Manchester United XI: Senne Lammens: An early mistake could have proved extremely costly, but the Belgian recovered to deny Dominic Solanke. Another poor touch soon afterwards highlighted his nervous start, while a pass sent directly out of play reflected United’s difficult opening half-hour. Perhaps could have reacted better to the equaliser. 5 Leny Yoro (off […]
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Jordan Pickford: Heads back to Everton with James Trafford now putting pressure on his position after a few uncertain moments. 6 Trent Alexander-Arnold: Made the most of another chance to impress. His quality in possession was particularly effective against a deep Czech Republic defence. 7 Jarell Quansah: Looked assured while playing in his preferred central […]
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Fifa permitted the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take part in this summer’s World Cup even though reports indicated that an internal inquiry had concluded the team used an ineligible player during qualification. The player involved was goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi, who delivered several impressive performances at the tournament, including in the last-32 match against […]
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Uefa has opened an inquiry into allegations that a Republic of Ireland coaching staff member was spat at during Sunday’s tense Nations League match against Israel. European football’s governing body confirmed that reports filed by match officials referred to an alleged incident in or near the tunnel at half-time. A disciplinary inquiry will examine possible […]
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Any debate about Kane will quickly bring Bobby Moore into the discussion. The composed and graceful defender remains the only England captain to have raised the World Cup, guiding the national side to a 4-2 victory over West Germany at Wembley in July 1966. Moore was just 25 when England secured the trophy. Before that […]
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Jordan Pickford: Made an excellent call to charge off his line and take the ball away from Ivan Perisic early in the match. He faced few other threats and was fortunate that Mateo Kovacic failed to convert a clear opportunity. 6 Jarell Quansah: His selection at right-back ahead of Trent Alexander-Arnold was unexpected, but the […]
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England suffered a 3-2 defeat against world champions Spain in an exciting Nations League encounter, their first fixture since the summer World Cup. Lamine Yamal opened the scoring for Spain, but Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane responded to move England in front. Kane later failed to convert a penalty before Alex Baena produced a curling […]
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Brian Brobbey made Premier League history on Sunday by registering a hat-trick despite finishing the match on the losing team. The Dutch striker became only the fifth player to accomplish this in a Premier League fixture, scoring all three of his goals as Sunderland fell 5-3 to Manchester City. It marked the first such occurrence […]
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Bernd Leno: Stayed alert to stop Lisandro Martinez early on and reacted as Matheus Cunha’s looping attempt struck the post. Later denied Bryan Mbeumo with a diving save at full stretch. 7 Timothy Castagne: Received a yellow card after bringing down Marcus Rashford during a Manchester United counterattack in the second half. 6 David Affengruber: […]
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Harry Kane broke a record that had stood for 49 years by becoming the quickest player to reach 100 Bundesliga goals. The milestone came in his 98th league appearance for Bayern Munich as they defeated Union Berlin 7-0. Dieter Müller had held the previous benchmark since 1977 after reaching the century mark in 129 games […]
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