Hansi Flick has told his Bayern Munich stars to show a different attitude from the start as he bids to achieve a feat only Pep Guardiola has achieved before.
On Friday evening, Flick can reach 100 points from his first 39 Bundesliga games in charge of the Bavarian giants, needing a win at Borussia Monchengladbach to hit that landmark.
But head coach Flick is unwilling to tolerate any repeat of the shaky first-half performance that saw his team trail Mainz 2-0 on Sunday, before turning the game around to register a 5-2 win.
Guardiola, who joined Bayern ahead of the 2013-14 season, brought up his century of points in the same number of games.
That saw Guardiola lead Bayern to a championship with 90 points before beginning the following season with three wi…
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Two of the contenders for the Premier League top four come together on Saturday evening as Manchester United host Everton at Old Trafford.
Heading into the clash, eight points separate the two sides in the standings but with Carlo Ancelotti s men possessing two games in hand on the Red Devils, it goes without saying how important this game could be in context of the race for UEFA Champions League football.
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If there s one way to bounce back from a couple of indifferent results and that is to secure a thumping victory. That s exactly what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s men did at home last time out against Southampton, becoming only the third side in Premier L…
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Manchester United claimed just their second home win of the Premier League season in emphatic fashion as they swatted aside Leeds United 6-2.
Marcelo Bielsa s team have gone toe-to-toe with most teams this season, but came off on the wrong side of a rout in an encounter which saw 43 attempts on goal.
United leapfrogged Tottenham to move into the top four, with Jose Mourinho s side going down 2-0 to Leicester City earlier on Sunday.
Sam Allardyce got his West Brom tenure off to a losing start, while Brighton and Hove Albion denied Sheffield United their first victory of 2020-21.
5.8 The combined Expected Goals total between Man Utd and Leeds today was 5.8, the highest of any Premier League game this season. Popcorn.
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Mikel Arteta remained tight-lipped about the future of Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka but was pleased to see him get the appreciation he deserved after their 5-0 thrashing of Wolves.
Xhaka netted a first-half double in what is expected to be his final appearance for the Gunners with a summer exit to Bayer Leverkusen in the works and left the pitch to a standing ovation in the 75th minute with supporters’ urging him to stay.
It completes a remarkable turnaround for the Swiss international, who saw his relationship with the Emirates crowd reach an all-time low in the winter of 2019 during a home match with Crystal Palace where he chucked his shirt on the floor before subsequently being stripped of the captaincy.
Arteta convinced Xhaka not to leave Arsenal during…
´If they don´t want me, I´ll win trophies somewhere else´ – Ten Hag bullish after Man Utd win FA Cup
Erik ten Hag was in a feisty mood as he took on the press following Manchester United s FA Cup triumph, insisting he will win trophies anywhere he goes.
It was reported on Friday that United had made the decision to sack Ten Hag regardless of whether or not he managed to claim a shock FA Cup win over Manchester City.
Yet the Dutchman did just that at Wembley on Saturday, with first-half goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo enough to claim a 2-1 victory.
It is United s first FA Cup success since 2016. On that occasion, Ten Hag s compatriot, Louis van Gaal, was sacked after claiming the trophy.
And Ten Hag was in no mood to be criticised when he told reporters: We have to keep going, and I m not satisfied with it, we have to do better and if they…
Barcelona have made concrete steps towards signing Adama Traore from Wolverhampton Wanderers, according to . Nothing is agreed as of yet, but the talks between the two clubs and the players are in progress.
Traore was reportedly close to joining Tottenham Hotspur, but the move to North London is now off, with the 26-year-old not keen on playing the role of a wing-back, supposedly intended for him by Spurs boss Antonio Conte.
What Barcelona are trying to do is talk Wolves into a loan deal for the rest of the season, at the end of which they would have the option to make it permanent for €35 million.
Traore has been out the Wolves starting XI recently. He looked set to sign a new contract with the club towards the end of last season, but the sacking of Nuno Espi…
Jurgen Klopp says his bust-up with Mohamed Salah has been resolved and does not believe the Liverpool forward will push to follow him through the exit door at the end of the season.
Klopp and Salah became embroiled in a heated confrontation on the sidelines during Liverpool s 2-2 draw with West Ham last week, as the out-of-form Egyptian waited to come on as a substitute.
The Reds boss played down the incident in his post-match press conference but Salah did the opposite in the mixed zone, telling reporters: If I speak, there will be fire.
However, Klopp reiterated on Friday that he considers the matter closed, saying: It is completely resolved. It is no problem.
If we didn t know each other for that long I don t know how we would deal with it, but we v…
Riyad Mahrez has completed his move from Manchester City to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli, the Premier League outfit have announced.
City agreed a fee understood to be worth up to £30million with Al-Ahli for the Algeria international last week.
Mahrez, 32, spent five years at the Etihad Stadium and helped the club win 11 trophies, including four Premier League titles and the Champions League.
The wait is over: Riyad is real
— Al-Ahli Saudi Club (@ALAHLI_FCEN)
Mahrez told the treble winners’ website, mancity.com: “To play for Manchester City has been an honour and privilege.
“I came to City to win trophies and enjoy my football and I achieved all that and so much more.
“I have had five unforgettable years with thi…
There might be few dry eyes in the house when Sergio Aguero bids farewell to the Manchester City faithful on Sunday, but it could be carnage if the Premier League champions replace him with Harry Kane.
Aguero, the leading overseas goalscorer in Premier League history and City s all-time record scorer, is set to play for the final time in England s top flight when Pep Guardiola s side host Everton before lifting the trophy for the fifth time in the Argentina international s 10 years at the club.
However, as is often the case in football and almost always true of the game s superstar forwards, plenty of attention has already turned towards the next move.
After 258 goals in City colours, Aguero has reportedly agreed a two-year deal at Barcelona, raising the tantalis…
Chelsea are set to sign Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Premier League giants Chelsea have reached an agreement with Italian outfit Napoli over a move for the 31-year-old Senegal international central defender this summer.
Former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea will pay Napoli €40 million in transfer fees for Koulibaly. The defender will travel to England to complete a medical bafore making the switch to the Blues.
Koulibaly has been on the books of Napoli since 2014 and is out of contract at the Italian club next summer. The 31-year-old has established himself as one of the best defenders in Serie A and has experience of playing in the UEFA Champions League as well.
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