Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan praised a collective effort after Pep Guardiola’s side were crowned Premier League champions once again following Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest.
The Gunners needed to win to delay City’s title celebrations ahead of their home match against Chelsea on Sunday.
However, Taiwo Awoniyi’s first-half goal proved enough to give Forest victory in front of a raucous home crowd, which secured their own top-flight status once again.
C T Y
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
Guardiola’s side will lift the Premier League trophy on Sunday for a third successive campaign, and a fifth time in six seasons, sealed with three matches to spare.
City had overhauled Arsenal’s eight-point lead as Mikel A…
France midfielder Boubacar Kamara will be out of action until after the World Cup due to knee ligament damage, Aston Villa head coach Steven Gerrard has confirmed.
Kamara has been capped three times by France and was called up for their latest round of Nations League matches this month.
However, the 22-year-old had to withdraw from the squad after injuring his knee during Villa s 1-0 win against Southampton on September 16.
It was revealed last week Kamara had suffered ligament damage, and Gerrard announced on Friday the former Marseille player will not recover in time for Qatar 2022.
A fitness update ahead of our return to action on Sunday
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial)
Boubacar will be missing until after the World Cup, unfortunate…
Germany manager Joachim Low is to speak with Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling over a potential international call-up.
Kiessling has scored five times in the Bundesliga this season, having been crowned the league s most prolific player in the previous campaign.
However, he has not featured for Germany since 2010, when he was an unused substitute in a 6-1 win over Azerbaijan.
With Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez both ruled out of October s FIFA World Cup qualifiers against the Republic of Ireland and Sweden, Low looks set to turn to the 29-year-old.
Stefan Kiessling is a striker who has put in very good performances in the Bundesliga over the years, Low said according to Bild.
I will have a conversation with him and discuss a few things internally. I…
Lazio forward Balde Diao Keita will not be leaving Stadio Olimpico for less than €15 million, according to the player s agent.
The 19-year-old arrived at the club from Barcelona for mere €300,000 back in 2011, but his price has since increased a great deal.
The youngster has shownplenty of potential this season and he has already scored 4 Serie A goals for the Bianconcelesti.
This has seen him catch the eye of Manchester City and Liverpool, but interested sides have been told they will have to delve deep into their pockets if they plan to sign the Senegalese forward.
If he was to leave Lazio, we will never find a club in Italy that will buy him, assuming the important figures that Claudio Lotito would ask for, agent Ulisse Savini told Radiosei.
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Former Celtic forward Georgios Samaras has joined Real Zaragoza on a free transfer, the Spanish club have announced.
The Greek footballer became a free agent when Rayo OKC pulled out from the NASL competition, leaving all players to search for new clubs.
And even though he was linked with a January move to Hibernian, Samaras eventually decided to accept an offer from Real Zaragoza.
This will be the player’s first foray into Spanish football, although he will be plying his trade in the second division.
Samaras had made a name for himself at Heerenveen and he went on to become a club icon for Glasgow Celtic after the somewhat unsuccessful spell with Manchester City.
The 31-year-old hasn’t done too well since leaving the Bhoys on a free transfer…
Former Valencia and Argentina defender Roberto Ayala believes Pep Guardiola s methods have started a trend that has proved damaging to football.
Ayala, twice a LaLiga champion with Valencia and widely regarded as one of the best in his position in Spain, faced Guardiola s Barcelona in the latter part of his career with Real Zaragoza.
The centre-back who won 115 caps for Argentina admits that he has never seen a finer side but feels that the Manchester City manager s methods have encouraged modern defenders to abandon what should be their primary focus.
Guardiola s Barcelona is the best team I ve seen in my life, but in a way they ve been damaging, he told La Nacion.
Now, a lot of defenders want to go out playing as if they were at Barcelona, and no, the…
It is about time Ole Gunnar Solskjaer delivered trophies for Manchester United despite the progress he has already made since taking charge of the club.
That is the view of the United manager s former treble-winning team-mate Teddy Sheringham ahead of the Red Devils key Champions League clash with Villarreal on Wednesday.
Although they have made the latter stages of multiple competitions and finished as high as second in the Premier League, United have not won a trophy for four seasons.
An impressive transfer window that saw the Old Trafford club sign World Cup winner Raphael Varane, long-term target Jadon Sancho and returning hero Cristiano Ronaldo raised expectations for them in 2021-22.
But after a bright start, the past fortnight has seen United lose…
Willian s agent Kia Joorabchian claims he already knows which club the Brazilian will join following his departure from Chelsea, with persistent reports suggesting he is Arsenal-bound.
The 32-year-old winger became a free agent on Sunday when his Chelsea contract expired – the two parties unable to come to an agreement on fresh terms.
Chelsea were reported to have offered him a new two-year deal, but media speculation claims Willian was hoping for an extra 12 months.
The Brazil international had never made a secret of his desire to remain in London regardless of staying at Chelsea, and Arsenal have been linked as a potential destination for many months.
Confirmation of a move to Arsenal is said to be close, as it is even claimed he has undergone a med…
Chelsea survived an FA Cup scare as Conor Gallagher came off the bench to score a last-minute winner and seal a 3-2 victory over Leeds at Stamford Bridge.
The substitute lashed the ball past the visitors’ goalkeeper Illan Meslier to grab what had looked an unlikely victory for much of the game, never more so than when the Blues fell behind inside eight minutes to the first of two goals from Mateo Joseph.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side rallied and looked to have put their woeful start behind them when first Nicolas Jackson and then Mykhailo Mudryk netted to send them in 2-1 up at the break.
GALLAGHER
The man puts them ahead with minutes to play!
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup)
Leeds would not lie down easy though, and Joseph headed…
Mikel Arteta knows his free-scoring Arsenal side could rely on goal difference if they are to win the Premier League this season.
Despite heading into the weekend two points off the top of the table in third, the Gunners now boast the best goal difference in the league.
Arteta’s side have doled out 6-0, 5-0 and 4-1 wins in their last three league games and have an aggregate of 25-3 since the turn of the year.
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal)
That sees them ahead of title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City and, with a three-way title race that could go down to the wire, Arteta believes everything will count.
“Yes, for sure,” he replied when asked if the goalscoring record will be important by the end of the season.
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