Liverpool (AFP) – Arsenal's early-season problems mounted at Anfield on Sunday after they were condemned to a miserable 4-0 defeat by Jurgen Klopp's rampant Liverpool. Not even the return of Alexis Sanchez could inspire Arsene Wenger's side as they fell to goals from Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Daniel Sturridge. Salah's third goal, […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool forwards Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah tore Arsenal to shreds as Arsene Wenger's team crashed to a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday. The trio all found the net to condemn Arsenal to a second successive defeat after their 1-0 loss at Stoke City, which left them six […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany striker Timo Werner netted twice as RB Leipzig came from behind to floor Freiburg 4-1 on Sunday and get their Bundesliga season on track. All four Leipzig goals came after the break as they roared back after a poor first half on the back of losing their opening match of the […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea lifted Antonio Conte's spirits ahead of the crucial final days of the transfer window as goals from Cesc Fabregas and Alvaro Morata sealed a comfortable 2-0 victory over woeful Everton on Sunday. Conte has spent the last few weeks grumbling about Chelsea's failure to land his top transfer targets, and with […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was dropped for his side's Premier League clash with title rivals Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday. German Loris Karius came in between the posts and Mignolet was not even named on the bench by manager Jurgen Klopp. The 29-year-old Belgium international had started Liverpool's four previous games, conceding […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho questioned Manchester United's supporters after suggesting that Old Trafford was too quiet during Saturday's 2-0 Premier League win over Leicester City. United are top of the table after substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini scored in the final 20 minutes against stubborn opponents. At one stage, it looked […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted his satisfaction at his team's dramatic 2-1 win at Bournemouth was tainted by the dismissal of Raheem Sterling. Referee Mike Dean showed Sterling a second yellow card after the England forward celebrated his deflected 97th-minute winner on Saturday by throwing himself into the away […]

Madrid (AFP) – Lionel Messi scored twice and saw a penalty saved as Barcelona maintained their perfect start to the season in La Liga with a 2-0 win at Alaves on Saturday. Without new signing Ousmane Dembele, who completed the second most expensive transfer ever by moving for 105 million euros ($125 million) from Borussia […]

Milan (AFP) – Mauro Icardi scored a second-half brace as Inter Milan rocked Roma 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday to send out an early-season statement of intent to their Serie A title rivals. An early opener from Edin Dzeko, Serie A's top scorer last season with 29 goals, had a packed Olimpico jumping […]

Paris (AFP) – Nice saw their poor start to the season continue on Saturday as they went down to a 3-0 defeat at newly-promoted Amiens in Ligue 1. With Balotelli sidelined due to illness and Ivorian midfielder Jean-Michael Seri left out after the collapse of his transfer to Barcelona, Nice slumped to a third loss […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini struck to maintain Manchester United's 100 percent start to the Premier League season in a 2-0 win over Leicester City on Saturday. Rashford, dropped to the bench to make way for Anthony Martial, turned in Henrikh Mkhitaryan's corner in the 70th minute, less than […]

Milan (AFP) – Argentina forward Paulo Dybala hit a hat-trick as Juventus recovered from two goals down after a dreadful start to win 4-2 at Genoa in Serie A on Saturday. With confidence still flying high after last season's shock 3-1 home win over the champions, Genoa looked on their way to causing another upset […]

Berlin (AFP) – Late goals in quick succession by Robert Lewandowski gave defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich their second straight win with a 2-0 victory at Werder Bremen on Saturday. Bremen's last win over Bayern was in 2006, but the hosts held their star-studded opponents until the 72nd minute when Lewandowski first struck. The Poland […]

London (AFP) – Frank de Boer's miserable start to life as Crystal Palace manager continued on Saturday as his side lost 2-0 at home to Swansea City in the Premier League. Tammy Abraham's first Swansea goal since he joined on loan from Chelsea and a Jordan Ayew effort gave Paul Clement's Swansea their first victory […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was left scratching his head after Raheem Sterling was sent off moments after giving his side a last-gasp 2-1 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday. Sterling celebrated his deflected 97th-minute winner by throwing himself into the jubilantly celebrating away end and was shown a second yellow card by […]