Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton: Premier League – live!

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Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton: Premier League – live!
Live Premier League updates from the 12.30pm kick-off at Wembley
Harry Kane eyeing Alan Shearer’s goals record
Premier League fans’ half-time verdict – part 1: Arsenal to Liverpool
Premier League fans’ half-time verdict - part 2: Man City to West Ham
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12.38pm GMT

8 mins: Now Spurs have the ball in the net, but Eriksen was offside. The home side are massively dominant at the moment.

12.36pm GMT

6 mins: And another! Southampton give the ball away in midfield and Alli runs forward, passes to Eriksen to his right, and the low cross is prodded wide by Kane at the near post.

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Monday, December 25, 2017

Messi deals with Madrid yet again as Barcelona look impregnable

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Messi deals with Madrid yet again as Barcelona look impregnable

Though the season is only at its halfway point, the title looks certain to return to the Nou Camp

Leo Messi ended the clásico in a state of undress again but it was Real Madrid who had been stripped bare. At the very end of the last Madrid-Barça, Messi stood to the left of the goal at the north end of the Santiago Bernabéu, shirt off and held up for all to see; at the very end of the latest Madrid-Barça, exactly eight months later and a little over eight metres away, he lay on the grass to the right of the goal at the north end of the Santiago Bernabéu, boot off and abandoned, unseen at first. Then, as now, Barcelona had just scored the third, only now he had given it instead of getting it: another visit, another victory, and maybe this time a title too. If then there was hope, ultimately unfulfilled, this time there is expectation.

A gigantic banner had welcomed the players on to the pitch dreaming of a “White Christmas” but those celebrating it were mostly wearing red and blue. Messi was wearing red and blue and, it was now revealed, white. In the last minute, he ran at Marcelo. The challenge saw him lose his boot but not his balance and, dashing to the line, sports sock exposed, the Brazilian tumbling behind him, he pulled it back for Vidal, slipping to the floor as he went. As Vidal’s shot squirmed under Keylor Navas and over the line, he got up and ran to the scorer, leaping into his arms. Camera shutters clicked and when their pictures were developed handy circles superimposed over his sock showed everyone what they had missed. Ivan Rakitic arrived with the boot and as they broke Sergio Busquets drew near and, grinning, had a word in his ear.

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Sunday, December 24, 2017

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Friday, December 22, 2017

Football transfer rumours: Mario Balotelli to return to Manchester City?

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Football transfer rumours: Mario Balotelli to return to Manchester City?

Today’s fluff is feeling festive

Pep Guardiola is helping Raheem Sterling to fulfil his potential, no doubt
about that. The same goes for John Stones. He has even turned Fabian Delph and Sergio Agüero into better players, which, for different reasons, didn’t seem possible. But still, like Guardiola himself, the Mill demands more. We’re not going to claim Guardiola will remain an unproven managerial talent until he guides, say, Chesterfield to League Two glory, but we would like to see how he copes when faced with a really challenging puzzle, all the same. Let’s see him, for instance, turn Mario Balotelli into the world beater he has occasionally hinted at becoming.

Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Italian agent slams AC Milan fans for Donnarumma treatment

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EXCLUSIVE: Italian agent slams AC Milan fans for Donnarumma treatment
EXCLUSIVE: Italian agent slams AC Milan fans for Donnarumma treatment

AC Milan supporters were out of order for their treatment of Gianliugi Donnarumma, prominent Italian football agent Carlo Volpi has told Tribalfootball.

The 18-year-old goalkeeper, recently linked with a move to PSG, was abused by the club's ultras during Milan's 3-0 win over Verona.

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