Patrick Bamford’s first Premier League hat-trick takes him to six goals for the season Leeds United ended Aston Villa’s winning start and ruined their chance of going top of the Premier League thanks to a brilliant Patrick Bamford hat-trick. Villa came into Friday’s game having…
Ogu played against England at Wembley in 2018 but was an unused sub in all Nigeria’s matches at the World Cup that year Nigeria midfielder John Ogu has called on his team to boycott upcoming matches in protest at the country’s government. Ogu, who has…
Ollie Watkins marked his Premier League debut with a perfect hat-trick against Liverpool last month When he was sweeping the floor of a non-league changing room, the prospect of scoring a perfect hat-trick against the Premier League champions would have felt like the stuff of…
In 1961, the government of Brazil declared Pele an “official national treasure” to prevent him being transferred out of the country No matter how old you are, or who you grew up watching, one man has long dominated the debate about just who was the…
Fabinho was your man of the match in the BBC Sport player rater No Virgil van Dijk, no problem? We wouldn’t go that far but Jurgen Klopp was a relieved man to see midfielder Fabinho put in a fantastic display in defence as the Reds…
Fernandinho has appeared in six league and cup matches for Manchester City this season Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho will be out for “four to six weeks” after he suffered a leg injury against Porto in the Champions League, says boss Pep Guardiola. The Brazilian came…
Brighton are likely to demand at least £50m for centre-back Ben White if Liverpool seek to replace injured Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk, 29, with the 23-year-old English defender in January. (Sun)external-link England winger Mason Greenwood, 19, has been spoken to by Manchester United following…
Aguero’s equaliser for City was his first goal since January and his 40th in the Champions League Manchester City made a winning start to their 10th attempt at winning the Champions League after fighting back to beat Porto. The Portuguese champions took a surprise early…
How it started: Aguero (r) celebrates with Luis Garcia after scoring his first Champions League goal, which came for Atletico Madrid against PSV in September 2008 when he was 20 Another match for Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, another goalscoring milestone to celebrate. When the…
Chelsea had four attempts at goal in the opening 14 minutes of the second half, double their tally from the first half Edouard Mendy has established himself as Chelsea’s first-choice goalkeeper after “showing his quality”, says boss Frank Lampard. Mendy, who joined from Rennes in…