Cole Palmer has been hailed as one of the best in the world by team-mate Reece James after playing his part in Chelsea s thrilling 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest.
England international Palmer superbly assisted Mykhailo Mudryk s early opener in Saturday s Premier League contest, before Willy Boly s swift leveller and Callum Hudson-Odoi s second-half curler put Forest in front.
Chelsea pulled off a remarkable late turnaround, however, as Raheem Sterling levelled up on 80 minutes and fellow substitute James assisted Nicolas Jackson s winner two minutes later at City Ground.
Palmer s assist means he has directly contributed to 31 goals in the Premier League this season, which is the joint-most in the division alongside Aston Villa s Ollie Watkins.
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Chelsea are interested in signing Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting Lisbon in the January transfer window, according to . The report, though, has claimed that Gyokeres does not want to leave Sporting in the middle of the season and plans to stay at the Portuguese giants until next summer at least.
Gyokeres has been on the books of Sporting since 2023 and has established himself as one of the best strikers in the Portuguese league. The 26-year-old Sweden international striker has scored seven goals and given one assist in four Liga Portugal so far this season. In 2023-24, the striker scored 29 goals and provided 10 assists in the league and scored five goals and provided two assists in eight UEFA Europa League games.
Chelsea are aiming to finish in the top four of the Premie…
The 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers have not ended yet, as there are several spots to be determined through the European and intercontinental playoff rounds. But we already know most of the teams that will qualify for the tournament. And as there are surprises every four years, there are also disappointing teams that fail to qualify. Even if they have star-studded squads at their disposal.
Here are the three biggest disappointments of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers so far.
Chile
There is no question that Chile have been one of the most consistent teams in the CONMEBOL region over the past decade. They qualified for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, finished third in the 2007 U20 World Cup, and won both the 2015 and 2016 Copa America. As if that was not enough, they also…
Toni Kroos urged Germany to embrace the special pressure of hosting Euro 2024, as Julian Nagelsmann s side prepare to launch the tournament on Friday.
DFB will host their first major international tournament since the 2006 World Cup, where they finished third after losing to eventual champions Italy in the semi-finals.
Germany launch their campaign against Scotland at Munich Football Arena on Friday, while also facing Hungary and Switzerland in Group A.
And Kroos, who will retire from football after the tournament, wants his team-mates to enjoy the great honour of playing in their home event.
At every tournament on home soil [there is pressure]. It is even more special, the midfielder told reporters during a press conference.
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Coach Caleb Porter will treat the New England Revolution s next eight games as a mini season , as the MLS strugglers prepare to welcome Inter Miami to Gillette Stadium on Saturday.
The Revs sit last in the Eastern Conference standings with just four points from their first eight games of 2024, having lost their last two against New York City (0-2) and Toronto FC (0-1).
Miami, meanwhile, are setting the pace in the East with 18 points from 10 matches, Lionel Messi scoring twice to help Gerardo Martino s team to a 3-1 win over Nashville SC last time out.
Having started to come under pressure just five months into his reign, Porter says the Revs should approach Saturday s match with a clean slate.
The first eight games weren t good enough in terms of our r…
Thomas Muller has retired from international football following the end of Euro 2024, having represented Germany 131 times in 14 years.
Muller played a minor role at Germany s home tournament, coming off the bench for a total of 58 minutes in their group-stage win over Scotland and their quarter-final defeat to Spain.
The Bayern Munich legend, who turns 35 in September, scored 45 times for his country, winning the Golden Boot at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Four years later, Muller netted five times as Germany won the 2014 World Cup, including a group-stage hat-trick versus Portugal and a goal in Die Nationalelf s memorable 7-1 semi-final rout of hosts Brazil.
One day after Spain s final victory over England brought the curtain down on Euro 2024, M…
Man-of-the-match Pepe told his Portugal team-mates to win Euro 2016 for injured captain Cristiano Ronaldo and they delivered.
It was an historic result as Portugal claimed their first major title via a 1-0 win over hosts France after extra time in Paris on Sunday.
Eder came off the bench and scored the 109th-minute winner, but Portugal faced an uphill battle from the outset, following a knee injury to Ronaldo, who left the field in tears in the first half.
However, Portugal used Ronaldo s injury as motivation as they were finally crowned champions of Europe, having lost the Euro 2004 final on home soil against Greece.
This was tough as we lost our main man and we had all our hopes on him because he can score a goal at any moment, said Pepe, who lifted…
Ilie Sanchez s stoppage-time goal secured Los Angeles FC a 2-1 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS on Sunday.
Sergi Palencia s own goal had cancelled out Mateusz Bogusz s early opener at BC Place, but LAFC found their winner last on to close the gap to leaders LA Galaxy to just three points in the Western Conference.
David Martinez cut Vancouver s defence open with a throughball to Bogusz, who dinked a lovely finish over Yohei Takaoka from a tight angle on the left just 34 seconds into the match.
Bogusz then thought he had doubled their advantage after springing on a brilliant save from Takaoka to deny Palencia, but it was ruled out for a foul in the build-up.
The Spaniard handed the Whitecaps their equaliser – he gave away a free-kick on the left a…
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Returning to Europa League action, Liverpool face the challenging task of traveling to Sparta Prague s epet Arena for the first leg of their last-16 tie on Thursday evening.
While Liverpool secured direct qualification to the knockout rounds by finishing atop Group E, Brian Priske s Sparta Prague had to stage an impressive comeback against Champions League drop-outs Galatasaray to advance.
Sparta Prague
Sparta s success in two-legged ties in the 2023/24 season was not unfamiliar territory for them. After being eliminated by Copenhagen in the preliminary Champions League rounds, they had to overcome Dinamo Zagreb in the final Europa League qualifying phase to secure a spot in the group stage.
In Group C, where only two …
Like so many of the recent transfer deadline days hyped up by certain news agencies and channels, Thursday’s deadline day produced some big deals, but not the drama some expected. Here is the pick of the deals:
Romelu Lukaku
The Manchester United forward joined Italian giants for a fee in the region of £73million and signed a five-year contract with the men from Milan. Lukaku had wanted to move away from Old Trafford for much of the summer after losing his first-team starting role to Marcus Rashford towards the end of last season.
Lukaku had failed to turn up for training in the week and instead ended up in Milan in the early hours of Thursday to complete the switch.
Alex Iwobi
The versatile attacking midfielder made a surprise move to Everton from Arsenal …