Inter moved within a point of Serie A leaders Milan with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Hellas Verona.  

Aiming to win back-to-back league games for the first time this year following their Derby d Italia defeat of Juventus, Inter were relentless in pressuring Verona in the first half.  

Their superiority yielded the desired rewards as goals from Nicolo Barella and Edin Dzeko put them 2-0 up inside 30 minutes.  

Simone Inzaghi s defending champions were never at risk of surrendering that advantage and could go top next week if Milan failed to respond in kind to his impressive performance. 

Lorenzo Montipo was busy from the off, the Verona goalkeeper producing a strong save to deny Ivan Perisic, and his goal was soon breached by an excellent opener …

Pep Guardiola compared Ferran Torres to Jamie Vardy after his two-goal display in Manchester City s 5-0 dismantling of Arsenal on Saturday.

Just this week City saw long-term target Harry Kane confirm he will not be leaving Tottenham this year despite apparently trying to force a move away and then they missed out on the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester United.

The central striker position is an area of the team City have been particularly keen to strengthen given no one scored more than 17 goals for them across all competitions in 2020-21, and Sergio Aguero – who missed much of the season through injury – left for Barcelona.

But Guardiola reiterated that he is perfectly happy with the options he currently has in attack after blowing 10-man Arsenal a…

Jamie Carragher has backed Erik ten Hag to improve Manchester United despite suffering defeat in his first Premier League game at the helm, claiming the Red Devils cannot perform any worse than last season.

Ten Hag cut a frustrated figure as his new side slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday, with Pascal Gross first-half brace handing the Seagulls their first win at Old Trafford.

That made Ten Hag the first United boss to lose his maiden Premier League game in charge since Louis van Gaal in 2014 (against Swansea City), and came off the back of a frustrating off-season for the side.

United have thus far failed to attract top transfer target Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona, while they deployed Christian Eriksen as a false nine against Brig…

Raphael Varane s move to Manchester United has finally gone through.

United confirmed at the end of July that they had reached an agreement with Real Madrid to purchase the France centre-back for a fee believed to be in the region of £42.7million (€50m).

Varane had one year left on his contract with Madrid, who have been looking to trim their squad due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Having moved to the Santiago Bernabeu in 2011, Varane has won three LaLiga titles and the Champions League on four occasions.

He racked up over 350 appearances for Los Blancos and arrives at Old Trafford as one of the world s finest defenders. Indeed, Varane has played 79 times for France, winning the World Cup in 2018 before featuring in all four o…

Riyad Mahrez and co. failed to spark as reigning Africa Cup of Nations champions Algeria were held to a 0-0 draw by Sierra Leone in their opening Group E fixture.

Heading into the delayed 2021 edition of the tournament aiming to become the first team to win consecutive AFCON titles since Egypt won three in a row between 2006 and 2010, Algeria dominated on Tuesday but could not find a way through Sierra Leone s stubborn rearguard.

Appearing at only their third AFCON finals and their first since 1996, Sierra Leone went close themselves midway through the first half through Alhaji Kamara and Umaru Bangura, though they only managed one attempt on target throughout.

The second half was all Algeria, yet Mohamed Kamara pulled off some excellent saves to deny Yac…

Competition: Euro 2016 qualifier
Market: Spain to score 3+ goals against Luxembourg
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Spain will still be reeling from their surprising defeat against Slovakia recently, but are hoping to make amends when they face Luxembourg this afternoon. La Roja thrashed Macedonia 5-1 in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier, but went down to a defeat in the following clash, and are now need to catch up to the pacesetters.

Luxembourg aren’t expected to be a match for the European champions this afternoon, and as a result Betfair are giving odds of 3/10 for Spain to score 3+ goals today, with manager Vicente De Bosque desperate to prove he can lead Spain to glory again.

With four defeats suffered in their last nine games, the Euro 2016 hopefuls aren’t in the b…

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal believes his team will challenge for the Premier League title next season

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has revealed that he believes that his team will challenge for the Premier League title next season.

The veteran Dutchman has also revealed that he has a three-year remit to claim the English top-flight title.

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Asked about the Premier League title Van Gaal told : “The board have given three years for that objective. This year we have not challenged but we are very close to the second position,”

“We started badly this year but if you cut the start of it we should equalise Chelsea. So we have to start next season better.

“Next year definitely we will challenge. We will have anothe…

There s a full deck of Premier League fixtures this weekend, bookended by two major clashes between the four teams that once dominated the competition.

League leaders Arsenal square off with Manchester United on Sunday.

First, Liverpool and Chelsea go head-to-head in a battle between two sides who are desperately in need of a return to their best form on Saturday.

In between, champions Manchester City face Wolves, high flyers Newcastle United make the trip to Crystal Palace and Everton meet West Ham in a basement battle.

Ahead of the latest slate of matches, test your football expertise with our Opta-powered Premier League quiz. The answers are at the bottom.

5 Manchester City have now avoided defeat in each of the last five Premier League matches…

Dani Alves claims he knew in his heart and soul that he would return to Barcelona at some point in his career. 

The club announced the free signing of the 38-year-old on Friday following his departure from Sao Paulo, with the veteran right-back under contract for the rest of the campaign. 

Alves, who left Camp Nou five and a half years ago, will not be eligible to play until January but took to Instagram to declare his excitement at being back at the best club in the world.  

The Brazilian international posted: Almost five years of struggling like a madman to get to this point. I didn t know it would last this long, I didn t know it would be this hard, but I knew in my heart and inside my soul that this day would come. 

I m coming home from whe…

Antonio Conte needs to instil aggressiveness in his squad in order to transform fragile Tottenham into a force to be reckoned with, according to Louis Saha.

The Italian, who has won major honours with the likes of Inter, Juventus and Chelsea, admitted he was facing the biggest challenge of his career at Spurs.

He has inherited a side in decline, with last season s seventh-placed finish their lowest since 2008-09.

After the failed reign of Jose Mourinho and the ill-fated stint of Nuno Espirito Santo, it is Conte s job to revive Tottenham s fortunes, with a return of 10 points from his first four Premier League games hinting at a brighter future to come.

But a chastening loss to Slovenian minnows Mura in the Conference League – a competition in which Spur…