A brilliant late Jhon Duran goal gave Aston Villa another famous 1-0 win against Bayern Munich in their first Champions League home match on Wednesday.
The scoreline was a repeat of Villa s 1982 European Cup final victory over Bayern in a throwback to the most glorious day in the Premier League side s history.
Bayern dominated possession at Villa Park but squandered their chances and were undone by Duran s latest spectacular strike in the 79th minute as he spotted Manuel Neuer off his line and scooped the ball over the goalkeeper to send the home fans into delirium.
That was Duran s sixth goal of the season and fifth as a substitute as he continues his remarkable knack of netting vital goals from the bench.
All of us in the 79th minute
— Aston …
West Ham United are interested in signing Adama Traore from Premier League rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that West Ham have made a concrete move to sign the former Barcelona and Aston Villa winger.
The Hammers have reportedly registered their in Traore, but they are facing competition from London and Premier League Rivas Tottenham Hotspur. Wolves will reportedly sell Traore for £18 million, with West Ham having wanted to sign the 25-year-old in the summer of 2021.
Traore has made 10 starts and eight substitute appearances in the Premier League for Wolves so far this season. The winger has also made two substitute appearances in the Carabao Cup for the Wanderers so far this campaign. Traore scored tw…
Chelsea are reportedly the subject of a Premier League investigation for alleged breaches of financial regulations during Roman Abramovich’s time at the club.
It has been reported current owners Todd Boehly and the Clearlake Capital Consortium, who took over last summer after Abramovich was forced to sell following sanctions as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, flagged the potential issue to the Premier League and Football Association themselves.
UEFA announced last month it had been approached “proactively” by the club, who agreed to pay 10million euros (£8.57million) to Europe’s governing body after owning up to “incomplete financial reporting” between 2012 and 2019.
Chelsea said in a statement at the time their new owners became aware of…
Chelsea secured their place in the FA Cup semi-finals with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday.
Boro overcame Manchester United and Tottenham to reach the last eight, but Thomas Tuchel s Premier League side did not have such difficulties at the Riverside Stadium.
Romelu Lukaku needed just 15 minutes to open the scoring before Hakim Ziyech added a second in the first half, while Boro managed only one shot on target, which came in the 85th minute, in response.
Chelsea will now wait to find out the identity of their semi-final opponent in Sunday s last-four draw, with the ties set to take place across April 16 and 17 at Wembley Stadium.
Mason Mount s early cross just escaped the despairing dive of Christian Pulisic at the back post, but …
Manuel Akanji feels it is about time Manchester City put an end to their Anfield hoodoo.
The champions travel to Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday in a crucial clash at the top of the table.
Second-placed City are widely considered the favourites for the title but their record at the home of the Reds is notoriously poor.
City have won just once at Anfield in front of a crowd since 1981, when Nicolas Anelka scored a double 21 years ago.
They did triumph there 4-1 behind closed doors in 2021 but the atmosphere will be completely different this weekend.
City defender Akanji said: “It definitely will be massive. The winner will go to the top of the league. I don’t want to talk about the title race but it would be a big win for us.
Nottingham Forest are “extremely dismayed” to have been docked four points for breaching Premier League financial rules.
The deduction drops Forest into the Premier League’s relegation zone, leaving them 18th with nine games to play.
The PA news agency understands Forest will now take time to consider their next steps, including the potential to appeal.
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— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC)
The Premier League said Forest admitted breaching profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) by £34.5million above their permitted threshold of £61million.
Clubs are usually allowed maximum losses of £105million over a three-year assessment period but this is reduced by £22million per season for any seasons within the period spent i…
It has been an unusually quiet transfer deadline day as some Premier League club’s look to get new signings in ahead of the 11pm deadline.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the best deals done so far.
Rogers makes Villa switch
Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing of Morgan Rogers from Middlesbrough!
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial)
Aston Villa have completed a move for Morgan Rogers from Middlesbrough, with the forward having impressed in the Sky Bet Championship so far this season with seven goals and eight assists to his name.
The 21-year-old arrived at Villa Park after Middlesbrough finally succumbed to an offer in the region of £16million.
Rogers will now line up in the Premier League to help Unai Emery�…
Cafu admits he did not see former team-mate Daniele De Rossi becoming a head coach, but hopes the Roma boss can do great things with the Giallorossi.
The former midfielder replaced Jose Mourinho in the Stadio Olimpico dugout in January on a deal until the end of the season, and has overseen nine victories in 14 Serie A games only losing to newly crowned champions Inter and fourth-place Bologna.
De Rossi s glittering career at Roma as a player, which brought over 600 appearances across an 18-year period, was in its infancy when he briefly played alongside Cafu for the Giallorossi during the early 2000s.
The former Brazil captain, who played 217 times between 1997 and 2003, helped the club win the Scudetto under Fabio Capello in the 2000-01 season, and was inducted…
The Georgia Bulldogs are the first back-to-back National Champions in the College Football Playoff era (since 2014) after hammering the TCU Horned Frogs 65-7 on Monday.
There were ominous signs early as Georgia quickly forced a TCU punt on the opening possession, before marching down the field in five plays to open the scoring with a 21-yard touchdown run from quarterback Stetson Bennett.
TCU tried to make a game of it, scoring their only touchdown of the contest in the first quarter with a short-range quarterback run of their own from Max Duggan, but the Georgia defense went up a level and shut things down the rest of the way.
Bennett rushed for his second touchdown and threw two more to open up a commanding 38-7 lead at half-time, and they continued to pile on …
When the 18-year-old Harry Kane had a penalty saved on his Tottenham debut, nobody would have imagined him putting away 39 spot-kicks for the club on the way to beating Jimmy Greaves record goals haul.
Here we are, though, almost 11 and a half years on from that miss against Hearts in a Europa League qualifier, and Kane is Tottenham s outright all-time leading scorer.
Goal number 267 arrived against the reigning Premier League champions Manchester City on Sunday, his 200th goal in that competition.
Drink that in for a moment. It s an astonishing feat. Kane has earned the club record by chipping away at Greaves mark in the Tottenham teams of Harry Redknapp, Andre Villas-Boas, Tim Sherwood, Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Ryan Mason, Nuno Espirito Santo and Ant…