Kinnear to Comolli: When Directors of Football Go Bad

So Manchester United have promoted John Murtough to ‘football director’ and named their former midfielder Darren Fletcher ‘technical director’, a significant shake-up and one that finally ends years of chat about why United didn’t have a director of football while inevitably prompting fresh years of chat about what exactly each of those roles actually involve. […]

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Gossip: Werner heading for Chelsea exit, Liverpool eye £51m teenager

BARCA EYE AGUERO FREEBIE Joan Laporta’s first big job after returning to the Barcelona presidency is to convince Lionel Messi to stay at the Nou Camp. Part of his charm offensive appears to involve Sergio Aguero… The Manchester City striker is out of contract this month and having fallen down the pecking order at the […]

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Klopp lauds ‘incredible’ Liverpool defence against Leipzig

Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on his defence after they kept a clean sheet in their Champions League second leg against RB Leipzig. Liverpool had the better chances in the first half. Diogo Jota, Mo Salah and Sadio Mane all missed good opportunities to extend their advantage. RB Leipzig were unable to make the most […]

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Liverpool 2-0 RB Leipzig (agg 4-0): Winless run at Anfield is over

Quickfire second half goals from Mo Salah and Sadio Mane helped Liverpool ease through to the next round. There was very little between the sides but goals late on from Salah and mane earn Jurgen Klopp’s men a comfortable victory over RB Leipzig. This win ends their run of six straight losses at Anfield and […]

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Guardiola: City ‘suffered’ but their ‘quality’ was the difference

Pep Guardiola admitted that Southampton made it “very hard” for his Manchester City players even though the league-leaders won 5-2. City started the game slowly, but they made the most of their first attack in the 15th minute. Oleksandr Zinchenko was found on the left flank and he sent a ball in towards Phil Foden. […]

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Manchester City 5-2 Southampton: Pep’s men bounce back

Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez grabbed braces as Manchester City returned to winning ways against Southampton. Ilkay Gundogan also got on the scoresheet for Pep Guardiola’s side. James Ward-Prowse (PEN) and Che Adams got the goals for Southampton. City are now 14 points clear at the top of the Premier League having played a […]

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Early winner: the inevitable, absurd Erling Braut Haaland

Last season, Harry Kane set a new Champions League record when he headed home his 20th goal in the competition on just his 24th Big Cup appearance. It’s a largely arbitrary number of goals, but it’s not entirely meaningless. Twenty goals represents a decent season’s work for a striker in all competitions. It’s enough goals […]

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Schadenfreude is tempered by silly away goals rule…

Tuesday night’s Champions League tie between Juventus and Porto was an absolute corker. One hundred and twenty minutes of drama including five goals, a red card and a total of 45 shots. My appetite for mid-week football was utterly satiated, save for a sour taste left by the framework within which the Portuguese side secured […]

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