London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho revealed Paul Pogba was furious with Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny for his role in the red card that rules the Manchester United midfielder out of next weekend's summit meeting with Manchester City. Pogba was sent off in the 74th minute of United's 3-1 win at Arsenal on Saturday for a crude […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp has insisted Liverpool's immediate target is to establish themselves in the top four of the Premier League before they start looking towards leaders Manchester City. Klopp's side confirmed their recent progress with a 5-1 win away to Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday. It was Liverpool's fifth win […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino believes his Tottenham Hotspur side are coming of age despite their already-fading hopes of Premier League title glory suffering another setback with a 1-1 draw away to Watford. Saturday's result was Spurs' fourth successive league game without a win they've now gone from vying for the title to […]

London (AFP) – Antonio Conte admits retaining the Premier League title may be out of Chelsea's reach despite an impressive recent run of results ahead of their midweek Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid. The Blues fought back from a goal down on Saturday to beat Newcastle 3-1 courtesy of two goals from the impressive […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says landmark early-season wins infused his Manchester City stars with the belief that they could beat all-comers but warned that his Premier League high-fliers they have won nothing yet. The City boss, whose team host West Ham on Sunday, believes four victories in particular gave his players an […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid remain eight points adrift of Barcelona at the top of La Liga after failing to break down Athletic Bilbao in a 0-0 stalemate as captain Sergio Ramos saw the 24th red card of his career. Earlier, Celta Vigo became the first team this season to take points off Barcelona at […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery shrugged off concerns about next week's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich after his side fell to their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season at lowly Strasbourg on Saturday. Neymar's PSG travel to Munich knowing that they will top Group B as long as they don't […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United ended Arsenal's 12-match home winning run in a breathless encounter to close the gap on Manchester City on Saturday but Tottenham slipped further off the pace with a costly draw at Watford. With Pep Guardiola's pacesetters not in action until Sunday, United's 3-1 victory took them to within five points […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla coach Eduardo Berizzo has been released from hospital just four days after undergoing an operation on a cancerous prostate tumour, the club confirmed on Saturday. "Berizzo will continue his post-operative treatment at home," Sevilla said in a statement. The Argentine's assistant Ernesto Marcucci took charge as Sevilla beat Deportivo la Coruna […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund are set to be without midfielders Maximilian Philipp and Gonzalo Castro for the foreseeable future after the pair picked up serious injuries on Saturday. Dortmund already have German World Cup winner Mario Goetze sidelined for the next six weeks with damaged ankle ligaments. Peter Bosz's team have plunged from first […]

Paris (AFP) – Newly-promoted Strasbourg put the brakes on Paris Saint-Germain by becoming the first team to beat the runaway Ligue 1 leaders this season with a shock 2-1 win on Saturday. Stephane Bahoken downed Neymar and company with a bullet finish in the 65th minute to drag the lowly home side away from relegation […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ten-man Tottenham Hotspur stopped the rot with a 1-1 draw at Watford on Saturday but this result did little to revive an already faltering Premier League title bid. Christian Kabasele's early opener for Watford was cancelled out by Son Heung-Min's equaliser in the first half. But Davinson Sanchez's red card […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Roberto Firmino scored twice as Liverpool continued their recent fine run with a 5-1 win away to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday. Emre Can and Philippe Coutinho were also on target for the visitors at the Amex Stadium before a late own-goal from Lewis Dunk […]

Madrid (AFP) – Celta Vigo breathed life into La Liga's title race by becoming the first team this season to take points off Barcelona at the Nou Camp in a thrilling 2-2 draw on Saturday. Iago Aspas gave Celta an early lead, but an inspired display from Lionel Messi appeared to have earned Barca another […]

Berlin (AFP) – Thomas Mueller marked his return from five weeks out with injury by creating two goals as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich went six points clear with a 3-1 win over Hanover on Saturday. Germany forward Mueller provided the cross which Arturo Vidal headed home, then set up Kingsley Coman to put Bayern 2-1 […]