Tuchel welcomes Chelsea trio back from injury for Porto clash

Chelsea will have Christian Pulisic and N’Golo Kante fit after hamstring issues for Wednesday’s first-leg last-eight clash with Porto. Tuchel confirmed Tammy Abraham will also be in the squad, though Kante is unlikely to start after his latest muscle complaint. “Christian, N’Golo and Tammy, all three will be in the squad, they are fit enough […]

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Porto boss bemoans Chelsea ‘siren sound’ after thrashing

Porto boss Sergio Conceicao fears the Blues’ 5-2 loss to West Brom will have Chelsea “more awake to danger” in Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg. Conceicao has warned his Porto players to be wary of the wounded Blues, who succumbed to a first loss under new manager Thomas Tuchel in the Premier League on […]

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‘Feasible’ that Spurs players fear being ‘hung out to dry’, says coach

A fear of receiving public criticism could be a contributing factor to Tottenham’s alarming trend of conceding late goals, according to a leading sports performance coach. Spurs have let 11 points slip this season by letting in goals in the last 10 minutes of Premier League matches, turning a possible title challenge into a fight […]

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UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Kudela and Kamara

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara and Slavia Prague’s Ondrej Kudela after investigating racism claims. Kudela has been handed a one-match provisional suspension while UEFA investigate allegations of racist abuse levelled against him by Kamara. Slavia had earlier stated that the Czech international defender would not be travelling to London for […]

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Liverpool told they would be ‘silly’ not to sign cut-price defender

Liverpool would be “silly” not to buy Ozan Kabak for cheap after his recent performances, according to former Premier League goalkeeper Paul Robinson. Kabak moved to the Reds on loan until the end of the season from Bundesliga side Schalke with Jurgen Klopp suffering from a number of injury issues in his defence this season. […]

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Tuchel: Chelsea duo make amends after ‘unusual’ and ‘serious’ bust-up

Thomas Tuchel has hailed Chelsea duo Antonio Rudiger and Kepa Arrizabalaga for showing “courage” to make amends after their training-ground bust-up. Chelsea boss Tuchel confirmed that Germany defender Rudiger and Spain goalkeeper Kepa clashed in training – but insisted that the players have solved the spat and the matter is finished. The Blues were thumped […]

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Lingard happy to avoid ‘another Arsenal situation’ in West Ham win

Jesse Lingard called for West Ham to keep their cool in the race for the Champions League. The forward inspired the Hammers to a 3-2 win at Wolves on Monday which lifted them to fourth in the Premier League. Lingard – who has six goals in eight club games – scored a wonderful solo strike […]

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Former coach: Salah will leave Liverpool ‘if a better offer comes in’

Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool “if a better offer comes in” for him, according to his former coach Hamdi Nooh. The rumours of potential move to Real Madrid or Barcelona have ramped up again over the last week or so after Salah said that he would “maybe one day” move to Spain. Since then there has […]

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Real hit with huge defensive blow ahead of Liverpool clash

Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane will miss Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Liverpool after testing positive for coronavirus. With skipper Sergio Ramos ruled out through an injury picked up on international duty, the 27-year-old was set to play a key role in Tuesday’s quarter-final first leg in Spain. But Varane, a World Cup winner with […]

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Adrian slams ‘absurd criticism’ of Liverpool team-mate

Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian has hit out at critics of his team-mate Thiago Alcantara after showing fans what a “great player” he is. The Spain international arrived at Anfield in the summer with much expected of the midfielder, who has been playing at the top level with Barcelona and Bayern Munich for his whole career. Widely […]

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