Liverpool still have some work to do before clinching the Premier League title and have no intention of easing down a gear with the finish line in sight, full back Trent Alexander-Arnold said after Wednesday’s 4-0 home win over Crystal Palace.
Goals
from Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah, Fabinho and Sadio Mane left
Liverpool needing two points to secure their first English league title
in 30 years.
Veteran defender David Luiz has signed a new one-year deal with Arsenal, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old Brazil international joined the Gunners last year from Chelsea on an initial 12-month deal.
Manchester City’s Argentina striker Sergio Aguero will have knee surgery on Thursday and it was not clear when he will be fit again, manager Pep Guardiola said on Wednesday.
The club’s record goalscorer limped off with the injury in Monday’s 5-0 Premier League home win over Burnley.
Jose Mourinho launched an impassioned defence of Harry Kane’s form under his playing style at Tottenham Hotspur after pundit Paul Merson suggested the England striker would struggle to score goals in the Portuguese manager’s system.
Merson, a pundit with Sky Sports, said
26-year-old Kane would consider switching clubs if Mourinho continued
adopting a conservative style in the Premier League, like they did in
their 1-1 draw with Manchester United last week.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says his players
must learn to control their emotions after they reacted angrily
following an injury to goalkeeper Bernd Leno in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat by
Brighton.
Neal Maupay scored a late winner to give relegation-threatened Albion a vital three points and condemn Arsenal to their second defeat since the Premier League restart, leaving Arteta’s side languishing in 10th and 11 points off the Champions League places.
The Italian government on Thursday agreed to ease quarantine restrictions for football teams in the case of a positive coronavirus test as Serie A prepares to return to action this weekend.
Italian football federation president Gabriele Gravina
hailed the decision as “another step forward for the completion of this
sporting season”.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard believes Timo
Werner’s decision to join the club next season is an exciting sign of
where the Blues are headed.
German international forward Werner,
who has scored 32 goals in all competitions so far this season, was
heavily linked with a move to Liverpool.
Probable Lineups
Real Madrid
Dani Carvajal is a doubt with an ankle injury for Real Madrid, which could see Eder Militao slot in at right-back if needed.
Turkey on Wednesday said it was happy to be
hosting the Champions League final in 2021 after the final was moved
from Istanbul this season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2019-2020 Champions League, suspended since March because of the health crisis, will be completed in a ‘Final Eight’ format that will be held in Lisbon in August, Uefa said on Wednesday.
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes says he
is relishing the opportunity to play alongside record-signing Paul Pogba
when they resume their Premier League campaign after a three-month
pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 25-year-old Fernandes, who
joined United from Sporting Lisbon in January, has settled in quickly
at Old Trafford, with three goals and four assists in nine matches and
adding creativity to the team with Pogba out of action due to a foot
injury.