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We are already into the second week of the season and Barcelona are perhaps the only team in La Liga, which are yet to officiate its away kit for the new season. Although the away kit was initially set for a mid-August release, it got delayed multiple times due to problems with Nike. Renewed tension with Nike The delay, stemming …

Liverpool comfortably dispatched Brentford 2-0 on Sunday as Arne Slot earned his first Premier League victory at Anfield. Thomas Frank’s side carried a threat through, particularly from set-pieces, but goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah for enough for Liverpool to claim all three points. Player of the Match Right from the get-go, Diaz looked up for this one as …

Arne Slot enjoyed a winning Premier League start at Anfield as goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah saw Liverpool cruise to a straightforward victory over Brentford. The Dutchman’s Liverpool record now reads two wins from two games following last weekend’s 2-0 triumph at Ipswich Town and, although his side rarely reached their free-flowing best against the Bees, they always …

Barcelona took home three points against an inspired Athletic Club last night to take their tally in La Liga to six points in two games. The big takeaway from the game, however, was the continued unavailability of the team’s new signing Dani Olmo. The attacking midfielder sat out of the Catalans’ league opener against Valencia last weekend and was expected …

Real Madrid won their first home game of the new campaign 3-0 at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, defeating Real Valladolid 3-0. After a tepid first half, Los Blancos showed a lot more in the second period and ended up scoring three goals despite not being at their best, with Federico Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Endrick all finding the back of …

Juventus are still pushing to make two more additions to Thiago Motta’s squad in the shape of Teun Koopmeiners and Jadon Sancho. The Bianconeri are enjoying a splendid end to the summer transfer session. Following Pierre Kalulu’s arrival earlier in the week, Nico Gonzalez signed his contract on Sunday, while Francisco Conceicao will soon follow. And yet, Cristiano Giuntoli is …

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was baffled why VAR opted to intervene and disallow Dango Ouattara’s injury-time effort against Newcastle this afternoon. Ouattara thought he had won it for the hosts after seemingly meeting Lewis Cook’s right-wing corner with his shoulder and the ball flying into the net. Referee David Coote awarded the goal but VAR swiftly ruled the ball had …

Noni Madueke has apologised for a post criticising Wolverhampton which appeared on his Instagram account the night before the Chelsea forward’s hat-trick against Wolves. The message on Madueke’s social media used a swearword to describe “everything about” the city, which he swiftly explained had been posted to the wrong account while saying viewers had noticed it “too fast”. “I just …

A poor performance featuring a few alarming displays, but Newcastle remain unbeaten two games into the season following a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon. Here’s our marks out of 10 and comments on each player: Pope – 6.5 – A few good stops but he looked very shaky with the ball at his feet. One big save early …

Earlier in the day, Barcelona trimmed their defensive unit by announcing the sale of young prodigy Mika Faye. The Senegalese international joined Rennes for a fee of €10.3 million, with Barcelona holding a €25 million buyback and a 30% sell-on fee clause. But Faye is not the only Barcelona defender likely to leave the club this summer, with Eric Garcia …