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Espanyol sack coach Gonzalez after poor run
MADRID (Reuters) – Espanyol have sacked coach Sergio Gonzalez after Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Celta Vigo left the Barcelona-based club hovering three points above the La Liga relegation places. Gonzalez, 39, a former Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna player, was in his second season in charge after he was promoted from B team manager and […]
United’s Lingard picks up injury against Bournemouth
REUTERS – Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed winger Jesse Lingard picked up an injury in Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat by Bournemouth. Lingard was substituted in the first half with a suspected hamstring problem and Van Gaal said the 22-year-old would have to be assessed to ascertain the extent of the damage. […]
Champions League rivals should fear Juventus – Allegri
REUTERS – All the teams that finished first in their Champions League group will want to avoid Juventus in Monday’s draw for the last 16, said coach Massimiliano Allegri. Juve finished second to Manchester City in Group D and could come up against one of the three heavyweights, Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich. Chelsea, […]
Low points tally could seal title, says City boss Pellegrini
REUTERS – The closeness of this season’s Premier League race has led Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini to predict that the title could be won by a team with less than 80 points for just the fourth time in the competition’s history. Manchester United have achieved the feat twice in the Premier League era (in […]
McClaren wants more of the same from spirited Newcastle
REUTERS – Manager Steve McClaren called for more of the same after Newcastle United beat Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday to put some daylight between themselves and the relegation zone, but stopped short of describing the win as a turning point in their season. Newcastle travelled to White Hart Lane buoyed by their morale boosting 2-0 […]
Pardew hails Cabaye’s impact as Palace rise to sixth
REUTERS – Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew hailed Yohan Cabaye as a player who could pull his team “out of the mire” after the midfielder struck against Southampton to send the Eagles into sixth place in the Premier League table. Cabaye, who worked under Pardew at Newcastle United, returned to England as Palace’s record signing […]
‘Happy’ Costa to see out Chelsea contract, says Mourinho
REUTERS – Striker Diego Costa is happy at Chelsea and will see out the remaining three years on his contract, manager Jose Mourinho has said. Costa, who scored 20 times for the Premier League Champions last term, has struggled for goals this campaign, scoring four in 19 games in all competitions for the club. He […]
Wenger hails unsung Giroud’s half-ton after “fantastic” week
LONDON (Reuters) – Olivier Giroud says he plans to keep hitting the target in Arsenal’s increasingly convincing Premier League title push after his “fantastic” week concluded on Sunday with another goal that helped the Gunners back to the top of the table. The oft-maligned Frenchman, hailed by manager Arsene Wenger in the week as one […]
Soccer-Premier League see-saw typified by Newcastle win at Tottenham
By Ian Chadband (Reuters) – The unpredictability of a barmy Premier League season was underlined by Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 home defeat by struggling Newcastle United on Sunday, which left bewildered home manager Mauricio Pochettino scratching his head. On a weekend which had already seen mighty Manchester United humbled by Bournemouth, the week after the south-coast […]
Atletico Madrid draw level with leaders Barca, Real lose
MADRID (Reuters) – Atletico Madrid turned up the heat on champions Barcelona when they fought back to secure a 2-1 win at home to Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Sunday as Real Madrid slipped off the pace with a 1-0 loss at Villarreal. Atletico’s battling victory put them level at the top on 35 […]
Klopp salutes atmosphere as Liverpool celebrate draw
By Toby Davis REUTERS – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has probably not celebrated too many draws with quite the fervour that he greeted Divock Origi’s stoppage time leveller to grab a point at home to West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. The German would have been forgiven for lamenting another costly result and two more dropped […]
Unstoppable PSG crush Lyon 5-1 to go 17 points clear
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Paris St Germain continued their irrepressible march towards a fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title with a 5-1 home win against Olympique Lyonnais to move 17 points clear at the top on Sunday. Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed a double, Serge Aurier, Edinson Cavani and Lucas also found the back of the […]
