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• Evans committed to Bristol Rovers amid Hibs links

  19-09-2026 21:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bristol Rovers manager Steve Evans said his commitment remains with the League Two club amid speculation linking him with the vacant job at Hibernian.Evans took over at the League Two club last December and after securing their safety in the fourth tier last season he signed a new contract in April to extend his agreement at the Memorial Stadium until 2028.The Gas are sixth in the table, with four wins from their opening seven games, although suffered a second consecutive defeat with a 3-0 loss
  
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• Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland: What Le Bris said

  20-09-2026 19:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sunderland boss, Regis le Bris speaking to Sky Sports: "No compromise with our identity. I think we are really proud to play our football. We went toe-to-toe with one of the best sides in Europe today."We created many chances and any small error or mistake gets punished at this level. This is the reality of the Premier League and we have to learn."The team is really resilient and the belief is high about our qualities and the way we can hurt the opponents. We are a bit frustrated because we came
  
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• Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool: What Iraola said

  20-09-2026 18:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola speaking to BBC Sport: "For us the result is very good. It is a difficult place to come. We could feel in the beginning of the game how intense they were and we were not winning the duels. Second half we played better, they were a little bit tired and we could finish the job."I wasn't happy with the first half, honestly. The first 20 minutes they were putting us under pressure. We were not comfortable. Towards the end of the first half and in the second half we fo
  
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• Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool: What Rose said

  20-09-2026 18:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bournemouth manager Marco Rose speaking to BBC Sport: "It is disappointing to lose this kind of game when it is really tight. But we defended one situation not well enough. We didn't use our chances today and, in the end, we lose the game with one situation. We have to be sharper in both boxes."You don't get points for playing well, that is what we see. The fact is we have three points after five games when we could win every game. We have to speak about it, we don't have to change things in gen
  
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• Las Palmas president reveals Barcelona made January approach for 25-year-old defender

  20-09-2026 18:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Las Palmas president reveals Barcelona made January approach for 25-year-old defenderBarcelona have sold a number of talented La Masia players in recent seasons while retaining future buyback options or percentages to protect themselves for the future.While they have not always used these levers to bring players back to the club, it has emerged that they came close to doing so in January.Barça came close to bringing former academy defender Mika Marmol back to the club, according to Las Pa
  
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• 📸 Mourinho fumes at refereeing, steals show after Real-Atlético 😭☠️

  20-09-2026 18:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📸 Mourinho fumes at refereeing, steals show after Real-Atlético 😭☠️Unable to win, Mourinho puts on a show instead!This Sunday afternoon, an unrecognizable Real Madrid logically lost away to Atlético de Madrid in the derby (2-1).While Los Blancos never really looked capable of matching their rivals, two incidents in particular got people talking this afternoon.According to many observers, Cuti Romero and Kang-in Lee should have been shown red cards after
  
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• Report: Liverpool leading the race to sign talented midfielder

  20-09-2026 18:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Report: Liverpool leading the race to sign talented midfielderLiverpool Transfer Latest: Lamine Camara Emerges as Serious Midfield OptionLiverpool look to be moving with purpose in the market as Andoni Iraola assesses how to reshape a midfield that has too often failed to dictate games. According to Caught Offside, the Merseyside club are firmly in the conversation for Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara, a player attracting significant Premier League attention.The 22-year-old has developed into one
  
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• Bellingham Gets 7.5, Konate With 7 | Real Madrid Players Rated In Tough Loss Vs Atletico Madrid

  20-09-2026 18:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bellingham Gets 7.5, Konate With 7 | Real Madrid Players Rated In Tough Loss Vs Atletico MadridReal Madrid locked horns with Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano earlier today as they looked to secure a good result on the road in La Liga. Los Blancos made a solid start to the game and managed to get to the half-time break with a 0-0 scoreline.Dean Huijsen was sent off by the referee in the 52nd minute. Alejandro Grimaldo scored the opener for Atletico from the penalty spot just a minute la
  
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• 🤬 Mourinho FURIOUS: This poor referee couldn't handle the pressure

  20-09-2026 18:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🤬 Mourinho FURIOUS: This poor referee couldn't handle the pressureJosé Mourinho tore into things in the press conference after Atlético-Real Madrid.
  The referee’s performance"We could save ourselves the press conference. Here they are [shows photos of the possible red cards], two clear reds. It should have been 50 minutes of eleven against nine. All I can do is hug my players, who gave everything, who produced a first half full of class and personality. I prepared yes
  
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• Official: Cristante drops out of Italy squad as Mancini calls in immediate replacement

  20-09-2026 18:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official: Cristante drops out of Italy squad as Mancini calls in immediate replacementRoma midfielder Bryan Cristante has withdrawn from the Italy national team squad due to injury and has been replaced by Como’s Samuele Ricci, the FIGC has confirmed.Mancini announced a squad of 34 players on Friday ahead of an extra-long international break that will see Italy take on Belgium, Turkiye, France and Turkiye again in the Nations League group stage.Cristante was one of eight players that were
  
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• Man City win surprising thriller but Sunderland expose growing problem

  20-09-2026 18:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For 80 minutes, if plenty were perplexed by an outbreak of extraordinary entertainment, maybe no one was more confused than Erling Haaland. There had been seven goals, but he got none of them. A giant figure in the No 9 shirt scored a hat-trick, but it wasn’t him. By the end, there were two outcomes Haaland recognised only too well. Manchester City won and he had scored.But they were the only normal elements of an astonishing afternoon. Enzo Maresca’s side extended their 100 per cent
  
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• ‘Failed Galactico’ Alexander Isak earns Iraola a winning return to Bournemouth

  20-09-2026 18:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ‘Failed Galactico’ Alexander Isak earns Iraola a winning return to BournemouthJamie Carragher described Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola as ‘failed Galacticos‘ ahead of Liverpool’s game at Bournemouth.Isak scored the winning goal in the 57th minute, helping Liverpool record their second league win of the season and giving manager Andoni Iraola a happy return to the south coast.The Sweden international has been under scrutiny since his move from Newc
  
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• Perfect 24 hours as Man City put pressure on Arsenal

  20-09-2026 18:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Manchester City are three points clear at the top of the Premier League heading into the international break [Getty Images]Manchester City head into the international break in a jubilant mood after enjoying the perfect 24 hours this weekend.City saw champions Arsenal thumped 3-0 by Brighton on Saturday and they capitalised the following day by beating Sunderland 5-3 in a thriller at Etihad Stadium.Manager Enzo Maresca said before Sunday's game this was his side's "toughest" test of the season so
  
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• Leeds 0-0 Crystal Palace: What Farke said

  20-09-2026 18:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Leeds manager Daniel Farke, speaking to BBC Match of the Day, said: "You can't expect to have 38 games of magical nights under the lights when you always overrun your opponents. We faced a difficult Crystal Palace side and it was not our best game and a bit scruffy at the end."But the team had to fight and dig in and it was defensively excellent so I'm happy with that."Dominic [Calvert-Lewin] had an excellent chance in the second half and sometimes you want to take a dirty one-nil but I'm quite
  
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• 🎙️ Le Bris and Brobbey on Sunderland's spirited showing at Man City

  20-09-2026 18:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🎙️ Le Bris and Brobbey on Sunderland's spirited showing at Man CitySunderland put up quite the fight against current Premier League table-toppers Manchester City earlier this afternoon.The Black Cats may well feel hard done by the final scoreline after heading back to Wearside on the back of a 5-3 loss at the Etihad.But despite the high-scoring affair in which they came out on the losing side, there is still plenty to be pleased with for Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris and in-form c
  
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• 'I might have a little dent in my head' - Westley

  20-09-2026 18:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Dundee striker Joe Westley believes helping his side to a Premiership victory over Motherwell proves he made the right decision to chose to play, rather than have surgery on a fractured cheekbone.Westley wore a mask to protect his face during the game at Dens Park which the Dark Blues won 2-1.And the 21-year-old played a big part, netting the opening goal from the penalty spot midway through the first half."I spent a couple of days deliberating last week after speaking to the surgeon," Westley t
  
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• Rangers look like they know where they want to go - Celtic just look lost

  20-09-2026 18:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  At the end, every fibre of Derek McInnes' being must have wanted to have one of those Steven Gerrard moments, a scream of delight and relief into a Celtic Park camera lens, a human reaction to a significant victory on hostile terrain.McInnes, though, showed little emotion. He shook hands with a now beleaguered Martin O'Neill and pretty much got out of there. Later, the first words he uttered on radio were about not going "overboard" after back-to-back wins against their city rivals. "Just three
  
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• 'Can't help feeling that the McLeish bubble has burst' - Your views

  20-09-2026 18:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]St Mirren fans, we asked for your opinions on the shock 3-0 loss to Dundee United in Paisley. Here's a taste of what you had to say...William: I was thinking maybe, just maybe, the club had got the right manager, but after that totally shambolic performance, I think it's the wrong choice. Too many players were poor and the changes made no difference, the manager just looked clueless.Russell: The fragility in the team shone through. As exciting as some of the play is we do always look a litt
  
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• Fabregas: ‘Como’s first bad game in five months, a masterpiece from Frosinone’

  20-09-2026 18:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Fabregas: ‘Como’s first bad game in five months, a masterpiece from Frosinone’Cesc Fabregas was disappointed in his players and their inability to understand the game plan following their 2-0 loss against Frosinone in Serie A on Sunday afternoon, which the Spaniard described as a ‘masterpiece’.Giacomo Caio and Giorgio Kvernadze struck in the 14th and 45th minutes to give Frosinone a 2-0 win at home against Champions League outfit Como in Serie A on Sunday, which has
  
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• 'Alic's free kick was a peach and the least we deserved' - Your views

  20-09-2026 18:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]St Johnstone fans, we asked for your opinions on the late 1-1 draw with Falkirk. Here's a taste of what you had to say...Mike: It wasn't a great game of football but the referee did his very best to ruin it further.Absolutely no consistency when it came to bookable offences, with the Falkirk players immune to punishment. Alic's free kick was a peach and the least we deserved.Brogan: I don't understand how a team that commits 18 fouls and a player commits eight fouls by himself gets zero yel
  
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• Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: Match review | La Liga

  20-09-2026 18:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: Match review | La LigaReal Madrid have lost the first Madrid derby of the season, going down 2-1 to Atletico Madrid at the RiyadhAir Metropolitano.Jose Mourinho opted to make two changes to the side that defeated Elche earlier in the week, with Denzel Dumfries and Jude Bellingham coming in for Trent Alexander-Arnold and Yan Diomande. The Portuguese would have also been searching for a better performance, given they blew a two-goal lead before winning that match l
  
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• Atleti dagger 10-man Real Madrid in tense derby to move second 🇪🇸

  20-09-2026 18:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  All eyes were on the Spanish capital this Sunday as Atlético de Madrid hosted crosstown rivals Real Madrid and beat them 2-1.Scorers: Grimaldo 53' (P), David 59'; Rudiger 90'. Red: Huijsen 53'It wasn't surprising to see challenges and tackles from both teams inside a Metropolitano draped in red. However, this matchup between two rivals was initially choppy and frustrating.It saw studs often finding flesh, stars hitting the turf plus lippy reactions from players and managers alike. Diego S
  
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• Manchester City Beat Sunderland 5-3 to Maintain Perfect Premier League Start

  20-09-2026 18:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Manchester City Beat Sunderland 5-3 to Maintain Perfect Premier League StartManchester City Beat Sunderland in Eight Goal Premier League ThrillerManchester City moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after surviving a remarkable Sunderland challenge at the Etihad, winning 5-3 in an afternoon of relentless attacking football.Enzo Maresca’s side maintained their 100 per cent league record, although Sunderland repeatedly exposed weaknesses in a City defence that had concede
  
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• Schumacher's joy after Bolton win thriller at Norwich

  20-09-2026 18:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Shutterstock]Bolton Wanderers manager Steven Schumacher spoke to BBC Radio Manchester after they won 4-3 at Norwich City to record their first back-to-back Championship wins since 2018.For a written selection of his quotes, click here.All the latest Bolton Wanderers news
  
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• 'Complete control' - pundits on Rangers' derby win

  20-09-2026 18:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Rangers secured back-to-back wins over Celtic after following a 3-0 League Cup win at Ibrox with a 1-0 Scottish Premiership victory at Celtic Park.Former Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday was on punditry duty for BBC Scotland and he praised manager Derek McInnes for improving the Ibrox side's fortunes after an early-season European exit."Take it back a month when Derek McInnes was under real pressure," Halliday said. "A big thing that was quite confusing to people is, 'it doesn't look like a Dere
  
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• 'Not good enough' but 'we've not suddenly become a bad team' - Your Views

  20-09-2026 18:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]Motherwell fans, we asked for your opinions on the 2-1 loss to Dundee at Dens Park. Here's a taste of what you had to say...Dman: Another disappointing afternoon, the first goal is an extremely soft penalty on Emmanuel Longelo for handball, when his hand is by his side and there's nowhere else to go there. That's the rule these days sadly.The second goal is criminal from Alex Paulsen, but he also made a couple of great saves later in the game. We are hugely lacking a clinical, penalty-box,
  
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• Gyokeres Sweden call-up a chance to build some confidence

  20-09-2026 18:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Gyokeres Sweden call-up a chance to build some confidencePhoto by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesViktor Gyokeres has been called up by Sweden, with four internationals offering him the chance to get minutes, goals and some confidence after a stop-start beginning to the season with Arsenal.The 28-year-old started Saturday’s defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on the bench once again and was introduced after 73 minutes.In his brief appearance, he created Arsenal’s best chance of the game by
  
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• Barcelona overturn Sevilla lead in Raphinha’s 3-1 comeback

  20-09-2026 18:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona overturn Sevilla lead in Raphinha’s 3-1 comebackBarcelona beat Sevilla 3-1 away from home on Saturday, with Raphinha scoring all three goals in a comeback victory at the Sánchez-Pizjuán. According to the Barca Blaugranes report, the result gave the Blaugrana seven wins from seven to begin their La Liga season. Barcelona fell behind early, were level at halftime and completed the turnaround after the interval.Raphinha completes comeback as Barcelona stay perfectSevil
  
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• Draw leaves Grêmio in bottom four, Palmeiras worried by leaders Flamengo

  20-09-2026 18:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Draw leaves Grêmio in bottom four, Palmeiras worried by leaders FlamengoIn front of a packed Arena with more than 50,000 people in Porto Alegre, Grêmio and Palmeiras drew 0-0 this Sunday (20) in Matchday 28 of the 2026 Brasileirão.The match marked the return of coach Renato Portaluppi, who begins his fifth spell with the club from Rio Grande do Sul.The first half was lively, with Verdão hitting the crossbar twice through shots from Vitor Roque, while Tricolor responded
  
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• 🚨 Deportivo-Betis XIs: Aubameyang and Isco on the bench!

  20-09-2026 18:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🚨 Deportivo-Betis XIs: Aubameyang and Isco on the bench!Deportivo and Betis face off in La Liga after a strong start to the season for both the Verdiblancos and the team from A Coruña.
  Here’s how both teams line up for the match...DEPORTIVO XIBETIS XIThis article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
  
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