Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has absolved star signing Kylian Mbappe of responsibility for the defensive lapses which have contributed to an indifferent start to the season.Having won only one of their three league fixtures to date, the LaLiga champions head into Sunday’s home clash with Real Betis sitting fifth in the table, seven points behind leaders Barcelona who have played a game m

Pep Guardiola claimed not even a defender with a gun could halt “unstoppable” Erling Haaland after his latest Manchester City hat-trick shot down West Ham 3-1.The 24-year-old scored the 24th treble of his career as City made it three wins from three Premier League matches.“We are happy for another hat-trick and the quality of the finishing but he was so involved with the game tod

VAR was the major talking point from a match between Ross County and Aberdeen that ended in a 1-0 win for the visitors in Dingwall.Both sides thought they had taken the lead, only for the technology to show otherwise, with County also awarded a penalty after review only for Ronan Hale’s effort to be saved.However, it was a stoppage-time finish from summer arrival Kevin Nisbet that proved dec

Leyton Orient manager Richie Wellens was scathing of his team after their 3-0 defeat at Shrewsbury and labelled it the worst performance since he took over.It left the Os rooted the foot of the fledgling League One table after a fourth successive defeat to launch the season.Shrewsbury had lost their first three games but changed their fortunes emphatically as on-loan Chelsea midfielder Leo Castled

Charlie McCann’s late strike gave Forest Green a 2-1 win against Sutton in their Vanarama National League match at Gander Green Lane.Rovers made a bright start, with Christian Doidge seeing an early effort cleared off the line before Ryan Inniss headed over and Tom Knowles had a goal ruled out for offside.Doidge then did break the deadlock in the 30th minute when he headed in a long throw fr

Erling Haaland scored another hat-trick as Manchester City maintained their perfect record this season and moved to the top of the charts in front of watching Oasis star Noel Gallagher.Pep Guardiola’s masterplan was executed to perfection again as Haaland made it back-to-back trebles and seven goals in just three matches to bury West Ham 3-1.With Gallagher in the stands at the London Stadium

Birmingham manager Chris Davies admitted the energy of his side ground down Wigan as they continued their solid start to the Sky Bet League One season with a 2-1 home win.Scott Wright marked his debut with an added-time winner for Davies’ side after Alfie May’s calm first-half finish after 18 minutes was cancelled out by Thelo Aasgaard’s 66th minute equaliser.Victory puts Birming

Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor feels he could have a “serious player” on his hands after summer signing Promise Omochere made the difference in a 2-0 win against Cambridge.Omochere netted both goals, two right-footed finishes from inside the box, to get off the mark for his new club in his fifth appearance in all competitions.“He’s a handful like he’s been but he

Wolves boss Gary O’Neil described his players as “wild horses” after their entertaining 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest.Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s first-half thunderbolt earned Wolves their first point of the Premier League season after Chris Wood had headed Forest into the lead two minutes earlier.The point lifted Wolves out of the bottom three following defeats to Arsenal and

Kamari Doyle marked his full EFL debut with a stunning left-footed free-kick to set Exeter on their way to a 2-0 win at Bolton in League One.And manager Gary Caldwell reckons the 19-year-old former Southampton academy player, dubbed ‘the Ward-Prowse apprentice’ by Exeter’s social media team, is even stronger with his right foot.The Brighton loanee’s corner then led to Mille