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Sadio Mané went off injured in the first half of the Premier League clash between Wolves and Liverpool at Molineux.

Mané replaced by Minamino after limping out of Wolves clash

The Senegal star pulled up after running to meet a Mohamed Salah backheel around 32 minutes into the game.

Mane then witfully sat on the field looking tired & exhausted.

Mané immediately signalled to the Liverpool bench that he needed to come off and he was replaced soon after by recent arrival Takumi Minamino.

Match ended in favour of Liverpool 2-1 win

It was unclear what the problem was with Mané, although it appeared to be muscular as he made his way down the tunnel in

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Manchester United have no plans to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, despite their manager overseeing the club’s worst points tally after 24 games in over 30 years.

United’s hierarchy are not even considering a managerial change, following the club’s fourth defeat in 2020.

The club’s board and players remain fully behind Solskjaer, despite him helping accumulate the club’s worst points tally after 24 games since the 1988-89 season.

Bosses at the club have already begun trying to rebuild the

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United need "quality" signings to help his mentally fatigued young squad after losing to Burnley

Solskjaer is currently without key players Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford through injury and is hopeful of strengthening his squad before the January window shuts.

Solskjaer said: "I'm responsible for what is happening on the pitch, we're looking to strengthen, we need to strengthen. We know that.

"We took the decision to let some players go as we needed to start afresh with a clear sight on the target in front of us which is a certain type of player. We know we need to get quality in and numbers in.

He added: "We are working to improve and get players in. Hopefully, we can get something over the line. These players are stretched, and


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Kylian Mbappe has suggested he cannot replicate what Lionel Messi has achieved at Barcelona and will instead look to Cristiano Ronaldo for inspiration.

Since bursting onto the scene with Monaco in 2016, a successful move to Paris Saint-Germain and a charge to World Cup glory with France have made the 21-year-old one of the leading lights in football.

However, when it comes to choosing between Messi and Ronaldo regarding which player he wants to model his career path on, Mbappe acknowledged his switch from Monaco to PSG means he cannot follow in the footsteps of Barca's six-time Ballon d'Or winner.

It’s too late for me to carve out a career like Messi’s, I would have had to stay at Monaco,” Mbappe told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

“Without taking anything away from Messi, now I have to draw on Cristiano’s career for inspiration.


Mbappe also believes Ronaldo gives Juventus an edge in the Champions League, a competition the Portugal captain has won five times, making the Serie A giants a favourite.

"Juventus are a strong side - they've shown that in the finals they've played during the past few seasons," said Mbappe, who has scored 21 goals in all competitions for PSG this term.

"They have always lacked something to give them the edge and now they have that in Cristiano. He's a player who makes you win major trophies

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Man Utd star Marcus Rashford will miss at least EIGHT WEEKS with stress fracture in his back, says boss Solskjaer

Scans confirmed that the 22-year-old has suffered a stress fracture in his back which could force Solskjaer to make his move in the transfer market.

The England ace limped off just 15 minutes after coming on during the 1-0 FA Cup win over Wolves.

Solskjaer also hinted that he could take advantage of the January transfer market to bring someone in as a short-term solution.

He added: “We’ve had many injuries for big players this season. It’s just an unfortunate situation we’re in.

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Liverpool moved 16 points clear at the Premier League summit after Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah secured a deserved 2-0 victory over rivals Manchester United at Anfield.

In the 25th minute VAR cancels Firmino goal for an earlier Van Dijk foul

A second delivery is lofted towards De Gea who gets barged away from the ball by Van Dijk, before Mane feeds the loose ball to Firmino who swings a fierce shot into the top corner!

Initially, the goal is given, but VAR intervenes and the strike is ruled out because of Van Dijk's challenge on De Gea.

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Borussia Dortmund enjoyed a hefty instant return on their €20million investment in Erling Haaland as the 19-year-old wonderkid produced a debut to savour.

Introduced as a second-half with his side 3-1 down at Augsburg, Haaland promptly scored a hat-trick to inspire a 5-3 victory.

He scored a sensational hat-trick in his first ever game for Borussia Dortmund after coming on as a substitute, helping his new team to come from behind to beat Augsburg 5-3.

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BARCELONA midfielder Arturo Vidal has split with stunning Wag Sonia Isaza amid rumours of a transfer from Barcelona to Inter Milan.

The pair stopped following each other on Instagram which sparked reports of a break-up.

Localmedia report the fitness model recently posted several videos to her fans of 2.8 million followers where she was seen singing popular love songs about heartbreak.

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Tottenham have completed the loan signing of Benfica midfielder Gedson Fernandes.

The 21-year-old underwent a medical at Tottenham’s training ground before finalising an 18-month loan switch.

Fernandes had attracted interest from other Premier League clubs, including Spurs’ rivals West Ham , but becomes Jose Mourinho’s first signing at Tottenham.

The deal for Fernandes includes an option for Tottenham to buy the player at the end of the loan for around £50millio.

He has already been capped twice at senior international level, having featured in every

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Inter also has an option to extend the deal for Young for a further season and he joins up with former Old Trafford teammates Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez. British media reports said Inter had paid a fee of 1.5 million euros (1.28 million pounds) to United.

Young, 34, who has converted to fullback after beginning his career as a winger, was out of contract at United at the end of this season.


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Quique Setien has given an insight to his first few days as FC Barcelona head coach. In an interview with Barça TV, Setien had some special words for Lionel Messi.

Everything they say about Messi I agree with because I believe his level of influence in every match is tremendous. He’s got things that no other great player throughout history has. At least the ones that I’ve seen,” confessed Setien.

Now there’s a different perspective. He’s your player and you have to work hard to get the best out of him so he rema

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A player was arrested for kicking and punching an assistant referee after being sent off in a second division match in Malta.

It was during a match between Sannat Lions and the Oratory Youths that Antoine Camilleri failed to control his anger.

Referee Massimo Axisa handed Camilleri a second yellow card following a rash challenge, but after later a red card didn’t go down well with the player.

Camilleri punched and kicked the referee before being escorted from the stadium by police.


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Liverpool and Brazil teammates Roberto Firmino and Alisson Becker broke down in tears as the goalkeeper helped the forward in a Christian baptism.

Along with the video Firmino included a caption in Portuguese which translates to: "I gave my failures and the victories I will give you too.

"My greatest title is Your Love Jesus. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation."

"The old things have passed away; behold, new things have come."


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Manchester United are sweating on the fitness of Marcus Rashford ahead of their clash with Liverpool .

England international Rashford was forced off in the second half of his side's FA Cup third round replay against Wolves - having only been on the pitch for 16 minutes.

Rashford went down in pain minutes after the challenge and appeared in serious discomfort as he received treatment.

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TATTS CHEEKY Miss BumBum Suzy Cortez risks Lionel Messi’s wife’s wrath by getting tattoo of Barcelona hero’s face on her groin

FORMER Miss BumBum Suzy Cortez has taken her love for Lionel Messi one step further by getting a tattoo of her hero on her groin.
The new inking will not go down well with family Messi – the Barcelona superstar has previously blocked her on social media after being bombarded with saucy pictures.

“I commented on this for the first time in a television interview during my trip to Mexico when I won Miss Butt World. It was a promise and I kept it.”

She was blocked on social media by the Argentinian sportsman and his wife Antonella Roccuzzo after tagging him in several provocative images.

She then launched an online campaign to encourage her fans to support her and convince Messi to unblock her.

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MESUT OZIL had a thinly-veiled dig at Unai Emery, claiming Mikel Arteta is getting the old style back.

Arsenal’s midfielder, 31, was frozen out by Emery at the start of this season, making just four Premier League appearances.

But Ozil is back in favour under Arteta and has made double that amount of Prem outings since Emery was axed at the end of November.

Arteta has lost just one of his five games in charge. And the German believes the new boss will bring success and a swagger back to the Emirates.


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Speaking to the media after signing his contract, Setien said: 'Yesterday, I was walking around my hometown with cows around me and now I'm here at Barcelona managing the best players in the world.

I want to thank this institution for giving me the chance. Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this. I have to thank the club.


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Barcelona have sacked manager Ernesto Valverde and replaced him with the former Real Betis coach Quique Setién. Valverde, who had been in charge since the summer of 2017, becomes the first manager at the club to be sacked mid-season since Louis Van Gaal 17 years ago.

After days of openly pursuing replacements, Valverde was finally informed of the club’s intentions on Monday evening. During that time Xavi Hernández and Ronald Koeman, both of whom had expressed their desire to coach the club in the future, turned down the opportunity to take over with immediate effect. Despite his sacking being an open secret by then, Valverde took charge of the morning training session as normal. He met with the president after that, a board meeting followed on Monday evening and a statement was finally released after 11pm local time.


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Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid ended 4-1 on penalties as Los Blancos lift Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia.

There were no goals in the match as both sides settled for a 0-0 draw during regulation time.

The game produced a lot of chances but both sides could not break the deadlock as the Spanish Super Cup finals went into extra time.

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Luis Suarez will miss the next FOUR months after undergoing surgery on a long-standing knee problem, Barcelona have confirmed.

The 32-year-old had reportedly been struggling with an ongoing problem with the external meniscus in his knee for several weeks, with Barca announcing on Saturday it had decided to go ahead with on operation.

According to the Official statement : Suarez used keyhole surgery to resolve an injury to the external meniscus of the right knee by per

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Aubameyang scored an early goal and was later given a straight red card following a review by the video assistant referee as his team held on for a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.

The referee initially brandished a yellow card but, after a lengthy check by VAR, it was upgraded to a red card in the 67th minute. As Aubameyang left the field, the tackle was shown on the big screen inside

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Liverpool’s march towards the Premier League title continued as they beat Tottenham 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to set a new European points record.

Roberto Firmino scored the only goal of the game in the 37th minute as Jurgen Klopp’s side, who have now gone 38 league games without defeat, sealed their 20th win of the season to move 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

A VAR check for handball against Henderson was required but the goal

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Milan won and scored for the first time in four Serie A matches, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic netting in the victory over Cagliari.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic inspired Milan to victory on his first start since returning to the club, netting in a 2-0 Serie A win at Cagliari.

In the 82' of play Ibrahimovic's goal disallowed taken it was an offside.
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Barcelona captain Lionel Messi cursed his side's careless errors in their 3-2 defeat by Atletico Madrid on Thursday as they crashed out of the revamped Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia.

The Spanish champions, who had two goals ruled out in the second half after VAR reviews, dominated the match and were leading 2-1 with 10 minutes left thanks to goals from Messi and Antoine Griezmann.

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Leo Messi suffered a momentary scare as he witnessed a supporter running in his direction after the 3-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid.

The fan evaded security to run onto the field at King Abdullah Sports City, and Messi appeared unsure as

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Recovering from an ankle injury, Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba mistook urine for apple juice which he posted in a social media video. The post was later deleted.

He said: "Guys, I'm making a video on insta, I don't even know if I'm ok or if I'm high or sober -- I don't look sober, don't ask me if it went well because I don't know," Pogba said in the video which went viral."

"I can't really feel my toes but I'm still alive, that's the good news. After the operation, we've still got the smile, we're blessed, I'm still alive, They gave me something, I don't know what it was" he added, but

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After weeks of vandalism, the statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic has finally been overturned. The 500-kilogram monument, which is located outside Malmo’s soccer stadium, was cut off at the feet, causing it to topple over onto a wire fence overnight Sunday. A dark Sweden soccer t-shirt was draped over the statue’s face.

Ibrahimovic, who recently joined Italian side AC Milan, angered fans of his boyhood club, Malmo, in November when he bought a stake in one of its Swedish title rivals, Hammarby, and outlined his desire to make the Stockholm-based team the

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Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has insisted his star striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is not for sale.

The Arsenal head coach is also determine to keep Granit Xhaka at Arsenal, despite links with Hertha Berlin.

It was reported Real Madrid is considering making a player+cash Offer for the Gabon international.

When asked about the chance of January sale, Arteta said: ” I don’t even think about the possibility with Auba, I want him here.

Arteta revealed after Ars

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The Frenchman has barely featured this season due to injuries, with his latest comeback lasting just two substitute appearances before Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed he would be undergoing surgery to correct his latest ankle problem.

But that has not stopped the usual transfer window speculation surrounding Pogba, and a report in The Express claims United have set an asking price on their record buy for any interested clubs this month.

Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Juventus are all linked with Pogba, but the report claims they will have to pay £150m to tempt United to sell him midway through the season.

With Juventus overloaded in

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