Category: Football

Marko Arnautovic would not be drawn on his West Ham future after Austria’s Nations League win against Northern Ireland on Sunday. There have been reports recently that the 29-year-old is ready to leave the Hammers in order to pursue his dream of playing in the Champions League. Said reports were pretty much instigated by his …

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have not made the top three in the Ballon d’Or this season, according to reports in France and Italy. The 30-man shortlist, which was announced last month, was dominated by Champions League winners Real Madrid, who had eight players nominated. Superstars Ronaldo and Messi were both included, but Tuttosport and Corriere …

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Pep Guardiola agreed to sign for Manchester City four months before the deal was made official, according to reports. The former Barcelona coach has been a huge success since he swapped Bayern Munich for City with a Carabao Cup win and Premier League title to show for his first two seasons in charge. The Citizens …

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It can’t have made for easy watching. Borussia Dortmund’s yellow submarine had puffed and labored through a sterile 45 minutes against a Monaco side that had come to preserve rather than create, not much more than a shadow of the side that had zipped through to the Champions League’s last four a year and some …

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Neil Warnock says he detests the way Fulham handled the simultaneous sacking of Slavisa Jokanovic and appointment of Claudio Ranieri. Fulham chairman Shahid Khan announced on the club’s website last week that Jokanovic had been sacked and replaced by Ranieri, who memorably led Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016. Khan said Fulham had …

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Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier says football needs games like the feisty north London derby with Arsenal. The Gunners won an enthralling contest 4-2 at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, thanks in part to two goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Although the occasion was soured by trouble in the stands, which saw a Spurs fan arrested for …

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Click:cnc programmer Jose Mourinho slammed water bottles into the ground in an expression of “relief” after Manchester United snatched a last-gasp winner to reach the Champions League last 16 – an opportunity the manager used to remind “lovers” of his enviable continental record. Young Boys looked set to frustrate, and perhaps even embarrass, the Old …

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Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has admitted he was not happy with how his side played in the first 45 minutes against BATE Borisov. Olivier Giroud scored his first Chelsea goal in 794 minutes as the Blues progressed to the Europa League knockout stages with a 1-0 win at BATE Borisov. Chelsea’s fourth win from as …

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Being one of the Big Clubs is a great blessing, but it carries a great curse. By football law, all Big Clubs must take their turn at being the Crisis Club. Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham have all borne the mantle with great stoicism this season. Chelsea cleverly got their turn out of the way …

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Manchester City’s five-point lead at the Premier League summit was achieved in a rather more uncomfortable fashion than it needed to be. For 85 minutes at Vicarage Road, Pep Guardiola’s champions were in sumptuous form, the two-goal cushion they took into the closing stages by no means an accurate reflection of their dominance of Watford. …

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