Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, has stated that his team will approach their UEFA Champions League, UCL, semi-final second-leg tie against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday at Etihad with what he tagged a ‘small advantage’.
Guardiola explained that Man City players would play to win the game against PSG at home.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach said this on Monday during his pre-match press conference ahead of Man City’s clash with PSG.
Guardiola’s men had won the French Ligue 1 champions 2-1 in the first-leg in Paris last week.
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Italian heavyweight Inter Milan yesterday clinched the Serie A title for the first time since 2010 on Sunday when nearest rivals Atalanta drew 1-1 at Sassuolo.
Inter, who beat Crotone 2-0 on Saturday, needed Atalanta to drop points in Emilia-Romagna to claim the title for the 19th time with four games to spare.
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Last season’s champions, Juventus have been denied a 10th straight league title and is now fighting for a Champions League spot.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s double saved their blushes at Udinese on Sunday night.
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The Spanish FA (RFEF), has handed a two-match ban to Barcelona manager, Ronald Koeman, after being sent off in their 2-1 defeat at home to Granada on Thursday.
Koeman will miss the visit of LaLiga leaders Atletico Madrid next Saturday.
The Dutchman’s suspension however starts with Sunday’s trip to his former club Valencia.
Koeman was shown a red card after Darwin Machis equalised for Granada at the Nou Camp.
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Barcelona yesterday night missed the chance to go top of La Liga as they suffered a surprise home defeat by Granada.
Lionel Messi had given the hosts the lead when he combined with Antoine Griezmann before slotting into the far corner.
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Barcelona missed several opportunities to add to their lead before Darwin Machis drove in the equaliser in the second half.
Substitute Jorge Molina then headed in the winner for the visitors late on.
Victory would have put the Catalan club one point clear at the top of the table with five games …
Potential English Champions Manchester City rallied back from a goal down to beat Paris Saint- Germain 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie on Wednesday night.
PSG skipper Marquinhos headed the hosts into a deserved lead in the first half.
Kylian Mbappe and Neymar also caused the visitors all sorts of problems.
Kevin De Bruyne equalised for City in the 64th minute after Keylor Navas failed to deal with his cross.
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Pep Guardiola’s side took the lead for the first time in the game …
Spanish giants Barcelona have reportedly offered a two-year contract to Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero as the prospect of a deal brightens.
The Premier League potential champions have already revealed that Aguero will end his 10-year association with the club at the end of the season.
While the 32-year-old has been linked with a number of different English clubs including Manchester United and Chelsea, Camp Nou is regarded as a likely destination for the Argentine.
According to TyC Sports, negotiations between the relevant parties have been taking place in recent days, leading to terms being offered to the player.
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However, Ceferin hinted that the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ could be shown greater leniency due to the fact that there were the first to pull out of plans for the breakaway competition.
Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Tottenham all pulled out following furious backlash from across the football world over attempts to create a ‘closed shop’ elite league.
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But Ceferin compared Real Madrid, Barcelona
Following a long week dominated by controversies surrounding England’s ‘big six’ plans to guarantee top-level European football every season via a breakaway Super League (ESL), however, Chelsea and Liverpool turned their attentions to trying to earn a top-four Premier League finish on the field as they were both in action yesterday.
Manchester City was the first club to formally pull out after Chelsea had signaled their intent to do so by preparing documentation to withdraw.
The other four sides – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham – have all now followed suit.
The 12-team Super League was announced on Sunday to widespread condemnation.
Premier League table-toppers City confirmed they have ‘formally enacted the procedures
Mourinho was fired from his position after a disappointing campaign, with Spurs currently seventh in the Premier League and with little chance of making the top four.
It is believed his position became untenable after a falling out with several high-profile members of his squad.
Ryan Mason and Chris Powell have now been placed in temporary charge ahead of the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City
The government of the United Kingdom has denied any involvement ‘at any point’ over a Saudi Arabia-backed group’s failed bid to buy Newcastle United.
Officials However acknowledged that meetings had taken place between the Foreign Office and the Premier League.
According to sources from Downing Street, a senior aide was asked to check on the progress of the deal but not intervene.
This is coming on the heels of a report that the prime minister was contacted after the £300m deal ran into difficulties.
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A government spokesman said: ‘While
Haven played with both players, Veteran striker Gonzalo Higuain has revealed why he is loved by both, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi.
The Former Juventus striker who now plays his trade in the US said that Messi and Ronaldo liked him because he did ‘try to fight for 100 percent of the play with them.’
Except perhaps Dybala, no footballer has played alongside the two superstars more often than the Higuain.
The former Juventus, Real Madrid, and Argentina Ace played alongside Ronaldo at both Real Madrid and Juventus before moving to MLS in 2020.
He was a team-mate of …
