Memphis Depay broke the record for most assists for the Netherlands – and extended his own goalscoring record – in his side’s comfortable World Cup qualifying win over Finland.The 31 year old forward picked out Aston Villa’s Donyell Malen to fire in the opener from outside the box.
Gabriel Magalhaes’ 96th-minute winner completed an inspiring comeback for Arsenal against Newcastle United in the Premier League match at Tyneside. The defender got his head on the end of Martin Odegaard’s corner to send manager Mikel Arteta and his staff wild on the touchline. Mikel Merino’s glancing header off the post had initially cancelled out Nick Woltemade’s Newcastle opener in a chaotic game.
Harry Kane scored his 100th goal for Bayern Munich on Friday night, reaching the landmark in just 104 matches to become the fastest player this century to reach 100 goals for a single club, breaking the record of both Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland.
Gabriel Martinelli came off the bench to score a 93rd-minute equalizer, canceling Erling Haaland’s opener to salvage a 1-1 draw for Arsenal against Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium. Manchester City were four minutes away from snatching a victory thanks to Erling Haaland’s brilliant breakaway goal in the ninth minute but Martinelli looped a superb finish over Gianluigi Donnarumma after latching onto Eberechi Eze’s pass to set Emirates on fire. The Brazilian made a similarly important impact from the bench in Arsenal’s win over Athletic Club, when he scored one goal and set up the other, and is starting to look like Arteta’s super sub weapon.
A frantic Premier League encounter on Saturday evening saw struggling Manchester United beat World Champions Chelsea, easing the pressure that had been mounted on head coach Ruben Amorim and giving them a positive to hold on to in their poor run of form.
Erling Haaland scored twice after Phil Foden’s opener, as injury and crisis hit Manchester City returned to winning ways in the Premier League by beating “noisy-neighbours” Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Pep Guardiola’s side came into the game with some concerns having suffered back to back defeats before the international break against Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton, but fears of another loss were crushed with goals from two players who seemingly enjoy playing against United. The win was a needed one, mostly needed to lift up spirits on a day when City paid tribute to former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton, a well-known fan of the club whose death aged 46 was announced earlier on Sunday.
Liverpool scrapped out a win late into the game as Mohammed Salah’s spot kick following a careless Hannibal Mejbri’s handball gave the defending champions all three points at Scott Parker’s expense. With the Premier League champions going into the game without record signing Alexander Isak, who “needs more training time to get back to full fitness”, Arne Slot’s side seemed to be heading towards a wasteful draw, as they failed to score from 26 shots with around 80% possession – until they were literally handed the win in stoppage time.
Newcastle have signed Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade in a club record fee of £69m, beating Isak’s transfer fee. The deal was sealed on Friday, and it now opened the door for Liverpool to make a British-record bid for Alexander Isak as they’ve always wanted.
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) arranged the draws for the upcoming Champions League season at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday afternoon.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is closing in on a loan move to Barcelona that could become permanent at the end of the upcoming season. There is a broad agreement in principle between the clubs for the 27-year-old. The deal under discussion would give Barcelona the option to buy Rashford at the end of the season for about €35m. Barcelona are also expected to cover all of Rashford’s wages during the period of this loan deal.
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