Bayer Leverkusen are ready to become the first team in Bundesliga history to go an entire season unbeaten, coach Xabi Alonso said after Sunday s 5-0 demolition of Bochum.
Treble-chasing Leverkusen cruised past Bochum, who had Felix Passlack sent off in the 15th minute, to stretch their remarkable unbeaten run across all competitions this season to 50 consecutive matches.
On Thursday, Alonso s team surpassed Benfica s long-standing European unbeaten record set from 1963 to 1965 with a 2-2 draw against Roma that sent them through to the Europa League final.
Sunday s win over Bochum also meant they became only the third team in Bundesliga history to remain unbeaten in every away match of a season.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is very happy at Manchester United despite reports of a lack of chemistry in the Red Devils dressing room, according to the player s agent Jorge Mendes.
Ronaldo ended a three-year association with Juventus to return to Old Trafford and has since scored 14 times in all competitions to lead the Premier League and Champions League goal charts.
On Thursday, the 36-year-old scored one and assisted another in a 3-1 Premier League win over Burnley – the forward registering double figures for goal involvements for a 17th straight league season.
That victory moved United up to sixth in the league amid speculation that there is a lack of cohesion within the dressing room, but Mendes is sure that Ronaldo is entirely settled back in Manchester.
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Chelsea go top of the Women s Super League table after edging to a 1-0 victory over Tottenham on Wednesday.
Maika Hamano scored the winning goal in the 37th minute, tapping in from the goal-line after meeting Guro Reiten s whipped cross.
The Japan international almost opened the scoring before that, sending a diving header over the bar.
Ashleigh Neville scuffed Spurs best chance over the bar from close range just after half-time, but the Blues regained their control to see out a vital victory.
Top of the league going into the final day!
— Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW)
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Chelsea are on course to lift their fifth consecutive WSL after securing back-to-back wins against Bristol City and Spurs, scoring n…
Reading have entered talks with free agent Mohamed Sissoko regarding a move to the Madejski Stadium.
The 28-year-old’s release from Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain was announced on Monday and Nigel Adkins side have confirmed they have already discussed a possible move with him.
Mali midfielder Sissoko has previous experience of English football thanks to a three-year stay at Liverpool between 2005 and 2008.
In a statement on their official website, the Championship side suggested that consultations may well be ongoing as they keep an eye on the emergency window opening in seven days time.
They have already been busy in the market though, adding three new players to their squad, as they adjust to life after Premier League relegation, in the shape of Wayne …
Arsenal are readying a summer move for soon to be out-of-contract Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick,.
Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has previously attempted to sign the England international on no less than three occasions, and still believes he has something to offer despite being in the twilight of his career.
The thirty-four year old has been at Old Trafford for almost ten years and in that time has made over four hundred appearances, scoring twenty-three goals and winning a host of major honours in that time including five league titles, the League Cup and the Champions League.
He has been capped thirty-four times for his country, and was part of the squads that attended the 2006 World Cup in Germany and the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
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Michael Owen believes it would be a shock if former team-mate Wayne Rooney was to leave Manchester United.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that Chelsea had made a bid for the England international, which was duly rejected by the Premier
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Rooney is said to be unhappy at comments made by new manager David Moyes in relation to his status in the United first-team.
Owen played with Rooney during his three-year spell at Old Trafford between 2009 and 2012 and, although he understands Rooney s frustration, does not think the 27-year-old will leave.
At the height of my career, I wouldn t have been too happy being on the bench a lot of the time, I would have wanted to be playing all the time, Owen told talkSPORT.
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Romelu Lukaku s prolific form over recent seasons in the Premier League paved the way for his £75million switch from Everton to Manchester United.
But how does the man who stunningly rebuilt at West Brom and Goodison Park after initially failing to make the grade at Chelsea compare to other leading marksmen in England s top flight?
Is the Belgium striker s conversion rate up to the mark for a club with ambitions of restoring themselves to being a major European force and are accusations that Lukaku is a flat-track bully well-founded?
With the help of Opta numbers, we assess how Old Trafford s hero-in-waiting measures up.
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Lukaku leaves Everton as the club s top scorer in Premier League history with 68 goals – eight bett…
Watford warmed up for next weekend s FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace with a battling 1-0 win at West Brom thanks to Ben Watson s first-half goal and Heurelho Gomes pair of penalty saves.
Saido Berahino s two second-half spot-kicks were well saved by Gomes, with Watford holding firm and recording their 11th clean sheet of the season to move above West Brom in the Premier League table.
Watson put Watford in front after 26 minutes, getting ahead of his marker from Adlene Guedioura s corner to flick a sweet finish across Ben Foster and in off the post.
With Wembley, and a potential penalty-shootout on the horizon, Gomes success at spot-kicks may have many Hornets fans dreaming of a return trip for the final after he preserved Watford s first win in seven P…
Ahmed Musa might be dazzling in the World Cup sunshine but it was his hard yards in the bleak Russian winter that set up his date with Lionel Messi.
Musa s stunning brace sunk Iceland 2-0 last time out, reigniting his team s designs on a place in the last-16 following their limp loss by the same scoreline against Croatia.
The 25-year-old exchanged doubles with Messi before Argentina prevailed 3-2 in the group stage at Brazil 2014 but hitting similar highs seemed unlikely this time around after a switch to then-Premier League champions Leicester City in 2016 backfired.
Told by national team boss Gernot Rohr to seek regular first-team football in time for Russia 2018, he returned to CSKA Moscow on loan at the turn of this year.
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Davide Zappacosta and Tiemoue Bakayoko hit their first Chelsea goals as the Blues returned to the Champions League with a rampant 6-0 group-stage win over Qarabag at Stamford Bridge.
After a year away from European competition, the three points never looked in doubt for the Premier League champions after Pedro kicked off their Group C campaign with a fifth-minute goal.
A bizarre strike from full debutant Zappacosta followed before the interval, Cesar Azpilicueta added a third and there was still time for substitute Bakayoko and Michy Batshuayi to get in on the act.
Gurban Gurbanov s visitors becoming the first side from Azerbaijan to play in the main draw of Europe s premier club competition never threatened to spring a surprise and Thibaut Courtois will enjoy fe…