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Manchester United have claimed a comfortable 3-0 win over Partizan in the Europa League on Thursday with Mason Greenwood setting a new club record in the process. The 18-year-old opened the scoring at Old Trafford in the 21st minute before setting up Anthony Martial for the Red Devils’ second in the 33rd. In bagging a…

Arsenal face a test resolve in January over new captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The striker was named new Gunners skipper this week – but is being linked with a midseason move to Barcelona. Juanfe Sanz, of La Sexta, made the revelation on El Chiringuito. Sanz claims Barca will bid for Aubameyang in January, encouraged that the…

Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at struggling Dijon in Friday’s clash at Stade Gaston Gerard. The home side had never previously beaten PSG in eight top-flight attempts and it appeared the game would run true to form when they found themselves a goal down through Kylian Mbappe’s clinical strike. But…

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has requested that the club do not publish his medical records, following previous public criticism over his injuries at Santiago Bernanbeu. The Wales international has missed his side’s last two games in the Champions League and La Liga following a fresh problem suffered on the international break, but Los Blancos…

Substitute Nicolas Pepe scored two late free kicks to spare Arsenal’s blushes and earn them a 3-2 win over Vitoria Guimaraes in the Europa League. The Gunners had to twice come from behind as Portuguese outfit Guimaraes deservedly went ahead twice with goals from former Spurs man Marcus Edwards and Brazilian Bruno Duarte. Gabriel Martinelli,…

Chelsea overcame Dutch scare as they narrowly beat Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena in an early kick off Champions League game on Wednesday, thanks to a late goal from substitute, Batschuayi. Chelsea were lucky not to have been trailed by a lone goal late in the first half, but Quincy Promes’ goal was ruled out…

Raheem Sterling scored a second-half hat-trick as Manchester City moved closer to securing their progression from Champions League Group C with an emphatic 5-1 win over Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskiy’s penalty capped a fine start for Atalanta, but the Serie A side were little match for City once Pep Guardiola’s men – led by the impressive…

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk lead the 30 nominees for the 2019 Ballon d’Or as they contest the crown of best player in the world. As many as six Liverpool players are included in the list while PSG star Neymar has been completely omitted from the 30-man shortlist. So the 30 nominated…

The retired forward believes the quality of players available to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is among the poorest Old Trafford has seen for a long time Former England striker Michael Owen has labelled the Red Devils’ squad “the worst Manchester United team for decades”. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has overseen the departures of high-profile names such as…

Nigeria Star Victor Osimhen has scored his first ever Champions League goal against Chelsea for Lille, Chelsea beat Lille 1-2 in France as the Super Eagles star continued his goal scoring form to level the scoreline to 1-1 before half time. Tammy Abraham and Willian were also on the score sheet as Chelsea edged Lille…