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Erling Haaland Out To Hush Critics As Manchester City Aim To Repeat Real Madrid Heroics | Football News
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Erling Haaland Out To Hush Critics As Manchester City Aim To Repeat Real Madrid Heroics | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City are closing in on a second consecutive treble, yet Erling Haaland is still facing criticism as Real Madrid visit the Etihad on Wednesday aiming to exact revenge for their Champions League exit last season. The 14-time European champions were humbled 4-0 on their visit to Manchester 11 months ago at the semi-final stage as City went on to win the Champions League for the first time, along with the Premier League and FA Cup. Pep Guardiola's men are 12 games away from repeating that remarkable feat even without their prolific Norwegian hitting the form he did last season.Haaland's return of 31 goals in 38 games this season is still impressive, but he has not scored in City's three meetings with Madrid in the past year and failed to find the net in 13 of his last 20 ma...
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Arsenal Braced For Unai Emery Reunion As Title Race Heats Up | Football News
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Arsenal Braced For Unai Emery Reunion As Title Race Heats Up | Football News

[ad_1] Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City are locked in a tense battle for Premier League supremacy, with Unai Emery threatening the Gunners' grip on top spot and Phil Foden taking centre stage for the champions. At the bottom of the table, Brentford, Everton, Nottingham Forest, Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are embroiled in a desperate fight for survival. AFP Sport picks out three talking points ahead of this weekend's action.Emery threatens Arsenal title dreamsAs the title race approaches its final stretch, leaders Arsenal face a potentially decisive reunion with their former boss Unai Emery.Chasing their first title since 2004, Mikel Arteta's Gunners are ahead of second-placed Liverpool on goal difference and sit one point clear of third-placed Manchester City.Arsenal will h...
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Real Madrid Face Mallorca Balancing Act In La Liga | Football News
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Real Madrid Face Mallorca Balancing Act In La Liga | Football News

[ad_1] Real Madrid visit Real Mallorca on Saturday looking to keep their La Liga plate spinning amid their enthralling Champions League battle with Premier League champions Manchester City. Carlo Ancelotti's side, eight points clear at the top of the table, have a difficult balancing act to pull off ahead of the second leg at the Etihad next Wednesday, after a thrilling 3-3 draw earlier this week. Taking their eye off the ball domestically could be a grave error with the Clasico approaching.Resurgent rivals Barcelona, second, visit the Santiago Bernabeu on April 21, desperate for a way back into the title race so they can defend their crown.Copa del Rey runners-up Mallorca are enjoying a strong season and despite not being able to claim the club's first cup trophy since 2003, will get a ...
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Real Madrid And Manchester City Draw Six-Goal Champions League Thriller | Football News
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Real Madrid And Manchester City Draw Six-Goal Champions League Thriller | Football News

[ad_1] Real Madrid and Champions League holders Manchester City shared a pulsating 3-3 draw in a rollercoaster quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Bernardo Silva put City ahead with a low free-kick but Ruben Dias' own goal and Rodrygo Goes helped Madrid dramatically and swiftly fight back. Manchester City's own quick-fire double in the second half through Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol stunned the record 14-time winners, but they snatched a draw through Fede Valverde's scorching volley. The thrilling match was played in the shadow of a threat by the Islamic State group to target every quarter-final first leg, with a heavy security presence around the Santiago Bernabeu.Spanish officials said 2,000 police were to be deployed, but the match was played without incident off the field. On it, t...
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Real Madrid vs Manchester City Live Streaming UEFA Champions League Live Telecast: Where To Watch? | Football News
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Real Madrid vs Manchester City Live Streaming UEFA Champions League Live Telecast: Where To Watch? | Football News

[ad_1] Real Madrid vs Manchester City Live Streaming UEFA Champions League Live Telecast: Where To Watch?© AFPReal Madrid vs Manchester City Live Streaming:The Real Madrid vs Manchester City UEFA Champions League Quarter-final is here. Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said Monday it will be "nearly impossible" to repeat their thrashing of Real Madrid last season in their Champions League quarter-final duel. City hammered record 14-time winners Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in last season's semi-finals on the way to the trophy but Guardiola said ahead of Tuesday's first-leg clash at the Santiago Bernabeu he could not expect his team to repeat the feat. Guardiola said Madrid, led by England international Jude Bellingham, are a different proposition to last season.When will the Real Madrid vs ...
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‘Nearly Impossible’ For Man City To Repeat Real Madrid Thrashing: Pep Guardiola | Football News
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‘Nearly Impossible’ For Man City To Repeat Real Madrid Thrashing: Pep Guardiola | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said Monday it will be "nearly impossible" to repeat their thrashing of Real Madrid last season in their Champions League quarter-final duel. City hammered record 14-time winners Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in last season's semi-finals on the way to the trophy but Guardiola said ahead of Tuesday's first-leg clash at the Santiago Bernabeu he could not expect his team to repeat the feat. "To beat Real Madrid two times in the same way is almost impossible," Guardiola told a news conference."To beat them once is difficult, imagine twice in a row."Guardiola said Madrid, led by England international Jude Bellingham, are a different proposition to last season."We have new players, they have new players, they are completely different games," said the former...
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Manchester City’s Mr Reliable Rodri Stands In Real Madrid’s Way | Football News
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Manchester City’s Mr Reliable Rodri Stands In Real Madrid’s Way | Football News

[ad_1] If Real Madrid are to exact revenge on Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals, they will need to end Rodri's remarkable run of 64 games unbeaten for club and country. The 27-year-old last tasted defeat when Spain lost a Euro 2024 qualifier to Scotland on March 28, 2023. Since then he has scored the winner in the Champions League final, helped City to lift the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup, as well as guiding his country to Nations League glory.Regularly hailed as the best midfielder in the world by City boss Pep Guardiola, he is the one man even a side decorated with world stars cannot live without.The English champions have coped with lengthy injury absences this season for Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.However, in all four of City...
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Liverpool Face Manchester United Title Test As Top Four Battle Heats Up | Football News
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Liverpool Face Manchester United Title Test As Top Four Battle Heats Up | Football News

[ad_1] Premier League leaders Liverpool head to Manchester United looking to move a step closer to equalling their bitter rivals' record of 20 English titles. In a gripping title race, Arsenal and Manchester City will hope for a Liverpool stumble, while the top four battle and relegation survival fight are also heating up. AFP Sport looks at three talking points ahead of this weekend's action:No 'revenge' mission for LiverpoolWith memories of their painful FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Manchester United still fresh for Alex Mac Allister and his Liverpool team-mates, it would have been no surprise if the Argentine midfielder had branded their return to Old Trafford as a revenge mission.Jurgen Klopp's side twice blew the lead in a 4-3 defeat that was clinched by Amad Diallo in the final s...
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Phil Foden Hits Hat-Trick As Manchester City Crush Aston Villa | Football News
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Phil Foden Hits Hat-Trick As Manchester City Crush Aston Villa | Football News

[ad_1] Phil Foden shone in the absence of Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne as the England international's hat-trick handed Manchester City a thumping 4-1 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday. The champions responded emphatically to questions over their ability to win the biggest games to move to within one point of leaders Arsenal at the top of the Premier League. City had not beaten a side in the Premier League's top five in six attempts this season prior to the visit of fourth-placed Villa to the Etihad.But Pep Guardiola showed faith in the depth of his squad by leaving Haaland and De Bruyne on the bench for the full 90 minutes ahead of a hectic schedule in their defence of three competitions."The schedule is terrible and we have to bring energy. Everybody has to be involved," said Guar...
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How The Premier League Title Race Stands With Nine Games To Go | Football News
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How The Premier League Title Race Stands With Nine Games To Go | Football News

[ad_1] Arsenal's trip to Manchester City may have failed to live up to expectations but a 0-0 draw at the Etihad leaves a three-way Premier League title race still tightly poised. Liverpool are the new leaders with nine games to go after they recovered from conceding against Brighton after just 85 seconds to win 2-1 on Sunday. Here's a look at where each of the contenders stand and how their run-ins compare.Liverpool - 67 pointsJurgen Klopp remains on course for a fairytale end to his time in charge at Anfield as the Reds took advantage of both their title rivals dropping points.Liverpool were forced to work by Brighton as one of the contenders to succeed Klopp, Roberto De Zerbi, caused the German plenty of problems once more.But for the first time in five meetings, Klopp got the better ...
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