10. Milan 0-2 Arsenal, 2008
No English side had ever defeated AC Milan at San Siro, and Arsenal travelled to the reigning champions feeling they’d missed their opportunity to take command of the tie in the first leg, when Emmanuel Adebayor hit the bar late on.
As always, the key to Russian sides’ performance in the knockout stage of European competition is how they react to their winter break. The scheduling of the Russian Premier League has changed for this season, but Zenit St Petersburg haven’t played a competitive game since early December – only a succession of friendlies. Will they benefit from the rest, or lack match sharpness?
Whilst FIFA are widely and rightfully criticised for many of their decisions in governing world football, UEFA are making interesting and exciting changes to international football, with their latest innovation, the Nations League, about to begin.
Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Monchengladbach
Manchester City have a peculiar habit of finding themselves in the competition’s toughest group. While previously attributable to the fact they were often a third seed, this time around City were in the second pot, yet were drawn against good sides from pots 3 and 4.
Paris Saint-Germain are now in their third season as one of European football's superpowers - and they might just translate that status into a genuine European Cup challenge this season. Here's five reasons why they're real contenders.
1 - Good Form
Europe's title races are generally being fought by familiar names, but there are a variety of clubs who have suffered a significant dip compared to last season.
Here are ten of the biggest losers in 2013/14 so far...
10 - Freiburg
Freiburg's decline is more about them overachieving last season, rather than underachieving this season. Nevertheless, it's been a sharp drop from their exciting 2012/13 campaign, when only a final day defeat to Schalke saw them miss out on Champions League football for the first time.
