West Brom went top of the early-season Championship table with a comfortable 3-0 win at Portsmouth on Sunday, with Alex Mowatt scoring twice.
Mowatt struck twice in the second half after Josh Maja had given Carlos Corberan s men an early lead at Fratton Park, as Portsmouth s wait for a first win of the season continued.
Maja needed just 54 seconds to put Albion ahead, slamming home for his fifth goal of the season after Tom Fellows got to the byline to cut it back.
The visitors started the second half almost as quickly as they began the first, doubling their lead on 51 minutes as Mowatt curled home left-footed following fine combination play from John Swift and Karlan Grant.
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Liverpool have agreed a British record transfer fee of £110million for Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo, according to reports.
The 21-year-old Ecuador international has been a target for Chelsea all summer but Brighton have held firm in their valuation.
Now the Reds appear to have stepped in and hijacked the deal to complete their midfield rebuild following the departures of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho.
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Should he complete the move, Caicedo will be reunited with Alexis Mac Allister, the Argentinian World Cup winner who left the Seagulls for Anfield in June.
The reported fee would eclipse the previous British record fee of £107m that Chelsea paid for Enzo Ferna…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has declared he is Santa Claus as he brings gifts to 27 children: his two in Sweden, and his 25 team-mates in Milan.
The veteran striker has helped to steer the Rossoneri back towards a Serie A title challenge since returning for a second spell at the club in January.
The only unbeaten team in Europe s top-five leagues in games played since the 2019-20 shutdown in March caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Milan sit top with 34 points from 14 matches, exactly double the tally they had at the same stage last season.
Ibrahimovic has scored 10 goals in just six league games in 2020-21 but, interestingly, Milan have had a better win rate without him in the team (72.7 per cent) than with him (62.5 per cent) since his first game back at the club on Ja…
Alexis Sanchez will attempt to put a forgettable start to his Manchester United spell behind him after joining Inter on loan.
The Chile forward just never managed to find form and fitness after leaving Arsenal and has gone to Italy in a bid to revitalise his career.
It s safe to say United have not had a particularly good record when it comes to getting the best out of South American stars although there have been a few exceptions.
Below, we rank the players from that continent to turn out for the Red Devils in competitive matches
18. Rodrigo Possebon (2008-10)
Possebon squeaks onto this list as a Brazil-born player, even though he represented Italy at youth level.
Signed by United from Internacional in 2008, he mustered three …
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Knowing that they can officially secure their Serie A return on Wednesday evening, Parma will travel to the Stadio San Nicola when they meet Bari.
Starting with the hosts, while Bari might have opened up the 2023/24 campaign with their sights firmly set on securing another stellar play-off ticket, Pasquale Marino’s men are at the heart of a major Serie B crisis this time around. Last seen over the weekend putting in another nightmare performance as they slumped to a routine 4-1 drumming at the hands of Cosenza, the Cockerels face a real uphill battle in the bid to avoid the drop this season. Opening up the midweek fixtures scrapping it out in the relegation zone and sat one-point adrift of safety, the Apulia-based outfit have collecte…
Dominik Szoboszlai and Andre Silva struck in either half as Manchester City fell to a 2-1 defeat at RB Leipzig in the Champions League.
Premier League leaders City headed to the Red Bull Arena on a 14-game unbeaten run against German opposition in the competition, including a 6-3 home win in the reverse fixture, but Szoboszlai broke the deadlock after 24 minutes this time.
Phil Foden responded by rattling the woodwork before the break, yet Leipzig scored the second goal when Silva converted on the counter, before Riyad Mahrez pulled one back for the visitors.
Pep Guardiola s hopes of a recovery were hit by Kyle Walker s red card, although his side had already secured top spot in Group A, with this result – combined with Club Brugge s defeat at Paris Saint-G…
Arsenal returned to winning ways as goals from Mohamed Elneny and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sealed a comfortable 2-0 win over Newcastle United on Sunday.
The Gunners had picked up just one point from their previous two Premier League games against Everton and Fulham before they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Villarreal in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday.
However, they sealed all three points at St James Park thanks to Elneny s early goal and Aubameyang s second-half finish, the fifth consecutive game in which the Gabon international has scored against the Magpies.
The result lifted Arsenal up to ninth, while Newcastle finished with 10 men after substitute Fabian Schar s rash lunge on fellow Gabriel Martinelli.
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Edin Dzeko and Denzel Dumfries guided Inter to a much-needed 2-0 win over 10-man Viktoria Plzen, kick-starting the Nerazzurri s Champions League campaign.
Defeat to Bayern Munich last Wednesday meant Inter needed to respond in the Czech Republic, and they never looked likely to drop points after Dzeko swept home in the first half.
Pavel Bucha s straight red card cemented Inter s superiority, with Dumfries making the points safe when Dzeko turned provider with 20 minutes remaining.
With Simone Inzaghi s men facing criticism after an inconsistent start to the season, the win provides a welcome boost ahead of the daunting prospect of back-to-back meetings with Group C rivals Barcelona.
Inter needed just 20 minutes to turn their dominance of possession int…
England captain Leah Williamson will miss Friday s friendly against the United States at Wembley after sustaining an injury in training.
Williamson, who led Sarina Wiegman s team to a remarkable European Championship triumph in July, requires further assessment on the unspecified injury.
Fellow Euro 2022 winners Lotte Wubben-Moy and Nikita Parris have been added to England s squad, the Football Association said, with West Ham defender Lucy Parker withdrawing through injury. Former skipper Steph Houghton remains out of the picture for now, but Wiegman has said the door remains open to her.
The sell-out clash with the reigning world champions will represent a stern test of England s credentials ahead of next year s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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Kolo Toure believes it is high time Manchester City won the Champions League as they renew battle with Real Madrid.
Former City defender Toure will be praying for his old team to come through the second leg of their last-16 tussle, following a hard-earned 2-1 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu in February.
Goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne have put Pep Guardiola s side in the ascendancy ahead of the Etihad Stadium reunion on Friday.
With huge financial backing, City have been competing in European football s elite competition each season since the 2011-12 campaign, reaching the semi-finals in 2015-16 when Madrid edged them out 1-0 over two legs.
Now is the chance to turn the tables on the 13-time European champions.
Toure told Stats Perfo…