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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Football quiz: when English clubs meet in Europe

Chelsea players watch a pivotal moment in the 2008 Champions League final. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Who were the first two English clubs to meet in a major European final?
1. Chelsea and Manchester United
2. Tottenham and Wolves
3. Liverpool and Aston Villa
4. Blackburn and Arsenal
Nottingham Forest won the European Cup in the 1978-79 season. Which English team did they beat in the first round?
1. Arsenal
2. Derby County
3. Liverpool
4. Leeds United
Manchester City picked up their first (and so far only) European trophy by winning the Cup Winner’s Cup in 1970. Which English club beat City in the semi-finals the next season and went on to win their title?
1. Liverpool
2. Chelsea
3. Everton
4. Southampton
Liverpool reached the Champions League final in 2005 thanks to a 1-0 win over Chelsea in the semi-finals. Which Spaniard scored the only goal of the tie?
1. Antonio Núñez
2. Xabi Alonso
3. Fernando Morientes
4. Luis García
Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties in the Champions League final in 2008. Which United player missed in the shootout?
1. Paul Scholes
2. Anderson
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. Michael Carrick
Arsenal went unbeaten in the league in the 2003-04 season, but they lost to Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals. Who scored Chelsea’s late winner in the second leg?
1. Mario Melchiot
2. Scott Parker
3. Robert Huth
4. Wayne Bridge
Who was the last English manager to knock an English club out of the European Cup?
1. Steve McClaren
2. Harry Redknapp
3. Tony Barton
4. Brian Clough
Liverpool beat Manchester City 5-1 on aggregate in the Champions League quarter-finals last season. Who was the only English player to score a goal in that tie?
1. Jordan Henderson
2. Raheem Sterling
3. James Milner
4. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Liverpool and Manchester United have only met in one European tie. Who was the United manager at the time?
1. Matt Busby
2. Ron Atkinson
3. David Moyes
4. Louis van Gaal
Who was the last English manager to win a European trophy?
1. Terry Venables
2. Bob Paisley
3. Bobby Robson
4. Roy Hodgson

Solutions

1:B - In the first ever Uefa Cup final, in 1972., 2:C - Forest player Garry Birtles was not too pleased with the draw. “We thought we’d be going to Italy or Spain, somewhere a bit exotic,” he later reflected. “Drawing Liverpool didn’t seem right. Partly because it wasn’t much of a trip and partly because they were such a fantastic team we thought we were bound to lose. We had never played in the European Cup before and it looked like we might be going out without even getting out of the country.” It worked out well enough for Birtles and Forest., 3:B - That was Chelsea’s first European trophy too., 4:D - José Mourinho, unconvinced that the ball had crossed the line, claimed: “The linesman scored the goal.” Either way, the goal was awarded to García and Liverpool went on to win the competition., 5:C - Luckily for Ronaldo, both John Terry and Nicolas Anelka missed for Chelsea., 6:D - Bridge only scored four goals in his six seasons at Chelsea, so his 87th-minute winner came as something of a surprise. “I am mad with joy at the result,” said Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri. Chelsea lost to Monaco in the semi-finals. , 7:D - When his Nottingham Forest team beat Liverpool in September 1978., 8:D - He has not scored for the club since that remarkable night at Anfield but will hopefully be back soon., 9:D - Liverpool won the tie 3-1 – in the last-16 of the Europa League in 2016 – but lost the final to Sevilla by the same scoreline., 10:C - He won the Cup Winners’ Cup final with Barcelona in 1997, when Ronaldo scored the only goal of the game against PSG.