Keita Balde Diao scored his first Inter goals as an experimental side made light work of Frosinone in a 3-0 Serie A victory ahead of a key stretch in the Nerazzurri s season.
Inter deputies Keita and Lautaro Martinez stepped up on Saturday, with Ivan Perisic and Mauro Icardi among the men rested before the midweek trip to Tottenham, as Inter bounced back from a humbling defeat at Atalanta last time out.
Martinez teed up Keita for the first goal and there could and should have been further daylight between the sides long before the roles were reversed and Martinez got on the scoresheet.
The result never looked in doubt, though, and Keita got his second late on as the San Siro crowd enjoyed the closing stages ahead of that clash with Spurs and a season-defining for…
Christian Eriksen scored after just 11 seconds as Tottenham ended Manchester United s unbeaten run in 2018 with a 2-0 victory at Wembley on Wednesday.
The Denmark star capitalised on poor defending straight from kick-off in the first half before a dreadful own goal from Phil Jones doubled Spurs lead before the break to seal the win.
The result ends United s eight-match unbeaten league run and sees them fall 15 points behind leaders Manchester City, who beat West Brom 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
Eriksen scored the fastest goal ever conceded by United in the Premier League when he pounced on the visitors failure to clear a simple long ball.
Jose Mourinho s side, in which Alexis Sanchez was making his first league start since his move from Arsenal, had a brig…
understands that Chelsea will send scouts to cast an eye over Middlesbrough’s Ben Gibson this weekend.
The twenty-three year old has been has been linked with a move to the Blues, who are on the lookout for a long term replacement for captain John Terry, while fellow England U21 international Michael Keane of Burnley is also on their radar.
Gibson, who is the nephew of Boro chairman Steve Gibson broke into the first team in the 2010/11 campaign and has since racked up one hundred and nineteen appearances in all competitions, scoring three times.
His latest goal came in a 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur last month, one of four defeats in their last five league games for the North East outfit.
Next up for Aitor Karanka’s men is a trip to Arsenal, …
Middlesbrough star Paddy McNair is attracting interest from clubs in the Premier League, according to . However, the report has not named the clubs who are looking at the former Manchester United player, who can operate as a defender or as a midfielder.
McNair has been playing as a centre-back for Boro in the Championship this season, and the Northern Ireland international’s performances have reportedly put him on the radar of clubs in the English top flight. The 25-year-old started his professional club football career at Premier League and European giants United before moving to Sunderland in 2016.
The 25-year-old has been on the books of Middlesbrough since 2018 and has established himself as an important player for the team. McNair has made 14 appearances in the C…
Jupp Heynckes is the first manager in the history of the Champions League to win 11 successive matches in the competition.
The Bayern Munich coach brought up the landmark thanks to Wednesday s routine 3-1 win at Besiktas, wrapping up an 8-1 aggregate victory that booked a place in the quarter-finals.
Heynckes was appointed by Bayern for his fourth spell in October following the sacking of Carlo Ancelotti, the Bundesliga side winning each of his European games in charge since then.
And as Heynckes led Bayern to the Champions League title in 2013 before ending his third period in charge, he has now won 11 successive matches in the competition.
11 Jupp is the first coach in history to win 11 consecutive games. Legend.
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Alan Pardew’s departure as West Brom head coach means that no Premier League season has seen more permanent bosses leave their post during a campaign than 2017-18.
Pardew has overseen a dismal run of form since his appointment in November 2017 and leaves the club 10 points adrift of safety with six games remaining.
Frank De Boer lost his job at Crystal Palace just four games into the Premier League season, while Craig Shakespeare (Leicester City), Ronald Koeman (Everton), Slaven Bilic (West Ham), Tony Pulis (West Brom) and Paul Clement (Swansea City) all left their clubs before the end of December.
Pardew joins Mark Hughes (Stoke City), Marco Silva (Watford) and Mauricio Pellegrino (Southampton) in being relieved of their positions since the turn of the year…
Manchester City struck twice late on to continue the winning start to their Champions League defence with a hard-fought 3-1 success at RB Leipzig.
Julian Alvarez finally settled City’s nerves in Wednesday’s Group G encounter with a fine strike six minutes from at the Red Bull Arena before fellow substitute Jeremy Doku wrapped up the win.
Phil Foden had opened the scoring midway through a first half the holders dominated but the hosts responded against the run of play through Lois Openda.
Foden hit the woodwork as City pushed for a winner but, with Erling Haaland faltering in front of goal, it looked like being a frustrating night until Alvarez struck.
That City would need such late heroics from the bench seemed unlikely as they controlled the first ha…
Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus pre-season training on Monday ahead of the 2021-22 Serie A campaign.
The former Real Madrid forward had been on holiday after Portugal s Euro 2020 last-16 exit against Belgium but has now returned as Juventus prepare to attempt to regain their Serie A title, which Inter won last time out.
Ronaldo, whose five goals and one assist powered him to the Golden Boot at Euro 2020, is set to become a free agent at the end of the following campaign and speculations persists surrounding his future.
The Portugal captain is due to sit down with Massimiliano Allegri, who was in charge when he initially joined from Madrid in 2018, as the pair prepare for the upcoming season.
Allegri, who won five straight Serie A titles and four leagu…
Ousmane Dembele has been diagnosed with a complete hamstring tear in his right leg, Barcelona announced on Tuesday.
Dembele sustained the blow during a training session on Monday, having been stepping up his recovery from a right hamstring issue that has sidelined him since November.
While the club provided no time frame for his recovery, multiple reports in Spain claim Dembele will be forced to sit out the rest of the season.
A Barca statement read: Tests carried out on Tuesday on Ousmane Dembele have shown that the player has a complete proximal hamstring tear in his right thigh.
In the next few hours a decision will be made on the treatment to be followed for his recovery.
INJURY UPDATE | Tests carried out on Ousmane Dembélé today have conf…
Belgium bounced back from their opening defeat at Euro 2024 with a much-needed 2-0 win over Romania, Youri Tielemans and Kevin De Bruyne scoring as they got off the mark in Group E.
Following their surprise 1-0 defeat to Slovakia on matchday one, Domenico Tedesco s men knew another defeat would leave them unable to secure a top-two finish.
They came flying out of the traps and needed just 73 seconds to open the scoring, Tielemans firing home from the edge of the area following good hold-up play from Romelu Lukaku to score the Red Devils fastest ever goal at a major tournament.
They continued to press throughout the first half but were unable to find a second goal, Lukaku going close when he saw his shot on the turn blocked by Nicusor Bancu.
De Bruyne flas…