Starting with the Premier League…
The race for the top-four finish has been blown wide open following Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge to complete a league double over the Blues for the first time in the Premier League era.
It was a match filled with lots of controversies, most especially by VAR and the referees, ranging from Harry Maguire’s supposed red card for stamping Michy Batshuayi in his groin in the first-half and the cancellation of Kurt Zouma’s equaliser for Cesar Azpilicueta’s alleged push on Brandon Williams, meanwhile, Fred looked to have pushed Azpilicueta into the 19-year old youngster in the build-up.
Manchester United got their first goal from Anthony Martial, just before the stroke of half-time with a lovely cross from Aaron Wan-Bissaka. They extended the lead in the second-half through Harry Maguire, who was supposed to have been off since the first-half for his stamp on Batshuayi.
Chelsea later scored through substitute Olivier Giroud, but it was correctly ruled out for offside.
United moved within three points off Chelsea who still have 41 points in fourth position. The Red Devils moved to seventh with 38 points, one point behind Sheffield United and two behind Tottenham.
It was a good opening for clubs fighting for top-four- Tottenham, Sheffield United, Wolverhampton, Everton and Manchester United themself.
In the Serie A…
Ante Rebic scored again to lift AC Milan to eighth on the table with 35 points as they beat Torino 1-0, leaving the Turin side in 14th position with 27 points.
Results in full…
Premier League
Chelsea 0-2 Manchester United
Serie A
Milan 1-0 Torino
Matches continue today with the following fixtures…
Champions League
Atletico Madrid Vs Liverpool 9:00pm
Borussia Dortmund Vs Paris Saint-Germain 9:00pm
All time is in GMT+1
GISTS
Manchester City duo Aymeric Laporte and Kevin De Bruyne are a subject of interest for Premier League table leaders Liverpool following the Etihad side’s UEFA competitions ban.
It has however been stated by the club’s manager Pep Guardiola that he will stay at the club even if they are told to start playing from League Two. Winger Raheem Sterling has also vowed to remain with the club during the difficulty times.
Football pundit and former Manchester United player Gary Neville has urged the club to cut ties with Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola and also refuse to buy any player represented by the super-agent.
Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka has stated his dream to always be a winger. He’s presently being used as a left-back, a position he’s really thriving. He however stated that he will like to learn all he can with the hope of switching back to his natural position in future.
It has been reported that Arsenal are doing all they can to get him to sign a new five-year deal that will see him receive a pay increase at the club.
Inter Milan are interested in re-signing 20-year old Gabriele Zappa who is currently at Pescara. They reported have the option to sign him for £3m, a player they let go last summer.
Tottenham have joined Everton in the race for Chris Smalling, the on loan Manchester United defender in Roma.
Barcelona have been given the liberty to sign an emergency player due to the injury sustained by Ousmane Dembele and they are now targeting Leganes 28-year old star Martin Braithwaite.
Jurgen Klopp has continued to admire RB Leipzig star Timo Werner but his club Liverpool are yet to make a proper bid.
Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi was reportedly left out of the club’s squad for their match against Newcastle on Sunday following a row with the club’s coaching staff during their winter break training in Dubai.
It has been revealed that Manchester United gave Bournemouth just 15 minutes to accept to sell Joshua King for £25m on transfer deadline day.
Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been linked to sign for Brazilian club Botafogo. The deal is likely to be completed on Wednesday or Thursday.
Burnley have joined Southampton in the race for Oxford United star Rob Dickie.
Reports have it that Ajax could face the challenge of losing over eight different players at the end of the season. Donny van de Beek, David Neres and Andre Onana could be among those set to exit the club this summer.
Saul Niguez, the Atletico Madrid midfielder has stated that he has been surprised by Jordan Henderson and Liverpool’s performance this season but he remain sure that they can hurt Jurgen Klopp’s men when they face them in Spain tonight.
According to reports, Manchester City fans will display an anti-UEFA banner when they play against Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League round-of-16 at home next month.
Liverpool are reportedly in forefront in the race for Norwich star Todd Cantwell who has a price tag of £30m.
Reports have it that Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne could face a financial hit of £2.5m for a clause in his contract.
Gary Neville has suggested that Manchester City will win their appeal against UEFA as he could not trust the European football governing body to make the right decisions.
BOXING
Anthony Joshua will apply 'pressure' on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury winner to finally secure a fight to decide the world's No 1 heavyweight, says promoter Eddie Hearn.
That would be all for now, Good Morning!!!
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