Milan (AFP) – Ante Rebic hit a brace to snatch a late 3-2 win as troubled AC Milan took back-to-back Serie A wins on Sunday against Udinese and close in on the Europa League berths. Star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic got his first start in the San Siro after scoring last weekend against Cagliari. The 38-year-old […]

London (AFP) – Benjamin Mendy is adamant Manchester City can still enjoy a successful season despite their failure to defend the Premier League title. Pep Guardiola's side are trailing well behind Liverpool after Saturday's 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace dealt another blow to their faint hopes of catching the runaway leaders. Hampered by injuries, City […]

London (AFP) – Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal are finally healing their strained relationship with the club's frustrated fans. When Arteta was appointed last month to succeed Unai Emery as Arsenal manager, the Spaniard arrived to find a club split by a damaging rift between the under-performing players and disillusioned supporters. The root cause was years […]

Nantes (France) (AFP) – Lyon starlet Rayan Cherki was tipped for a "big future" by Nantes coach Christian Gourcuff after the teenager contributed to all four goals in his side's 4-3 victory in their French Cup tie. The 16-year-old Cherki scored twice, provided two assists and won a penalty — missed by Moussa Dembele — […]

Milan (AFP) – Gennaro Gattuso said he was "worried and scared" as Napoli fell 2-0 at home to Fiorentina on Saturday leaving last season's Serie A runners-up scrambling to save their season. A third consecutive defeat saw the southern giants slump to 13th position as they sit closer to the relegation zone than the Champions […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso blasted his team as "soulless, unwatchable and embarrassing" on Saturday after a 2-0 home defeat by Fiorentina. The loss left last season's runners-up without a league win at their San Paolo Stadium since October 19 ahead of hosting Barcelona in the Champions League in a month's time. "We […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will not call Liverpool the greatest team in Premier League history until they have the trophies to prove it. He still thinks that honour should be bestowed upon Alex Ferguson's treble-winning United side in 1999. Solskjaer scored the dramatic late winner against Bayern Munich […]

Milan (AFP) – Ciro Immobile scored a hat-trick as Lazio thrashed ten-man Sampdoria 5-1 on Saturday to consolidate third place in Serie A and keep the pressure on leaders Juventus and Inter Milan. But Napoli lost 2-0 at home to Fiorentina, leaving last season's runners-up without a league win at their San Paolo Stadium since […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid started without their top scorer, captain and record signing on Saturday but claimed a scrappy 2-1 win over Sevilla that sent them above Barcelona and top of La Liga. Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos and Eden Hazard were all absent at the Santiago Bernabeu but Casemiro stepped up in their place. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Norwegian rising star Erling Braut Haaland came off the bench to claim a hat-trick inside 20 minutes on his Borussia Dortmund debut and inspire a 5-3 comeback win at Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday — despite not being fully fit. The 19-year-old showed why Dortmund paid Salzburg 20 million euros ($22 […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola's 49th birthday celebrations went flat as Fernandinho's late own goal forced Manchester City to settle for a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace, while Chelsea's top-four bid was dented by a surprise defeat at Newcastle on Saturday. On a busy day of top-flight action, the pitchside VAR monitor was used in […]

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Newcastle midfielder Isaac Hayden damaged Chelsea's bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League as his last-gasp goal snatched a 1-0 win at St James' Park on Saturday. With Tottenham held by Watford earlier in the day and Manchester United facing runaway leaders Liverpool on Sunday, Chelsea would have […]

Berlin (AFP) – Norwegian rising star Erling Braut Haaland came off the bench to claim a hat-trick inside 20 minutes on his Borussia Dortmund debut and inspire a 5-3 comeback win at Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The 19-year-old showed why Dortmund paid Salzburg 20 million euros ($22 million) for him last month when […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid started without top scorer Karim Benzema, captain Sergio Ramos and record signing Eden Hazard on Saturday but claimed a scrappy 2-1 win over Sevilla that sent them above Barcelona and top of La Liga. Casemiro's first double as a Real player proved the difference amid a three-goal flurry in the […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola criticised his Manchester City defence after they allowed Wilfried Zaha too much space in setting up Crystal Palace' late equaliser in their 2-2 Premier League draw on Saturday. Two goals in the final eight minutes from Sergio Aguero appeared to have secured all three points for Guardiola's side […]