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‘It was our own fault’ - Ederson says City players deserve blame for Lyon loss


Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson claims he and his team-mates are to blame for their surprise defeat to Lyon in the Champions League.

With Pep Guardiola absent due to a touchline ban from last year’s Champions League, the Premier League holders faced the Ligue 1 side at home with Mikel Arteta in charge.Despite Guardiola’s absence, City were expected to take of business only to be shocked as Maxwell Cornet and Nabil Fekir gave the visitors a 2-0 lead by the half.

A Bernardo Silva goal in the second half brought City back within striking distance, but was not enough as the hosts fell to a shock 2-1 defeat.

Arteta refused to point to Guardiola’s absence or the atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium for the loss and Ederson agreed with the coach, saying the players must shoulder the blame while also crediting Lyon.“The team didn’t perform at the level it had been playing in the last few games,” Ederson said. “Unfortunately, we ended up being punished by our own mistakes.

“It was our own fault, but we also played against a very difficult opponent who played good football and created us lots of problems.“It’s a defeat, it’s part of football. We just need to put our heads up and focus on the next game.”

City will need to rebound in Germany on October 2 against Hoffenheim in their next Champions League fixture, but Ederson believes he and his team-mates have the mentality to bounce back.

“We know that our team has the ability to salvage the situation. Of course, we would have liked to start the competition on the right foot.
“We need to show our level and try to get the win.”

 

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'Ronaldo's red card due to hallucination!' - Juventus legend Lippi calls for VAR after 'absurd' dismissal


Cristiano Ronaldo’s dismissal for Juventus against Valencia was “absurd”, says Marcello Lippi, with the Portuguese falling victim to “a hallucination” from the match officials.The Portuguese, who has making his Champions League debut for the Bianconeri, was sent off 29 minutes into a European encounter at the Mestalla.

Referee Felix Brych, following consultation with a fellow official behind the goal, brandished a red card after Ronaldo was deemed to have pulled the hair of Jeison Murillo .

That decision was met with bemusement and frustration at the time – along with tears from a five-time Ballon d’Or winner - and those feelings have lingered long after the final whistle in Spain.

Former Juve boss Lippi is among those now calling for action, telling Tuttosport of a bizarre incident involving one of the finest players on the planet: “The red for Ronaldo was because a person had a hallucination.“You can’t risk compromising a game and, above all, a competition with a moment like that, which could result in a two-match ban.

“Now UEFA should come out and say, ‘gentlemen, we were wrong.’ You can’t go back on it because Ronaldo has already been sent off and the game is over, but a ban would be absurd.“Therefore, there shouldn’t be one and we immediately implement VAR in the Champions League.

“Juventus are prepared for everything and any eventuality. They’re the favourites for the Champions League, together with Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Manchester City and PSG.

“Let’s say that compared to the last few years, Juve are in that group of clubs.Could Ronaldo have completely avoided Murillo? We’re talking about a champion who, before the other night, had never been sent off, and Cristiano had played 154 matches in the Champions League.

“He did nothing wrong against Valencia. The world rightly considers Ronaldo a star, but first of all he’s a lad who is always respectful and very helpful. His tears at Mestalla confirmed that.”

The Ronaldo controversy has come on the back of a Serie A outing in which he opened his goal account for Juve.A match-winning brace against Sassuolo dominated the headlines, but Douglas Costa also caused a storm after he was sent off for spitting at Federico Di Francesco .

Lippi added on that incident, which has seen the Brazil international stung with a four-match ban : “It was wrong, at certain levels we must know how to contain ourselves.

“The case is closed, he’s been punished and now he must keep quiet. I see no connection with that and Ronaldo’s red.“One was guilty of a gesture that wasn’t justifiable, while the other did nothing wrong.”

 

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Barclays Premier League Fixtures 2018.09.22

Barclays Premier League Fixtures 2018.09.22

Fulham Vs Watford

Burnley Vs Bournemouth

Cardiff City Vs Manchester City

Crystal Palace Vs Newcastle

Leicester City Vs Huddersfield

Liverpool Vs Southampton

Manchester United Vs Wolves

Brighton Vs Tottenham

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Good Luck Manchester United!
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LA Liga Fixtures 2018.09.22

LA Liga Fixtures 2018.09.22

Rayo Vallecano Vs Alaves

Celta Vigo Vs Real Valladoid

Eibar Vs Leganes

Getafe Vs Atletico Madrid

Real Madrid Vs Espanyol
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Serie A Fixtures 2018.09.22

Serie A Fixtures 2018.09.22

Parma Vs Cagliari

Fiorentina Vs Spal

Sampdoria Vs Inter
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Bundesliga Fixtures 2018.09.22

Bundesliga Fixtures 2018.09.22

Augsburg Vs Werder Bremen

Nurnberg Vs Hannover

Hertha Berlin Vs Monchengladbach

Hoffenheim Vs Dortmund

Wolfsburg Vs Freiburg

Schalke Vs Bayern
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Manchester United Vs Wolves

Manchester United Starting Line-up

De Gea
Lindelof
Smalling
Shaw
Valencia
Fred
Lingard
Fellaini
Pogba
Sanchez
Lukaku

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Wolves Starting Line-up

Patricio
Doherty
Bennett
Boly
Jonny
Coady
Neves
Jota
Moutinho
Costa
Jimenez
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Good Luck Manchester United!
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Half Time

Manchester United 1 Vs 0 Wolves

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Full Time

Manchester United 1 Vs 1 Wolves

Manchester United Goal(s)

Fred 18'

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Wolves Goal(s)

J Moutinho 53'
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Congratulations Manchester United but 2 points lost

De Gea

Match eka balanakota samahara welawata hithuna Wolves lada home side eka kiyalathWolves lage defence eka hodai ath Manchester United attacking nam madinePerformance hodatama madiamarui mehema compete karanna top 4 race ekata mehenam.loku improvement ekak one.

& next Derby County.Good Luck for the next match Manchester United!
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Congratulations Manchester United but 2 points lost

De Gea

Match eka balanakota samahara welawata hithuna Wolves lada home side eka kiyalathWolves lage defence eka hodai ath Manchester United attacking nam madinePerformance hodatama madiamarui mehema compete karanna top 4 race ekata mehenam.loku improvement ekak one.

& next Derby County.Good Luck for the next match Manchester United!
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Martial, Lingard dennama wedak nae ada.

Lukaku awilla waste of money.

Aparade atleast dinanna thibba SAF wenuwen hari.

 

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Martial, Lingard dennama wedak nae ada.

Lukaku awilla waste of money.

Aparade atleast dinanna thibba SAF wenuwen hari.

Ekanam attha bro.aparade ada match eka​

 

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Liverpool 3 Southampton 0: Salah ends goalless run as Reds make best Premier League start

Mohamed Salah broke a three-game goalless run for Liverpool as they brushed Southampton aside 3-0 at Anfield to win their opening six games for the first time in a Premier League season.

After Roberto Firmino's last-gasp strike against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Liverpool have won all seven matches in a flying start to 2018-19 that leaves them two points clear of champions Manchester City.Xherdan Shaqiri's shot deflected in off Wesley Hoedt for an early opener, with Joel Matip then heading in his first Anfield goal for Liverpool in a comfortable first half for Jurgen Klopp's side

And the points were sealed shortly before the break when Salah tapped in after Shaqiri's free-kick hit the woodwork, although Virgil van Dijk's injury after the break marred the win for Klopp.

Shaqiri was making his first Liverpool start and the Switzerland star was involved in the opening goal in the 10th minute.After a corner was cleared, Sadio Mane threaded a pass through to Shaqiri on the left wing and after he cut inside to shoot, his effort deflected in off first Shane Long and then Hoedt.

The lead was soon doubled, Matip rising at the back post to head home a right-wing Trent Alexander-Arnold corner won when Cedric Soares made a brilliant challenge to deny Salah.Salah's form had been questioned in a rare dry spell but he poked in the third from point-blank range after Shaqiri's free-kick crashed against the underside of the crossbar.

Van Dijk was substituted shortly after the break, the world's most expensive defender holding his ribs, with Liverpool seemingly settling for three goals in a low-tempo second period, although Salah was denied a late second by the offside flag.

 

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Cardiff City 0 Manchester City 5: Aguero celebrates new deal with goal in 300th game

Sergio Aguero scored on his 300th appearance for Manchester City as Pep Guardiola's side bounced back from their midweek Champions League disappointment with a resounding 5-0 win at Cardiff City.The club's all-time leading goalscorer, who signed a contract extension this week that will keep him at the club until 2021, opened the scoring after 32 minutes.

So often the star of the show, Aguero shared the spotlight on a rainy afternoon in South Wales with Bernardo Silva, who doubled City's lead three minutes later, and Ilkay Gundogan, who capped a fine performance with a brilliant solo effort.

Substitute Riyad Mahrez scored his first goals for the club with a brace to put the result beyond doubt, and the manner of the victory will have delighted Guardiola after a below-par showing in a 2-1 defeat to Lyon in midweek.
Cool and composed during a scrappy opening half an hour, Gundogan started the move that led to the opener, feeding Silva who squared to Aguero and the striker beat his marker to apply a first-time finish.Silva got his head underneath Leroy Sane's cross from the right two minutes later and looped the ball up and over Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge and in at the far post.

Gundogan was the stand-out player in the first half and he was rewarded with the pick of the goals, playing a one-two with Raheem Sterling before confidently side-footing into the top corner.City controlled the second half from start to finish and when Sterling set Gundogan free down the left, he sent a low cross to the feet of Mahrez to open his account for the club.

With one minute left to play, Bruno Ecuele Manga needed to make a simple clearance, but instead played the ball straight to Mahrez, who drove it low and hard into the bottom-left corner of the net to wrap up a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon for Guardiola.

 

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Manchester United 1 Wolves 1: Moutinho stunner sees Red Devils falter at home again

Manchester United dropped points for a second successive Premier League home match on Saturday, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by promoted Wolves.

Former manager Alex Ferguson was back at Old Trafford for the first time since his May health scare, but United failed to put on much of a show for him, instead producing a performance which surely would have resulted in the Scot's infamous "hairdryer" treatment.

Although United looked particularly off the pace early on and rode their luck, they broke the deadlock in the 18th minute, with Fred getting his first goal for the club.


Joao Moutinho scored Wolves' deserved equaliser with a fine finish early in the second half and, although United upped the pressure late on, they could not find a winner in 'Fergie time', as they slumped to another disappointing result.Wolves looked vastly superior to their hosts in the early exchanges and forced David de Gea into two smart saves, as Raul Jimenez and Willy Boly threatened.

But United made the most of those let-offs and took the lead against the run of play 18 minutes in – Fred finding the bottom-left corner from 20 yards after Paul Pogba's clever disguised pass.The Brazilian nearly got a second on the stroke of half-time, but his fine free-kick was tipped on to the post by Rui Patricio.

Wolves deservedly restored parity just after the interval, however, as Jimenez teed up Moutinho on the edge of the box and the midfielder found the top-left corner.United huffed and puffed towards the end, with substitute Juan Mata offering a little more creativity than Alexis Sanchez, but Wolves held on, Nuno Espirito Santo successfully frustrating his "inspiration" Jose Mourinho.

 

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Burnley 4 Bournemouth 0: Rampant Clarets claim first Premier League win of the season


Matej Vydra, Aaron Lennon and two-goal Ashley Barnes helped Burnley to a first Premier League win of the season as they cruised past Bournemouth 4-0 at Turf Moor.

Sean Dyche's side went into the game on the back of four straight top-flight defeats and looked every bit the league's bottom side for much of the opening period.They burst into life shortly before the interval, though, as Vydra and Lennon opened their accounts for the club with close-range finishes within the space of two minutes.

Joe Hart made a fine stop from David Brooks to deny an out-of-sorts Bournemouth the opportunity of a grandstand finish before two Barnes strikes in the final seven minutes gave the scoreline an emphatic look.

The hosts had started nervously and were lucky not to go behind in the 17th minute when Nathan Ake's heavily deflected effort looped onto Hart's crossbar.Burnley had offered little in the way of attacking threat for most of the half, but two quick-fire goals before the break gave them a commanding lead.

Vydra marked his first start for the club following his move from Derby County with the opener after 39 minutes, slotting home from close range after Ashley Westwood had seen two shots blocked.That was followed just two minutes later by Lennon's strike. The former Everton winger stole in at the back post to meet Johann Gudmundsson's teasing cross with a controlled half-volley that nestled in Asmir Begovic's bottom-left corner.

Any thoughts Bournemouth had of mounting a late comeback were extinguished in the 83rd minute when substitute Barnes reacted quickest to Gundmundsson's strike which had cannoned back off the post.

He followed that up five minutes later with a cool finish from Lennon's pull-back to complete a superb afternoon for Dyche's men.

 

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Leicester City 3 Huddersfield Town 1: Comeback win eases pressure on Puel


James Maddison scored an impressive free-kick as Leicester City came from behind to beat Huddersfield Town 3-1 in the Premier League, easing the pressure on boss Claude Puel.

Defender Mathias Jorgensen put Huddersfield in front after just five minutes, having failed to score in any of his 38 Premier League appearances last season.

But Kelechi Iheanacho, back in the team as one of three changes from Puel, promptly equalised before Maddison's moment of quality and Jamie Vardy's impressive finish proved decisive in the second half.


The home win gets Leicester back on track after a run of two straight defeats, while struggling Huddersfield remain without a victory.
Having found goals hard to come by this season, Huddersfield got just the start they needed. It was scrappy, but the visitors were delighted when Philip Billing's long throw was flicked on by Laurent Depoitre and tucked in by Jorgensen from six yards, Kasper Schmeichel unable to get enough behind the shot.

But their lead lasted only 14 minutes, as a lethal Leicester counter-attack produced the equaliser. An excellent Maddison throughball found Vardy, who teed up Iheanacho to place a first time, left-footed finish into the bottom corner from 18 yards.Leicester made most of the running from there, as Vardy squandered good opportunities in either half and Harry Maguire was denied a penalty after tangling with Jorgensen.

Depoitre failed to pull the trigger quickly enough in a rare Huddersfield opening as he bore down on Schmeichel, but Maddison then produced a moment of quality at the other end to put Leicester ahead in the 66th minute, his curling, 25-yard free-kick proving too hot for Jonas Lossl to handle.

And the points were safe for Leicester with 15 minutes left, Vardy racing through to chip Lossl after Iheanacho sent him clear.

 

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Fulham 1 Watford 1: Mitrovic shines late to spoil Gray's day


Aleksandar Mitrovic cancelled out Andre Gray's early opener as Fulham fought back to draw 1-1 with Watford in the Premier League on Saturday.

Having lost their 100 per cent record with defeat to Manchester United last time out, the visitors appeared to be on course to return to winning ways after Gray found the net just 87 seconds into the early kick-off.

Watford were unfortunate not to lead by more during a dominant first-half performance, with referee Martin Atkinson waving away strong shouts for a penalty after Alfie Mawson's ill-timed sliding challenge on Will Hughes.


However, Fulham improved after the break, their consistent pressure eventually rewarded when Mitrovic flicked home his fifth goal of the season from Luciano Vietto's low cross.
For the second time in as many games Fulham conceded inside two minutes, Hughes ending a brief spell of pinball on the edge of the home side's penalty area by teeing up Gray with a square pass.

The striker slotted the ball low beyond Marcus Bettinelli on that occasion but was unable to beat the goalkeeper when presented with another one-on-one opportunity later in the half set up by Mawson’s poorly judged header.

Fulham were also grateful to Ryan Sessegnon for inadvertently blocking Christian Kabasele’s on-target header when facing the wrong way, while Watford were also aggrieved by Atkinson's decision to merely book Timothy Fosu-Mensah for an awful tackle on Troy Deeney.

Slavisa Jokanovic - up against the club he led to promotion in 2015, only to leave before taking charge in the top flight - saw an improved display from Fulham in the second half, eventually leading to an equaliser.

The talismanic Mitrovic made no mistake from close range when picked out by Vietto but was denied a winner at the death, Ben Foster acrobatically tipping the Serbia striker’s header against the woodwork.