Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Watford piled on the misery for Jose Mourinho as Manchester United crashed to a third successive defeat in an embarrassing 3-1 loss at Vicarage Road on Sunday. Mourinho's side were rocked by Etienne Capoue's first half opener and, although Marcus Rashford equalised after the break, United capitulated in the closing […]

Berlin (AFP) – Werder Bremen's Viktor Skripnik on Sunday became the first Bundesliga coach sacked this season after a fourth straight defeat marked the club's worst ever start. After nearly two years in charge, mostly battling to avoid relegation, the 46-year-old was axed in the wake of Saturday's 4-1 German league defeat at Borussia Moenchengladbach […]

New York (AFP) – Former Chelsea and England star Frank Lampard limped out of New York City FC's 2-2 MLS draw with FC Dallas with an apparent left calf injury. With the playoffs four weeks away it could be a serious blow for City and Lampard, who missed the first 12 matches of the season […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Claudio Ranieri believes Algerian duo Islam Slimani and Riyad Mahrez can form a deadly double act for Leicester after the Algerian duo inspired a 3-0 win over Burnley. Slimani scored twice on his Premier League debut for the champions on Saturday, while fellow Algeria international Mahrez displayed the form that […]

Berlin (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti was happy for illness-hit Bayern Munich to win ugly in a 3-1 comeback against Ingolstadt as the Bundesliga giants finally conceded a goal this season. Ancelotti replaced Pep Guardiola as Bayern's head coach at the start of the season and the Bavarians scored 20 goals without reply in winning their […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola is refusing to get carried away by Manchester City’s outstanding start to the season and insists maintaining it will not be easy. City’s 4-0 demolition of Bournemouth took them five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a seventh successive victory in all competitions making […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A proud Arsene Wenger praised his Arsenal side's response to their "shock" start to the season after they climbed into the Premier League's top three with a 4-1 rout at Hull. The Londoners recorded three consecutive league wins for the first time since December as Alexis Sanchez scored twice and […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne is second only to Lionel Messi, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Saturday after the Belgian inspired his team to a 4-0 win over Bournemouth. Bruyne put the Premier League leaders ahead with a clever 15th-minute free-kick beneath the defensive wall and also played a part […]

London (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Kelechi Iheanacho shone as Manchester City crushed Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday to preserve their lead at the Premier League summit. League debutant Ilkay Gundogan also found the net for Pep Guardiola's City, who have made their best ever start to a season with eight consecutive wins […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Gareth Barry crowned his 600th Premier League appearance with an equalising goal as Everton came from behind to beat Middlesbrough 3-1 on Saturday and retain second place. A contested own goal by Everton goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg put Boro in front at Goodison Park, but Barry equalised almost immediately for Ronald Koeman's team. […]

London (AFP) – Wolves brought Newcastle back down to earth with a surprise 2-0 victory, while Huddersfield consolidated their position at top of the Championship with a 2-1 win over QPR on Saturday. Rafael Benitez's side had climbed to second place after five successive victories capped by a 6-0 thrashing of QPR in midweek. But […]

Glasgow (AFP) – A Rangers side without outcast Joey Barton failed to bounce back from their 5-1 humbling by bitter rivals Celtic last weekend as they could only draw 0-0 in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday. Rangers' English manager Mark Warburton can expect little sympathy from the Scottish press — who he had labelled as […]

Paris (AFP) – A towering Radamel Falcao header helped send Monaco top in France on Saturday as a 3-0 home win over Rennes saw them leapfrog Paris Saint Germain. The win means Leonardo Jardim's Monaco have 13 points from five games ahead of PSG on ten, while Nice can join Monaco at the top with […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez scored twice as Arsenal secured three consecutive Premier League wins for the first time in nine months with a 4-1 victory at Hull City on Saturday. Sanchez could even afford to miss a first-half penalty at the KCom Stadium — where Hull were reduced to 10 men […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Record signing Islam Slimani enjoyed a dream Premier League debut for Leicester City as the champions defeated Burnley 3-0 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. The 28 million pounds ($36.4 million, 32.6 million euros) signing from Sporting Lisbon scored headers either side of half-time before Ben Mee's own goal […]