled Atletico Madrid well.

"Overall we are in the semifinals -- it is well deserved. There were spells on Wednesday, particularly in the second half, when it looked like the game would veer that way but this is a City team who look far better for the experiences of those harrowing exits. "In the first half, we had chances. Mixed in were moments of calm when it would have been easy for City to fold. At the Etihad last week, they didn't look keen to engage with City's blue shirts much beyond the edge of their own penalty area but at home they suddenly found a whole other half to play in. That Atletico's frustration eventually boiled over was credit to the way Man City managed an awkward tie amid the mayhem to see out the game 0-0 and hold the aggregate at 1-0, setting up a semifinal with Real Madrid later this month.

Price will walk on to Katy Perry's 'Roar' at the AO Arena stage in Manchester on Thursday as he takes on Peter Wright in a crucial Premier League clash.

"I listened to the lyrics and I think they suit me and my game, hopefully it can give me a good fresh start in the Premier League." Gerwyn Price drops 'Ice Ice Baby' by Vanilla Ice for Katy Perry's 'Roar' as the Premier League heads to the AO Arena in Manchester on Thursday; "I listened to the lyrics and I think they suit me and my game, hopefully it can give me a good fresh start in the Premier League" Price will walk on to Katy Perry's 'Roar' at the AO Arena stage in Manchester on Thursday as he takes on Peter Wright in a crucial Premier League clash.

Minute-by-minute report: A semi-final with Real Madrid beckons. Join Barry Glendenning to find out who goes through.

With a level 1-1 aggregate scoreline, Barcelona heads home to the Camp Nou looking to keep its European journey alive alongside its strong recent domestic ...

Unsurprisingly, Barcelona are the favorites with the sportsbooks. Barcelona should see this tie through, as the club is playing well despite the European challenges. Barcelona now playing from behind again, as it was in the first leg. Barcelona have never won this title in club history. With injuries in defense also making Barca potentially more vulnerable at home than they usually are, the markets clearly sense the possibility of goals in this game. The German side is confident to open the match! The delivery isn't cleared for some time, but eventually it turns into a Frankfurt counter-attack which is only snuffed out by a good interception just past halfway. He clowns Filip Kostic on the wing and wins another free-kick for Barcelona. It comes to nothing, but the Frenchman is clearly on a mission to will the hosts back level. 20th min: Barcelona appeals for a penalty as Jordi Alba goes down in the box under an Almamy Toure challenge, but the referee waves it away. While Barcelona has surged in La Liga play, now second in the standings with 14 matches unbeaten, European play has proven more challenging. Barcelona was out-shot by Frankfurt in the first leg 16-7 despite holding 67 percent possession, and Xavi was forced to defend his team's less-than-stellar performance away from home. Alba is FURIOUS, slapping the ground in anger, but there's hardly anything in that.

Despite a furious late comeback, Barcelona was eliminated from the Europa League quarterfinals with a 3–2 loss at the Camp Nou.

In the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time, a Memphis Depay penalty saw the Frankfurt lead cut to one. Sergio Busquets appeared to give Barcelona some hope with his goal in the 84th minute, but a VAR review ruled him offside. Frankfurt will take on West Ham while RB Leipzig will face Scottish side Rangers.

Barcelona are bidding to win the Europa League this season and cap a strong first few months in charge for Xavi. Here is a breakdown of their record in the ...

Despite a late comeback, including two goals in stoppage time, the former European giants lose 3-4 on aggregate.

The German side gets the job done. The match was played at Camp Nou, but Eintracht Frankfurt looked right at home in a 3-2 victory over Barcelona in the second ...

Barcelona's European campaign has gone from bad to worse in its first season post Lionel Messi. First the Spanish powerhouse was eliminated from the ...

Australia international sees '50-50' chance for the Germans to seize at Camp Nou.

MLS and Liga MX are pressing pause on their Leagues Cup joint venture as they gear up for a 2023 tournament that'll include all 47 clubs across both North ...

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The Europa Conference League was dismissed as irrelevant when it kicked off last summer. Try telling that to the clubs that can win it.

It does not just have to be the same four, five or six teams from the same four, five or six leagues.” “It is quite expensive, but the destinations are part of the attraction,” Ravenhorst said. Nobody is complaining about the lack of history or glamour, not anymore. That parity has not necessarily come at the expense of quality. “It is a chance to achieve something monumental in our club’s history,” he said. “The level is high, and the games are between opponents who are more or less equal,” Kyriakos said. He has seen his beloved Feyenoord play in the sleepy Swedish town of Boras and the firecracker hostility of Belgrade, Serbia. He has been to Prague, twice. To the fans who are following the Conference League, the relative unfamiliarity of the teams involved has not diminished the tournament. The Europa League has, traditionally, been a little more diverse, but in recent years that, too, has been increasingly vulnerable to the massive financial advantage enjoyed by teams from Western Europe’s grand leagues. The lineup for the inaugural quarterfinals illustrates that perfectly. Europe’s major leagues saw it as another burden, players’ organizations worried that it would increase the risk of burnout and fan groups grumbled about yet another expense for those who wished to follow their teams. The Europa Conference League was dismissed as irrelevant when it kicked off last summer.

Eintracht Frankfurt fended off a late Barcelona charge to win 3-2 on the night in their quarter-final second leg, and emerge victorious 4-3 on aggregate.

Leicester became the first team to advance to the semifinals of the inaugural Europa Conference League after coming from a goal down to beat PSV Eindhoven 2-1 ...

The Spanish powerhouse was eliminated from the lucrative Champions League, and now it has been knocked out of the second-tier Europa League by Eintracht ...