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Manchester United have started this season on fire. Jose Mourinho has galvanised the troops and they’re playing excellent football with a cutting edge. United are top of the table along with Manchester City with 19 points after seven games with a goal difference of 19. Liverpool on the other hand are in somewhat of a rut. They only have one ...

“No one will show this game in 10 or 20 years,” Jurgen Klopp said after his Liverpool side were frustrated by Manchester United’s tactics in last season’s 0-0 draw at Anfield. Jose Mourinho’s approach had, the German argued, given the game a “hectic” narrative. The clash of styles between the two managers has again been raised as a talking point ...

Mauricio Pochettino says Pep Guardiola’s description of Tottenham as “the Harry Kane team” was “disrespectful”, “sad” and has caused mirth among Spurs’ players. After Manchester City’s 1-0 victory at Chelsea on September 30, just before the international break, Guardiola listed City’s title rivals and stated “we saw again the Harry Kane team scores every day two or three goals”. Speaking ...

Antonio Conte will look for his defenders to step forward in the wake of N’Golo Kante’s hamstring injury that could keep the France international out for up to four weeks. Kante limped out of Les Bleus’ win in Bulgaria last Saturday and, although Chelsea are awaiting the results of a second scan, Conte fears his midfield dynamo will be out ...

PREMIER LEAGUE Goal of the Month contenders were blown away by a clear winner in September. Antonio Valencia’s stunning strike for Manchester United against Everton has won the Premier League Goal of the Month award for September. The right back doesn’t score many – with just two goals in the last four years – but thrashed home the terrific half-volley ...

Swiss prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings into Paris St-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi. The proceedings are connected to an ongoing investigation into former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke. They relate to the sale of World Cup TV rights to Bein Sports, of which Al-Khelaifi is chief executive. Last year, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) said it was ...

JUAN MATA has acknowledged that Manchester United will be in for a tough ride when they travel to Anfield tomorrow – but is convinced his side can achieve maximum points. The Reds Devils are unbeaten against their Merseyside rivals in the last the six league matches, but were dumped out of the Europa League by Jurgen Klopp’s side in 2016. ...

Over the last two weeks, during the international break, there has been little for Jurgen Klopp to smile his distinctive broad, toothy grin over. His Liverpool team had just one win in its last seven games and now has to make do without leading man Sadio Mane for the next six weeks. So the possibility of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United—the ...

Real Madrid wants to bring Dele Alli, Paulo Dybala and David Alaba to the Santiago Bernabeu next summer in a bid to continue its domination of European football, according to reports. Having become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League titles, Zinedine Zidane wants to make additions to his team that will help him get his team there again. ...

ARSENE WENGER has revealed Arsenal could sell Mesut Ozil in January. Ozil’s current contract with Arsenal expires at the end of the season and there have been no developments in the German signing a new deal as of yet. That has led to speculation the midfielder could potentially leave the Emirates either in January or the summer. But with Arsenal ...