Tottenham returned to winning ways with a 3-1 home victory over Crystal Palace after a dazzling spell of three goals in 11 second-half minutes.
Ange Postecoglou’s team were heading for a second straight defeat when fit-again Eberechi Eze curled home for Oliver Glasner’s side with 59 minutes on the clock.
Substitute Brennan Johnson helped turn the match back in Spurs’ favour, though, with a brilliant assist for Timo Werner’s 77th-minute equaliser before Cristian Romero headed in a second soon after.
Captain Son Heung-min wrapped up the scoring two minutes from time after Johnson had sent him away to earn the hosts’ a much-needed win in the battle for Champions League qualification.
Spurs had two weeks to prepare for this fixture but were up again…
Yaya Toure is very positive about having opportunities in management despite seeing Patrick Vieira recently sacked by Crystal Palace.
Toure was disappointed to see his former Manchester City team-mate lose his role as manager of the Eagles, who replaced Vieira with 75-year-old Roy Hodgson until the end of the season.
Speaking at a Football Black List event, the former Barcelona and City midfielder paid tribute to Vieira, whose dismissal meant there are no black managers in the Premier League.
Patrick Vieira is a great person, and a great coach as well. I think it s a sad part of it, Toure said.
It s a concern because if you have 50 per cent of the black players playing Premier League, and maybe one or two per cent of managers or coaches are black, it s …
Massimiliano Allegri revealed Juventus will be without their South American contingent, including Paulo Dybala, and the injured Federico Chiesa as they prepare to face Napoli on Saturday.
Dybala, who has been involved in four goals in his last four league games, heads the absentee list, which also includes Rodrigo Bentancur, Danilo, Juan Cuadrado and Alex Sandro.
Juve have managed just one point from their opening two Serie A games, only once in their history Allegri s first spell in 2015-16 – have they failed to win any of their opening three matches.
And matters have worsened for the Old Lady as Allegri confirmed on Friday that the visitors will be without their South American players after their late returns from international duty.
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Forest Green enjoyed their first away league win since the opening day of last season as a second-half Matty Stevens goal secured a 1-0 triumph at Harrogate.
Stevens, who netted 27 times as Rovers won promotion in 2021/22 but only managed one goal last term, was credited with the final touch on a goal-bound effort by strike partner Tyrese Omotoye.
His 46th-minute header also sealed only a second win of any kind in 29 contests for the Gloucestershire outfit, following their relegation in spring.
Earlier, Omotoye had been denied by home goalkeeper Mark Oxley after an intelligent through ball by Charlie McCann.
At the other end, meanwhile, Sam Folarin’s firm drive was kept out at the near post by Luke Daniels.
But the visitors forged ahead 55 secon…
Steve Clarke revealed Newcastle midfielder Elliot Anderson had decided against switching allegiance to England following positive discussions with the Scotland manager ahead of his first senior call-up.
Anderson has been called into Clarke’s squad for the Euro 2024 qualifier against Cyprus and a friendly against England.
The 20-year-old has represented Scotland at under-16, under-17 and under-18 level and then played a training-ground friendly for England Under-19s against Arsenal Under-23s in 2021.
The attacking midfielder made a sole Scotland Under-21 appearance against Belgium in June 2022 before turning down further call-ups from Scot Gemmill as he considered his international future.
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Luka Jovic has found it hard to kick-start his Real Madrid career and Saturday s LaLiga defeat to Real Mallorca showed how much work the striker still has to do.
The 21-year-old, a reported €50million signing from Eintracht Frankfurt in the transfer window, has struggled to make an impact under Zinedine Zidane thanks largely to the continued good form of Karim Benzema.
Speaking on Friday, Zidane insisted Jovic was not discouraged at having previously started just two LaLiga matches and promised the forward would be given his chance.
He duly was for the visit to Son Moix, where Madrid s unbeaten start to the league season came to an end thanks to a fine first-half goal from Lago Junior seven minutes in.
Jovic started alongside Benzema in attack as Zidan…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th goal of his professional career during Portugal s Euro 2020 qualifier against Ukraine on Monday.
The five-time Ballon d Or winner brought up his septuple century for club and country when he converted a second-half penalty in Kiev, awarded after Taras Stepanenko handled the ball inside the box.
It was his 95th goal for Portugal, with only Iran s Ali Daei (109) ahead of him on the all-time international goals list.
The bulk of Ronaldo s goals came for Real Madrid – 450 over the course of nine seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu between 2009 and 2018.
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Diego Simeone says Atletico Madrid have no choice but to manage their players minutes with the new Champions League format dialling up the intensity of their schedule.
Atleti have made a positive start to the season, registering three wins and two draws from their first five matches in LaLiga to match Real Madrid s pace and sit four points adrift of leaders Barcelona.
They also made a winning start to their Champions League campaign in midweek, fighting back to beat RB Leipzig 2-1 with a last-gasp winner from Jose Maria Gimenez.
With eight European league-phase games to play this term, Atleti face an incredibly busy schedule, with no free midweek slots until December, excluding international breaks.
After going to Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, Los Colchoneros…
Arne Slot says Trent Alexander-Arnold has always been a good defender but backed him to get better if he can improve on his concentration.
The right-back has said he welcomes Slot s criticism, claiming he wants the Dutchman s help to become the defender that no one wants to come up against in Europe .
Alexander-Arnold more often draws plaudits for his attacking play, and in Liverpool s latest win, he reached 100 goal involvements (19 goals, 81 assists), setting up Luis Diaz s second in their 3-0 win over Bournemouth.
Slot acknowledged how important Alexander-Arnold s impact going forward is, and that he is more than happy to help his defensive side.
Yeah, it s difficult for me to judge how it has been in years before we are talking here about a player th…
David de Gea s future at Manchester United has been the topic of conversation for months.
The situation has become muddied in recent weeks during the Spaniard s period of paternity leave but De Gea is back in England and playing second fiddle to Dean Henderson.
De Gea has been at Old Trafford since 2011 but United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has started Henderson for seven games in a row.
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De Gea s representatives are already sounding out potential buyers and he is set to leave Manchester United this off-season, according to the Daily Mail.
The 30-year-old is contracted with the Red Devils although no transfer fee has been mentioned yet.
The report claims Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain an…