LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City must wait to annex the Premier League title after an amazing Paul Pogba-inspired fightback from two goals down saw their biggest rivals Manchester United earn a famous 3-2 win to ruin the Etihad Stadium’s dream party on Saturday. City, needing to win to wrap up the English top-flight title with…
Arsene Wenger says keeping his job as Arsenal boss is his “last worry” after losing six of their 12 games in 2018. The Gunners host leaders Manchester City in the Premier League on Thursday, four days after a 3-0 defeat by City in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Arsenal are 27 points behind City and 10…
Pep Guardiola secured his first trophy as Manchester City manager as they overpowered Arsenal to win the Carabao Cup in convincing fashion at Wembley. City responded to Monday’s shock FA Cup fifth-round defeat by League One Wigan Athletic in style as they swept aside Arsenal and now turn their attention to clinching the Premier League…
(Reuters) – Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne will be a serious Ballon d‘Or contender if he wins major titles with the Premier League club, according to his manager Pep Guardiola. De Bruyne has been vital to City’s dominance this campaign with the 26-year-old notching a league-high 14 assists including three in Saturday’s 5-1 rout…
English players may be the “masters” of diving, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli was booked for diving in the 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Sunday, while team-mate Harry Kane was accused of diving by Reds defender Virgil van Dijk in winning a penalty. Wenger said: “I remember there were tremendous cases here when foreign players…
Tottenham striker Harry Kane became the second fastest player in Premier League history to reach 100 goals with a penalty against Liverpool. Kane scored the spot-kick in added time as Spurs twice came from behind to earn an unlikely point at Anfield. He had seen Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius save an earlier penalty. After the…
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City tightened their stranglehold at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday by trouncing bottom club West Bromwich Albion 3-0 as nearest rivals Manchester United suffered a chastening 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur. Pep Guardiola’s runaway leaders, whose new record signing Aymeric Laporte enjoyed an impressive debut, surged 15 points…
LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool’s England forward Daniel Sturridge has joined West Bromwich Albion on loan until the end of the season, the Premier League clubs announced on Monday. Sturridge, 28, has scored 63 goals in 133 appearances for Liverpool after joining from Chelsea in January 2013. He has netted three goals in 14 games for…
Manchester United have signed Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal, in a swap deal with midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Chile forward Sanchez, 29, who almost joined Manchester City last summer, has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal worth £14m a year after tax. City ended their interest last week as they felt making him their best-paid player may affect team…
LONDON (Reuters) – Harry Kane continued his rich scoring streak by netting twice in Tottenham Hotspur’s 4-0 win over Everton at Wembley as Mauricio Pochettino’s side made up ground on third-placed Chelsea who shared a goalless draw with 10-man Leicester City. For a while, it looked as if Kane might be outshone by his team…
(BBC) Tottenham striker Harry Kane is the third most valuable player in the world, according to a new study. CIES’ Football Observatory says Kane is worth 194.7m euros (£172.65m), behind only Paris St-Germain forward Neymar, 25, and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, 30. The England forward, 24, scored 56 goals for club and country last year, making…
(Reuters) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has questioned Liverpool’s Juergen Klopp over his club’s decision to sign defender Virgil van Dijk for a record fee by reminding him he was once critical of Paul Pogba’s move to Old Trafford. Dutchman Van Dijk is expected to join Liverpool from Southampton as the world’s most expensive…
