Diogo Dalot believes the underlying spirit shown in Manchester United s dramatic 1-0 win over Omonia Nicosia promises to take them far as a team.
United looked destined to be frustrated by their visitors in Thursday s Europa League clash at Old Trafford, but the hosts eventually scored with their 34th shot.
Scott McTominay dealt the decisive blow after Omonia goalkeeper Francis Uzoho had performed admirably to keep the game goalless.
With his goal, McTominay became the first substitute to score a winning goal in the 90th minute or later in a European match for United since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the 1999 Champions League final.
Like Solskjaer on that occasion, McTominay came off the bench to net his winner, and Dalot felt that reflected well on United s …
´I´m not complaining´ – Haaland relishes ´amazing´ Premier League start after record-breaking treble
Erling Haaland described his start to life in the Premier League as amazing after hitting his second consecutive hat-trick to make history in Manchester City s 6-0 demolition of Nottingham Forest.
Haaland – who scored a match-winning treble against Crystal Palace on Saturday – needed just 38 minutes to clinch a perfect hat-trick as Forest wilted on Wednesday, taking him to nine goals in his first five Premier League outings.
That tally represents a new competition record, bettering the eight-goal hauls managed by Sergio Aguero and Micky Quinn at the start of their Premier League careers.
City, meanwhile, have scored 19 goals across their opening five matches, the highest tally in their league history. The last side to exceed 19 goals after five matches at …
While Manchester United might have sprung a famous FA Cup upset at Wembley over the weekend as they clinched a against bitter local rivals Manchester City, it appears that Erik ten Hag will still be giving his Old Trafford marching orders over the coming weeks.
Although the former Ajax boss might have guided United to a 13th FA Cup crown to Wembley on Saturday afternoon, ten Hag has found a tremendous amount of pressure on his shoulders.
With the heavyweights eventually forced to settle for an eighth-place finish this season, they have also broken a host of unwanted records.
With continued speculation that the new Old Trafford hierarchy are looking for a change in the dugout during the summer break, we have taken a look at who the leading contenders are to rep…
On April 26, 2016, Manchester City and Real Madrid played out a tepid 0-0 draw in the first leg of a Champions League semi-final at the Etihad Stadium.
Back at the same ground, in the same round of the same competition six years later, they produced a spectacle that had the contrast cranked up to the maximum.
It was the joint-highest scoring semi-final in the competition s history, and it was a story that twisted and turned from the first minute until the last.
But the opening chapter reached its conclusion with City holding a 4-3 advantage after an enthralling 90 minutes.
A start for the history books
City pressed Madrid high from the off and it was shortly after regaining possession in the final third that Kevin De Bruyne made a phenomenal…
Haris Seferovic and Edimilson Fernandes both scored to deal a massive blow to the Republic of Ireland s Euro 2020 qualifying hopes as Switzerland edged past the Republic of Ireland 2-0 in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying on Tuesday evening.
The Benfica man gave the hosts the lead just after the quarter of an hour mark as he blasted home a low shot from outside of the penalty area. The Swiss were by far the most creative throughout the game and looked like they were going to put a seal on their win late on as a Seamus Coleman handball saw them awarded a spot-kick. However, Ricardo Rodriguez could not beat Darren Randolph.
The Swiss did eventually get their second right at the death as Fernandes found plenty of room at the far post and swept the ball into the net, albeit via a m…
Jamie Carragher believes players should stop accepting moves to Chelsea and back themselves to excel at a proper club , as the Blues close in on the signing of Joao Felix.
Chelsea have spent over £1billion in the transfer market in just over two years under the Todd Boehly regime, but could only manage a sixth-place Premier League finish in 2023-24 after finishing 12th in 2022-23.
Enzo Maresca has become the fifth boss to take charge of the Blues in that time, and his first pre-season at the helm saw another significant outlay sanctioned by the Boehly regime.
Pedro Neto, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Filip Jorgensen, Omari Kellyman, Aaron Anselmino, Renato Veiga, Caleb Wiley, Marc Guiu and Tosin Adarabioyo have all arrived with Chelsea s spending totalling £160million…
Che Adams has joined Torino on a free transfer after leaving Southampton.
The striker has signed a three-year contract with Torino, who finished ninth in Serie A last season.
Adams joined Southampton from Birmingham City in 2019, making 191 appearances and scoring 48 goals in all competitions for the Saints.
He netted 16 of those last season in the Championship as he helped them secure promotion back to the Premier League via a play-off final victory over Leeds United.
Ché Adams
13 luglio 1996, Leicester
Attaccante, Torino Football Club
— Torino Football Club (@TorinoFC_1906)
The 28-year-old was offered a new deal by Southampton ahead of their return to the top-flight, while Wolves were interested in gaining his signature.
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Former Brazil, Atletico Madrid and Inter defender Joao Miranda has announced his retirement from football at the age of 38.
Miranda won LaLiga, the Copa del Rey, Supercopa de Espana, Europa League and European Super Cup with Atletico, as well as reaching the Champions League final.
After four seasons with the Spanish side, Miranda moved to Inter in June 2015 and spent four years at San Siro without winning any major honours.
The centre-back then spent a short period with Jiangsu Suning prior to returning to Brazil with former side Sao Paulo, where he concluded his playing career.
He won 58 caps for Brazil at international level and was a member of their Confederations Cup and Copa America-winning squads in 2009 and 2019 respectively.
Miranada, who…
Carlo Ancelotti was pleased with Real Madrid s commanding 2-0 win against Chelsea but stressed they must be ready to fight and sacrifice in the second leg at Stamford Bridge.
Madrid look set to advance to the Champions League semi-finals for the third consecutive season after they breezed past Frank Lampard s out-of-form side at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio either side of a red card for Ben Chilwell rounded out a dominant performance from the reigning champions, who will travel to London for the return match next week.
The defeat leaves Chelsea without a goal in four games in all competitions, but Ancelotti remained steadfast that Los Blancos would need to work hard to finish the job in the second leg.
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Atlanta United interim head coach Rob Valentino is hoping to get off to a positive start when they welcome Houston Dynamo to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Atlanta announced on June 3 that they had parted ways with Gonzalo Pineda, with Valentino stepping into his shoes with the Five Stripes sitting 13th in the Eastern Conference.
They have won just one of their last 11 matches in the MLS – beating Inter Miami 3-1 – but defeat to Charlotte FC last time out spelt the end for Pineda.
I want to get back to that enjoyment, Valentino said. How we can find that every day, on and off the field and shared success.
When you look at teams and organizations, it is not one person s fault, it is shared in terms of where we are. There is that responsibility and accoun…