Chelsea looked slow, tired and lacked freedom in their defeat to Juventus on Wednesday, according to Thomas Tuchel.
Despite having over 70 per cent possession, the Champions League holders went down 1-0 to Juve after Federico Chiesa scored the 10 seconds into the second half at Allianz Stadium.
It was the earliest second-half Champions League goal in Opta records and made Chiesa the first Italian to score in four successive starts in the competition for Juve since club legend Alessandro Del Piero in 1997.
The Blues managed just one shot on target – a tame first-half attempt from Romelu Lukaku – across a disappointing defeat that gave Massimiliano Allegri s side the upper hand in Group H.
Of course, it is impossible at this kind of level to…
Frank McAvennie has suggested to that West Ham United should not sign Callum Wilson from Bournemouth in the summer transfer window.
Bournemouth have been relegated to the Championship, and the Cherries may be forced to sell some of their best players.
According to , Wilson is in demand, with West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United all interested in signing the 28-year-old striker.
The report has claimed that the Cherries are looking for over £20 million in transfer fees for the England international striker.
Former West Ham striker McAvennie has suggested that David Moyes’s side who are rated at 3/1 by to get relegated from the Premier League at the end of next seasons hould not sign Wllson this summer.
“I do not know about Wilso…
Juventus took another step towards an eighth Serie A title in a row with a routine 3-0 win over Frosinone on Friday.
A spectacular early goal from Paulo Dybala set Massimiliano Allegri s side on their way at Allianz Stadium, before Leonardo Bonucci and Cristiano Ronaldo made the three points secure.
Juve were able to withdraw Ronaldo and Giorgio Chiellini in the second half, with their attentions now turning to the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.
The hosts needed only six minutes to break the deadlock, Dybala sending a stunning left-foot strike flying into the top-right corner from 25 yards out.
11 Paulo has scored all his three Serie A goals current season during the first 11 minutes of play. Timely.
Barcelona are interested in signing Julian Alvarez from Manchester City in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the Argentina international striker is not happy with his current playing time at the defending Premier League champions, and that former La Liga and UEFA Champions League winners Barcelona want to bring him to Camp Nou.
City have offered Alvarez a new five-year contract with a better salary, but it is not clear if the 23-year-old will sign him. The young striker linked up with City in the summer of 2022 after spending the second half of last season on loan at River Plate. Alvarez won the 2022 Qatar World Cup with Argentina, but he is playing second fiddle to Norway international striker Erling Haaland at City.
Alvarez has mad…
Manchester City picked up from where they left off before the international break with a 3-0 win over Everton to move back into second place in the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola s side strolled to a 2-0 victory over Manchester United two weeks ago and were just as comfortable in Sunday s contest at the Etihad Stadium.
Raheem Sterling, making his 300th appearance in the English top flight, linked up with Joao Cancelo to fire City ahead after earlier having a penalty awarded and overruled.
Rodri scored an equally impressive goal from long range and Bernardo Silva then capped a win that moves City, who handed a full league debut to Cole Palmer, above Liverpool and within three points of leaders Chelsea.
Ilkay Gundogan looped a header on top of the crossbar …
Sarina Wiegman said England had made life difficult for themselves and been given a “hard lesson” after a 3-2 Nations League loss to Belgium in Leuven.
Having fallen behind to Laura De Neve’s early free-kick and then seen defender Alex Greenwood carried off on a stretcher, the Lionesses turned things around to lead via goals from Lucy Bronze in the 38th minute and Fran Kirby in the 44th.
But Belgium captain Tessa Wullaert equalised in first-half stoppage time before notching the winner with an 85th-minute penalty awarded for a Georgia Stanway handball as England slipped to third in Group A1 with two games to play.
Defeat in Belgium.
— Lionesses (@Lionesses)
Boss Wiegman, whose side had beaten the Belgians 1-0 in Leicester last Friday, to…
Dominic Calvert-Lewin s stunning start to the 2020-21 campaign has earned the Everton and England striker the Premier League s Player of the Month award for September.
The 23-year-old scored five times to help propel Carlo Ancelotti s side to the top of the table, with his exploits leading to an England debut on Thursday in which he promptly opened his account on the international stage.
Calvert-Lewin headed the opening goal in the Three Lions 3-0 victory over Wales at Wembley as his fine form continued.
His haul for Everton, which he added to with an effort against Brighton and Hove Albion this month, includes a hat-trick in the 5-2 thrashing of West Brom.
Introducing your September Player of the Month…
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West Ham United are preparing a third bid for Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter, according to the Express.
The East London outfit made two approaches for the Republic of Ireland international in January, with the latest of those bids in the region of £8m.
They were rejected by the south cost club, though the Hammers are set to bid £10m as they look to finally get their man.
Arter has started just eleven league games for Eddie Howe’s side so far this season having missed just three games in the 2016/17 campaign.
In total, he has racked up two hundred and fifty-five appearances in all competitions since signing from non-league Woking in the summer of 2010, scoring twenty-nine goals.
He was part of the squad that achieved promotion from t…
Liverpool are reportedly set to receive a total of £17 million for the services of Marko Grujic and Taiwo Awoniyi.
As reported by Neil Jones of , the Merseysiders have agreed to sell Grujic to FC Porto for £10.5m. The Serbian midfielder was the club s first signing under Jurgen Klopp as the manager back in January 2016, but he hasn t been able to earn a spot in the squad since. He returned to Red Star Belgrade on loan straight away and later had temporary spells with Cardiff City, Hertha Berlin and Porto. The 25-year-old will now join the latter on a permanent deal, despite reported interest from Germany and Italy.
Meanwhile, Awoniyi became a Liverpool player six months before Grujic, arriving from the Imperial Academy in Nigeria. However, he struggled for a long time…
According to a recent report from Sport, Monaco, Nice and Besiktas are all interested in trying to sign Samuel Umtiti on loan from Barcelona.
Umtiti has been part of the furniture at the Nou Camp since 2016 but now, it appears as if the French international is destined to make his departure from the club sooner rather than later.
Barcelona, in the eyes of many, are in the midst of something resembling a crisis with nobody really knowing what s going to come next for them. Lionel Messi s transfer to Paris Saint-Germain was always going to hit them hard but it really does seem to have created a ripple effect that ll take quite some time to get over.
Umtiti isn t nearly as big of a piece of the puzzle as the Argentine, but his exit will almost certainly raise furth…