Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has no worries about Mohamed Salah’s misfires in front of goal because he keeps coming up with important moments when they need them most after his second-half winner against Brighton returned the Reds to the top of the Premier League.
Luis Diaz’s volley just before the half-hour allowed the hosts to recover from Brighton striker Danny Welbeck’s opener inside 90 seconds, but the Reds needed a clear head and a clinical touch from their Egypt international to secure a 2-1 victory.
Salah had 12 attempts on goal, his most in a Premier League match and the most on record by a Liverpool player in the competition.
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Sergio Aguero is being targeted by four European giants, while Bayern Munich are looking at Christian Pulisic.
Aguero, 32, is out of contract with Manchester City at the end of the season and his future is uncertain.
The forward has only played nine games this season, but he is still wanted by several European clubs.
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Barcelona, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter are interested in signing Aguero, according to the Mirror.
Who ll pick him up on a free?
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball)
Aguero has been at City since 2011 and is the club s all-time leading goalscorer.
The Argentina international has struggled with injury and coronavirus this season.
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Facing what is a crucial qualifying showdown on Saturday evening, Sweden will make the trip to Tallinn when they meet Estonia.
Estonia
Starting with the hosts, while Estonia might have enjoyed an eye-catching Nations League flurry last year, the Blueshirts always knew that they were facing a major uphill struggle this time around. Last seen signing off June’s international break with what was a routine 3-0 drumming at home against European heavyweights Belgium, Thomas Haberil’s men find themselves tipped as a standout contender to lift the Group F wooden spoon this year. Mustering just a single point from any of their first three qualifying showdowns, the former Luzern boss will be more than aware that his squad faces another ster…
England’s players will earn more than £200,000 each if they win this summer’s Women’s World Cup.
FIFA has set out how a record prize money pot will be distributed for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, with 270,000 US dollars (around £216,000) earmarked for each member of the winning squad.
Every player involved in the tournament is guaranteed to receive at least 30,000 US dollars (just over £24,000), at a time when the average salary in the women’s game worldwide is 14,000 US dollars, according to last year’s FIFA benchmarking report.
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Brendan Rodgers has vowed he will not dwell on past glories after returning for a second spell as Celtic manager.
Following Ange Postecoglou’s departure for Tottenham after a Treble-winning campaign, Rodgers’ comeback was confirmed on a three-year contract.
Rodgers had himself suddenly left the Hoops to head to Leicester in February 2019 after winning seven out of seven domestic trophies.
From a professional perspective and from a personal perspective there was a real happiness for us to come back.
Read Brendan Rodgers first interview since returning as Manager
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC)
The former Liverpool boss, though, maintains he still has plenty of hunger for more success on his return to Celtic Park.
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Girona coach Michel said his side deserved more after they drew 0-0 with Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga.
Winless in four consecutive games in all competitions, last year s surprise challengers Girona dominated proceedings with over 70% of possession but were wasteful, missing several clear chances.
Indeed, Girona had three big chances (defined by Opta as an opportunity from which a player would reasonably be expected to score), and accumulated 2.22 expected goals (xG).
Michel said: Football is about goals and we didn t score. But the team was fine out there, we were able to push Rayo back against the ropes and played a very good game.
The team deserved to win, I approve of the team s performance today. I have no doubts. We lacked quality and determination up f…
Liverpool have agreed a British record transfer fee in the region of £110million for Moises Caicedo as the Reds look to shore up their midfield on the eve of the new season.
The 21-year-old has been on Chelsea’s radar and the Blues – who will take on Liverpool in both sides’ Premier League opener on Sunday – were thought of as front-runners to sign the Ecuador international.
But Brighton have held firm in their valuation of a player who joined them for just £4m from Ecuadorian side Independiente del Valle two years ago and now the Reds are now poised to sweep in.
Happy Independence Day, Ecuador!
— Brighton Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC)
The PA news agency understands Liverpool, who are aiming to reinforce their options in the middle of…
Southampton have signed Croatia winger Mislav Orsic from Dinamo Zagreb in an attempt to boost their Premier League survival hopes.
Orsic – who made six appearances for Croatia at the World Cup in Qatar and scored a sublime winner in their third-place play-off success against Morocco – has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at St Mary s.
Southampton reportedly convinced Dinamo to part ways with Orsic by making a bid of £6million plus add-ons after Everton and Nottingham Forest were also linked with the 30-year-old.
Saints sit bottom of the Premier League table and three points adrift of safety after Wednesday s 1-0 defeat to Forest, their sixth consecutive loss in the competition.
Southampton manager Nathan Jones was only appointed as Ralph Hasenhuttl …
Real Madrid 6-0 Levante: Vinicius scores hat-trick and Benzema matches Raul tally as champions run r
Karim Benzema moved level with Raul as Real Madrid s second-highest all-time top goalscorer and Vinicius Junior scored a hat-trick as the LaLiga champions relegated Levante with a 6-0 hammering.
Ferland Mendy got Carlo Ancelotti s side, who were crowned champions a fortnight ago, on their way early on, before Benzema joined Madrid icon Raul on 323 goals soon after.
Rodrygo and Vinicius added further goals before the interval, with the latter completing his treble in the second half at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday.
While the rout restored Madrid s 12-point advantage over Barcelona at the summit, it condemned Levante to the drop with two games to play.
Raúl Benzema
323 goles de blanco
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid)
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Newcastle United and Juventus are interested in signing Isco from Real Madrid, according to . It has been reported by the Spanish news outlet that Premier League side Newcastle and Italian outfit Juventus are the two clubs most interested in the 29-year-old attacking midfielder.
Isco has been on the books of Madrid since 2013 and has been an important player for Los Blancos over the years. The Spain international has won the La Liga twice and the Champions League on four occasions with Madrid among other major honours so far. Isco is out of contract at Madrid at the end of the season.
The Spaniard has struggled for playing time at Madrid for a while now, and does not appear to be in the plans of manager Carlo Ancelotti. The Madrid no. 22 has made two starts and four sub…