Hat-trick hero Mohamed Salah saved the day for Liverpool after promoted Leeds gave the champions a huge scare in a 4-3 thriller on the opening day of the Premier League season.
The Reds striker struck a decisive 88th-minute penalty, his second spot-kick of the game at Anfield, to ensure last season s all-conquering side started the new campaign on a positive note.
In a battle between last season s Premier League and Championship winners, Salah s first two goals and one from Virgil van Dijk were countered by Leeds replies from Jack Harrison, Patrick Bamford and Mateusz Klich.
A sub-plot to this Merseyside showdown was the tactical battle between managers Jurgen Klopp and Marcelo Bielsa, and the latter looked like coming away with a point until Rodrigo fouled …
Trent Alexander-Arnold says winning trophies is his key consideration as talks continue over a possible extension to his Liverpool contract.
Alexander-Arnold is into the final year of his contract at Anfield, meaning he could sign a pre-contract agreement with a team abroad as early as January, and as it stands is set to become a free agent at the end of the season.
Spanish and European champions Real Madrid have been credited with an interest in the right-back.
Yet the 25-year-old, who moved onto 100 goal contributions in his Liverpool career when he teed up Luis Diaz in Saturday s 3-0 win over Bournemouth, insisted he has not made a decision on his future.
However, the lure of winning silverware on a consistent basis is what will drive his decision.
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Robert Lewandowski has made it perfectly clear he has no intention of leaving Barcelona this summer.
Back in December, in the buildup to the winter transfer window, the 35-year-old striker was tipped to leave the Catalan club in the near future, with reports claiming his entourage had been approached by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) with a view of a potential move which would see him follow former Real Madrid stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema to Saudi Arabia.
Lewandowski, La Liga s top goalscorer from last season, didn t get off to the best of starts this time around, which no doubt led to the stories about Barcelona eyeing potential replacements. However, his form has picked up since, and in all competitions in 2023/24, he now has 32 goal involvements (23 go…
Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea retain faith and trust in struggling forwards Timo Werner and Kai Havertz.
Both players were substituted with 25 minutes left in the 2-0 Champions League win over Porto in Seville on Wednesday.
Tuchel said after the quarter-final first leg that the two players had not given him what he was looking for.
But ahead of the short trip to play Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, he insisted both players remain a key part of his plans and that his substitutions were specific only to that match.
Tuchel accepts Werner is lacking in confidence but does not have any concerns over Havertz.
Werner has been directly involved in more Premier League goals this season than any other Chelsea player (11, with five goals and …
Along with this season’s title chase going down to the final weekend, the race for the 2023/24 PFA Player of the Year award is attracting plenty of interest.
With the Three Lions looking to get their hands on a first piece of international silverware since 1966 this summer when they arrive in Germany for the European Championships, a host of England internationals have stolen centre stage.
With both of and Arsenal s respective Premier League title battles spearhead by some of England s hottest young starlets, Gareth Southgate s squad are rightfully regarded as a leading contender this summer.
On a list that includes three of the Premier League s new poster boys, we have taken a look at who the bookmakers have installed as the standout candidates to claim thi…
Kaoru Mitoma and Tariq Lamptey were both on target in the second half as Arsenal were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the third round after a 3-1 home defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion.
The Gunners faltered for just a second time in their last 20 appearances in the third round of the competition, despite dominating for large periods at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
Danny Welbeck s first-half penalty had cancelled out Eddie Nketiah s opener, before Mitoma and Lamptey struck in the space of 13 second-half minutes to end Arsenal s nine-match home winning run.
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According to German outlet , Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund are currently contemplating a potential swap deal that would see Jadon Sancho leave Old Trafford and return to the Signal Iduna Park, and Donyell Malen move in the opposite direction.
United paid a whopping fee of €85 million to sign Sancho from Dortmund in 2021, but when Erik ten Hag took charge of the team, the 23-year-old gradually lost his trust, and the issue culminated at the start of this season when an ill-advised social media post got Sancho out of first-team contention completely. A move away from the club appears to be the only way out of the situation for the winger, and a return to Dortmund might prove the best way to do it.
Meanwhile, Malen has been linked with a Premier League move for…
Paris Saint-Germain are regularly a topic of transfer speculation, with plenty of discussion around Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi recently.
But Neymar is another who has been linked with a move away from Parc des Princes in the past, having been with PSG since 2017.
The former Barcelona forward signed a contract extension in 2021 after originally joining on a five-year deal.
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Paris Saint-Germain have put Brazil superstar Neymar up for sale, according to Fichajes.
The French champions are willing to listen to offers for the 30-year-old, who is contracted until 2025.
The report claims PSG have lowered their price to €50million, which may attract the likes of Chelsea, Newcastle United …
Boca Juniors have completed the signing of goalkeeper Sergio Romero on a free transfer.
Romero, who spent six years at Manchester United between 2015 and 2021, has signed a two-year deal with what he called the biggest club in Argentina .
The 35-year-old started his senior career with Racing Club in Argentina, but moved to Europe, with AZ, in 2007.
Romero, who last played for Argentina in 2018, played for Sampdoria and Monaco prior to joining United, where he was a back-up to David de Gea.
He spent last season at Venezia, making 16 league appearances, though could not help the team avoid relegation to Serie B.
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Egypt suffered more Africa Cup of Nations shoot-out heartache as goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi scored the winning penalty to send DR Congo through to the quarter-finals.
All four of the Pharaohs’ knockout games in the 2021 tournament required additional time, culminating in a spot-kick defeat to Senegal in the final.
And, after a 1-1 draw following extra-time, they went the same way in San Pedro with an 8-7 loss on penalties.
Mostafa Mohamed continued to step up in the absence of the injured Mohamed Salah with his fourth goal in as many matches from the spot, cancelling out Meschack Elia’s opener, with Egypt hanging on in extra time following Mohamed Hamdy’s 97th-minute red card.
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