Champions League

But former top referees say Light Blues were denied a clear penalty in 2-2 draw with Dutch side.

“The ball came off his arm, he was making himself big – it was a stupid thing to do in my opinion - and it was a clear penalty. VAR was there and I have absolutely no doubt they looked at it because it is incumbent upon them so they either agreed with the ref or decided it wasn’t a clear and obvious error and let it go with the referee’s call. We’re saying that Rangers should have had a penalty, but maybe the escape of Colak has evened things out.” Conroy said: “There was no great dissent to it, but it was a penalty. “The two players had been at it all night – pushing and pulling. Sign up to our daily sport newsletter You talk about serious foul play and endangering an opponent, but you also talk about violent conduct. Teze’s arm was in a completely un-natural position, there is no doubt about that and there was no reason for him to be jumping in that manner for a ball like that coming into the area. Colak had a great night and that’s four goals in his last four games. If you throw your arm out and hit someone on the back of the head, is that making a play for the ball? [Get Involved Referee Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/get-involved-referee-the-podcast/id1607277783): “Quite frankly he was lucky to stay on the pitch. [Rangers](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/rangers-fc) hero on a night of drama at Ibrox, scoring a crucial goal in the pulsating 2-2 draw with PSV Eindhoven in what was his best performance in a royal blue shirt.

Ibrahima Sangare gave the Dutch side a first-half lead before Antonio Colak almost immediately fired back to level matters. A 30-yard Tom Lawrence free-kick was ...

Gers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst insists his side can get the better of the Dutch side next week.

In the second half we started to press and play. We need to give it everything and we will, because we need to win to go through.’ We go next week and still have the chance to go through.

PSV Eindhoven legend Willy van de Kerkhof has expressed his strong belief that Rangers cannot stop his side reaching the group stage.

August 17 – New Zealand's Auckland City FC have booked a ticket for the Club World Cup after defeating Tahiti's AS Venus 3-0 to clinch a 10th OFC Champions ...

The win ensures that Auckland will represent the region at the Club World Cup next year. The club remain unbeaten in the domestic Northern League and on Sunday they play the Chatham Cup semi-final against Wellington Olympic. In 2018 and 2019 they exited at the semi-finals stage before the competition was cancelled due to the global health crisis.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Jay Jay Okocha was brilliant as the master dribbler had a filled day during a Champions League game between Turkish club Fenerbahce ...

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ALFREDO MORELOS has shown he's up for the Champions League fight as he delivered a "warrior" quote following Rangers' draw with PSV…

The quote certainly relates to Rangers after the draw at Ibrox but could also reference Morelos' attitude in fighting for the starting striker spot. After the match Morelos took to Instagram to share an image of a warrior with a quote in Spanish. The striker didn't feature in the 2-2 draw at Ibrox but was on the bench and available for selection in the match.

Celtic captain Callum McGregor admits he would love a crack at defending champions Real Madrid in this season's Champions League.

It’s been a nice little look back to the past. It forces you to look back a little bit and remember some of the things you’ve done in terms of your journey. “We’ve played quite a few big teams but probably the one most of the Celtic fans would like is Real Madrid.