Aston Villa travel to the East Midlands to take on Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening, and Paul Merson believes that Ollie Watkins should start over Jhon Duran at the City Ground, and that he should continue to do so for the foreseeable future.Duran was finally given his first Premier League start of the season last weekend against Southampton, and he repaid the faith shown in him by Unai Emery

Real Madrid is back in action in La Liga this weekend, traveling across town to take on Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.Madrid are fresh off an inspiring 3-2 win away to Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, with goals from Kylian Mbappe , Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham .The victory lifted them into 20th position in the Champions League table and brought their record in the competition to

Ruben Amorim has said Manchester City are in a "better place" than Manchester United ahead of the derby on Sunday despite Pep Guardiola's team losing seven of their last 10 games.City's Champions League defeat to Juventus on Wednesday means the Premier League champions have won just one of their last 10 matches.United, meanwhile, fought back from a goal down to beat FC Viktoria Plzen 2-1 in the Eu

ARSENAL and Everton are top of the Prem red card charts because they have always liked physical players who never ducked out of contact.Since the Premier League’s launch in 1992, the Toffees have 108 reds and the Gunners 107 — including three this term — 14 more than third-placed Newcastle.Mark Halsey was not on Sol Campbell's Christmas card list after sending him off a few times

PLZEN, Czechia -- Ruben Amorim said it was a "good sign" to see Rasmus Hojlund and Amad involved in a heated row after the 2-1 win over FC Viktoria Plzen because it shows they care.Hojlund scored twice as United came back from a goal down to record their first away win in Europe since beating Real Betis in March 2023.But the Denmark striker and Amad had to be separated by Lisandro Martínez af

GLASGOW, Scotland -- Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou gave a scathing assessment of Timo Werner's performance in the team's 1-1 Europa League draw with Rangers on Thursday, saying the forward's performance "wasn't acceptable."Werner, who is playing in his second season on loan at Spurs from RB Leipzig, was replaced by Dejan Kulusevski after enduring a difficult first half at Ibrox.Ask

Matchday six of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League is in the books as we enter the business end of the league phase and the 36-team table continues to take shape.Manchester City's loss to Juventus leaves Pep Guardiola's chances of staying in the competition on a knife-edge, while Arsenal and Liverpool added to their claims as the continent's best this season.Elsewhere, there were some wonder-strike

Part of what drives interest in a league's MVP award is the fact that its definition varies from person to person.Is it simply the best player, or is it the best player on the best team? Is it a performer who lifted an underdog side to previously unattained heights? Is it all about numbers? Or are we talking about numbers, with a dollar sign? Then there is the whole philosophical, "How do you defi

The former Bologna boss was meant to make the Bianconeri more beautiful but they remain as ugly as they were under Massimiliano AllegriThiago Motta says that Juventus couldn't be facing Manchester City at a better time - and one can see what he means. Going into Wednesday's Champions League clash in Turin, the English titleholders are in their worst-ever run of form under Pep Guardiola, who says h

Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Ilkay Gundogan all appeared to struggle from 12 yards as the Manchester City stars practiced penalties.Man City stars fail to hit the target Quartet mocked on social media Guardiola's side take on JuventusWHAT HAPPENED?Man City probably didn't expect much to come from their training live stream, but when Haaland, Grealish, Gundogan and Foden all attemp