When Mika Biereth joined Monaco during the winter transfer window he boldly described himself as resembling Erling Haaland in his style of play.

Raphinha is once again Barcelona's hero as they claim a narrow win over Benfica in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, despite going down to 10 men.

A Paris smash and grab, a Munich howler and a goal in Lisbon from the Champions League’s most in-form forward — it was another night of high drama in Europe’s blue-ribbon cup competition. It took a while to catch fire,

Despite losing, the French club dominated Liverpool and their slick and effective system will give them hope ahead of the second leg

Harvey Elliott’s late goal 47 seconds after coming on helped Liverpool to a stunning smash-and-grab win as they beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie.

Arne Slot has said Liverpool must present the best possible version of themselves to advance beyond Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, although Luis Enrique fears “the three fighter jets” in the Premier League leaders’ attack.