Manchester City shook off the impact of a COVID outbreak in their ranks to outclass Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge and put themselves firmly in the Premier League title mix on Sunday. City manager Pep Guardiola had six players unavailable after positive tests, but his team responded in scintillating fashion with goals by Ilkay Gundogan, […]
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Everton missed the chance to go a point behind local rivals Liverpool at the top of the Premier League as Tomas Soucek’s late strike earned West Ham a 1-0 win at Goodison Park on Friday. In a disappointing game of few chances, Soucek was in the right place to stab home Aaron Cresswell’s deflected shot […]
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Marcus Rashford struck a last-minute goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers to give Manchester United a 1-0 win in a Premier League fixture at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Tuesday’s game seemed destined to be a draw when Rashford took possession on the edge of the area, near to the goal-line in the 93rd minute. After cutting inside […]
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Anthony Joshua set up a potential world heavyweight unification bout against Tyson Fury with a dominant ninth-round knockout of Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev at London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday. In front of 1,000 fans with attendance limited due to coronavirus restrictions, Joshua ensured there was no repeat of a shock defeat in his first clash with […]
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Chelsea threw away their chance to go top of the Premier League as Gylfi Sigurdsson’s penalty earned Everton a vital 1-0 win in front of 2,000 fans at Goodison Park. A first defeat in 18 games, excluding penalty shootouts, leaves Frank Lampard’s men still two points adrift of Tottenham and Liverpool at the top of […]
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Chelsea moved top of the Premier League after coming from behind to beat Leeds 3-1 on the night 2,000 fans returned to Stamford Bridge. The Blues had to bounce back after Patrick Bamford’s early opener against his former club. But the home fans in attendance after the coronavirus-enforced absence got a glimpse of why Frank […]
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Manchester City closed to within three points of the top of the Premier League as Raheem Sterling found his form in a routine 2-0 win over Fulham. Kevin De Bruyne was also on target from the penalty spot as City recorded back-to-back league wins for the first time this season to move into the top […]
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Real Madrid suffered a second defeat at the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk in this season’s Champions League, going down 2-0 to the Ukrainians in Kiev on Tuesday to leave their hopes of reaching the last 16 in the balance. Substitutes Dentinho and Manor Solomon both scored second-half goals as Shakhtar stunned the 13-time European champions […]
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Eden Hazard suffered another injury setback on Saturday as he was substituted in the first half of Real Madrid’s game at home to Alaves in La Liga. The Belgium international, whose first season in Spain was ravaged by injury, was replaced by Rodrygo in the 28th minute, shortly after appealing for a penalty. Hazard appeared […]
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Liverpool wasted a chance to book their place in the Champions League last 16 as Atalanta earned a shock 2-0 win at Anfield on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp’s side could have guaranteed qualification from Group D with a victory, but they produced a poor display that was deservedly punished by the impressive Italians. Two goals in […]
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