Juve miss Ronaldo’s ‘killer instinct’ in first league loss to Atalanta since 2001
Milan (AFP) – Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus missed Cristiano Ronaldo’s “killer instinct” as the Italian champions fell to their first league defeat in two decades to Atalanta on Sunday. Ruslan Malinovskyi struck late as Atalanta won 1-0 to move third in Serie A with the Portugal attacker injured. Atalanta are two points behind second-placed AC Milan […]
Lirola double gives Marseille late win over Lorient
Paris (AFP) – Pol Lirola scored his first two goals for Marseille and hit an injury-time winner as Jorge Sampaoli’s side claimed a 3-2 home victory over Lorient in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Nigerian striker Terem Moffi struck twice for the visitors but hobbled off with an injury before Lirola won the game in added […]
Prolific: All of Sergio Aguero’s goals against Chelsea
Manchester City meet Chelsea in a hugely anticipated FA Cup semi-final showdown this weekend, the two favourites for the competition meeting in the last four at Wembley. Both sides have been in impressive form in recent weeks with City on course for a third Premier League crown in just four seasons under Pep Guardiola, whilst […]
Spurs ‘gloss over’ incident after online mockery from paint supplier
London (AFP) – Tottenham joked they would “gloss over” an embarrassing incident after paint supplier Dulux was forced to apologise for mocking the Premier League club on Twitter. Spurs announced on Thursday that Dulux, whose brand mascot is an old English sheepdog, had become their official paint supplier, with the dog getting a tour of […]
Kamara ‘vindicated’ after Slavia’s Kudela handed 10-match ban for racism
Paris (AFP) – Rangers said Glen Kamara had been vindicated after UEFA banned Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela for 10 European matches on Wednesday for racially abusing the Finnish midfielder in a Europa League match. Kamara has been suspended for three matches in UEFA club competitions for an “assault” on Kudela that reportedly took place […]
Screamers: Chelsea’s best ever Champions League goals
Chelsea have been perennial contenders for the Champions League for much of the past two decades, the club’s billionaire investment designed to take the west Londoners to the summit of club football. Roman Abramovich’s lavish spending has seen several huge names arrive at Stamford Bridge, the transformative takeover seeing the Blues regularly feature in the […]