Chelsea have announced they have suspended four people from attending their games, pending further investigations into the allegations about the behaviour of fans towards Raheem Sterling. Sterling confirmed on Sunday that the abuse he had been subjected to in Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge was at least partially racially motivated, and that he …
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10) Man City’s decision to sell Angus Gunn As f*ck-ups go, this is hardly one to rival Deepwater, Chernobyl or the Titanic. But we have to squeeze City in somewhere. You can’t blame Gunn for wanting to continue playing football, having spent last season at Norwich. So when the £10million offer came from Southampton, it …
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists it is time to put right the wrongs of their inconsistent Champions League campaign. Three away group game defeats have left the Reds needing to beat Napoli either 1-0 or by two clear goals at Anfield on Tuesday. The on-the-road rot began in Naples where Klopp’s side controlled much of …
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PICK OF THE BUNCH David de Gea is a Premier League winner, a five-time Team of the Year and one-time World XI goalkeeper, and has kept 94 clean sheets in 249 English top-flight appearances (37.7%). Jordan Pickford has been relegated from the Premier League, has a bloody mint kick on him, and has kept 17 …
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Memphis Depay’s former Holland Under-21s coach reckons the forward failed at Manchester United because he moved ‘too early’. The Lyon star caught the eye again on Friday in Holland’s 2-0 win over France as he continues to rebuild his reputation with five goals and five assists in just 13 games for his club this term. …
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Paul Pogba thinks Juventus should be happy to have a player on their side that can score “as easily as he drinks water”. Manchester United travel to Turin on Wednesday night looking to bounce back from a 1-0 defeat in the first fixture against Juventus at Old Trafford in Group H. United are five points …
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Winners Manchester United, doing it again If not the best performance of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United tenure, certainly the best result. Comeback victories over Bournemouth and Newcastle United proved that United still had some fighting spirit, but repeating the same trick against Juventus is a great deal more impressive. “I think Juventus, we started the …
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Jurgen Klopp responded in a spiky manner to questions about his Liverpool midfield sometimes being “overrun”. Gini Wijnaldum, James Milner and Jordan Henderson struggled to contain Marco Verratti in the first half in their 2-1 loss to PSG in the Champions League on Wednesday. And, with Fabinho and Naby Keita still trying to bed into …
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Paul Clement has been sacked by Reading after less than nine months in charge, the Sky Bet Championship club have announced. The Royals are outside the relegation zone on goal difference after winning just four of their 20 league games this season. “Reading can announce that Paul Clement has left his position as manager of …
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David de Gea is becoming increasingly fed up of being ‘singled out’ for his performances while on international duty with Spain, according to reports. The Manchester United goalkeeper hasn’t been in the best form for his club this season but criticism of his performances has been more vocal around the Spain set-up. De Gea came …
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