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Arne Slot says he is uncertain about the severity of Ibrahima Konate’s suspected wrist injury following Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Brighton but hopes the defender can return ‘as soon as possible’ given his ‘impact’ this season. Konate, making his ninth consecutive start in the Premier League, lasted just 45 minutes of this afternoon’s clash, with Joe Gomez coming on in his place for the the second half. Source link

Pep Guardiola has defended his decision to start Kyle Walker against Bournemouth after the Manchester City star trained for just ‘six minutes’ prior to the match. City’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season came to an end on Saturday as they shockingly lost 2-1 on the south coast. Antoine Semenyo and Evanlison put the home side into dreamland and though Josko Gvardiol pulled a goal back, the Cherries survived a late onslaught to record their first ever win against the Citizens. The result, combined with Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Brighton, sees City knocked off top spot in the Premier…

Pep Guardiola has revealed how long Manchester City duo Ruben Dias and John Stones will be sidelined for. The centre-backs started in midweek as City crashed out of the Carabao Cup at the hands of Tottenham but were nowhere to be seen at the clash at Bournemouth on Saturday. The Citizens, struggling with multiple fitness and injury issues, were defeated 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium, their first Premier League defeat of the season. Speaking before the game, Guardiola ambiguously said Dias and Stones were ‘ruled out for little bit of long time’. The manager clarified the extent and nature of…

Celtic cruised into the Scottish League Cup final with a rampant 6-0 win over Aberdeen – but Brendan Rodgers will want to forget his own performance on the touchline during the victory. Cameron Carter-Vickers broke the deadlock in the 29th minute against Aberdeen, last year’s runners-up, and Kyogo Furuhashi doubled Celtic’s advantage just moments later. Daizen Maeda finished off a flowing move to make it three and put Celtic out of sight with just five minutes remaining of the first half at a rocking Hampden Park. Undoubtedly the moment of the first period, though, came in injury time when the…

Newcastle star Lewis Hall says he was proud to keep ‘amazing player’ Bukayo Saka ‘quiet’ in the side’s 1-0 victory over Arsenal. The Magpies were without a win in their previous five league matches but started strongly at St James’ Park and took the lead through a powerful Alexander Isak header in the 14th minute.Source link

Paul Merson has questioned Manchester United’s rumoured interest in Sporting star Viktor Gyokeres, claiming ‘no one wanted’ the forward when he was playing for Coventry. Gyokeres set the Portuguese top flight alight across a magnificent debut season in Lisbon last term, racking up 29 goals and ten assists to help Sporting win a 20th league title. Facing the media after Friday’s one-sided match, the Sweden international distanced himself from speculation of a potential transfer move to Old Trafford. ‘Going with Amorim to Manchester United? I don’t know,’ Gyokeres told reporters when asked about the possibility of following Amorim to the…

Manchester United interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy says he is ‘convinced’ summer signing Manuel Ugarte will prove to be a ‘great player’ for the club under the guidance of Ruben Amorim. Ugarte arrived at Old Trafford with weighty expectations on his shoulders following a high-profile £42million move from Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain in August. Van Nistelrooy feels similarly about Joshua Zirkzee, United’s £36.5m signing from Bologna, despite the Dutchman failing to score since his dramatic debut goal against Fulham way back in mid-August. ‘Josh is similar to Manuel Ugarte’s situation. Josh came in, he’s a young player with a…

Ruud van Nistelrooy will be in the dugout when Manchester United host Chelsea in Premier League this afternoon. While Ruben Amorim will officially take over in November, the United legend will have three more games as interim manager following Wednesday’s thrilling Carabao Cup win over Leicester City. The Dutchman will remain without Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire for the visit of Chelsea with the pair still recovering from respective thigh and knee injuries. Christian Eriksen, enjoying an impressive campaign after coming close to leaving in the summer, missed the 5-2 win over the Foxes through injury and with United not…

Alison Hammond has been left less than impressed after her son revealed she ‘farts in the cinema’. The This Morning presenter, 49, was one of the guests on Romesh Ranganathan’s new quiz show, Parents’ Evening tonight. The panel show sees three famous faces team up with their sons, daughters, mums or dads, with their family members then having to determine how many answers to questions their loved one might know. The premiere episode saw Alison and her son Aidan, 19, appear alongside Iain Stirling and his mum Alison and Carol Vorderman and her son Cameron. During one of the segments,…

Carol Vorderman has been slammed by her son after spoiling a game show they were appearing on. The TV and radio presenter, 63, began her media career on the Channel 4 game show Countdown, appearing with Richard Whiteley from 1982 until his death in 2005, and subsequently with Des Lynam and Des O’Connor, before leaving in 2008. The series’ involved word and mathematical tasks, however Carol appeared to forget how the format of quizzes and how they work this week. One of the guests on Romesh Ranganathan’s new quiz show, Parents’ Evening, she paired up with her son Cameron, while…