Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola offered a reassuring prognosis on the injury that curtailed John Stones's involvement in his side's 3-0 win at Hull City on Monday. Back in the starting XI following two games on the bench, Stones was forced off after just 17 minutes at the […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Andrew Robertson's rash challenge undid 72 minutes of hard work by Hull City and allowed Yaya Toure to set Manchester City en route to a 3-0 victory on Monday. Robertson's trip on Raheem Sterling enabled City to keep pace with impressive Premier League leaders Chelsea, although the early […]

London (AFP) – Pedro Rodriguez scored twice as red-hot Premier League leaders Chelsea crushed Bournemouth 3-0 on Monday to register a club-record 12th consecutive league victory. Pedro struck either side of Eden Hazard's 50th English league goal at Stamford Bridge to give Antonio Conte's side a provisional seven-point lead at the summit following the Boxing […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Henrikh Mkhitaryan said his spectacular 'scorpion kick' volley in Manchester United's 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Monday had been a matter of instinct taking over. The Armenian playmaker sealed victory at Old Trafford by diving beneath Zlatan Ibrahimovic's right-wing cross and flicking the ball past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with his […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Middlesbrough goalkeeper Victor Valdes unwittingly took on the role of Father Christmas as his error gifted Premier League relegation rivals Burnley a 1-0 win on Boxing Day. An attritional Turf Moor encounter looked to be drifting towards a goalless draw when, in the 80th minute, Andre Gray took aim with […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Swansea manager Bob Bradley faces a fight to save his job after West Ham cruised to a 4-1 rout of the Premier League strugglers on Monday. Bradley is reportedly close to being sacked after just over two months in charge and his case for a stay of execution wasn't enhanced […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Goals by Kevin Mirallas and Romelu Lukaku kept champions Leicester firmly enmeshed in the relegation battle on Monday as they lost 2-0 to Everton in their Premier League clash. Mirallas' third goal in as many games against the Foxes and Lukaku's 10th this season came against a Leicester side missing three […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 17th goal of the season as Sunderland manager David Moyes was condemned to a 3-1 defeat on his return to Manchester United on Monday. Dutch defender Daley Blind opened the scoring in the 39th minute at Old Trafford with his first Premier League goal since September […]

London (AFP) – Pedro struck twice as Premier League leaders Chelsea registered a club record 12th successive league win by beating Bournemouth 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Monday. Antonio Conte's side can edge ever closer to Arsenal's Premier League record of 14 consecutive wins when they face Stoke at the Bridge on Saturday. Victory then […]

London (AFP) – Spanish forward Pedro Rodriguez scored twice as red-hot leaders Chelsea crushed Bournemouth 3-0 on Monday to register a club-record 12th consecutive Premier League victory. Pedro struck either side of Eden Hazard's 50th English league goal at Stamford Bridge as Antonio Conte's side opened up a provisional nine-point lead at the summit in […]

London (AFP) – A late goal by Olivier Giroud on his first Premier League start of the season gave Arsenal a hard-fought 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Monday. Arsene Wenger's side seemed certain to slip further off the pace at the top of the league against an ultra-defensive Albion team as the game […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sam Allardyce's sense of humour failed him on Monday after the Watford mascot dived when Wilfried Zaha went over to applaud the Crystal Palace fans following the 1-1 draw. The Palace winger had been booked for diving in the second-half of the Premier League clash — former England manager Allardyce's […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona's Brazilian star Neymar says winning the Ballon d'Or is one of his goals but he will not lose any sleep if he never takes home football's top individual award. "If I don't win the Ballon d'or, its okay," he said in an interview posted on the La Liga website on Monday […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Troy Deeney's 100th goal for Watford denied former England manager Sam Allardyce a winning return to the Premier League as his Crystal Palace side were held to a 1-1 draw at Vicarage Road on Monday. Deeney, who had been dropped from the starting XI after failing to score in the […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool star Roberto Firmino has been charged with drink driving after being arrested in the early hours of Christmas Eve. Firmino was stopped by police while driving in Liverpool city centre on December 24 and was later charged with the offence. "Merseyside Police has charged a 25-year-old man with drink driving after […]