Cardiff’s record signing Emiliano Sala was on board a plane that went missing over the English Channel on Monday night, French media have reported. The 28-year-old Argentinian striker completed a move to the Premier League club over the weekend but had returned to France, where he had been playing for Ligue 1 side Nantes. French …
Kevin De Bruyne has described this season’s Premier League title race as “remarkable” after Manchester City maintained the pressure on Liverpool. The City midfielder made his first start league start since Boxing Day in Sunday’s 3-0 win at managerless Huddersfield, which lifted the defending champions back to within four points of Jurgen Klopp’s leaders. De …
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Gary Neville has warned Manchester City that they cannot afford the sort of “complacency” that crept in against Huddersfield. City ran out 3-0 winners at the John Smith’s Stadium on Sunday but were far from comfortable in a nervous opening 45 minutes. They were barely the better side in one of their worst first halves of …
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Frank Lampard “has lost the plot” over the Leeds ‘spygate’ situation, according to Dietmar Hamann. Lampard laid into Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa after it was revealed that the Championship leaders had ‘spied’ on a Derby training session in the lead up to their meeting earlier this month. The reaction since has been laughable, with …
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hopes he can forge an even greater partnership with Alexandre Lacazette this season. Aubameyang and Lacazette started together for the 13th Premier League game this campaign in the 2-0 win over Chelsea. The Gunners have now won eight times when the pair both start, drawing four games and losing just once. And Aubameyang …
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Marcus Rashford is “definitely” as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney were at 21. Rashford was named our early winner at the weekend after continuing his scoring run with a fine goal against Brighton. The forward has been in sensational form since Solskjaer’s appointment, scoring five goals and assisting one …
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Jamie Redknapp has laid into Tottenham for selling “one of the best midfield players in the league”. Tottenham let Mousa Dembele join Guangzhou R&F for £11m last week, in the midst of a crippling injury crisis. Dembele himself had only managed to start seven of 22 Premier League games this season due to an ankle …
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Maurizio Sarri has explained why he will not repeat Antonio Conte’s trick of overseeing a “massive upheaval” in Chelsea tactics after a defeat to Arsenal. Chelsea were beaten 2-0 by the Gunners on Saturday, and were disappointing for large swathes of the game. Sarri was furious with his players post-match, laying into the squad in …
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Thierry Henry admits he “regrets” insulting an opposition player’s grandmother during another Monaco defeat. Monaco were hammered 5-1 at home to Strasbourg on Saturday, leaving them 19th in Ligue Un. Henry has won just four of his 19 matches in charge since being appointed in October, and it seems the pressure may be getting to …
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Jurgen Klopp admitted playing Roberto Firmino at right-back “wasn’t the perfect solution” despite Liverpool’s win over Crystal Palace. Firmino scored the goal that put Liverpool ahead at Anfield after Andros Townsend’s opener. Palace equalised through James Tomkins 12 minutes later, only for Mohamed Salah to restore their lead with a quarter of an hour remaining. …
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