Boss Brendan Rodgers believes Celtic are better placed this season to make progress in Europe despite their daunting Champions League group.

Modric said that after the sums were paid to Dinamo's and his bank accounts in Croatia, he gave an unspecified amount "cash in hand" to Mamic's brother and son.

Pep Guardiola will return to Barcelona with Manchester City after his new club were paired with the Catalan giants in the Champions League.

Stephen Kenny will be in Poland tomorrow to watch Legia Warsaw host Piast Gliwice as Dundalk accelerate preparations for their huge Champions League play-off games against the Polish champions at Aviva Stadium on August 17 and in Warsaw on August 23.

Harry Kane scored a brace as Tottenham moved above rivals Arsenal in the Premier League.

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On Thursday morning, Arsene Wenger let out a rare public expletive. 

Despite conceding 16 goals in their five ties up to last night, Roma’s scoreless draw against BATE Borisov ensured they nudged through to the last-16 of the Uefa Champions League.

Arsene Wenger believes Norwich defender Ryan Bennett “could have killed” Alexis Sanchez when he pushed him into the Carrow Road camera pit last weekend.

Alexis Sanchez is likely to return in time for the busy Christmas fixture schedule for Arsenal, but Santi Cazorla is out until the new year after suffering a knee injury at Norwich last Sunday.

Arsene Wenger defended his decision to play Alexis Sanchez at Norwich on Sunday - even though he saw the forward forced off through injury.

Arsene Wenger has praised the staying power of Alexis Sanchez and likened the Arsenal forward to a hungry lion.

Per Mertesacker insists he and his Arsenal team-mates now believe they can get out of their Champions League group following their ‘nightmare’ start to the competition.

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Arsene Wenger has called on Uefa to change its rules on drug cheats, saying the current regulations “basically accept doping”.

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Arsenal must win their two remaining group games to stand any chance of progressing.

Barcelona strengthened their position at the top of Champions League Group E as a brace from substitute Ivan Rakitic steered them to a comfortable 2-0 win at BATE Borisov.

What marks Pep Guardiola out as a manager is his different – almost unique – way of looking at football, and that was never clearer than in his press conference ahead of Bayern Munich’s trip to the Emirates, when he claimed Arsenal “have the advantage”.

Two games in, and Arsenal’s Champions League campaign is already in complete disarray following a hopelessly inept display that left Arsene Wenger’s side still looking for their first point in the competition and their prospects of reaching the knockout stages hinging on the outcome of the looming, back to back fixtures with Bayern Munich.

Robert Lewandowski’s incredible goalscoring form continued as the striker’s hat-trick helped Bayern Munich thrash Dinamo Zagreb 5-0.

Champions League Group F

The physical and competitive “rat race” that is the Premier League will hurt English clubs’ chances of progressing in the Champions League, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has said.

Arsenal have won an appeal against Gabriel’s sending-off at Chelsea.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will not concern himself with whatever issues are facing rival boss Jose Mourinho at Chelsea when the two men go head-to-head again this afternoon.

Dinamo Zagreb 2 Arsenal 1: Zagreb was hit by an earthquake on Tuesday night and perhaps that was an omen for the Gunners who had striker Olivier Giroud sent off as they slumped to a disappointing 2-1 defeat in their Champions League Group F opener at Dinamo Zagreb.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Jack Wilshere can put his latest injury setback behind him to play a major part this season after it was confirmed the England midfielder needed surgery to fix a hairline fracture in his left leg.

The latest acting veteran who may have joined the cast of Game of Thrones is Richard E Grant, according to unconfirmed reports in the UK.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes a complete rethink is needed in the academy set-up to help bring through more traditional old-style English centre-forwards.

Manchester City’s Champions League curse returned to haunt them yesterday after they were drawn with last season’s finalists Juventus and Europa League winners Seville for the group stage of the competition.

Jermain Defoe’s hat-trick spared Sunderland’s blushes as they defeated Exeter 6-3 in a thrilling Capital One Cup clash last night.