Mohamed Salah toiled with the after effects of his shoulder injury at the start of this season, says Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
A deft finish from the Egypt forward opened the scoring for Liverpool in the Premier League leaders 2-0 win at Wolves last time out and moved him on to 14 goals for the campaign in all competitions.
Five of those have come in the past two weeks and Klopp believes the 2017-18 PFA and Football Writers Player of the Season is now firing on all cylinders – not that this was always the case in the months after his ill-fated grapple with Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos in the Champions League final.
He is young enough to involve a lot more things in his game. It s not just speed, it s not just finishing, it s keeping the ball, Klopp tol…
West Ham reject Man City bid for Rice
West Ham have reportedly rejected a big offer for the services of Declan Rice from Manchester City.
The 24-year-old England international is currently the subject of a fierce battle between City and Arsenal. The Gunners made their move first and have had two offers already rejected, even though Rice himself is believed to be keen on the Emirates move. However, the fact that City have entered the race with a strong effort will only make Arsenal s job of landing their primary midfield target this summer more difficult.
Bayern focused on Kane rather than Osimhen
Bayern Munich have reportedly told Victor Osimhen through his representatives that their focus regarding the plan to sign a striker this s…
Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte admitted he went down the tunnel after Rodrigo Bentancur s dramatic late winner at Bournemouth because he feared it would be ruled out by the video assistant referee.
It looked like a bad week for Conte was about to get worse as Spurs fell two goals down at the Vitality Stadium after Kieffer Moore s brace.
Goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Ben Davies and a 92nd-minute strike from substitute Bentancur turned things around though, ending a run of three games without a win in all competitions for Spurs.
Conte had not been shy in giving his opinions on recent decisions he felt went against his team in last week s Premier League loss to Newcastle United and Wednesday s Champions League draw with Sporting CP.
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Tottenham Hotspur have signed striker Emmanuel Adebayor on a season-long loan from Manchester City.
Spurs had been widely linked with a temporary move for the former Togo international, who was not in the first-team plans of City manager Roberto Mancini.
Tottenham confirmed the completion of the loan signing shortly before their Europa playoff second leg at home to Hearts on Thursday, a match watched by Adebayor at White Hart Lane.
We are delighted to announce the signing of Emmanuel Adebayor on a season-long loan from Manchester City, a Tottenham statement read.
Adebayor, 27, arrived in the English Premier League with Spurs archrivals Arsenal, who signed the centre-forward from Monaco in January 2006.
He moved to City, then managed by Mark Hug…
Newcastle United will put their impressive English Premier League form to the test when they face Stoke City away from home on Sunday.
Playing their second season back in the top flight after being relegated in 2008/09, Newcastle have won five of their nine Premier League matches so far, and sit a lofty fourth on the table.
Along with league leaders Manchester City, they are one of only two teams yet to lose this season.
A kind early fixture list means Newcastle are yet to face any of the other three clubs inside the top four, but have managed impressive draws at home to Arsenal and away to Tottenham Hotspur, when they twice came from a goal down to secure a point.
Their relatively easy introduction to the 2011/12 campaign ends with a trip to face high-f…
Hangzhou have appointed Philippe Troussier as their head coach in an attempt to turn their Chinese Super League fortunes around next season.
Under former boss Ji Yang, Hangzhou finished 12th in the table and, after six games without a win at the end of the campaign, only avoided relegation by three points.
They have now turned to 59-year-old former Japan coach Troussier to insitigate a revival in 2015.
After investigation and study Hangzhou Greentown Football Club and French national coach Philippe Troussier signed a working agreement, a statement read.
Troussier will lead the 2015 expedition of Hangzhou Greentown.
Troussier has previous experience in China having already managed Shenzhen Ruby for two seasons from 2011, but he suffered relega…
Lyon will not sell striker Alexandre Lacazette in January with president Jean-Michel Aulas claiming they are more likely to bring players in.
Lacazette has been critical to Lyon s tilt at the Ligue 1 title so far this season, leading the club to second, scoring 17 of their 40 goals to top the goal-scoring table in the French top flight.
That form has seen him linked with Tottenham, Liverpool and Newcastle United in the Premier League but Aulas is not interested in selling Lacazette, who has a contract with Lyon until June 2018, as the French club aim to return to the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2011-12.
We re not selling, Aulas said, according to Ligue1.com.
We ve just invested €400million in a new stadium, so selling our best playe…
Real Madrid beat bitter rivals Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano for the first time, as Gareth Bale s 100th goal for the club helped secure a 3-1 win to move them up to second in LaLiga.
Los Blancos claimed a morale-boosting 1-1 draw at Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Wednesday and they produced another resilient display to beat Diego Simeone s men on their own turf for the first time since their meeting at the Vicente Calderon in November 2016.
Atletico conceded twice in a first half at the Wanda for the first time, as Sergio Ramos penalty added to Casemiro s spectacular opener after Antoine Griezmann had equalised, with a little thanks to VAR.
Madrid looked in control at the back under pressure in the second half and finished off …
Charlie Austin s 93rd-minute penalty denied 10-man West Ham a hard-earned Premier League point as Southampton escaped with a 3-2 win at St Mary s on Saturday.
Javier Hernandez looked to have secured a fantastic draw with a brace either side of half-time after the Saints surged two goals ahead, but Pablo Zabaleta s push on Maya Yoshida enabled substitute Austin to snatch all three points with effectively the last kick of the match.
Southampton had earlier opened up a two-goal lead as Manolo Gabbiadini found a way past Joe Hart after 11 minutes. The Hammers then lost Marko Arnautovic to a straight red card for catching Jack Stephens with his arm before Dusan Tadic made it 2-0 from the spot.
However, Hernandez appeared to be Slaven Bilic s saviour by cutting …
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City s FA Cup semi-final loss to Arsenal could harm their Champions League chances.
Guardiola s former assistant Mikel Arteta masterminded a superb 2-0 win for the Gunners, who ended a run of seven consecutive defeats to City thanks to a goal in each half from Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang and a tireless defensive display.
City s underwhelming Premier League campaign will now amble to a conclusion in dead rubbers against Watford and relegated Norwich City over the coming week, with the focus shifting to Real Madrid s visit to the Etihad Stadium on August 7.
Speaking to BT Sport after the match, Guardiola suggested a two-week break before Zinedine Zidane s LaLiga winners aim to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit at the last-16 stage wo…