By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola explains his team’s 3-2 defeat to Fenerbahçe in the Champions League. Goals from Mason Greenwood, Archie Brown and Vedat Muriqi gave the Turkish club victory, despite goals from Alexander Isak and Trey Nyoni, reports the Daily Post Nigeria.
Arsenal beat Slavia Prague 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday, with goals from Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyökeres, Punch reports. The win puts the London club third with 10 points and extends their unbeaten away run in the competition to ten matches, an Arsenal record, according to Punch and the Daily Post.
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Bayern Munich won 2-0 away to Atlético Madrid in the Champions League, thanks to goals from Lennart Karl and Konrad Laimer. Despite several absences and that of their coach Vincent Kompany, who was ill, the German club controlled the match, reports Citizen Digital.
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Fenerbahçe beat Liverpool 3-2 in Istanbul on matchday four of the Champions League league phase after trailing twice. Vedat Muriqi scored the decisive goal in the 79th minute, according to Bénin Web TV, while Punch and France 24 reported the end of Liverpool’s perfect start to the competition, with the club losing for the second time in a row in all competitions.
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FC Barcelona beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the fourth match of the Champions League league phase, thanks in particular to two goals from Raphinha and one from Lamine Yamal. The English club, previously unbeaten, suffered their first defeat in the competition, according to Punch.
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Democrats take both chambers in setback for TrumpDemocrats regain control of both chambers of the US Congress after the midterm elections, complicating the passage of Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. However, expert Yasmine Hasnaoui says the setback does not call US diplomatic policy on the Sahara into question, according to Yabiladi.
Pape Thiaw among ten nominees for Africa’s top coachPape Thiaw, former Senegal coach, is among the ten candidates for the men’s coach of the year award at the 2026 CAF Awards. It is his third nomination in four years, after the Lions won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, according to Senego.The week in Africa
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