Competition: Premier League
Market: Arsenal to win against Liverpool
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Arsenal welcome Liverpool to the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League this afternoon, and are favourites to come out on top against the Merseysiders to potentially finish the weekend top of the table.
Arsenal finished second in the Premier League last season with 71 points from 38 games, suffering just three defeats on home soil. Arsenal conceded just 11 goals from 19 games in their own backyard, and will fancy their chances against a Liverpool side who have lost two of their last three away meetings versus Arsenal.
The visitors finished eighth in the Premier League in 2015/16 with 60 points, suffering seven defeats on the road. Jurgen Klopp’s men are being tipped for a br…
Russia international midfielder Andrei Arshavin of Zenit St Petersburg has joined Arsenal till June 2012 for 12 million pounds (13.3 million euros), sources at the Premier League club said on Monday.
The Gunners are now merely waiting on the Premier League to sign all the necessary paperwork for the deal to be made official.
The fee was far from the initial asking price the reigning UEFA Cup winners wanted of 20 million pounds, but included a substantial performance-linked bonus.
Conflicting signals had been emerging from Arsenal s Emirates stadium and Russia throughout the day as the 1700GMT deadline came and went and a Zenit club spokesman had even said the deal had fallen through.
The deal apparently hit a last minute snag when Zenit demanded a portio…
German newspaper Abendzeitung reports that Juventus are showing interest in Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler.
The 19-year-old is already considered an important player for the Miners and has started club’s first four games of the season.
The player’s talent has been recognized by top European clubs, with Abendzeitung claiming Juventus have joined the race for the player’s signature.
The same source understands that Monaco are also interested in the player who is valued at €12 million.
Draxler came through the youth ranks at Schalke and made his debut in the 2010/2011 season, scoring one goals in 15 Bundesliga appearances.
Despite his fragile age, the attacking midfielder started 21 Bundesliga games last term, and was even included in pre…
Jamie Carragher says Liverpool s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United is a big worry as the Reds winless start to the Premier League season stretched to a third match.
A 16th-minute goal from Jadon Sancho put United into an early lead before Marcus Rashford added a second eight minutes into the second half.
Mohamed Salah got a goal back for Liverpool with nine minutes remaining, but the hosts held on to claim a memorable victory.
Defeat for Liverpool at Old Trafford means they are down in 16th in the embryonic table, already seven points off early pacesetters Arsenal and five adrift of Manchester City.
Liverpool have now conceded the first goal in their last seven consecutive Premier League games, and Carragher is concerned by what he saw from his former s…
Arnor Traustason netted a brace as New England Revolution piled on four first-half goals in a 5-0 thrashing of struggling Inter Miami in the MLS on Wednesday.
The Revolution improved their record, with back-to-back wins, to the best in the MLS with 30 points from 15 games, sitting atop the Eastern Conference.
Inter are bottom of the east, with only eight points from 14 games, having lost their past six.
Carles Gil provided the assist, his 11th of the season, for Traustason s 15th-minute header, before Teal Bunbury fired in a 27th minute goal from Inter goalkeeper Nick Marsman s parry.
Icelandic midfielder Traustason grabbed his second in the 36th minute, whipping in a shot after a goalmouth scramble from a corner.
Gil was crafty on the right side …
The 2017/18 season turned out to be an extremely difficult one for the Serie A sides, especially Fiorentina who tragically lost their captain Davide Astori back in March.
The footballing world united in sorrow with clubs mourning the death of the Italian footballer who will never be forgotten.
Serie A hotshots Napoli travelled to Fiorentina this weekend and took their time before the match to pay a classy tribute to Astori.
The players brought flowers onto the pitch before kick off and were greeted with a standing ovation in appreciation from the Fiorentina faithful.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave a scathing assessment of Manchester United s first-half display in Sunday s 2-0 loss to Watford, likening the performance to a testimonial.
United went into the match aiming to keep the pressure on the Premier League s top four and bounce back from an underwhelming draw with Everton.
But at Vicarage Road they produced an insipid display, with two goals early in the second half doing the damage – David de Gea fumbling an Ismaila Sarr volley into the net, before Troy Deeney converted a penalty.
Paul Pogba at least provided some impetus for the Red Devils after his 64th-minute introduction, but it was too little, too late, with Watford holding on to a first win under Nigel Pearson.
Solskjaer was particularly unimpressed with Unite…
Steven Gerrard believes critics of Jordan Henderson need to lay off the current Liverpool captain.
England midfielder Henderson, who took over the captaincy at Anfield following Gerrard s departure to LA Galaxy in 2015, had been criticised by sections of Liverpool s support following a poor start to 2016-17.
However, the former Sunderland man has re-found his form in recent weeks, netting a stunning strike in a 2-1 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last month, and Gerrard believes that the criticism of Henderson was unnecessary.
I think criticism happens a lot in football, I ve had it myself, Gerrard told Radio City Talk. It s all about different eras.
We see players described as the next Paul Gascoigne, the next Bobby Moore. People have got to ju…
Arturo Vidal believes Chile deserved their 2-1 win over Peru as they got their 2018 World Cup qualifying bid back on track.
After winning their opening two games, La Roja has tasted victory just once in seven matches prior to their clash with Peru on Tuesday.
However, Vidal his country s one shining light in a difficult campaign netted both goals and insists the South American champions are firing on all cylinders again.
I m happy because the team returned to winning ways, and this is deserved, he said afterwards. Today was a good game.
We went back to what we have done before, when we won two championships [2015, 2016 Copa Americas]. The team is very involved [in the qualification race] and we hope to reach the World Cup.
[This win] is best en…
Juventus manager Antonio Conte is anticipating his side s recent dominance of Serie A to be challenged next season.
Conte has guided Juventus to consecutive Italian titles since taking over in 2011.
The Turin club start their 2013-14 campaign at Sampdoria on August 25.
Conte s men finished nine points clear of second-place Napoli last season, but the 44-year-old is expecting a tougher fight next term.
The values of clubs are changing, our rivals are getting stronger, he told Gazzetta dello Sport. It will be a very open championship.
Juve, Milan and Inter are traditionally title contenders. Napoli have spent €75m-€80m and have reinforced with Rafael Benitez, a great coach who has won it all.
Fiorentina have legitimate hopes. Not only do they have …