Inter missed the opportunity to move top of Serie A as they fell to a 2-0 defeat to Sassuolo on Sunday.
Giacomo Raspadori struck after eight minutes at San Siro, with Gianluca Scamacca adding a second in the first half.
Simone Inzaghi s side dominated possession throughout but were unable to breach Alessio Dionisi s defence, leaving the Nerazzurri with just one win from their last five games across all competitions.
Leaders Milan were held by Salernitana on Saturday, but Inter – who have played a game fewer – failed to grasp the opportunity to move a point clear at the summit.
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Hamed Traore skewed the first presentable chance of the contest off target before Raspadori squirmed a finish fro…
Raheem Sterling is open to moving away from Manchester City in a bid to secure regular football.
The 26-year-old starred for England at Euro 2020, scoring three goals and registering an assist en route to the final, where Italy triumphed after a penalty shootout.
Despite Sterling s strong showings for his country, at club level Pep Guardiola has used him sparingly this term, giving the winger just 274 minutes of Premier League football so far – only the 12th-highest among City players – with just two starts from a possible seven.
Sterling has now indicated a willingness to explore his options, with his contract expiring at the end of next season, and appears particularly interested in a move abroad if his playing time at City does not change for the bett…
Dirk Kuyt has hailed Liverpool as a perfect team, and believes Jurgen Klopp s side are on the verge of becoming one of the most memorable in history.
After finishing second behind Manchester City in the Premier League, Liverpool have the chance to cap a remarkable season with silverware when they take on Tottenham in the Champions League.
Saturday s contest in Madrid is the second successive Champions League final that Liverpool have appeared in, with the Reds having lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in Kiev last season.
It represents the fourth major final that Liverpool have taken part in under Klopp, though the former Borussia Dortmund boss is still in the hunt for his first trophy during his time in charge of the Reds.
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Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion will face each other in the Premier League this week. The match will be held at the Etihad Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 8pm UK time on Wednesday.
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Manchester City are second in the Premier League table at the moment with 74 points from 31 matches, two points behind leaders Liverpool, who have played 32 games. The defending English champions will head into the match against Brighton on the back of a 3-2 defeat to Liverpool in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
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Kyle Walker is sidelined because of an ankle issue.
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Belgium coach Roberto Martinez does not expect any surprises from Japan in the World Cup s round of 16, as Maya Yoshida prepares for the challenge of facing a fully fit Romelu Lukaku.
After beating England 1-0 in Kaliningrad to top Group G, Belgium booked a meeting with the Samurai Blue in Rostov-on-Don, with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs.
Martinez oversaw a 1-0 friendly win over Japan in November, before Vahid Halilhodzic was sacked and replaced by Akira Nishino, but the Spanish coach of the Red Devils nevertheless feels he knows what to expect.
We played a very entertaining game in Bruges not long ago, he said.
There s been a change of coach but not a real change in the squad. They re very well organised, dynamic technically, Japanese f…
Wojciech Szczesny is set to join Roma for a second season-long loan, .
The goalkeeper temporarily moved to the Stadio Olimpico from Arsenal last summer and racked up forty-two appearances in all competitions last season.
With Petr Cech firmly in place as the Gunners’ first choice shot stopper Szczesny has been allowed to move elsewhere once again but will only go out on loan with a view to a permanent move.
Prior to his move to Serie A the Poland international racked up over one hundred and fifty games for his parent club while he also had a loan spell with Brentford in the 2009/10 season.
He was part of the squads that won back to back FA Cups with Arsene Wenger’s side while internationally he has been capped twenty-seven times for his country…
Emmanuel Adebayor left the door open to a Premier League return by saying anything can happen following his departure from Turkish Super Lig club Kayserispor.
The 35-year-old striker spent almost three years in Turkey after joining Basaksehir in January 2017, playing for the Istanbul club for two-and-a-half seasons before signing for Kayserispor in August 2019.
He scored two league goals in eight league appearances this term including one in his final game a 4-1 defeat at Besiktas on Monday.
After the game, he announced his departure, telling reporters: These are tough decisions and [it] was tough for me. One of the most important decisions of my life.
86’ GOL!!! EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR! : 3: 1
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Grzegorz Krychowiak and Dimitri Barinov capitalised on Bayer Leverkusen s blunders to give Lokomotiv Moscow a 2-1 win in their Champion League Group D opener on Wednesday.
Krychowiak profited from some carless play from Leverkusen s players in their own half to give the Russian side the lead in the 16th minute at the BayArena.
An own goal from Benedikt Howedes got the hosts back on level terms but Barinov punished another Leverkusen mistake to seal the win for the visitors.
Lokomotiv s victory was their first away from home in the Champions League since a 2-1 win at Galatasaray in the 2002-03 group stage.
The Russian side took the lead against the run of play when Leverkusen s Leon Bailey sloppily lost possession in his own half from a throw-in.
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Following the draw between Manchester City and Liverpool on Saturday, Arsenal climbed to the Premier League summit by beating Brentford at the Community Stadium, courtesy of a solitary strike by Kai Havertz in the closing stages of the match.
However, things would ve gone differently had Oleksandr Zinchenko not been on hand to prevent Neal Maupay from giving the home side the lead in the 77th minute.
Zinchenko to the rescue
Shot by Pitchside.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was the subject of a massive €300million transfer offer from an unnamed Chinese club, his agent Jorge Mendes has claimed.
In addition to reclaiming the title of the world s most expensive player, the Real Madrid forward could have earned €100m each season by moving to China but had no interest in any switch and turned it down, according to his representative.
From China they have offered €300m to Real Madrid and more than €100m per year to the player, Mendes said to Sky Italia.
But money is not everything – Real Madrid are his club for life.
Ronaldo, who this year was awarded his fourth Ballon d Or crown, signed a new contract with Madrid last month that will tie him to the club until 2021.
He has won two Champions L…