Anyway, according to the media Arsenal not only have to beat Real Mad but also “defeat a mystique and an aura that has defined Madrid’s unmatched success in Europe’s premier competition” (according to ...

What we might also do is remember where Real Mad ended up in the group table that preceeded this season’s knock-out rounds. They came 11th in the league in which each club played eight games and had a ...

In the build-up to the first match, Derby beat Ipswich Town, and Wolverhampton Wands, while drawing with Norwich City and losing to Middlesbrough. They then beat Real Mad 4-1. After that victory Derby ...

But, well, yes, there are always tensions, always clashes, and they don’t necessarily mean very much. But it is fun to read about clashes within the opposition, rather than tales of turmoil and chaos ...

If you’ve been a long-term reader of Untold you may recall that we have often covered the issue of the lack of protection of young players at top clubs. In the past when issues of wrong-doing have ...

Just published: 100 years since Chapman joined the Arsenal – part 22, success did not come at once. And so we approach the next match which is against…. Real Madrid on Wednesday at 8pm. It’s on TNT.

The other problem is that in the last financial year, Chelsea went on a selling spree, having previously bought player after player and put them on eight-year contracts. They got away with that set of ...

I can’t blame Arteta or the players for yesterday’s draw against whoever it was we were playing, but it was actually really dull, and now a day later I can’t remember much about it, and in fact nor do ...

And yes I know there is a game this afternoon (I am after all, getting ready to travel to London to watch it once I have written this final piece on the match,) but I really do have to divert your ...

This week’s analysis from Football Observatory offers a view of the “100 best performing goalkeepers in the world over the past year”. The top three are Gianluigi Donnarumma of Paris St-Germain, Inter ...