London (AFP) – Caretaker Arsenal manager Freddie Ljungberg believes the club must make a permanent appointment quickly to halt their slide after a Kevin De Bruyne inspired Manchester City cruised to a 3-0 win at the Emirates on Sunday. De Bruyne scored twice and teed up Raheem Sterling for City's other goal to leave Arsenal […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach coach Marco Rose compared his side to a punchbag after they failed to return to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday as Max Arnold's thundering injury time volley consigned them to a 2-1 defeat at Wolfsburg. Moenchengladbach arrived at the Volkswagen Arena knowing a third straight league win would […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City got back on track as the Premier League champions swept to a 3-0 win against woeful Arsenal, while Tottenham maintained their revival under Jose Mourinho with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Wolves on Sunday. City's masterclass in north London and Jan Vertonghen's last-gasp winner for Tottenham shared the spotlight on […]

London (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne scored twice and teed up Raheem Sterling for Manchester City's other goal as Arsenal crumbled to another humiliating 3-0 home defeat on Sunday. Victory sees City close the gap on runaway leaders Liverpool back to 14 points and edge to within four of second-placed Leicester, who they host next […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic cruised to a 2-0 victory over Hibernian, while Alfredo Morelos clinched Rangers' 2-0 win at Motherwell before the volatile striker endured more red card misery on Sunday. Morelos followed Nikola Katic's first-half opener with his 27th goal of the season midway through the second half as Rangers ended […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach failed to return to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday after Max Arnold's thundering injury time volley consigned them to a 2-1 defeat at Wolfsburg. Moenchengladbach arrived at the Volkswagen Arena knowing a third straight win would send them back to number one spot above Leipzig who hammered Fortuna […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus bounced back from their first defeat of the season to beat Udinese 3-1 and move top of Serie A on Sunday. Ronaldo struck twice in the first half to make it five goals in four games as champions Juve move one point ahead of leaders Inter […]

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jan Vertonghen's stoppage time header continued Tottenham's turnaround under Jose Mourinho as Spurs moved up to fifth with a 2-1 win at Wolves. Mourinho's men were largely outplayed at Molineux, but were ruthless with their chances to inflict Wolves' first league defeat in 12 games. Adama Traore's spectacular strike had […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Mason Greenwood came off the bench to rescue Manchester United as the teenage striker's late equaliser secured a 1-1 draw against Everton on Sunday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side fell behind to Victor Lindelof's controversial first half own-goal after United's appeals for a foul on David de Gea were ignored by […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Alfredo Morelos clinched Rangers' 2-0 win at Motherwell before the volatile striker endured more red card misery on Sunday. Morelos followed Nikola Katic's first-half opener with his 27th goal of the season midway through the second half as Rangers ended a run of three games without a victory. But the Colombian star, […]

Milan (AFP) – Hellas Verona battled back from three goals down with all three substitutes scoring in a 15-minute second-half spell to hold Torino 3-3 in Serie A on Sunday. Torino had taken a comfortable lead at the Stadio Bentegodi after Christian Ansaldi scored a double with Alex Berenguer also on target for the visitors. […]

London (AFP) – Wayne Rooney believes he could still make an impact in the Premier League as the former Manchester United star targets a return to the top-flight with Derby. Rooney will resume his career in England next month after joining second-tier Derby as player-coach from MLS side DC United. The 34-year-old striker will work […]

Beijing (AFP) – Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has pulled a game between Arsenal and Manchester City from its programme after the Gunners midfielder Mesut Ozil expressed support for Uighurs in Xinjiang. Ozil, a German of Turkish origin, condemned China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the western region in a tweet on Friday, while criticizing Muslim […]

London (AFP) – Dejan Lovren has been ruled out of Liverpool's trip to the Club World Cup, but Georginio Wijnaldum will travel with the Reds squad for the tournament in Qatar. Croatian defender Lovren will miss out as a result of the hamstring problem he suffered during Tuesday's Champions League victory in Salzburg. But Dutch […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are paying the price for having raised the bar in how many points it takes to win the Premier League. Guardiola's men have won the title in the past two seasons with record tallies of 100 and 98 points, but travel to Arsenal on Sunday […]