Son Heung-min reached a century of goals for Tottenham as Jose Mourinho s side boosted their Premier League title hopes with a comfortable 3-0 win over Leeds United.
The postponement of Wednesday s scheduled clash with Fulham because of coronavirus concerns left Spurs seven points adrift of Liverpool and Manchester United.
Mourinho s men had been without a win in four league games going into Saturday s home clash with the division s fourth-highest scorers, but it was the hosts who were clinical in going third and cutting the gap to four points.
A penalty from Kane and Son s landmark goal had Spurs 2-0 up at half-time and Toby Alderweireld s first league goal since netting against Arsenal in July gave Leeds too much of a mountain to climb, the only blemish on To…
“He’s not for sale. Nothing has changed on that”.
Those are the quick and simple words of Rangers manager Steven Gerrard who has sent a clear message to Sevilla that star forward Alfredo Morelos will not be for sale during the January transfer window. The Spanish side have made it apparent that they wanted to try and put forward some kind of bid for Morelos who, above all others, has been the shining light for Rangers throughout the course of the season so far.
Rangers are going well both in Europe and in the league, and if they were going to sell such a key asset like Morelos, then you’d have to imagine their season would suffer in a big way.
Gerrard has been resolute in answering these questions for a long time now, and the popular Liverpudlian c…
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid have one of the most heated, intense rivalries in Europe. The fact that these two sides have met in two UEFA Champions League finals over the last decade should make things even more bitter between both sides. On Saturday, we will witness another thrilling chapter of this heated rivalry. This time, both sides will collide at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. Kick-off for this match is slated at 20:00 hrs BST.
Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid are coming off a 2-0 away win at Mallorca earlier this week, and that result ended a three-game winless run for Los Colchoneros in all competitions (D2, L1). In fact, Diego Simeone s men have won just once in their last three Liga matches. That s a drastic change of form after the Madrid-based outfit won each of th…
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The FIFA World Cup is finally onto its last set of group stage games as the tournament continues through a whirlwind of drama. There s a whole lot up for grabs and that s especially true in Group F, with three of the four nations being in with a chance of qualifying for the knockout stage. Two of them, Croatia and Belgium, have pressure on them after weeks of being viewed as the group s favourites.
Croatia
They may have reached the final in 2018 but based on what we ve seen thus far, this is an ageing squad. They ve still got the stars necessary to win some big games but they ll struggle in the latter stages and that s if they even get there. They were phenomenal against Canada after a slow start but th…
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In what could be a season-defining showdown from the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday evening, Roma will welcome AC Milan to town.
Starting with the hosts, while Roma might have punched their Europa League semi-final spot last week following an action-packed 4-2 victory against Dutch giants Feyenoord, Jose Mourinho’s side are seeking some recent stability. Last seen putting in a nightmare display as they slumped to a 3-1 drumming away at Atalanta, the former Manchester United boss knows that his squad faces a potentially season-defining showdown on Saturday evening. Opening this weekend’s fixtures with just their goal difference keeping them outside the Champions League spots, Roma will be glad to make a return to home soil here. In fa…
Steven Gerrard praised his Rangers side for quickly overcoming the disappointment of missing out on a domestic trophy to reach the Europa League knockout stages.
Alfredo Morelos opener looked set to be sending Rangers into the knockout stages as Group G winners on Thursday, until Borna Barisic s own goal drew Young Boys level in the closing stages.
Ryan Jack then saw red in stoppage time, but Rangers held on as they joined group winners Porto – who triumphed 3-2 against Feyenoord – in qualifying for the last 32.
Gerrard was particularly pleased with the response from his players after their 1-0 defeat to rivals Celtic in the Scottish League Cup final on Sunday.
I m very pleased that we will continue European football after Christmas, said the Ran…
Diego Simeone was full of praise for match-winner Renan Lodi after the left-back s two goals fired Atletico Madrid to an important 2-0 win over Celta Vigo.
The Brazilian struck once in each half, with both goals being assisted by Geoffrey Kondogbia as Atletico moved into LaLiga s top four ahead of rivals Barcelona, who host Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
Lodi scored his first brace for Atletico Madrid in 105 appearances in all competitions, becoming the only defender to score two goals in a game for the club during Simeone s time as coach.
Kondogbia, meanwhile, set up two goals in the same league game for the second time in his career, last doing so for Valencia against Sevilla in March 2018.
Speaking after the win, Simeone was keen to highlight not only Lod…
Harry Kane has won the Premier League Golden Boot award for the third time in his career after edging out Mohamed Salah.
The Tottenham forward netted in the dramatic 4-2 win over Leicester City on Sunday, while Salah did not find the scoresheet as Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace 2-0.
That meant Kane emerged triumphant from a season-long battle, both players having gone into the final weekend locked on 22 goals.
Kane, who finishes the season with 23 goals from 35 games, also won the Golden Boot in 2015-16 and 2016-17 campaigns.
3 Harry Kane has won the Premier League Golden Boot for a third season (also 2015-16 2016-17), becoming only the third player to win the award as many as three times, after Thierry Henry (4) and Alan Shearer (3). Magic.
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Harry Kane confirmed he and some of his England team-mates reached out to Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood after the youngsters were banished from Gareth Southgate s squad.
Manchester City playmaker Foden and Manchester United forward Greenwood were sent home after breaching coronavirus protocol, following their debuts during England s 1-0 Nations League win in Iceland on Saturday.
Foden, 20, and Greenwood, 18, are alleged to have been socialising with women at England s team hotel, actions that were in breach of Iceland s self-isolation regulations in response to COVID-19.
Without the talented youngsters, Southgate s men laboured to a 0-0 draw with Denmark in Copenhagen.
After the match, the England manager said further details had convinced him Foden and …
RB Leipzig and Atalanta shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday to set up a winner-takes-all decider in Bergamo.
Domenico Tedesco s Bundesliga side made it 10 games unbeaten across all competitions with a 4-1 thumping of Borussia Dortmund on Saturday but found themselves behind at the Red Bull Arena when Luis Muriel struck after 17 minutes.
Gian Piero Gasperini s visitors thought they had escaped lightly when Andre Silva saw his penalty saved by Juan Musso after the break, but Davide Zappacosta miscued into his own goal to restore parity.
Neither team could find a late winner, with Teun Koopmeiners and Dominik Szoboszlai denied by the woodwork, which leaves it all to play for in the return leg next Thursda…