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Remembering Lionel Messi's record 5-goal Champions League haul Messi was imperious against Leverkusen in 2012 | JOSEP LAGO/Getty Images There is very little that hasn't been said, written, or shouted from the rooftops about Lionel Messi. While his powers are showing signs of waning as he enters the twilight years of his career, the superlative Argentine is still putting up outstanding numbers for the Catalan giants. But in 2011/12, Messi was different gravy; La Pulga would net a ludicrous 73 goals in all competitions, including a nice round 50 in La Liga. Messi was unstoppable in 2011/12 | J...

RB Leipzig waking up as the rest of the Bundesliga falls asleep Saturday afternoon's games in the Bundesliga were a difficult watch, especially for Borussia Mönchengladbach fans. But while the rest of the league falls asleep, Alexander Sörloth and RB Leipzig may be waking up. Christopher Nkunku and RB Leipzig were the big winners on an otherwise sleepy Saturday afternoon A quick sequence of events in the second half of the game between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen summed up a tired Saturday afternoon of Bundesliga football. First, Gladbach's Valentino Lazaro attempted to p...

Leverkusen might not have been in the best of form coming into this one – they exited the UEFA Europa League at the hands of Young Boys Bern on Thursday and had only taken five of a possible 15 points from their previous five Bundesliga outings – but there was no hint of a lack of confidence in a dominant first-half showing. Bailey had the first chance of the game with a curling effort from the edge of the box that Florian Müller tipped over, and the Freiburg custodian was called into action from the ensuing corner too, clawing away Lucas Alario's firm header. Demarai Gray was the next p...

Bayer Leverkusen's stuttering pursuit of the Champions League places took another blow Tuesday when defender Lars Bender was ruled out until the end of March following surgery on his right knee.

Timothy Fosu-Mensah says he is 'proud' of former Manchester United team-mate Marcus Rashford