Sergio Aguero took his tally to eight goals in seven Premier League games against Stoke City and Nolito grabbed a late brace as Manchester City secured a 4-1 victory at the bet365 Stadium.
Argentina international Aguero scored a penalty and a header in the first half on Saturday to help Pep Guardiola s side to a third victory in three competitive games of the new season.
Aguero missed twice from the spot during the midweek Champions League play-off thrashing of Steaua Bucharest, but he made no mistake from 12 yards when Ryan Shawcross was rather harshly penalised by referee Mike Dean.
Stoke fans were still making their feelings clear when City doubled their lead, Aguero heading in Kevin De Bruyne s delivery, and the home side felt further aggrieved when Aleksa…
Pep Guardiola insists he is content at Manchester City and focused purely on the season ahead amid suggestions he could succeed Gareth Southgate as England manager.
Southgate announced his resignation after eight years in charge of the Three Lions last week, in the wake of their Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain.
Homegrown bosses Graham Potter, Eddie Howe and Lee Carsley have been touted as possible candidates to succeed Southgate, as has Mauricio Pochettino.
Reports have also suggested the Football Association could approach Guardiola with the intention of having him take over in 2025, when many believe he could step down as City boss.
While Guardiola has previously spoken of his desire to take an international job, for now, he is focused on City s bid to …
Brazil head coach Tite was emotional after his side s 4-0 win over Chile in World Cup qualifying on Thursday in what may his final game in charge on home soil.
Tite previously announced he would exit the role after the 2022 World Cup, having taken over in June.
During Tite s tenure Brazil won the 2019 Copa America, but were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup in the quarter-finals.
More recently, Tite guided Brazil to 2022 World Cup qualification in November with several games to spare, with Selecao currently unbeaten in their qualifying campaign with 13 wins and three draws.
Brazil are currently on a 10-game unbeaten run in all competitions, dating back to last year s Copa America final defeat to Argentina.
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What the papers say
West Ham are reportedly still interested in Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke. The Mirror claims the Hammers are planning to bid again for the 26-year-old striker in January after seeing an approach in the summer rejected.
Leroy Sane, 27, is not thinking about a potential move from Bayern Munich, according to the Metro. The Germany forward has been linked with Liverpool and a return to Manchester City.
England forward Ivan Toney is unsure about his future amid interest from Arsenal and Chelsea, according to the Sun. The paper claims the 27-year-old feels he has a debt to repay at Brentford after his ban for breaching gambling rules and is torn on leaving in January.
David De Gea’s next step after leaving Manchester United in the summer re…
Mauricio Pochettino is convinced star forwards Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will still be at Paris Saint-Germain next season.
Brazil superstar Neymar joined after being bought out of his Barcelona contract for €222million in 2017, making it the most expensive transfer in football history.
He has been repeatedly linked with a return to Spain, either at Barcelona or Real Madrid, but the prospects of such a move now appear remote as those clubs battle with the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
Madrid have also been linked with a move for World Cup-winning attacker Mbappe, whose contract with PSG is due to expire at the end of next season.
Neymar s deal runs out at the same time but Pochettino, who took over from Thomas Tuchel last month, believes PSG…
Inaki Williams revealed he had contact from Manchester United before signing a new long-term contract with Athletic Bilbao.
Williams emerged as a target for United during the closing days of the Premier League transfer window, with Romelu Lukaku heading to Inter.
The 25-year-old Williams, though, remained at Athletic and signed a nine-year extension with a €135million release clause.
Reflecting on the August speculation, the Spain forward told Cadena Ser: I had contact from Manchester United but I cannot tell you who it was.
My number one option has always been to stay at Athletic Club and to retire here.
Joining Real Sociedad? No, I could never go there – 100 per cent.
It does not rain in today s training session in Lezama. Just…
Mohamed Salah scored a first-half double as Liverpool ended their wait for a first Premier League away win of the season with a 2-1 victory at Tottenham.
Salah gave the Reds a deserved early lead and capitalised on a terrible mistake from Eric Dier to double their advantage, taking his goal tally for the season to 14 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
Spurs burst into life in the second half and Harry Kane s 13th goal of the campaign halved the deficit, but they are down a spot in fourth place after suffering back-to-back home defeats in the top flight.
This was a first Premier League win in three Premier League matches for Liverpool after being stunned by Nottingham and Forest and Leeds United, moving them into eighth spot.
The Reds started with vig…
Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig were kept apart in the draw for the DFB-Pokal semi-finals on Monday.
Dortmund will go up against Holstein Kiel hoping to avoid suffering the same fate as holders Bayern Munich, who were knocked out of the competition by the second-tier side.
In the other tie, Leipzig – who sit second in the Bundesliga – will take on the winner of the quarter-final clash between Regensburg and Werder Bremen, which is scheduled to be played on April 7.
Bayern have lifted the trophy in the previous two campaigns, including beating Leipzig 3-0 in the 2019 final.
However, their hopes of triumphing again were dashed by Kiel, who scored a dramatic late equaliser in the second-round tie before going on to seal a famous win on p…
Leonid Slutsky will step down as CSKA Moscow coach after the Champions League match against Tottenham on Wednesday.
The 45-year-old has been in charge of the club since 2009, winning the Russian Premier League three times, including last season, as well as two Russian Cups and two Russian Super Cups.
CSKA have endured a disappointing campaign in UEFA s elite club competition but could yet finish third in Group E and qualify for the Europa League ahead of Tottenham, who they face at Wembley.
CSKA thank Leonid Slutsky after seven years of fruitful co-operation, yielding three league titles, two Russian Cups and two Super Cups, as well as the incredible emotion that the team gave to our huge army of fans under his leadership over all these years, the club said in a…
Club Brugge s unbeaten run in the Champions League continued but they could not find a way through Galatasaray in a frustrating 0-0 draw.
Brugge exited last season s competition in the group stage but went on a streak of four successive games without defeat to end their participation in the tournament.
They had much the better of Wednesday s Group A encounter at the Jan Breydel Stadium but wasted too many opportunities in a game they deserved more from.
The stalemate does little for the hopes of two teams expected to be battling for the Europa League place in a group containing heavyweights Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
Points are split on a silent night in Bruges.
— Galatasaray EN (@Galatasaray)
Brugge dominated from the off a…