Phil Foden’s stunning hat-trick against Aston Villa stirred up memories of a young Wayne Rooney as the Manchester City midfielder continues to impress this season.
The 23-year-old starred on Wednesday night, restoring City’s lead just before half-time with a free-kick and adding a second in the 62nd minute before completing his treble shortly after.
His performance drew comparisons with Rooney post-match, with TNT Sports host Laura Woods saying: “The third goal, especially. We were chatting about this a second ago, Rio (Ferdinand) was saying it was almost like your Wayne Rooney moment, that something doesn’t go right, you get angry, and you bang in a goal.”
Foden replied: “You know it’s funny you said that because as I was celebrating I was walking …
Angel Correa was the hero for Atletico Madrid as he scored the only goal of the game in stoppage time to earn three points away to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
The two sides put on an entertaining spectacle, despite the lack of goals, with neither showing the clinical edge required to take the lead.
That was until the second minute of added time, when Correa finished a flowing transition to win the match for Atleti.
Alexander Sorloth won the ball on the halfway line for the visitors, having nicked it from defender Inigo Lekue, and laid it on for Correa.
The Argentina international rounded the goalkeeper and stroked the ball into an empty goal.
The victory means Atletico Madrid climb to second in the LaLiga table, keeping the pressure on leaders Ba…
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Borussia Monchengladbach will have their sights set on securing their inaugural Bundesliga victory of the season as they welcome Bayern Munich to the Borussia-Park on Saturday. On the other hand, the visitors have the opportunity to head into the international break with a flawless record, having emerged victorious in their initial two matches.
Borussia Monchengladbach
With the departure of their former head coach Daniel Farke to Leeds United over the summer, Borussia Monchengladbach is embarking on a new chapter under their newly appointed manager Gerardo Seoane. Seoane was let go by Bayer Leverkusen in October of the previous year.
Despite his struggles at Leverkusen, the 44-year-old arrived in Germany with a solid reputation…
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Looking to secured back-to-back La Liga victories on Wednesday evening, Real Betis will welcome Getafe to the Estadio Benito Villamarin.
Starting with the hosts, while some in Real Betis’ camp might have been left frustrated last season by the way that they ended the 2023/24 campaign, they did secure another top-seven finish. Marking their return from September’s international break with a routine 2-0 victory at home against Leganes over the weekend, the former Manchester City boss will be calling on his squad to use that performance as a platform to build on. Officially booking a Europa Conference League group stage ticket last month as they stormed their way to a 5-0 aggregate win against Ukrainian outfit Kryvbas, Betis…
Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul has set his sights on a place in The Netherlands Euro 2012 squad.
Krul has been impressive between the posts for the high-flying Magpies this season and admitted that he was loving life on Tyneside.
Newcastle lie seventh on the Premier League table after an impressive start to the season but consecutive losses to Chelsea and Norwich have seen them slip back into the pack.
To be in the squad for Euro 2012 would be the icing on the cake after what will hopefully be a successful season with Newcastle, Krul told the Daily Mirror.
Every game is bringing new challenges for me and it s up to me to keep rising to those challenges.
I m very pleased with my game at the moment and with the way things are going. To be…
The United Arab Emirates will host the 2019 Asian Cup after defeating the rival bid from Iran, the Asian Football Confederation has confirmed.
AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa is confident that the 2019 showpiece will prove just as successful as this year s tournament, which was hosted and won by Australia.
I would like to congratulate the UAE Football Association on their successful bid to host the AFC Asian Cup 2019, Shaikh Salman said.
The AFC Executive Committee was convinced by the merits of the UAE bid.
I firmly believe that the UAE Football Association will host a tournament that could match and potentially even surpass the stunning AFC Asian Cup 2015 in Australia that we have all just witnessed.
The 2019 instalme…
New Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick praised Lamine Yamal s unbelievable performances at Euro 2024, but believes there is still room for improvement in the 17-year-old s game.
Yamal starred for Spain at the recent European Championships, notching five goal involvements at the tournament as La Roja won a record fourth title in Germany.
The Spaniard played 50 games across all competitions for Barcelona last season, scoring seven goals and adding 10 assists in his breakthrough campaign in Catalonia.
He s done a really great job over the last year, Flick said. He s improved a lot and step by step he is continuing at this level.
What he did at the Euros was unbelievable, but now, big players also continue to bring their performances and it is necessary for…
Italy forward Andrea Belotti said winning Euro 2020 is the aim for the Azzurri following their winning start.
Roberto Mancini s Italy opened the rescheduled European Championship with a commanding 3-0 victory over Turkey in Rome on Friday.
Italy – enjoying a resurgence under head coach Mancini following their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup – are in the midst of a 28-match unbeaten streak as they prepare for Wednesday s clash with Switzerland in the Italian capital.
The 1968 European champions have kept a clean sheet in each of their last nine matches in all competitions, going 875 minutes without conceding since a Donny van de Beek goal for the Netherlands last October – Italy have not kept 10 consecutive clean sheets since doing so between Novem…
Adrien Rabiot
Really impressing at the heart of France’s midfield this summer as Les Bleus reached the European Championships semi-final stage, would have certainly put many of Europe’s elite on notice.
While Juventus might have been confident that the 29-year-old would sign a contract extension in Turin, Rabiot shockingly announced his Allianz departure last month following the expiry of his most recent deal.
Making 212 appearances for the Italian giants after completing a move from PSG back in 2019, Rabiot won a Serie A title, two Italian Cups and one Italian Super Cup during his time in Turin.
With the 48-cap international reportedly making a Premier League move his priority this summer, the one-time academy product has plenty of heavyweight admirers c…
Sheffield United kickstarted their quest for an immediate return to the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Preston North End at Deepdale.
Oliver Arblaster would net the Championship s first goal of the season with 12 minutes on the clock as his deflected effort wrong-footed Freddie Woodman.
In a half that only saw seven attempts from either side, a moment of magic from Gustavo Hamer after the interval would secure Chris Wilder s men the win.
Hamer, who scored nine goals in his last campaign in the second tier with Coventry, intercepted Woodman s throw out from the back, taking a touch before lobbing the North End goalkeeper.
The Blades will be looking for an improved display when they face QPR next weekend, recording an expected goals (xG)…