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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 25467603" data-attributes="member: 158020">Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal: Sterling and De Bruyne benefit from David Luiz's nightmare[ATTACH=full]82635[/ATTACH]Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden were on target as Manchester City impressed on their Premier League restart with a convincing 3-0 win over 10-man Arsenal at a wet Etihad Stadium. It was an unhappy return for former City assistant and now Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, whose positive test for coronavirus led to the postponement of this fixture and decisively moved the Premier League towards suspension in March.Perhaps it was the three-month hiatus that accounted for David Luiz's forgettable evening, his woeful misjudgement allowing Sterling to score his first goal of 2020 just before the break.The Brazil defender then saw red for fouling Riyad Mahrez after more poor defending, with De Bruyne converting the 51st-minute penalty.City's only worry was when Eric Garcia was taken away on a stretcher after an ugly collision with team-mate Ederson, before Foden rounded out the win in the first of 11 additional minutes.After a minute's silence was observed, players from both sides took a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement shortly before kick-off.Bernd Leno tipped a 20-yard De Bruyne free-kick over the top in a pedestrian opening in which Arsenal lost Granit Xhaka and Pablo Mari to injury, with the hapless David Luiz replacing the latter.City found their groove, though, and Sterling cut in from the left to test Leno, who brilliantly denied David Silva after another slick move by the hosts.Sterling was then guilty of wastefulness when trying to scoop a close-range effort over Leno as Arsenal's defence became stretched.But it was third time lucky for Sterling on the stroke of half-time. David Luiz made a complete hash of De Bruyne's throughball and the England forward rifled across Leno on the half-volley.David Luiz's nightmare continued in the second half when he dragged down Riyad Mahrez and was shown a straight red.De Bruyne emphatically found the bottom-right corner to end City's run of four missed Premier League penalties.Leno also denied De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan before there was a sour note to proceedings when Garcia was hurt after being accidentally clattered by his own goalkeeper.Following a long delay, Foden tapped into an empty goal when fellow substitute Sergio Aguero struck the post.--------------------------------------------------------Napoli 0-0 Juventus (4-2 pens): Partenopei win Coppa after shoot-out[ATTACH=full]82636[/ATTACH]Napoli lifted the Coppa Italia with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out triumph over Juventus and former coach Maurizio Sarri on Wednesday following a dire goalless draw. The Partenopei deserved their sixth cup triumph after passing up some big chances in the 90 minutes as Juve's star attackers failed to show at the Stadio Olimpico.Gianluigi Buffon made a succession of vital stops and the stage appeared set for the veteran to lead the Bianconeri to glory in the shoot-out, yet two team-mates failed from the spot as Napoli kept their nerve.Alex Meret - only playing due to David Ospina's suspension - saved from Paulo Dybala, before Danilo missed the target entirely, extending Sarri's wait for a first major domestic honour. The ex-Chelsea boss spent three years in Naples and failed to get the better of Juve, where his contentious appointment at the start of this season has not yet delivered silverware.Sarri's side saw their best opportunity arrive in the first five minutes of the final, but Meret was equal to Cristiano Ronaldo's low shot after Dybala pounced on a defensive error.The best of the efforts came at the other end, starting with Lorenzo Insigne's curling free-kick that bounced away off the left-hand post.Pressure built on Buffon's goal heading into the interval and he blocked with his legs from Diego Demme's drive and then touched another Insigne attempt around the post.Napoli substitute Arkadiusz Milik blasted off target from a dangerous position in the second period, while Insigne was similarly wayward when faced with a tight angle.Further Buffon heroics were reserved for the final seconds of stoppage time, as the World Cup winner got down to Nikola Maksimovic's powerful header before helping to divert Eljif Elmas' close-range follow-up away via the upright.But it would be Meret, not Buffon, who would prove the match-winner, saving superbly from Dybala and watching Danilo hack an awful penalty over the crossbar.Insigne, Matteo Politano, Maksimovic and Milik all found the net to secure Napoli's first trophy since winning the Supercoppa Italiana under Rafael Benitez - Sarri's predecessor - in 2014, also against Juve after a shoot-out.--------------------------------------------------------Osasuna 0-5 Atletico Madrid: Joao Felix stars as Rojiblancos run riotJoao Felix struck twice as Atletico Madrid ended a three-match winless streak in LaLiga in style with a 5-0 hammering of Osasuna on Wednesday. Diego Simeone's side had slipped to sixth prior to their trip to El Sadar Stadium, but Joao Felix's double set the stage for them to move into the top four.Having broken the deadlock in the 27th minute, Joao Felix was on hand to tuck in his and Atleti's second shortly after the hour, with Adrian Lopez spurning a glorious chance to get Osasuna back into the game.But any lingering doubt over the result was eradicated when Marcos Llorente drilled home with 11 minutes remaining.Llorente then teed up Alvaro Morata to add a coolly taken fourth, before Yannick Carrasco completed the rout.It was a quiet night for Jan Oblak as he set the record for the fewest games played to rack up 100 clean sheets in the Spanish top flight, the century reached in his 182nd appearance.Diego Costa was Atleti's greatest threat in the opening stages, but it was strike partner Joao Felix who opened the scoring with a blistering first-time finish high into the net.Angel Correa failed to take advantage of fine work from Joao Felix shortly before half-time, but Atleti's record signing made no such mistake 11 minutes after the restart, calmly slotting into a gaping net after latching onto Costa's square ball.Adrian should have made an instant impact a minute after his introduction from Osasuna's bench, yet the former Atleti striker failed to keep his composure from close range.Atleti soon had the win wrapped up, Llorente firing in a low finish before setting up Morata three minutes later, with the striker's goal awarded by VAR after initially being disallowed for offside.Llorente claimed a second assist two minutes from time, providing Carrasco with a simple finish to add further gloss to a resounding triumph.</blockquote>

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