Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach regained their Bundesliga lead on Sunday with a 4-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt as the five-times German champions bounced back from last week's defeat at Borussia Dortmund. Marcus Thuram scored in the 28th minute, capitalising on an urgent counter attack which has become typical of his side under the leadership […]

London (AFP) – Unai Emery refused to confirm if Granit Xhaka will remain as Arsenal captain after admitting the Swiss star was wrong to become embroiled in an astonishing feud with Gunners fans during Sunday's 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace. Emery's side blew a two-goal lead at the Emirates Stadium before Xhaka's tantrum laid bare […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach regained their Bundesliga lead on Sunday with a 4-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt as the five-times German champions bounced back from last week's defeat at Borussia Dortmund. Marcus Thuram scored in the 28th minute, capitalising on an urgent counter attack which has become typical of his side under the leadership […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool came from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 on Sunday and restore their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Manchester United finally remembered how to win on the road. Elsewhere, Arsenal squandered a 2-0 lead at home to Crystal Palace to draw 2-2 in a match marred by […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool came from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 on Sunday and restore their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Manchester United finally remembered how to win on the road. Elsewhere on Sunday, Arsenal squandered a 2-0 lead at home to Crystal Palace to draw 2-2 while 10-man Newcastle […]

Norwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United finally ended their dismal Premier League away record with an emphatic 3-1 win at Norwich despite missing two penalties on Sunday Scott McTominay fired United into a first-half lead before Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial each netted –- and then both missed VAR-awarded penalties. United not only halted an eight-month […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Mohamed Salah ensured Liverpool survived a major scare with the winner in a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur that saw the Premier League leaders restore their six-point advantage over Manchester City. The Egyptian smashed home a 75th-minute penalty, the 50th Anfield goal of his Liverpool career, as the Reds came back from […]

London (AFP) – Unai Emery's problems mounted as Arsenal blew a two-goal lead amid VAR controversy and captain Granit Xhaka feuded with fans in Sunday's 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace. Emery was already under pressure after Arsenal slumped to a shock defeat at Sheffield United on Monday and the Gunners boss has more fires to […]

Milan (AFP) – Luis Muriel hit a hat-trick as Atalanta put their midweek Champions League humiliation behind them with a crushing 7-1 win over 10-man Udinese on Sunday that moved them to within three points of Serie A leaders Juventus. Gian Piero Gasperini's side consolidated third place with 20 points from nine games, two adrift […]

Berlin (AFP) – A late VAR intervention cost Wolfsburg the chance to go top of the Bundesliga on Sunday, with Joao Victor’s 84th-minute goal disallowed in a goalless draw against Augsburg. Wolfsburg celebrated what they thought was a victory after Tin Jedvaj’s cross was tapped home by Victor before referee Tobias Stieler overturned the strike […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City on Sunday opened the Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Memorial Garden on the first anniversary of the helicopter crash that claimed the life of the club's former chairman and four other people. Srivaddhanaprabha died when his helicopter spun out of control and came down outside the King Power Stadium following a […]

Milan (AFP) – Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was absent as he continues his treatment for leukemia but his side got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 2-1 success at the expense of Claudio Ranieri's Sampdoria on Sunday. Mihajlovic had returned to the bench in Turin last weekend for a 2-1 defeat to […]

Milan (AFP) – Thiago Motta got off to a winning start as Genoa coach with a come-from-behind 3-1 win over Brescia on Saturday in a match where all of his team's goals came from substitutes. Brescia had led after teenager Sandro Tonali scored his first Serie A goal with a superb long range free-kick after […]

Madrid (AFP) – Diego Simeone's decision to leave out Diego Costa was vindicated on Saturday as Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao and Costa's replacement Alvaro Morata scored in the 2-0 victory. Morata had been the one to sit on the bench against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday but his winning goal as a substitute earned him […]

Paris (AFP) – Rudi Garcia tasted his first win since being appointed Lyon coach on Saturday when goals from Memphis Depay and Moussa Dembele earned his new side a 2-0 home success over Metz. This was former Marseille boss Garcia's third outing in the Lyon dugout since his appointment on October 14 which was greeted […]