Liverpool have returned to the top of the Premier League after drawing 0-0 with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
Jurgen Klopp’s side rarely tested Red Devils goalkeeper David De Gea, who became the seventh player to have kept one hundred clean sheets in the division while the hosts only had a few shots on target themselves.
The point sees Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men slip outside the top four, with Arsenal replacing them after they eased past Southampton at the Emirates Stadium.
Goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Alex Iwobi helped seal the victory for the Gunners, who can be backed at for the first time in three years.
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The Saints remain just a point below seventeenth place Cardiff City, after the Bluebirds were…
It was a good day for Argentine teams in Copa Libertadores as River Plate and Lanus reached the quarter-finals.
River advanced to the quarters despite Tuesday s 1-1 second-leg draw at home to Guarani, while Lanus went through to the last eight thanks to their 1-0 victory over The Strongest.
Champions in 2015, River progressed 3-1 on aggregate after Lucas Alario cancelled out Marcelo Palau s first-half opener in Buenos Aires.
River were 2-0 winners against the Paraguayan hosts last month, but Guarani managed to reduce the deficit at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio.
Guarani kept the tie alive when Palau headed home from an acute angle in the second minute of first-half stoppage-time.
River restored their two-goal cushion seven minutes into the s…
With the Premier League taking center stage this weekend on what is a stacked Saturday from across Britain, we are offered a long list of noteworthy meetings. On that note, for those of you looking to stick on a weekend acca, we have searched far and wide to find you a couple of helpful tips that are worth keeping an eye out for.
Saturday 3rd October
BST 12:30 Chelsea vs Crystal Palace
Starting with Saturday s hosts, throwing away the lead late on in midweek and watching bitter rivals Tottenham end their EFL Cup adventure on penalties, Chelsea have struggled to get themselves flying out the traps this season. While Frank Lampard s men might have really broken the bank this summer and brought in a host of new arrivals, the Blues have managed to win just one of…
Left-back perhaps wasn t the first position many Manchester United fans thought of in terms of areas that needed strengthening in pre-season, but it s now easy to see why they have added Alex Telles to their ranks.
With Luke Shaw and Brandon Williams as their two left-backs, most supporters would have been content – if not thrilled – by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s options in the position.
Both were solid for the most part last season, though in the case of Shaw, it is fair to say he hasn t hit the heights many expected of him.
Shaw appeared destined for great things when he joined United from Southampton six years ago, and although injury problems have affected him, it s difficult to argue he s any better than he was as an 18-year-old.
Williams, on the oth…
Napoli have urged their fans to make themselves heard in the fight against racism during Saturday’s home game against Atalanta.
The Serie A club said earlier in the week that it was “astonishing” that Italy defender Francesco Acerbi was not sanctioned over allegations of racism against their player Juan Jesus.
Inter Milan’s Acerbi was accused of racism towards Jesus in the closing stages of a 1-1 draw earlier this month, with the Napoli defender briefly pausing the match to report the matter to the referee.
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Leeds defender Diego Llorente has rejoined Roma on loan until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Llorente, 29, spent the second half of last season with the Italian club, making 12 appearances in all competitions.
Leeds, relegated from the Premier League in May, said: “He now heads back to the Italian capital for a second stint and we wish Diego good luck during his time with Roma.”
More departures are expected from Elland Road following Leeds’ return to the Sky Bet Championship, with fellow defender Robin Koch joining Eintracht Frankfurt on a season-long loan earlier this week.
Leeds appointed former Celtic head of football operations Nick Hammond as interim football advisor last month and former Norwich boss Daniel Farke was installed as head coach ea…
Stoke City are lining up a shock move for Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko,.
Current Premier League champions City are on the verge of signing Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony, a move which is likely to see Dzeko move down the pecking order at Eastlands.
The Bosnia and Herzegovina captain moved to the Etihad Stadium from Wolfsburg in January 2011, and has gone one to make one hundred and seventy-two appearances in all competitions, scoring sixty-nine goals.
During his time in England, he has won the league title twice and has also lifted both the FA Cup and League Cup while he has thirty eight goals in sixty-nine appearances at international level.
Mark Hughes has room in his squad for another loan addition after cutting short Liverpool winger Ou…
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp had no intention of declaring tax on US$295,000 he received, a court has heard.
Redknapp appeared in London s Southwark Crown Court on Monday alongside his former chairman at Portsmouth, Milan Mandaric, with the pair accused of tax evasion.
Redknapp denied two counts of cheating the public revenue in relation to alleged payments from Mandaric into his Monaco bank account totalling $295,000.
Mandaric, now the Sheffield Wednesday chairman, also denied the charges before a packed courtroom that included several relatives and more than 30 journalists.
John Black QC opened the prosecution s case telling jurors both parties must have known they were avoiding taxes.
These payments were a bung or offshore bonus t…
Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says Italy are ready to prove their critics wrong when they take on Belgium at Euro 2016 on Monday.
A rare shortage of elite talent in creative positions has seen some observers, particularly among the country s demanding media, label Antonio Conte s squad the worst Azzurri side in living memory.
The absence of injured duo Marco Verratti and Claudio Marchisio, together with Major League Soccer-based pair Andrea Pirlo and Sebastian Giovinco being overlooked for selection, has left Italy looking particularly threadbare in midfield roles.
Further forward, striking options Simone Zaza, Ciro Immobile, Graziano Pelle, Eder and Lorenzo Insigne do not inspire fear in the manner of some of their predecessors.
But Buffon, who wo…
Granada have appointed former Rayo Vallecano boss Paco Jemez as their new head coach on a three-year deal.
Jemez spent four seasons at Rayo, battling financial insecurity to catch the eye with a devotion to attacking football.
Though he guided Rayo to their highest league place of eighth in the 2012-13 Liga season, he was unable to beat the drop last term.
Granada finished the campaign 16th, just one point above 18th-placed Rayo.
Jose Gonzalez replaced Jose Sandoval as Granada coach in February, but did not do enough to keep the job long term, despite scraping to safety.
Everton and Watford had been linked with moves for Jemez, before hiring Ronald Koeman and Walter Mazzarri respectively.
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