London (AFP) – Unai Emery has warned his Arsenal stars to fix their leaky defence in time for Sunday's Premier League clash against Everton. Emery's side extended their winning run to four matches in all competitions with a 4-2 victory over Vorskla Poltava in the Europa League on Thursday. The Gunners raced into a four-goal […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has a tough decision to make over whether to pick Alvaro Morata or Olivier Giroud for a testing encounter with West Ham on Sunday. The Stamford Bridge club are top of the Premier League table after five wins out of five but the fixture list has been relatively kind […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola claims he is happy with the form of young striker Gabriel Jesus even though the Brazilian appears to be suffering a hangover from his country's disappointing World Cup campaign. The 21-year-old has started just two of City's first five league games of the season and, […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Paul Pogba's fine form for Manchester United this season is evidence that post-World Cup hangovers are as much mental as physical, according to the club's manager Jose Mourinho. Pogba played a crucial role in France's path to being crowned world champions — scoring a sublime goal in the final against […]

Lyon (AFP) – Monaco's home struggles continued on Friday night as they squandered a string of chances in a 1-1 with Nimes to stretch their winless run to six. Monaco have not won at their Stade Louis II all season. In their last home league match they lost to Marseille and on Tuesday were beaten […]

Lausanne (AFP) – Lyon reacted to a UEFA ruling on Friday that they must play their next Champions League match behind closed doors by saying they would appeal again, this time to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The punishment was originally handed down in August following scenes of mob violence ahead of a Europa League […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus was back in coach Tite's Brazil squad announced on Friday but Paris Saint-Germain centre-back Thiago Silva was left out. Brazil will play two friendlies in Saudi Arabia next month, one against the hosts and the other against bitter rivals Argentina, who will be without Lionel […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admits he does not know when injury-plagued French international full-back Benjamin Mendy will be back in action after he suffered a metatarsal injury. Mendy, who missed nine months last season after requiring surgery on a knee ligament injury, is believed to have suffered the injury […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City's record goalscorer Sergio Aguero extended his stay with the Premier League champions on Friday, signing a one-year contract extension. The 30-year-old Argentina international — who broke the record last season and whose tally stands at 204 — put pen to paper on a deal that will see him through to […]

London (AFP) – Mohamed Salah's slow start to the season is not causing Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to lose any sleep. The 26-year-old Egyptian star — who had a disappointing World Cup after entering it with a shoulder injury he suffered in the Champions League final — has scored just twice this term. Klopp's lack […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho indicated Friday that he will ration Diogo Dalot's Manchester United appearances despite an impressive midweek debut in the Champions League. Mourinho declared that Dalot, 19, was the best young full-back in Europe after signing him from Porto for £19 million ($25 million) in June. The right-back's debut was […]

London (AFP) – Alvaro Morata needs goals to boost his fragile confidence, said Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri after the striker again failed to find the net in the Europa League match against PAOK in Greece. Morata, 25, scored freely in the first few weeks after joining Chelsea last year but has appeared short of confidence […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says the stress of Hugo Lloris' drink-driving arrest may have contributed to the thigh injury the goalkeeper suffered against Manchester United. Spurs have suffered three consecutive defeats since the Frenchman was injured — back-to-back Premier League losses and a Champions League reverse at Inter Milan. Lloris' injury came […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City's record goalscorer Sergio Aguero extended his stay with the Premier League champions on Friday, signing a one-year contract extension. The 30-year-old Argentina international — who broke the record last season and whose tally stands at 204 — put pen to paper on a deal that will see him through to […]

Bristol (United Kingdom) (AFP) – When British billionaire Steve Lansdown got fed up with his home town of Bristol being treated as a sporting joke he set out to put that right — modelling his vision on mighty Barcelona. The 66-year-old, who made his fortune in financial services, said his main motivation for buying football […]