Arsenal ended their five-year wait for a Premier League away win against Manchester United with a second-half Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty giving them a 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Gunners had not enjoyed such a win in 29 games since their victory at Manchester in January 2015. The result leaves United still without Read More…
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Liverpool go top, as Chelsea win to keep up with EPL leaders
Liverpool moved clear at the top of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) table on Saturday, with a hard-fought 2-1 win over West Ham United. Chelsea and Manchester City also enjoyed victories to keep up their chase, on a day which witnessed only three matches. Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 scoreline at winless Burnley while Read More…
Bayern Munich go top of Bundesliga with 2-1 win at Cologne
Champions Bayern Munich won 2-1 at Cologne on Saturday with goals from Thomas Mueller and Serge Gnabry returning them to the Bundesliga summit as coach Hansi Flick rested top goalscorer Robert Lewandowski. The Bavarians, who are in action against Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday and also face Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga Read More…
Nigeria’s Osimhen sees first career red in Napoli’s win over Real Sociedad
The Nigeria international was sent off for the first time ever as the Parthenopeans picked up an away win against Imanol Alguacil’s menVictor Osimhen was shown a red card in Napoli’s 1-0 triumph over Real Sociedad in Thursday’s Europa League clash. The Nigeria international who joined the Italian Serie A outfit from Lille was shown Read More…
Chelsea ease to first win in UEFA Champions League at Krasnodar
Chelsea kickstarted their UEFA Champions League group campaign by coasting to a 4-0 win at Krasnodar on Wednesday. This was all thanks to goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and a late strike from Christian Pulisic. Having drawn their opening game with Sevilla 0-0, Chelsea got off to a slow start against a Read More…
Sanusi shines as Vieira bags maiden Champions League goal in FC Porto’s victory
Super Eagles defender Zaidu Sanusi featured for all 90 minutes as his FC Porto side beat Olympiakos Piraeus 2-0 in their UEFA Champions League Group C clash on Tuesday. Sanusi, who recently debuted for the Nigerian national team, put in a good shift to help the Portuguese side to their first win in the group Read More…
Manchester United to provide 5,000 free school meals during October holidays
Manchester United said on Monday that they would be providing 5,000 free school meals during the October half-term holidays. The English Premier League (EPL) clubside said this was to help forward Marcus Rashford’s campaign to end child food poverty in the UK. Rashford has campaigned for the government to provide food vouchers during school holidays Read More…
Pogba denies quitting France team over Macron comments
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba on Monday denied media reports which said he quit the France national team over comments made by the country’s President Emmanuel Macron. The comments were perceived to be against Islam. The French leader this month had declared war on “Islamist separatism”, which he believes is taking over some Muslim communities Read More…
Bamford scores hat-trick as Leeds United end Aston Villa’s winning start
Leeds United’s Patrick Bamford scored a superb hat-trick for Aston Villa’s winning start to the season to an abrupt end with a 3-0 away victory in the English Premier League (EPL) on Friday. After an entertaining but goalless first half, Jack Grealish went close to a stunning opener for Aston Villa in the 52nd minute. Read More…
Arsenal hit back to beat Rapid Vienna and spare Leno’s blushes
Arsenal scored twice in four minutes to win 2-1 at Rapid Vienna in the Europa League on Thursday and spare goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s blushes. This was after his blunder handed the Austrians a shock lead. Taxiarchis Fountas capitalised on Leno’s misfortune to put Rapid Vienna ahead in the 51st minute. David Luiz then headed Arsenal Read More…