Manchester City regaining the Premier League title is not a foregone conclusion yet, despite Pep Guardiola s side moving three points clear of Liverpool on Sunday.
That is according to Manchester United great Gary Neville, who believes the injury to centre-back Ruben Dias in City s 5-0 rout of Newcastle United offers hope to Jurgen Klopp s Liverpool.
Liverpool were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham on Saturday, before a Raheem Sterling double inspired City to a comfortable victory the following day.
City furthered their advantage with three games to play and also boast a better goal difference than Liverpool, whose 64 is four fewer than Guardiola s side.
However, Neville – speaking on The Gary Neville Podcast – insisted the title r…
David Moyes week went from bad to worse as his Sunderland side slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Leicester City that pushed them even closer to the Premier League trapdoor.
Islam Slimani s first club goal of 2017 and his sixth Premier League strike of the season turned the match in favour of Craig Shakespeare s resurgent Foxes, who are now nine points clear of the drop zone.
Before Slimani s 69th-minute header, the visitors had given under-fire manager Moyes cause for optimism in a week in which he was widely criticised for comments made to a BBC reporter in March.
Jermain Defoe looked sharp throughout as he sought his first goal for Sunderland since February, but when the England striker fails to find the net his side lack an alternative threat and they are now with…
According to a recent report from O Jogo, Manchester United’s push to try and sign Bruno Fernandes may well be back on. The Sporting Lisbon star has been heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford over the course of the last few months, but it seemed as if any talks between the two parties had begun to fizzle out.
It no longer appears as if that’s the case, with Sporting needing to clear £57 million of debt as soon as they possibly can. One way in which they can do that would be to try and sell off some of their biggest and best stars, of which Fernandes certainly qualifies.
He was a hefty target during the summer transfer window but they couldn’t quite come to terms on the specifics of the deal, and now, it seems like playing the waiting game has worked out …
Chelsea must clarify Maurizio Sarri s future at the club after he was defied by Kepa Arrizabalaga in the EFL Cup final defeat to Manchester City, according to Michael Ballack.
Having gone down for a second time with apparent cramp, Kepa refused to go off in extra time of Sunday s encounter at Wembley, much to Sarri s frustration, with Willy Caballero ready to come on.
City eventually won on penalties – Chelsea s goalkeeper failing to keep out Sergio Aguero s tame spot-kick before making a fine save to deny Leroy Sane, with Raheem Sterling hammering home the winning effort.
Both Sarri and Kepa played down the incident as a misunderstanding but Ballack, who won five major trophies at Chelsea between 2006 and 2010, believes the club must now provide clarity on t…
According to a recent report from Calciomercato, Juventus are going to be demanding a fee of around £35 million if they are to agree to the sale of Emre Can during the January transfer window. It has been made crystal clear that Can would be interested in the idea of a move away from the Italian champions, but it hasn’t quite been clear as to where he’d actually go or which direction he’d take in the next step of his blossoming career.
The three main clubs that are in the mix in the race for his signature are Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United, with the latter clearly attempting to draw some kind of a reaction out of rivals Liverpool who Can used to play for.
The fee in question doesn’t seem like it’d be all too extravagant of…
Monterrey secured their fourth CONCACAF Champions League title with a 2-1 aggregate win over Tigres UANL in the final on Wednesday.
Nicolas Sanchez s first-half penalty was cancelled out by Tigres star Andre-Pierre Gignac in Guadalupe, but the 1-1 draw in the second leg was enough for Monterrey.
The 2-1 aggregate win gave Monterrey their fourth title – all won since 2011 – while Tigres were runners-up for the third time since 2016.
Tigres made few inroads in the first half and they fell further behind in the all-Mexican tie in the 25th minute.
Luis Rodriguez clumsily fouled Rodolfo Pizarro in the area and Sanchez stepped up, sending his penalty down the middle to open the scoring.
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Manchester City, the team that won the Premier League title in three of the previous four seasons, will be travelling to Anfield to face Liverpool the team that stopped them from making it four in four in 2019-20 and gave them a close run in 2018-19 as well, winning the sixth Champions League trophy as well that season the only trophy that keeps eluding the Citizens year after year.
Make no mistake, it s going to be a thrilling match between two top-of-the-range sides, loaded with top-quality players and led by the two arguably best coaches in the world at the moment.
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The Reds were mostly left out of the conversation about potential title winners before the season started, mostly because they didn t spend as much mone…
Diogo Jota scored a hat-trick as Liverpool thrashed Atalanta 5-0 in the Champions League.
Picked ahead of the out-of-sorts Roberto Firmino, the Portuguese strengthened his claim to a regular starting berth with three brilliantly taken goals in Bergamo.
Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane also got on the scoresheet as Jurgen Klopp s men took complete control of Group D with a convincing away win over another of their supposed rivals for top spot.
A clash between two of Europe s most free-scoring sides was always going to produce chances, and the start of the first half did not disappoint in that regard.
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Just two minutes had elapsed when Jota danced through the Atalanta defence before drawing a smart stop from …
Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams believe the United States have every chance of beating England, with their confidence having not taken a hit in Monday s draw with Wales.
Pulisic supplied the assist for Timothy Weah s deserved opener at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium but the USA were unable to hold on in their opening World Cup game.
Walker Zimmerman s clumsy tackle on Gareth Bale handed Wales talisman a chance he duly took, lashing home from 12 yards to send the large Welsh contingent behind the goal into raptures.
While Wales were able to celebrate snatching a point from what was their first World Cup game since 1958, the USA were left to lament not making the most of a bright first half.
The USA s expected goals (xG) of 0.66 far exceeded Wales 0.17 in the firs…
Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino backed Sergio Ramos to return before the end of the month after the Spaniard was ruled out of Sunday s clash with Monaco.
The former Real Madrid captain made his long-awaited PSG debut in last month s 3-1 win at Saint-Etienne after a calf injury, but has not played since due to muscle fatigue.
Speaking at a media conference ahead of welcoming Niko Kovac s Monaco to the Parc des Princes on Sunday, Pochettino indicated that Ramos is likely to be back available soon.
He defended his decision to play the 35-year-old for the full 90 minutes against Les Verts, who had Timothee Kolodziejczak sent off in first-half stoppage time.
Will [Ramos] play again in 2021? Yes, we hope to see him again by the end of the ca…