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Real Madrid made it three wins from three in LaLiga this season with a 4-1 victory over Leganes at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Karim Benzema scored twice in between goals from Gareth Bale and Sergio Ramos to secure the three points, despite a scare when Guido Carrillo made it 1-1 when he fired a penalty past debutant goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. The victory puts Julen Lopetegui's side top of the table, two points above Celta Vigo, who beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 at Balaidos. Bale stretched... Читать дальше...

Inter coach Luciano Spalletti said his players' patient approach paid dividends after they scored three goals in the final half-hour to beat Bologna 3-0 at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. Radja Nainggolan, making his Inter debut, opened the scoring after 66 minutes of a tightly contested match before Antonio Candreva and Ivan Perisic scored in the last 10 minutes to seal the Nerazzurri's first Serie A win of the season. In the absence of injured captain Mauro Icardi, Spalletti played Keita Balde Diao as... Читать дальше...

Pep Guardiola insisted Leroy Sane's omission from Manchester City's matchday 18 for the 2-1 win over Newcastle United was purely a tactical decision. Sane was named PFA Young Player of the Year last season as City stormed to the Premier League title with a 100-point haul. He was surprisingly cut from Germany's World Cup squad and found himself restricted to substitute cameos in City's opening three Premier League games – with his brief outing in the 1-1 draw at Wolves last weekend particularly error-strewn. Читать дальше...

Kylian Mbappe admitted he needs to control his temper but has no regrets over the push on Teji Savanier that earned him a red card in Paris Saint-Germain's 4-2 win over Nimes. The 19-year-old scored PSG's third goal to put them back in front after a dramatic fightback brought Nimes level from being 2-0 down, but he was dismissed in the dying seconds for his reaction to a rash challenge by Savanier, who was also sent off. The France forward indicated that the physical treatment he received from... Читать дальше...

Manchester City match-winner Kyle Walker felt the defending Premier League champions were short of their best in the 2-1 victory over Newcastle United. City returned to winning ways following last weekend's 1-1 draw at Wolves but at times they again appeared vulnerable on the counter-attack. DeAndre Yedlin was on hand to convert from Salomon Rondon's cross in the 30th minute after Raheem Sterling gave the hosts an early lead at the Etihad Stadium. Walker, who failed to score as City racked up points and goals records last season... Читать дальше...

Roy Hodgson refuted suggestions Crystal Palace are psychologically vulnerable without Wilfried Zaha despite their continued struggles in his absence. Zaha picked up an injury in training on Friday and was forced to sit out the 2-0 home defeat to Southampton. Palace have now lost each of the last 10 matches the talismanic 25-year-old has missed, with the recurring issue exacerbated by Christian Benteke's wastefulness in front of goal. Hodgson insisted the Eagles cannot afford to lean on Zaha's unavailability as an excuse for poor results. Читать дальше...

Swansea City rallied from an early red card to record an impressive 2-1 comeback victory at Millwall on Saturday. The visitors were reduced to 10 men after only five minutes when Courtney Baker-Richardson was dismissed for a late challenge on James Meredith. Millwall made the most of their numerical advantage to take the lead just after the hour, Murray Wallace nodding in after team-mate Jake Cooper had headed a corner back across the face of goal. However, the game changed on a substitution,... Читать дальше...

Thomas Tuchel said his Paris Saint-Germain players had achieved "a physical and mental victory" after they survived a second-half fightback from Nimes to win 4-2 in Ligue 1. The champions went in 2-0 up at half-time after goals from Neymar and Angel Di Maria put them in control at Stade des Costieres but Antonin Bobichon and Teji Savanier brought the hosts level. A clinical finish from Kylian Mbappe restored PSG's lead and Edinson Cavani wrapped up a tense contest in stoppage time, but the drama was far from over. Читать дальше...

Walker thumps City back to winning waysGoodness, what a way to score your first goal for a club. Manchester City found themselves unexpectedly level with Newcastle in the late game, having seen DeAndre Yedline equalise Raheem Sterling's first-half effort. Enter Walker, who ripped a low shot beyond Martin Dubravka from distance. City weren't at their best and Pep Guardiola's two-forward system didn't really work, but it was still the win they and he needed after those dropped points last week at Wolves.Liverpool... Читать дальше...

David Wagner made no apologies for his conservative gameplan as he praised Huddersfield Town's application in grinding out a 1-1 draw with Everton. Philip Billing and Dominic Calvert-Lewin traded goals late in the first half before an uninspiring affair ended with the points shared at Goodison Park. The result was far more palatable for a Huddersfield side that sought to frustrate the opposition and are now unbeaten in two Premier League matches. Having watched his team ship nine goals over the opening two weeks... Читать дальше...

Thibaut Courtois will make his Real Madrid debut in Saturday's LaLiga clash with Leganes at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Belgium international, a reported £35million signing from Chelsea, has replaced Keylor Navas in the starting line-up. New signing Mariano Diaz, who returned from Lyon in a €33m deal this week, is among the substitutes. Gareth Bale and Marco Asensio will play in attack alongside Karim Benzema in what looks like a 4-3-3 set-up chosen by Julen Lopetegui. Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Luka Modric line up in midfeld... Читать дальше...

Liverpool stay perfectJurgen Klopp's team got off to an uncharacteristic start at Leicester, with Mohamed Salah of all people squandering a glorious chance in the first half. It didn't matter, though. Soon after, Sadio Mane did take a chance, prodding home after fine work from Andy Robertson and then, in injury time, Roberto Firmino effectively ended the game as a contest, heading past Kasper Schmeichel from a James Milner corner.Leicester did mount a comeback, thanks in part to an horrendous goalkeeping blunder from Alisson... Читать дальше...

Moussa Dembele has revealed he "gave everything" to make sure his move from Celtic to Lyon went through. The striker excelled at Celtic Park after joining the Scottish club from Fulham, but a long-anticipated departure finally happened before the transfer deadline in France. It had appeared as though Dembele would stay put before confirmation came of an agreement with Lyon, rewarding the player's efforts to make sure the move happened in time. "Thanks to Lyon for putting their trust in me. I'm very happy to be here," he told the media. Читать дальше...

Jurgen Klopp is wondering whether he should start watching Jose Mourinho's news conferences after learning of the Manchester United manager's comments about him. Mourinho has made the headlines with a number of feisty encounters with the media in recent weeks and, on Friday, he defended his managerial record and asked why Liverpool boss Klopp had not been questioned on his own failure to deliver silverware. Klopp was unaware of the discussion, but he had no problem with the point Mourinho made... Читать дальше...

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp conceded an Alisson error was inevitable and insisted he had no problem with the goalkeeper's blunder in the win at Leicester City. The Brazil international was the chief culprit for curtailing a run of three successive clean sheets with his self-inflicted mistake in the second half of Saturday's 2-1 success. Retrieving an errant Virgil van Dijk pass, the 25-year-old dallied on the ball and was easily dispossessed by Kelechi Iheanacho, who squared for Rachid Ghezzal to reduce the deficit. Читать дальше...

Son Heung-min secured exemption from military service after helping South Korea to the Asian Games title with a 2-1 victory over Japan on Saturday. The Tottenham forward was given permission by the Premier League club to play in the Under-23 tournament in Indonesia knowing a gold medal would seal his release from mandatory service for his country. Round by round the pressure has increased for Son and his team-mates and it showed in the final as they took their time to break down Japan. South Korea... Читать дальше...

Cristiano Ronaldo is an "egoist" who Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic would never want in a team of his. Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo did not attend Thursday's UEFA ceremony where Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric beat his old club-mate to governing body's Player of the Year award. Modric was inspirational in his country's shock run to the World Cup final after helping Madrid, alongside Ronaldo, to their third consecutive Champions League crown last season. Criticism followed from the 33-year-old's agent Jorge Mendes... Читать дальше...

Manchester City's director of football Txiki Begiristain admitted the Premier League champions are not yet feared in Europe, but said Champions League glory was "closer than we think". City are going into their eighth successive campaign in European football's top competition but have only progressed beyond the quarter-final stage once in that time. A 1-0 aggregate defeat to Real Madrid in the 2016 semi-final under Manuel Pellegrini represented their best effort, and since then Pep Guardiola has... Читать дальше...

Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour insists the club's ambitious plans to revolutionise football are only getting started. This weekend marks 10 years since the Abu Dhabi United Group's stunning takeover of City, which drastically altered the future trajectory of the club and the Premier League. In that decade the Blues have amassed three Premier League titles, as many EFL Cups and an FA Cup, spending an estimated £1.4billion on playing staff alone. They won the title by a whopping 19 points last season... Читать дальше...

Carlo Ancelotti is confident Napoli can overcome Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain to reach the Champions League knockout rounds. Red Star Belgrade are the other side standing in the way of the Partenopei progressing from what will be a keenly contested Group C. Though they disappointed in Europe's top club competition under Maurizio Sarri last season, finishing third behind Manchester City and Shakhtar Donetsk to drop into the Europa League, Ancelotti believes Napoli can survive a more difficult assignment this time around. Читать дальше...

Porto have signed Riechedly Bazoer on a season-long loan from Wolfsburg. The Netherlands international joined the German outfit in January 2017 from Ajax, but has struggled for game time at the Volkswagen Arena, making just 27 appearances in all competitions. The 21-year-old now has the chance to resurrect his career in Portugal and can look forward to Champions League football with his new club. He told Porto's official website: "Porto is a big club with a lot of history, where great players have played. Читать дальше...

The numbers are striking: three Premier League titles, three EFL Cups, one FA Cup, £1.4billion spent. Sheikh Mansour's flooding of the Manchester City coffers on September 1, 2008 brought radically altered horizons, an unthinkable new reality and Robinho. The next big-name arrival has rarely been far away since the Brazilian's £32.5million arrival from Real Madrid, irrespective of whether Mark Hughes, Roberto Mancini, Manuel Pellegrini or Pep Guardiola was at the helm. But transforming a group... Читать дальше...

It is 10 years since the Abu Dhabi United Group's stunning takeover of Manchester City drastically altered the future trajectory of the club and the Premier League. September 1, 2008 began with news of City's new ownership group - funded by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan's lavish wealth - and ended with the club-record signing of Robinho from Real Madrid, after an unlikely deadline day tug-of-war with Manchester United for Tottenham's Dimitar Berbatov. The rate of investment has seldom let up over the subsequent decade... Читать дальше...

A decade on from Robinho's British-record arrival at Manchester City, the Premier League club have regularly made waves in the transfer market. The Brazil forward signed on the day the Abu Dhabi United group altered City's reality beyond all recognition. A 35-year trophy drought ended in 2011 and fans have revelled in three Premier League titles and four domestic cup triumphs. However, it has not been all milk and honey, trophies and medals, Agueros and Silvas. Trading with the backing of Sheikh... Читать дальше...

Paris Saint-Germain head coach Thomas Tuchel described Kylian Mbappe as "unbelievably talented" as he praised the teenage sensation. Mbappe has already scored three goals in two games for Ligue 1 champions PSG after the 19-year-old helped France win the World Cup in Russia. And Tuchel lauded Mbappe – who netted 21 goals in all competitions last season – ahead of PSG's trip to newly promoted Nimes on Saturday. "Kylian is unbelievably talented and he is a very positive person too," Tuchel said.... Читать дальше...