EMM News Explorer: Champions-League

Guardiola [ said]: Win the title? Well, we will try to defend our Champions League crown and then attempt to negotiate each match in La Liga,

hurriyetdailynews 12-FEB-12

Redknapp [-said]: I can't take my eye off the ball at Tottenham at the moment because we're looking to get Champions League football, we're still in the FA Cup and I owe it to them to continue to keep completely focused on the job I'm doing here,

mg 11-FEB-12

Pique [ said]: I would have signed for where we are at the moment at the start of the season. We are very much alive in the league, in the Champions League and we are in the final of the cup,

dawn 10-FEB-12

Dhoni [-said]: It`s two years to 2013. I don`t know whether I would still be alive! There would be IPL, Champions League, back-to-back series. It`s not a calendar you can decide in advance or if there is a lot of rest

antiguanews 31-JAN-12

Kuyt [ said]: I've been here a while now and played in a Champions League final, a Champions League semi-final, a Europa League semi-final and finished second in the Premier League,

guardian 26-JAN-12

MacGill [-told]: The boys were talking about the Champions League last night,

smh 23-JAN-12

Hoeness [-said]: I would not be happy if I win a Champions League like that,

bloomberg 19-JAN-12

Heynckes [-said]: Tactically, Ahli played like a European team. It was like a Champions League game,

ahram 18-JAN-12

Arnold [-said]: He has Asian Champions League this year. Let's hope the Olyroos qualify for the Olympics - world stage. That's what's important for him.

smh 18-JAN-12

Redknapp [ said]: I've never said to anybody that we are going to win the league. If we can get a Champions League position again, it will be great for us,

bbc 15-JAN-12

Wenger [-added]: I look forward for the next game, for the next win. That is the life of a top-level player. A top-level player wants to play at the top. He wants to win medals, yes, but there is a difference between playing in the Champions League and playing at a lower level.

themirror 09-JAN-12

Smith [-said]: We played against him in the Champions League in Bangalore for NSW and he went off quite a bit scoring 90-something off 40 rocks,

smh 06-JAN-12

Lampard [added:]: Champions League football is a bare minimum. We've been involved in it for a long time.

timesofmalta 04-JAN-12

Hodgson [ said]: It will be tough. Spurs are a tough team and are one of the candidates for the Champions League,

belfasttelegraph 03-JAN-12

Bale [said:]: We’ve learnt a lot from last year being in the Champions League.

examiner 28-DEC-11

Bale [ said]: We said at the start of the season that our main objective was to get back in the Champions League and that's still the case,

japantimes 28-DEC-11

Wenger [-admits]: I rested him it in the Champions League because I thought we had enough security there and we could take a gamble.

breakingnews 26-DEC-11

Wenger [-admits]: You get his vibes, the medical vibes and you know the history with him. Then you make a decision. I rested him it in the Champions League because I thought we had enough security there and we could take a gamble.

argus 26-DEC-11

Pulis [said:]: You’ve just got to look at Man City’s bench to see how tough it is for anybody to play against them and they must be distraught they are out of the Champions League.

dawn 22-DEC-11

Pulis [said:]: You've just got to look at Man City's bench to see how tough it is for anybody to play against them and they must be distraught they are out of the Champions League.

france24 22-DEC-11

Ferguson [ said]: It was a disappointment (exiting the Champions League),

channelnewsasia 21-DEC-11

Rooney [said:]: Definitely. It's a shame we're out of the Champions League. That's what we all want to play in.

themirror 15-DEC-11

Julio Cesar [ said]: We've got three very important points. We knew we had to jump up the table to close in on the Champions League places,

timesofmalta 14-DEC-11

Jong [said:]: The Europa League is a little like the Champions League, with all the big teams there United, Porto, Olympiakos, Ajax. Everybody is underestimating the Europa League.

thesun 09-DEC-11

Platini [ said]: The world does not revolve around England, I like England a lot, its football is fantastic, its supporters are wonderful but you shouldn't criticise the Europa League just because you've played in three Champions League finals,

timesofmalta 08-DEC-11

Evra [added:]: I'm not ready for it and the way I feel now it's Champions League or nothing. It feels like a dream. I feel I'll wake up tomorrow and we will have qualified. 'But it's not a dream, it's the reality and we should have woken up earlier. We haven't been professional from the beginning of this competition.

dailymail 08-DEC-11

Mancini [said:]: It is my opinion that we need to improve as a squad to play better in the Champions League than this year.

herald 08-DEC-11

Mancini [-said]: It is my opinion that we need to improve as a squad to play better in the Champions League than this year,

news24 08-DEC-11

Ferguson [ said]: People say we are not doing well but we are second in the league and we are at a stage where we could be qualifying for the next phase of the Champions League,

herald 07-DEC-11

Drogba [ said]: We did the job because it was impossible for the club not to be in the Champions League,

smh 07-DEC-11

Wenger [added:]: Having only one team left in the Champions League would be a catastrophic scenario for England.

thesun 06-DEC-11

Mancini [said:]: To play again in two days like this so soon after the Champions League is incredible. We should play with 11 young players, maybe 14 or 15 years old. To make a statement? Yes.It's not correct. Not so much for us but for the players. It's not right. But we'll go there and try to win it, of course.

irishsun 29-NOV-11

Jol [added:]: Arsenal had played a difficult game in the Champions League this week, but you still have to work hard against them, because they have a winning mentality and showed that in the second half when they were 1-0 down, they did everything to score. But with their form over the past six weeks, a draw is pleasing for us.

sligochampion 27-NOV-11

Mourinho [ said]: If you offered me 1-0 or 2-1 then I would accept it. Atletico have a very strong squad which is capable of fighting for a place in the Champions League and with more time and preparation also for the league title,

france24 26-NOV-11

Mancini [said:]: The game tomorrow will be different. After Munich we played Blackburn. That game was difficult but I think tomorrow will be more difficult. Liverpool are a strong team. I think Champions League and Barclays Premier League are different situations.

drogheda 26-NOV-11

Wenger [-said]: The level has gone up a lot. You never win an easy game in the Champions League,

dailytimesPK 25-NOV-11

Pereira [-said]: It's not correct to compare the game against Académica in the Portuguese Cup to a Champions League match, so I don't want to discuss that match any more. We should forget the defeat as soon as possible. This is a completely different level. We've come here well prepared with an excellent attitude. Right now we are in our best form. Porto need to win in Donetsk to open the door to the knockout stage,

panarmenian 23-NOV-11

Ranieri [ said]: In the Champions League we have shown everyone that we have something extra, now we’ll try to bring this into Serie A,

breakingnews 23-NOV-11

Wenger [-said earlier this month]: Cahill is good enough to play the Champions League, but he is not someone I would be interested in,

ibtimes 23-NOV-11

Bale [-told]: The Champions League is obviously where I want to be playing,

belfasttelegraph 18-NOV-11

Johnson [-said]: I am delighted to be part of the Scorchers' inaugural season and will be aiming to help them win the Big Bash League and qualify for the Champions League T20 competition,

bdnews24 17-NOV-11

Rosell [-said]: We want to have the Champions League under the Uefa umbrella but we want them to hear our demands,

bbc 16-NOV-11

Rosell [said:]: We would like to have a Champions League with more teams, which would mean in the future we could play Barcelona versus Manchester United on a Saturday or Sunday, at the quarter-final stage, for example.

thesun 16-NOV-11

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