Neymar giving Edinson Cavani the opportunity to score a late penalty proves Paris Saint-Germain s star-studded team are working as one, according to Thomas Tuchel.
PSG rounded off a fine Champions League Group A campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of sorry Galatasaray at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday.
Brazil superstar Neymar was the star of the show, setting up two goals and scoring one himself.
Neymar could well have doubled his tally late on, after Kylian Mbappe – who netted PSG s fourth goal – was brought down by Ryan Donk in the area.
The former Barcelona forward instead handed the ball to Cavani, who made no mistake as he sent fellow Uruguayan Fernando Muslera the wrong way to score his first club goal since August.
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Unai Emery has paid tribute to Petr Cech following the Arsenal goalkeeper s announcement he will retire at the end of the season and is keen for his career to be brought to a close in a good moment .
Cech on Tuesday revealed his decision to call time on his playing career at the culmination of the current campaign.
The former Czech Republic international enjoyed incredible success at Chelsea but has won just one FA Cup since joining Arsenal in 2015.
Emery, though, has been extremely impressed with the 36-year-old since he took over from Arsene Wenger in May and, speaking about him at a media conference, said: First, he is a very big person. A person I ve only known for six months, a person who is closer to more people [other] than me.
As a player he wa…
Tottenham booked their place in the League Cup semi-finals with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Newcastle United on Wednesday.
The London outfit, whose last appearance in the last four was during the 2008-09 season, took the lead after 18 minutes at White Hart Lane – Nabil Bentaleb breaking the deadlock with his first senior goal for the club.
Newcastle were largely restricted to speculative shots from distance, and any hopes of a bright start to the second half were dashed when Nacer Chadli doubled the advantage less than a minute after the interval.
Harry Kane s third after 65 minutes had home fans dreaming of a Wembley final, and Roberto Soldado s fourth five minutes later only served to compound the visitors misery.
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Arriving at the London Stadium riding a famous wave of momentum, Newcastle will meet West Ham on Sunday afternoon.
West Ham
Starting with the hosts, putting in a stellar Europa League performance earlier in the week as they claimed a 2-1 win away at German outfit Freiburg, West Ham have impressed many since opening up the 2023/24 campaign. Making real history last season as they were crowned Europa Conference League champions, David Moyes’ men should find the mood in their camp at a continued high. Suffering just a pair of defeats from any of their first 10 appearances across all competitions, the one-time Manchester United boss has high sights set on mounting another top-six charge this time around. Likewise, along with winning ea…
Carlo Ancelotti expressed satisfaction with his current midfield options amid reports Real Madrid are the frontrunners to sign Jude Bellingham.
Madrid are said to be leading the race to prise Bellingham, who shone for England at the World Cup last month, from Borussia Dortmund.
Bellingham started all five of England s matches at Qatar 2022, which ended in quarter-final defeat to France, scoring and assisting one goal from central midfield.
Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain are also said to have an interest in his services, but the latest speculation suggests it is Madrid who are poised to add him to a midfield that already includes young France internationals Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni and Uruguay star Federico Valverde.
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John Terry lauded the contribution of Diego Costa after the forward struck twice in Chelsea s stunning 6-3 win at Everton.
The Spain international opened the scoring after just 35 seconds at Goodison Park and added his second late on in one of the most remarkable games in the Premier League s recent history.
And Terry singled out the former Atletico Madrid man s talents as he took his tally for the season to four, with Chelsea continuing their 100 per cent start to the campaign.
He s been brilliant, Terry told Sky Sports. I played against him in the Champions League and realised he was a top player, but when you see him every day you realise he s literally got everything.
He s got off to a flying start and long may it continue, because that was the diff…
In light of the increasing number of VAR-related controversies in the Premier League, PGMOL chief Howard Webb has appeared on Sky Sports to discuss some of the most debatable calls made in recent weeks.
One of those was the case of Mateo Kovacic, the Manchester City midfielder who committed a serious foul on Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard while already on a yellow card, and the explanation for the decision of referee Michael Oliver not to send the Croatia international off that Webb gave was a bit peculiar.
[Michael Oliver] doesn t want to have a negative impact on the game by overreacting.
PGMOL chief Howard Webb admits Manchester City s Mateo Kovačić was extremely fortunate not to be sent off against Arsenal
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Paris Saint-Germain head coach Mauricio Pochettino insisted he is not concerned by the lack of goals from his forwards after the Ligue 1 leaders beat Montpellier 2-0 on Saturday.
PSG preserved their perfect start to the season, Pochettino s men making it eight wins from eight league matches thanks to goals from Idrissa Gueye and Julian Draxler.
In the continued absence of superstar Lionel Messi (knee), Kylian Mbappe and Neymar wasted chances as midfielder Gueye and winger Draxler stepped up at the Parc des Princes.
Mbappe has failed to net his last 13 shots in Ligue 1, his longest drought from shots in the top flight since August-September 2019 (16 shots).
We created a lot of opportunities today, but they didn t score them. We leave that aside, Pochett…
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Two sides who are battling it out at opposite ends of the Eastern Conference table, New York will welcome DC United to the Red Bull Arena in the early hours of Sunday.
Starting with the hosts, making a welcomed return to winning ways last weekend as they stormed their way to a thumping 3-0 romp against Toronto, New York will be looking to use that performance as a platform to build on. Battling it out at the top of the Eastern Conference table and cruising their way to a play-off ticket this season, the Red Bulls have suffered just a single defeat from any of their previous six MLS appearances. Opening June with a 1-0 victory against Orlando, Sandro Schwarz’s men will also be excited by their rampant success on home s…
Fernandinho has penned a poetic farewell to Manchester City supporters on social media following his move to Athletico Paranaense.
Brazilian side Paranaense confirmed on Monday that an agreement is in place to re-sign Fernandinho, who previously spent three years with the club.
The 53-cap former Brazil international left Paranaense in 2005 to join Shakhtar Donetsk, before spending nine seasons with City, the last two of those as captain.
After making 383 appearances for City and winning 12 major honours, including five Premier League titles, Fernandinho bowed out at the end of the 2021-22 campaign.
And on the day his contract at the Etihad Stadium officially expired, Fernandinho took to Twitter to pay an emotional tribute to everyone connected with City.<…