Thiago Motta hailed Juventus team spirit after they shrugged off two injuries and Michele Di Gregorio s red card to secure a thrilling 3-2 Champions League win over RB Leipzig.
Juventus, who are yet to concede a goal in Serie A this season, twice had to fight back from a goal down before securing the win with a late goal from Francisco Conceicao.
They endured a nightmare start as captain Bremer and winger Nicolas Gonzalez were both withdrawn after suffering injuries.
They then went down to 10 men when Di Gregorio was dismissed for handling outside his area, but Dusan Vlahovic s brace had them level before Conceicao showed great feet to tuck home an 82nd-minute winner.
It was a good match, even in the first half where we made some mistakes in the detail…
Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris admitted he “desires for other things” and is contemplating what life could look like away from the north London club at “the end of an era.”
The 36-year-old retired from international duty with France in January, one year after signing a contract extension that would keep him at Spurs through to the end of next season.
There has been speculation, however, that the goalkeeper might have already played his last game for the side he joined in 2012 following his season-ending thigh injury against Newcastle in April.
Lloris told French newspaper Nice-Matin: “We are coming to an important moment, whether for the club or for me. It’s the end of an era. I have desires for other things, I will ask myself quietly to study what wil…
Harry Kane has been given permission to travel to Germany to complete a medical with Bayern Munich, according to reports.
It comes following the news earlier on Thursday that Bayern had reportedly reached an agreement with Tottenham over a £95million deal to sign the England striker.
The clubs are reported to have settled in principle on terms for the England captain to move to Bayern after a series of bids earlier in the summer were rejected, according to reports citing sources in Germany.
Tottenham are not commenting on the latest reports emerging from Germany.
Kane is about to enter the final year of his Tottenham contract, meaning he would be free to leave for nothing in 12 months’ time.
Chairman Daniel Levy is believed to value the striker…
Gareth Bale took aim at the media again on Friday, responding to scathing recent coverage of him in Spain.
The Wales international was the hero for his country on Thursday after scoring two excellent goals to seal a 2-1 win against Austria and put them just one game away from qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar.
However, Bale has rarely featured for Real Madrid, his club side, this season, playing in just five of their 42 matches in all competitions, totalling 270 minutes on the field – the equivalent of three whole games.
Spanish outlet Marca has labelled the winger a parasite , also accusing him of sucking money out of the club.
Bale had described the criticism as disgusting after the Austria win, and he took to Twitter on Friday to further exp…
Mikel Arteta said it was a great honour to be awarded the Premier League’s manager of the month award for February.
The Arsenal boss led his side to five straight league wins last month.
He credited the group effort of his players and staff during a successful period in north London.
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Speaking ahead of Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Brentford on Saturday, Arteta said: “It’s a great honour in this league to get recognised in this way so I want to say thank you to the team and the staff for always being supportive and making this happen.”
Out-of-favour goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale will return to the XI because first-…
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Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling will give Saudi Arabian clubs the cold shoulder this summer, the Evening Standard reports, with the 29-year-old England international – who was booed by Blues fans at the weekend – set on helping the Stamford Bridge club get their hands on silverware next season.
Borussia Dortmund would be keen to bring on-loan winger Jadon Sancho back to the club on a permanent basis, but only if Manchester United are willing to accept half the £73million they bought the England international for in 2021, the Mirror reports.
Chelsea striker Cole Palmer, 21, is to be rewarded with a new and improved contract after an impressive start to life at Stamford Bridge following his summer move from Manchester City, says Football Insider.<…
Chelsea broke the Women’s Super League transfer record even as their men’s team sat out the January window.
While Premier League spending was down across the board to a combined £100m over the month, compared to last year’s record £815m as estimated by finance company Deloitte, an increasingly active WSL market peaked with the Blues’ move for Colombia forward Mayra Ramirez.
An initial 450,000 euros (£384,000), as stated by selling club Levante, is the English top flight’s highest ever fee – with add-ons worth 50,000 euros (£42,600) making it a potential world record in the women’s game.
Ramirez was recruited to cover for Sam Kerr’s expected season-long ACL absence while Manchester City replaced the similarly injured Jill Roord with Aston Villa…
Ilkay Gundogan came off the bench to inspire Manchester City to the win that secured the Premier League title on Sunday, but spare a thought for Bernardo Silva.
Gundogan came on in the 68th minute, just before Philippe Coutinho made it 2-0 to Aston Villa, as it looked like City would let the title slip from their grasp.
But in scenes comparable to their incredible win over QPR on the final day of the 2011-12 season, City scored three goals in the space of five minutes and 37 seconds to turn the game on its head.
Gundogan scored twice, either side of Rodri s equaliser, to seal his name in City folklore.
It was Silva who made way for Gundogan and, while celebrating his first Premier League title in style, it would seem a rather jolly Jack Grealish could not…
The LA Galaxy have signed midfielder Riqui Puig from Barcelona on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
The Galaxy used Targeted Allocation Money to bring the 22-year-old to Major League Soccer after he was deemed surplus to requirements by Barca coach Xavi.
LaLiga giants Barca have the right to re-sign Puig and will be entitled to 50 per cent of any transfer fee he commands when he leaves Los Angeles.
Puig joined the Catalan club from Jabac Terrassa as an under-16 player in 2013 and went on to made 57 senior appearances for the Blaugrana, scoring twice.
We are pleased to welcome Riqui to the LA Galaxy, said Galaxy head coach Greg Vanney. Riqui is a very technical and well-educated player with incredible experiences for his age. He will fit seamlessl…
Juventus are interested in signing Real Madrid attacking midfielder Marco Asensio in the summer of 2023, according to . The report in the Italian news outlet has claimed that former Serie A champions Juventus are among the clubs keen on securing the services of the Spain international, who can also operate as a winger, on a free transfer at the end of the season when he is out of contract at last season’s La Liga and UEFA Champions League winners Madrid.
Asensio has been on the books of Madrid since 2014 when he joined from Real Mallorca. During his time at Los Blancos so far this season, the 27-year-old has won La Liga thrice and the UEFA Champions League on three occasions.
So far this season, Asensio has made five starts and 10 substitute appearances in La Liga for…