Mauricio Pochettino believes Liverpool were awarded a soft penalty in their 2-1 Premier League victory against Tottenham but accepted the referee s decision to point to the spot.
Sunday s clash at Anfield was poised at 1-1 when referee Anthony Taylor adjudged that Spurs full-back Serge Aurier had fouled Sadio Mane inside the box.
Mohamed Salah converted the subsequent spot-kick 15 minutes from time to complete Liverpool s comeback win after Jordan Henderson had cancelled out Harry Kane s 47-second opener.
Tottenham manager Pochettino feels the call was a little harsh on his side, who end the weekend in 11th place following their fourth league defeat of the campaign.
I don t want to complain I need to accept the decision of the referee and the VAR, he sai…
Neymar has been benched for Paris Saint-Germain s Champions League clash at Real Madrid.
The Brazil star returned from a month-long absence with a hamstring injury in Friday s 2-0 Ligue 1 victory over Lille.
However, with PSG already through to the next round head coach Thomas Tuchel has opted not to risk the fitness of the flamboyant forward.
Instead, Mauro Icardi, Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappe line-up in a front three for the Group A clash at the Santiago Bernabeu.
It marks the first time Neymar has started a Champions League match on the bench since November 2014 when he was at Barcelona.
There are few surprises for a Madrid side who are still yet to book their spot in the knockout stages, with a win against PSG guaranteeing a last-16 berth.…
Cristiano Ronaldo s representatives have strenuously denied claims made in a report by German magazine Der Spiegel that the Real Madrid star paid a woman to cover up an allegation of rape.
Gestifute, the sports management company founded by Ronaldo s agent Jorge Mendes, dismissed the story as a piece of journalistic fiction .
In a statement responding to the article, it criticised a disgusting and outraging allegation and said Ronaldo will do everything in his power to react .
The statement read: Today, the German newspaper Der Spiegel published a long article regarding an alleged accusation of rape that would have been directed at Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009, about eight years ago.
The article is nothing but a piece of journalistic fiction.
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Both Inter and Lazio will be looking to put their recent Serie A struggle behind them as they lock horns in the Coppa Italia quarter-final on Thursday evening.
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Inter Milan are suffering from a worrying dip in form which saw them fail to win any of their last two matches without even finding the net. A goalless draw against Sassuolo was followed by a 1-0 beating at Torino which put an end to Nerazzurri’s seven-match unbeaten run in all competitions.
Luciano Spaletti will now shift his team’s focus to the Coppa Italia as Inter eyes a chance to win their first piece of silverware since 2011. It was the year Nerazzurri last lifted the Coppa Italia after beating Palermo in the fin…
Alex Telles scored a match-winning penalty with three minutes of extra-time remaining as Porto beat Roma 3-1 to clinch a 4-3 aggregate victory and progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Roma took a 2-1 lead into the second leg after an uninspiring victory at Stadio Olimpico but Porto levelled the last-16 tie when Tiquinho Soares scored from close range to put the hosts ahead on the night.
Daniele De Rossi struck from the penalty spot but Moussa Marega made it 2-1 early in the second half before Wednesday s game petered out and went into extra-time.
A penalty shoot-out looked imminent until Alessandro Florenzi s shirt pull on Fernando prompted a VAR consultation and, after referee Cuneyt Cakir pointed to the spot, Telles stepped up to send Est…
According to a recent report from Marca, Achraf Hakimi will indeed get his chance to shine with Real Madrid once he returns from his two year loan spell with Borussia Dortmund. The move is set to officially come to an end during the summer transfer window, with the belief being that he will be brought back into Zinedine Zidane’s first team squad as opposed to being shipped back off again.
Nobody really knew one way or another what the future of the youngster was going to be, with some wondering whether or not Dortmund would make a move to bring him over on a more permanent basis.
The competition for places at the Santiago Bernabeu has been well noted, and with Zidane planning on going after a series of big names during the next few transfer windows, it’ll be…
Trent Alexander-Arnold s genius contribution won plaudits from Jurgen Klopp after Liverpool s sensational 4-0 Champions League semi-final win over Barcelona.
Nursing a 3-0 deficit from last week s first leg and missing star forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, Liverpool sprung into action at Anfield and hit the front through Divock Origi after seven minutes.
A quickfire double by half-time substitute Georginio Wijnaldum had the tie remarkably all square before the hour and Alexander-Arnold s quick thinking created Origi s decisive final salvo.
Shaping to jog away from a right-wing corner, the England right-back darted back towards the ball and arrowed in a low cross that was emphatically smashed home by Origi as Barcelona s defenders groggily looked on.
Bayern Munich are interested in signing Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan in the summer of 2023, according to . The Germany international is out of contract at defending Premier League champions City at the end of the season, and last season’s Bundesliga champions Bayern are reportedly keen on snapping him on a free transfer.
Gundogan has been on the books of City since 2016 and has established himself as one of the best midfielders in the Premier League. During his time at the Etihad Stadium so far, the 32-year-old has won the Premier League title four times, the FA Cup once, and the EFL Cup on four occasions.
So far this season, Gundogan has made 10 starts and two substitute appearances in the Premier League, scoring two goals and providing two assists in th…
According to a recent report from Sky Sports News, Newcastle United are indeed interested in attempting to sign RB Leipzig star Ademola Lookman, with the expectation being that they will make a loan offer with an extended offer to buy.
Lookman is looking to leave the German club just six months after initially joining, raising some eyebrows regarding his own ability to be a committed member of any given team.
The preliminary discussions have already taken place between the two clubs with a loan being put on the table, and yet while Steve Bruce wants to see a winger being brought into the club, a striker is still going to be his priority above all else.
The Magpies certainly aren’t out of the woods yet when it comes to the battle to fend off relegation,…
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Hoping to extend their stay at the top of the Premier League table this weekend, Chelsea will welcome Manchester United to Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
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Starting with the hosts, only laying down what was a real Champions League marker earlier in the week, there is no doubt that the mood in Chelsea s camp will be at a red-hot high. While the Blues might have entered November s international break with a 1-1 draw at home against Burnley, Thomas Tuchel s side have really come flying back out the traps. Last seen in midweek landing a stunning 4-0 romp against Italian giants Juventus, the former Borussia Dortmund boss also saw his side breeze their way to the knockout stage. Opening up this weekend s fixtures still holding on…