London (AFP) – Arsenal coach Unai Emery believes Liverpool can match the achievement of Arsene Wenger's 'Invincibles' by going through a Premier League season without losing a match. The Gunners travel to leaders Liverpool on Saturday with Jurgen Klopp's men six points clear at the top of the table, having won 16 of their 19 […]

London (AFP) – Virgil van Dijk admits it is an exciting time to be a Liverpool player, but warned the Premier League leaders have won nothing yet. A year on since becoming the world's most expensive defender in a £75 million ($95 million) move from Southampton, the Dutchman has more than justified his enormous transfer […]

Rome (AFP) – Inter Milan will play two Serie A home matches behind closed doors as punishment for the racist chants directed towards Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, the Italian league announced on Thursday. Koulibaly was subjected to monkey noises from the crowd several times during Inter's 1-0 win at the San Siro on Wednesday, leading […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazilian right-back Rafinha has hinted that he will leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season, telling SporTV that he is "at the end of the cycle" with the German champions. The 33-year-old, who has played four times for his country, wants to return to Brazil. "I've always wanted […]

London (AFP) – A congested festive fixture list can often prove decisive in determining the destination of the Premier League title, but an action-packed Boxing Day also marked the halfway point of the league season with Liverpool surging into a six-point lead at the top. Tottenham, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal have also shone at […]

Rome (AFP) – The mayor of Milan said on Thursday he was ashamed of the racist chants directed at Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly during Wednesday's Serie A match between Inter and Napoli at the San Siro. Sala also asked the Napoli player for forgiveness on behalf of the city of Milan. The 27-year-old had been […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has lamented the fact on-form Son Heung-min will miss another chunk of the club season next month at the Asian Cup. The South Korean has scored five goals in his last three games as Spurs have soared into second in the Premier League by smashing Everton 6-2 and […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri believes his club's battle to curb racist incidents among their fanbase is a "fight against stupid people" following further allegations of racist chanting by fans during the 2-1 win at Watford on Boxing Day. A minority of the away end were reported to have shouted discriminatory remarks during […]

London (AFP) – English champions Manchester City slumped to a third shock defeat in four Premier League games at Leicester on Boxing Day to slip to third in the table and seven points adrift of unbeaten leaders Liverpool. Just a few weeks ago City seemed unstoppable as they started their title defence with a 15-game […]

Rome (AFP) – Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti said the club asked for Wednesday's Serie A game against Inter Milan to be stopped a number of times following racist chants towards Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly. Koulibaly was sent off 10 minutes from the end of Napoli's 1-0 defeat at the San Siro, with substitute Lautaro Martinez […]

London (AFP) – Eden Hazard offered Chelsea fans hope his future may remain with the Londoners by stating he wants to become a club "legend" like former team-mates Frank Lampard, John Terry and Didier Drogba. Hazard scored his 100th and 101st Chelsea goals as Maurizio Sarri's men moved back into the Premier League top four […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola refused to concede Manchester City's Premier League title defence was over and urged his side to respond from a third defeat in their last four Premier League games after losing 2-1 at Leicester. Goals for Leicester from Marc Albrighton and Ricardo Pereira saw Guardiola's men slip seven points […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Arsenal's top-four bid suffered a setback as Jurgen Locadia's equaliser gave Brighton a 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium on Wednesday. Unai Emery's side had taken an early lead through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's fine first half strike. But Locadia levelled for Brighton before half-time and the Gunners couldn't find a winner […]

London (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham's ability to remain focused amid numerous distractions has propelled his side into second place in the Premier League. A 5-0 Wembley demolition of Bournemouth on Wednesday featured two goals from Son Heung-Min and one each from Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane and Lucas Moura. The ruthless massacre allowed Tottenham […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United are now seeing the Paul Pogba he knows from his time in charge of the club's reserve team after the French World Cup winner scored twice in a 3-1 win over Huddersfield on Boxing Day. Solskjaer's reign as caretaker manager began with a 5-1 […]