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Benfica are now five points behind defending champions Porto after their latest slip-up in the Portuguese top-flight, with the result leaving them in fifth position. Jorge Jesus’ side, who have

At the squad announcement for the upcoming international friendlies against Zambia and South Korea, Scolari admitted all Brazilian players were still in contention to represent the hosts at the football

From their opening eight matches Harry Redknapp’s side have only dropped points to Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield so far, giving them a three-point lead over Burnley. Despite being

The Villa boss made seven changes to the side that beat Norwich on Saturday but they were undone by some clinical finishing from the Londoners. The hosts struggled to cope

The former Barcelona midfielder saw his stunning first-half strike cancelled out by Oscar de Marcos but struck again after the interval to take his season tally to three. Sergio Garcia’s goal

Aras Ozbiliz opened the scoring for the hosts in the 40th minute, and two further goals in seven second-half minutes sealed the win for Valeri Karpin’s team. Dmitri Kombarov struck

Unusually, defending champions Barcelona surrendered the bulk of possession to their opponents as they won 4-0 Saturday, but they were infinitely more clinical in front of goal – particularly through

An early goal from Emiliano Armenteros set the hosts on their way on Friday, before Oriol Riera doubled their lead just after the half-time break at Estadio El Sadar. And, despite

Goals from Atsuto Uchida, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Julian Draxler after the break were enough to secure a win for the German side in their UEFA Champions League opener, much to

The Costa Rican frontman landed awkwardly during Fulham’s draw with West Brom in Saturday’s Premier League clash at Craven Cottage and he was sent for a scan on Monday. The