By semi-final appearances (European Cup and UEFA Champions League)
Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era
England (10) 21 Manchester United 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07,2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18 19 Arsenal 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 15 Chelsea 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14,2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 10 Liverpool 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2017–18 7 Manchester City 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18 2 Newcastle United 1997–98, 2002–03 1 Blackburn Rovers 1995–96 1 Leeds United 2000–01 1 Leicester City 2016–17
By semi-final appearances (European Cup and UEFA Champions League)
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- Manchester United had 5 wins and 6 draws in 1998–99 and 9 wins and 4 draws in 2007–08 (Manchester United is the only team in the Champions League era to go unbeaten twice).
- Manchester United won the Intercontinental Cup the following season, winning a quadruple of cups.
- The teams closest to defending the trophy in the Champions League era but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final:
- 2007–08 was the first season that four teams from the same country reached the quarter-final stage, England's Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. This feat was repeated by the same teams in the 2008–09 season.
- England has provided the highest number of different winning clubs with five: Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Chelsea.
- England is the first country to have five representatives in the knockout phase: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in 2017–18.
- Four teams have managed to win the tournament from the third qualification round:
Similar to the tunnel row between city and united
Former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has admitted once and for all it was he who threw pizza into the face of legendary Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in October 2004, the match which became known as the Battle of the Buffet.
An infamous tunnel brawl between Arsenal and United players at Old Trafford followed a controversial 2-0 win for the hosts, which ended the Gunners' historic 49-match unbeaten run, Wayne Rooney having been awarded a contentious penalty.
Players from both sides were scrapping after the match before Ferguson was left with pizza all over him after a member of the away dressing room threw it in his direction.
Fabregas, now of Chelsea, had previously been the rumoured culprit after a hint from former team-mate Martin Keown, and he has finally confirmed his guilt 13 years after the game, although he insists he had not meant to hit Ferguson.
Asked to confirm he threw the pizza on Sky's 'A League of Their Own', Fabregas said: "Yes!
"Martin Keown is a liar because I saw him in front of me just, like, punching people so he didn't see anything.
"All of a sudden, I heard noises and I thought what's happening?
"So I go out with my slice of pizza and I saw Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown - everyone pushing each other.
"I was like I want to get in but I don't know how to and I threw – peeew - just threw it.
"Once I saw it was hitting, like, who it was hitting, which I didn't mean… I apologise Sir Alex, I really didn't mean to do that!"
Fabregas then gestured to confirm the pizza had hit Ferguson on the side of his face.
Tensions were extremely high between Arsenal and United at that time. The previous year Ruud van Nistelrooy's last-gasp penalty miss led to him being angrily surrounded by Gunners players, prompting an on-field scuffle.
Ferguson himself had written about the incident in his autobiography. After detailing a head-to-head confrontation with Arsene Wenger, he wrote: "The next thing I knew I had pizza all over me. We put food into the away dressing room after every game. Pizza, chicken. Most clubs do it. Arsenal's food was the best.
"They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was."
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One of the major positives from the game has to be Mctominay who looked very much comfortable as a CM!!
Hopefully he can be a really good asset for he future 😇
Scott McTominay (21) vs Bournemouth:
61 touches
43/47 passes
5/7 long balls
3 interceptions
2/2 aerial duels
1/2 tackles
1/1 take-ons
1 key pass
Jose: Bailly may need surgery
Eric Bailly could undergo surgery after Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho confirmed the defender's ongoing injury is "serious".
Oliver Kahn: "In my memory, I have stored that final (1999 CL final) against #mufc as a win - I've erased the final two minutes." [espn]
Oliver Kahn,Sir Alex is still mad at me. He firmly believed that I would move to Manchester United in 2003 or 2004, but shaping a new era at Bayern was more important to me. Looking back, I think I should have done it then! #mufc
The club went on to sign another legend though
Edwin Van Der Sar