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Two sides looking for a real boost this weekend, Everton will welcome Manchester United to Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon.
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Starting with the hosts, while Everton might have shocked many across the Premier League after their remarkable start to the season, the Toffees are a side now seeking a bost. Struggling to match a similar level that they set prior to October s international break, Carlo Ancelotti s men have collected just a single point since returning to action last month. Watching their unbeaten start to the new campaign brought to an abrupt end thanks to a 2-0 defeat away at St. James Park, the former Napoli boss also saw his side slump to a sluggish 2-1 defeat against Newcastle last weekend. While the Blues would…
Bayern Munich became the first team in Champions League history to score four goals in the last 15 minutes of a game after emphatically seeing off Salzburg 6-2.
Champions League holders Bayern made history thanks to goals from Jerome Boateng, Leroy Sane, Robert Lewandowski and Lucas Hernandez during the final 11 minutes on Tuesday.
Bayern bounced back from Mergim Berisha s fourth-minute opener in Salzburg, where the German visitors fell behind for the first time in 11 Champions League matches.
Lewandowski s 21st-minute penalty and Rasmus Kristensen s own goal gave Hansi Flick s Bayern a 2-1 lead on the stroke of half-time.
4 became the first team in history to score four goals in the last 15 minutes of a game. Late.
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz)
Eden Hazard s time at Real Madrid will develop into something very special , according to Belgium coach Roberto Martinez.
Hazard appeared to be finding some form for Madrid before suffering an ankle injury in a Champions League draw against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
The former Chelsea star has just one goal and two assists in 13 games this season, but Martinez believes the Belgium playmaker will become a Madrid star.
I saw Eden at the [Santiago] Bernabeu against PSG and I have to say that we saw a fascinating hour, Martinez said on Saturday.
He taught us how his season with Real Madrid will be and the truth is that it makes your mouth water.
Too bad he had to come off because of the injury, but we see an Eden Hazard that is going to contr…
Nick Saban stands alone as the most successful head coach in college football history after claiming a record seventh title following Alabama s 52-24 rout of Ohio State.
Top-ranked Alabama (13-0) were too strong for number three Ohio State (7-1) in Monday s College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium.
Saban – who celebrated his first crown in 2003 – surpassed Paul Bryant for the most national championships, with six of those titles coming during his 14 seasons at the helm of Alabama.
I m just happy we won tonight, the 68-year-old said amid the celebrations post-game. And I really haven t thought about that cause you re always looking forward.
And I just love this team so much and what they ve been able to do. I can t put it i…
Manchester City s spirit against Liverpool cannot be questioned, according to Pep Guardiola, whose team exited the FA Cup on Saturday.
City went down 3-2 in their semi-final clash with the Reds at Wembley, as Jurgen Klopp s team took the bragging rights in this particular tussle and progressed to their 15th FA Cup final, albeit their first since 2012 (only Manchester United and Arsenal have appeared in the competition s showpiece match on more occasions).
Six days on from a thrilling 2-2 draw between City and Liverpool in the Premier League, a much-changed team from Guardiola found themselves 3-0 down at half-time.
Ibrahima Konate put Liverpool ahead early on and Sadio Mane doubled their tally in strange fashion when City s second-choice goalkeeper Zack Steffen…
Arsenal are considering a move for Brighton and Hove Albion s Tariq Lamptey as a replacement for Hector Bellerin, according to the .
Bellerin, who is currently playing his seventh season as a member of the first team at Arsenal, arrived to north London from Barcelona s youth setup in 2011, at the age of 16. He has mostly been the first choice on the right defensive flank under all three managers he s worked with Arsene Wenger, Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta, though injuries haven t been exactly rare in his career.
Now 25, the Spaniard is being targeted by Barcelona with presidential candidate Joan Laporta, currently the favourite for the role, keen to bring him back to the Catalan club. Bellerin is under contract with Arsenal until the summer of 2023 and the Gunners are li…
Marc Skinner insists Manchester United’s “rebels” are closing the gap on Chelsea going into the Women’s FA Cup final on Sunday.
Wembley is expecting a 90,000 sell-out crowd – a record for a women’s domestic club match – for the showdown between the top two teams in the Women’s Super League.
United hold a one-point lead over Chelsea but Emma Hayes’ side have a game in hand and, with three WSL matches to play, are favourites to win a fourth consecutive title.
Chelsea also have a firm hold on United with six successive victories against the Red Devils, including a potentially decisive 1-0 home win in March – the only time Skinner’s side have failed to score in 28 games this season.
Skinner said: “We are getting closer. We remember the…
Andre Onana will join Inter Milan as a free agent when his contract with Ajax expires in the summer, according to Fabrizio Romano. Apparently, the agreement between the goalkeeper and the Serie A champions has been reached in full and the contract, set to keep him in Milan for the following five years on a salary worth a guaranteed sum of €3 million per season, has already been signed. The medical ahead of the move was done on Tuesday.
André Onana has signed his contract today as new Inter player after medical tests successfully completed in Milano. Five year deal for €3m guaranteed net salary. He s gonna join in July 2022 as free agent.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)
Having gone through the ranks at Barcelona s famous La Masia academy, th…
Reece James is still a few weeks from his return from injury as Thomas Tuchel confirmed the defender will not travel with Chelsea to Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup.
James suffered a hamstring injury at the end of December and has been unable to return to team training since.
His absence proved a big blow for the Blues given James importance in his right wing-back role – between the start of the season and December 29, he had a hand in the joint-most goals (11) across all competitions in their squad, while only Mason Mount (42) laid on more key passes than James (38).
James injury was especially frustrating for Chelsea given they had already lost Ben Chilwell for the rest of the season after sustained a serious knee injury the previous month.
And James…
Mohamed Salah became the first Liverpool player since Peter Beardsley 32 years ago to score in Anfield’s opening four league matches with both goals in a 2-0 victory over 10-man Everton in the 243rd Merseyside derby.
Ashley Young, who has played in some of the world’s biggest cross-city clashes in Manchester, Milan and Birmingham, was sent for a second bookable offence shortly before half-time to make the Toffees’ task of ending their woeful record across Stanley Park even more difficult.
Salah converted a 75th-minute penalty after a Michael Keane handball and then converted a counter-attack in added time which meant the Everton fans present were still to see a ‘live’ victory at Anfield since 1999 as their only win in 2021 came behind closed doors during the Co…