Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach maintained their strong recent record against Bayern Munich as a record-breaking performance from 'keeper Yann Sommer helped secure a 1-1 away draw on Saturday.  After the game, Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann quipped to Sommer: "you know, you could take a week off sometime" on Sky Germany's post-match interview panel.  Sommer's […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Tammy Abraham earned Roma a point with the leveller in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Juventus on Paulo Dybala's return to his old stomping ground. England international Abraham headed in his first goal of the season from Dybala's knock-down midway through the second half at the Allianz Stadium to maintain an unbeaten […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool equalled the Premier League's record win with a 9-0 demolition of Bournemouth, while Erling Haaland's hat-trick inspired Manchester City's comeback 4-2 victory against Crystal Palace on Saturday. On a remarkable day in the top flight, leaders Arsenal maintained their perfect start with a dramatic 2-1 win against Fulham. Meanwhile, 10-man Chelsea […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach maintained their strong recent record against Bayern Munich with an outstanding performance from 'keeper Yann Sommer securing a 1-1 away draw on Saturday.  Gladbach have performed better than any other Bundesliga club against Munich in recent seasons, with two wins and a draw in the 2021-22 season.  Bayern began the […]

London (AFP) – Gabriel made amends for a dreadful error by scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory at home to Fulham on Saturday as Arsenal won their fourth straight game to start the Premier League season. Aleksandar Mitrovic punished a mistake by Gabriel to give Fulham a surprise lead on 56 minutes, but Martin […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Erling Haaland hit his first Premier League hat-trick to inspire Manchester City's fightback from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's side were rocked in the first half at the Etihad Stadium as a John Stones own goal and Joachim Andersen's header put Palace in […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool equalled the record for the biggest Premier League win by thrashing Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield on Saturday to register their first victory of the season at the fourth attempt. Roberto Firmino and Luis Diaz both scored twice with strikes from Harvey Elliott, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Fabio Carvalho and a […]

Berlin (AFP) – French striker Anthony Modeste headed in a first-half goal to get Borussia Dortmund's season back on track with a narrow 1-0 win away at Hertha Berlin on Saturday. Dortmund, who came under heavy criticism after throwing away a 2-0 lead in the 88th minute to lose 3-2 against Werder Bremen last Saturday, […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United maintained their revival as Bruno Fernandes clinched a hard-fought 1-0 win at Southampton on Saturday. Erik ten Hag's side sat bottom of the Premier League after losing their opening two games against Brighton and Brentford. But United have recovered from that embarrassing start to secure successive league victories […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan slumped to their first defeat of the season as Spanish duo Luis Alberto and Pedro Rodriguez struck late to guide Lazio to a 3-1 win on Friday which takes the Roman club to the top of Serie A. It marked another disappointing evening for Inter manager Simone Inzaghi who has […]

Berlin (AFP) – Freiburg continued their impressive start to the Bundesliga season, defeating a dogged Bochum 1-0 at home on Friday.  In a game played in wet and wild conditions, Freiburg's Italian midfielder Vincenzo Grifo scored the only goal of the game when he headed in his own saved penalty, which had been saved two […]

Well, matchday three certainly provided some early season fireworks in the Premier League. Manchester United picked up a much-needed win, while Liverpool now enters desperate times. Meanwhile, Chelsea dropped the ball at Leeds, who blitzed the Blues, 3-0. Finally, Manchester City dropped points in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Newcastle. So, where does that leave […]

Geneva (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday dismissed an appeal by Cardiff against having to pay the first instalment of the transfer fee for Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane accident en route to his new club. CAS threw out the appeal filed by the former English […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann on Friday paid little heed to concerns the Bundesliga season was over before it begun, saying his only focus was on his team’s quest for an 11th consecutive title. Speaking at a press conference ahead of his side’s home clash with Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, Nagelsmann said […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham manager Antonio Conte said on Friday he backs Son Heung-min to end his goal drought after the South Korea forward failed to score in the first three games of the Premier League season. Son drew a blank in Tottenham's matches against Southampton, Chelsea and Wolves in a rare barren spell for […]