Arsene Wenger has called on his Arsenal side to put on the sort of displays that will have stay-away fans returning to the Emirates Stadium.

Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey gave Arsenal the upper hand in their Europa League last-16 tie with AC Milan as the Gunners won 2-0 at San Siro.

Arsene Wenger insists winning the Europa League is an opportunity his under-fire Arsenal side have to take.

Arsene Wenger complained that Arsenal's busy fixture schedule was causing their slump as criticism of the Frenchman intensified.

Arsenal have been handed a tough Europa League last-16 tie against Italian giants AC Milan.

The boy from the small Argentinian town of Murphy has taken a long and winding road via Barcelona, Southampton, and Tottenham, to see for the first time his family’s ancestral home in Piedmont, Italy, but Mauricio Pochettino feels at home in Turin — and does not think Spurs should feel out of place at the Allianz Stadium where they face Juventus tonight.

A last-gasp Alberto Paloschi header saw Serie A strugglers SPAL force a 1-1 draw with Inter.

Sven Ulreich saved Chadrac Akolo's 95th-minute penalty as Bayern Munich ground out a hard-fought 1-0 win at Stuttgart.

Italy 0 Sweden 0

As you can imagine Sweden are ecstatic after qualifying for the World Cup at the expense of Italy tonight.

A tearful Gianluigi Buffon called time on his 175-cap international career in the moments following the confirmation of Italy's failure to qualify for the World Cup.

Four-time world champions Italy have failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.

Celtic have been hit with a 12th UEFA fine in the space of six years with the total bill up to about £170,000.

Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Las Palmas 3-0 in a game played behind closed doors after the Spanish league refused Barca’s plea to postpone the game on the day of the highly-charged Catalonia referendum.

Duvan Zapata won his family battle by inspiring Sampdoria to a 2-0 win over AC Milan in Serie A.

Ireland No. 1 Darren Randolph’s future at West Ham looks uncertain with Joe Hart’s loan deal to the Hammers expected to be confirmed today.

Ajax, creators of their own legend, were largely authors of their own downfall in Stockholm last night, writes Liam Mackey.

Barcelona completed what was the greatest-ever comeback in the history of the Champions League knockout stages when they overturned a four-goal first-leg deficit against Paris St Germain but now they have to perform another escape act against Juventus.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings have both been charged by the FA for incidents of alleged violent conduct in Saturday’s 1-1 draw between Manchester United and Bournemouth.

Roma closed the gap on Serie A leaders Juventus to seven points with a 3-1 win away to Inter Milan at San Siro.

AC Milan head coach Vincenzo Montella dedicated his side's win against Fiorentina to club president Silvio Berlusconi.

A brilliant strike by teenager Manuel Locatelli fired AC Milan to a hard-earned 1-0 win over Serie A leaders Juventus at the San Siro.

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill was handed un unwanted headache last night after Shane Long was forced off injured in Southampton’s 1-0 Europa League defeat to Inter.

Southampton manager Claude Puel has instructed his players to stay calm as they aim to take advantage of the turmoil surrounding Inter Milan at San Siro tonight (8.05pm).

Dan McEvoy from the Hebron Road, opposite Nowlan Park, went to his first All-Ireland final in 1945. He was 17-years-old.

Ah yes, we are now hours away from the most important match in the soccer calendar so far in 2016.

Bayern Munich 2 Atletico Madrid 1

AC Milan just about managed to avoid a humiliating home defeat to Serie A strugglers FROSINONE yesterday but nevertheless lost their grip on sixth place.

Mario Balotelli has admitted he was never happy at Liverpool and does not want to go back.

Jose Mourinho will succeed Louis van Gaal as Manchester United manager, according to the sister of former Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti.

The highlights, talking points and gaffes from the football weekend

Like Jim Hawkins at the end of Treasure Island, I sometimes dream of my youthful voyage far from home. I dream of trains and pizzas and penalties and the Egypt match. And I start upright in my bed with that familiar, unlovely chat ringing in my ears. Olé Olé Ofeckinlay.

Carlo Ancelotti will decide whether or not to manage AC Milan next season on Wednesday, according to club vice-president Adriano Galliani.

Midfielder Yaya Toure’s future at Manchester City appears to be drawing to a close as Inter Milan vice-president Javier Zanetti claimed the Italian giants are close to completing a move for the Ivory Coast star.

Celtic stretched their lead over Scottish Premiership title rivals Aberdeen to six points with a 4-0 trouncing of the Dons at Parkhead.

Ronny Deila gave a scathing analysis of referee Ivan Kruzliak’s performance following Celtic’s 1-0 defeat by Inter Milan in the San Siro which saw the Hoops exit the Europa League 4-3 on aggregate in the last 32.

Celtic’s Europa League campaign came to a frustrating end with a 1-0 defeat by Inter Milan at the San Siro after Hoops defender Virgil van Dijk was dismissed in the first half.

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini wants his players fully focused from start to finish in Thursday’s Europa League return leg against Celtic at the San Siro.

Ronny Deila is preparing for probably the biggest week of his tenure as Celtic boss but is hopeful of even more excitement to follow.