Mikel Arteta hopes Arsenal are reeling from giving up a two-goal lead against Liverpool as the Gunners manager outlined the importance of luck in the Premier League title race.
Arsenal hold a six-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the table, although Pep Guardiola s team have a game in hand.
The Gunners led 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday, but a thrilling match ultimately finished 2-2, with Aaron Ramsdale having to deny Liverpool a late winner.
Reflecting on that draw ahead of a trip across the capital to face West Ham, Arteta said: When you concede in the last few minutes, you have to be upset.
We wanted to win the game, but as well we have to be realistic. We have to accept that we had an exceptional period in the first half where we should have ki…
Antonio Conte oversaw his first Serie A victory in charge of Napoli, who ran out commanding 3-0 winners over Bologna at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Giovanni Simeone were all on target for the Partenopei as they bounced back from their defeat by the same scoreline at Verona on matchday one.
The hosts had not lost their opening two games of a Serie A season since doing so under Zdenek Zeman in 2000-01, and they broke through in first-half stoppage time.
A lovely move culminated in Kvaratskhelia clipping a delightful ball into the box for the onrushing Di Lorenzo to control and fire home.
Kvaratskhelia doubled the lead with a quarter of an hour remaining; his shot after a fine solo run deflecting beyond Lukas…
Dejan Lovren has completed his return to Lyon from Zenit on a deal until June 2025.
The Croatia defender, who was part of the side that finished third at the World Cup, is back at his former club for a second spell, 10 years after leaving the Ligue 1 side for Southampton.
Lovren, who played six of his country s seven matches in Qatar, brings a wealth of experience to Lyon s back line, having also helped the Vatreni reach the World Cup final in Russia in 2018.
The 33-year-old previously made 102 appearances for Les Gones between 2010 and 2013 winning the Coupe de France in 2012.
He then spent seven years in England at Southampton and Liverpool, where he won the Champions League and Premier League titles, before winning back-to-back domestic crowns with Zen…
Toni Kroos is approaching the end of his current contract with Real Madrid. According to Fabrizio Romano, his goal is to retire at the club which he joined in 2014 and where he s won four Champions League trophies (in addition to the one he won with Bayern Munich in 2013), playing a total of 396 matches across all competitions so far.
At the age of 33, he might be a little young to be considering retirement, but it wouldn t be unheard of; Zinedine Zidane hung up his boots at that age, also as a Real Madrid star.
At the moment, it appears the decision is his to make. Los Blancos are ready to offer him a new one-year deal, and he s considering whether to accept their proposal or to call time on what has been an illustrious career. Quite apart from the numerous trophies wo…
Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel has vowed his side will not be taking lowly Preussen Munster lightly on Tuesday in the DFB Cup.
Tuchel’s side sit top of the Bundesliga and head to third division Munster on the back of last week’s Champions League win over Manchester United and Saturday’s 7-0 thrashing of Bochum.
The Bayern boss recalled the club’s embarrassing 1-0 defeat to German minnows Vestenbergsgreuth at the same stage of the DFB Cup in 1994 when the fourth-tier side caused one of the competition’s biggest upsets.
Tuchel on the game:
We re expecting an opponent that will fight hard to pull off an upset. They will likely look to make the most of their set pieces, in addition to relying on the support from their fans.
— FC Bay…
Cristiano Ronaldo reached another milestone as he scored his 700th goal in club football during Manchester United s Premier League clash with Everton on Sunday.
Ronaldo hit the latest landmark of his glittering career after coming on as a first-half substitute for the injured Anthony Martial, racing onto a ball from Casemiro before firing past Jordan Pickford to give United a 2-1 lead at Goodison Park.
The Portugal captain has struggled to find his best form this season and this was just the second goal of a campaign in which he has been starved of regular game time, having netted his 699th club strike from the penalty spot during a 2-0 Europa League victory over Sheriff on September 15.
He had failed to score in eight games before then, his longest run without a…
Manchester United announced they had accepted a £25million bid from Real Madrid for David Beckham on this day in 2003.
Starting in United’s academy, the England captain went on to make 394 appearances for the team, lifting six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the 1999 Champions League in a hugely successful era for the club.
He helped United win the Premier League title in 2003 but his future had been under intense speculation, with plenty of sides interested in signing the midfielder.
Initially it looked like Barcelona would be the preferred option, and Beckham had been the central figure in Joan Laporta’s successful campaign to become president of the Catalan club, but the midfielder opted for rivals Real instead.
A statement from Manchester …
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA chief Michel Platini will be invited to the World Cup final in Russia, the country s sports minister has said.
Both men were handed eight-year bans from footballing activities in December following a £1.3million payment made from Blatter to Platini in 2011, which was deemed a breach of conflict of interest regulations by FIFA s ethics committee.
Blatter and Platini are appealing the sanctions and, according to Vitaly Mutko, would be at perfect liberty to attend the World Cup 2018
Formally, the suspension prohibits them from any position in football, he told R-Sport. But on the other hand, how is it that an outstanding player like Michel Platini can t go to the football?
We will invite them, I see no p…
Miguel Almiron, Lewis Hall and Joe Willock fired Newcastle to a famous first Old Trafford victory in a decade as Carabao Cup holders Manchester United suffered a second 3-0 home humiliation in four days.
Wednesday’s fourth-round clash was a repeat of the final eight months ago at Wembley, where Erik ten Hag crowned a promising first season in the hotseat by ending the club’s six-year wait for silverware.
But things have gone awry since then and pressure will intensify on the Dutchman and his team after Newcastle inflicted the Red Devils’ eighth defeat in 15 matches to progress to the quarter-finals.
The fallout to this tie is sure to be dominated by Ten Hag’s United after seeing Sunday’s derby humbling against Manchester City compounded, but this was Ne…
Tottenham recovered from a slow start to see off Brentford 3-1 in Saturday s London derby.
Ange Postecoglou s side fell behind after just 23 seconds at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Bryan Mbeumo superbly volleyed home Keane Lewis-Potter s cross.
However, the hosts hit back seven minutes later through Dominic Solanke s first goal for the club after Mark Flekken parried James Maddison s initial effort directly into his path.
Spurs completed the turnaround in the 28th minute with a swift counter culminating in Brennan Johnson drilling home from a tight angle.
Guglielmo Vicario produced a wonderful reflex save to claw away Kevin Schade s header midway through the second half.
The Tottenham goalkeeper s intervention proved crucial as the hosts wrapp…