Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona needed a late winner from Arturo Vidal to beat bottom-club Leganes 2-1 on Saturday while Atletico Madrid lost further ground on the leaders by being held to a 1-1 draw away at Granada. Vidal poked in a fortuitous Barca goal in the 79th minute at Butarque after Luis Suarez headed home […]

London (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne says Manchester City know the hard work they have to put in after they came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 and leapfrog them into third place in the Premier League. Liverpool's late win at Crystal Palace earlier on Saturday meant City started 12 points behind the leaders and […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City came from behind to leapfrog Chelsea into third in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at the Etihad to keep the English champions' title challenge alive. Liverpool's late win at Crystal Palace earlier in the day meant City started 12 points behind the leaders and looked in […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City kept Premier League leaders Liverpool in their sights on Saturday after battling back to beat Chelsea as Jose Mourinho ended Tottenham's away-day woes in his first game in charge. Leicester saw off Brighton 2-0 to stay in second place, eight points behind Jurgen Klopp's men, while struggling Arsenal needed a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund's under-fire boss Lucien Favre was warned on Saturday that results must improve, but stars Marco Reus and Mats Hummels insist it is the players who are under-performing, not their Swiss coach. Favre's fate could well be decided by Wednesday's Champions League match at Barcelona after senior club figures discussed the […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp praised his side's unerring ability to dig out results when not at their best after Liverpool again scored late to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 on Saturday and maintain their eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League. The leaders were indebted to an 85th-minute Roberto Firmino goal at Selhurst […]

Paris (AFP) – Lyon edged past Nice 2-1 at the Groupama Stadium on Saturday despite playing 56 minutes with 10 men as coach Rudi Garcia claimed his third win in four league games to shoot up the table. The home side, who lost to Garcia's former club Marseille before the international break, moved up to […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic moved three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership on Saturday as James Forrest scored twice in a comprehensive 4-0 home win over Livingston. Odsonne Edouard put the Hoops ahead in the 19th minute with his 10th league goal of the season before Scott Brown added a second after […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Unai Emery and his players were booed off despite Alexandre Lacazette's 96th-minute equaliser denying Southampton a first win at the Gunners since 1987 in a pulsating 2-2 draw at the Emirates on Saturday. Emery's chances of remaining in charge fade with every passing week as a point at home to […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool continue to look like Premier League champions in waiting as they combined grit and good fortune to secure a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. The victory, secured by Roberto Firmino's 85th-minute winner, made it 30 league games unbeaten for Jurgen Klopp's side. It also reinforced their imposing […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool showed once again why they are kings of the late winner at Crystal Palace on Saturday as Jose Mourinho made an instant impact as Tottenham boss, masterminding an end to the club's dismal away record in the Premier League against rivals West Ham. Elsewhere, second-placed Leicester beat Brighton 2-0 to stay […]

Berlin (AFP) – Managerless Bayern Munich went second in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 4-0 romp at Fortuna Duesseldorf as leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at Union Berlin. Bayern's interim coach Hansi Flick enjoyed his third straight win since Niko Kovac was sacked earlier this month as Munich moved to within […]

Milan (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain grabbed a second-half brace with Paulo Dybala adding a late third as Juventus rescued a 3-1 comeback win over Atalanta in the final quarter of an hour to stay top of Serie A on Saturday. Robin Gosens had nodded Atalanta ahead after 56 minutes as the Bergamo side chased their […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho delivered Tottenham's first away win in the Premier League since January in his first game in charge with a 3-2 victory at West Ham that catapulted Spurs up to sixth. Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane scored the goals as Mourinho made an instant impact after replacing the sacked […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Uruguayan Gaston Sirino scored and was red-carded as Mamelodi Sundowns reached the South African League Cup final Saturday with a 2-1 away win over Golden Arrows in Durban. The 28-year-old Montevideo-born midfielder put Sundowns two goals ahead on 36 minutes of the semi-final when he sidefooted the ball into the net after […]