The UEFA Champions League Is a Cure for Sport's Winter Doldrums

Unlike league titles determined over the course of a season, Champions League fortunes can turn in a moment on a great play, unexpected call or blind luck, which makes it one of the most exciting competitions in the world.

The Champions League is a 32-club tournament composed of teams that were either the previous year's champions or high finishers from manifold European domestic leagues. Some leagues, such as England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga and 

What is not so understandable, is the striker's failure to score in any of Chelsea's Champions League this season, considering his obvious talent and excellent form in the Premier League. Costa has featured in six Champions League matches for Chelsea

His predecessor, Jupp Heynckes, retired with a clean sweep of titles — the German league, the German Cup and the Champions League, all won in style. To date, Guardiola's Munich has scarcely missed a beat in the Bundesliga, as last weekend's 8-0 

Liverpool host Slaven Bilic's side in the last 32 of the Europa League on Thursday as a consequence of an underwhelming return to the Champions League earlier in the campaign, when they exited at the group stage with a solitary win over Ludogorets