Liverpool beat Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 away with a fortunate own goal in their Champions League group-stage opener on Wednesday, riding their luck at times but still showing their title credentials. Ajax fullback Nicolas Tagliafico turned the ball into his own net in the 35th minute to ensure a winning start in Group D for the English champions, who looked the …
Transfer windows do not come more surreal than that of Barcelona this summer, when a head-spinning number of players were reportedly set to either leave them or join them. Martinez was long earmarked as this summer’s big attacking signing for Barcelona 2) Neymar, Paris Saint-Germain It was also never really resolved whether Barcelona made a real attempt to bring Neymar …