Real Madrid came out on top in an enthralling El Clasico, defeating Barcelona 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu to extend their lead at the top of the LaLiga table to five points. Jude Bellingham scored and assisted for the first time in La Liga this season, the England midfielder produced a defence-splitting through ball to tee up Kylian Mbappe for the 22nd-minute opener, before his 43rd-minute tap-in restored his side’s lead, five minutes after Fermin Lopez had levelled for Barcelona. It was Bellingham’s fourth goal in five appearances in the clash between the league’s top two sides, with Xabi Alonso’s…
Author: Omoniyi Alade
Aston Villa became just the second team in top-flight history to follow a five-game winless start with four consecutive victories after Matty Cash’s first-half strike condemned Manchester City to their first Premier League defeat since August. A City side that had opened the scoring in their last 10 matches were left with an unfamiliar feeling when the hosts netted the winner on 19 minutes courtesy of Matty Cash’s precise left-foot finish from the edge of the box after a corner, but the visitors were unhappy with the set-piece being awarded, feeling Lucas Digne had fouled Matheus Nunes in the build-up. City…
Eberechi Eze scored against his former club as Arsenal beat Crystal Palace to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to four points. Eze who joined the Gunners in a deal worth £67m in the summer, scored the only goal of the match from another trademark Arsenal set-piece. Declan Rice curled a free-kick into the area which was knocked down by centre-back Gabriel, then Eze acrobatically fired the ball into the corner of the net. The Gunners came out for the second half with real purpose, and five minutes after the restart, they very nearly doubled…
Bryan Mbeumo netted twice as Manchester United survived a late scare against Brighton to claim a third successive Premier League win for the first time since February 2024, moving them up to fourth in the table. United were cruising after an hour thanks to goals from Matheus Cunha, who broke his 16-match scoring drought by scoring for the first time for his new club. The Red Devils added a second when Luke Shaw’s challenge found its way to Casemiro, and his 25-yard strike deflected off Yasin Ayari and rolled past a stranded Bart Verbruggen, before Mbeumo followed his goal at Liverpool by driving home…
Brentford heaped further misery on Premier League champions Liverpool with a well deserved 3-2 victory at the Gtech Community Stadium. An emphatic midweek triumph at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League ended a sequence of four successive defeats in all competitions for the Reds – but it proved to be a false dawn as the weaknesses that have plagued Arne Slot’s side this season surfaced yet again. Michael Kayode’s lethal long throw exposed Liverpool’s shaky rearguard in the fifth minute, with Dango Ouatarra scoring from Kristoffer Ajer’s flick-on. Mohamed Salah came close to an instant response for the Reds, but he…
Sunderland climbed to second place in the Premier League (PL) table, coming from behind to stun Chelsea in a brilliant 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge, ending the Blues’ run of four straight wins in all competitions. Having made their best eight-game start to a PL season since 1999/2000, Sunderland were dreaming of going second in the table, but those aspirations were dealt a swift blow after just four minutes. Hitting the Black Cats on the counter-attack, Pedro Neto picked out Alejandro Garnacho, who raced down the left before pulling the trigger to drill a low strike through Robin Roefs’ legs, marking his first goal for Chelsea. The…
German champions Bayern Munich have extended the contract of coach Vincent Kompany to 2029, they announced on Tuesday, adding two years to his original contract which ran until June of 2027. Kompany took over as coach in the 2024/25 season, having previously managed Burnley in the English Premier League. He led the Bavarians to the German championship in his very first season, and followed it up by winning the Super Cup at the start of the current campaign. The club management praised Kompany’s work to date in the highest terms. President Herbert Hainer spoke of a “strong vote of confidence” and emphasised the…
Nottingham Forest have appointed Sean Dyche as their new head coach, the club confirmed on Tuesday. Forest accelerated their pursuit of Dyche after Ange Postecoglou was immediately sacked following Forest’s 3-0 defeat to Chelsea. The former Everton and Burnley manager, who was a youth player at Forest, will take charge of the club’s Europa League match against Porto on Thursday. Dyche who signed a contract until 2027, becomes Forest’s third manager of the season with Postecoglou succeeding Nuno Espirito Santo after the Portuguese fell out with owner Evangelos Marinakis and chief Edu Gaspar. The Englishman has been out of work since January after leaving Everton following a two-year…
Manchester United secured their first away win over Liverpool since 2016, with a 1-2 victory at Anfield. Having failed to win their previous eight Premier League away games, the odds were stacked against the Red Devils at Anfield. However, Ruben Amorim’s men got off to the best possible start, taking the lead after just 62 seconds. Bruno Fernandes played the ball out to the right to Amad Diallo and the Ivorian slipped in Bryan Mbeumo, who slotted past Giorgi Mamardashvili to score the second-earliest goal in this fixture’s Premier League history. Cody Gakpo restored parity for the hosts, tapping in Federico Chiesa’s cross with…
Erling Haaland continued his incredible scoring run by netting both goals in Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Everton at the Etihad Stadium. Haaland scored a hat-trick for Norway during the recent international break and his second-half double against the Toffees at Etihad Stadium took his tally to 23 goals in only 13 games for club and country this season. The 25-year-old had been kept quiet in the first half but came alive with his first opportunity of the contest, powerfully heading in from Nico O’Reilly’s cross, before scoring again just five minutes later with a vicious low drive from Savinho’s cutback…