Nemanja Matic insists Chelsea remaing hungry for victory at home to Liverpool this weekend, despite having wrapped up the Premier League on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho s men made sure of their first league crown since 2010 with a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard netting the winner on the stroke of half-time.
However, with matches against Liverpool, West Brom and Sunderland still to come, Matic says Chelsea will not be taking their foot of the gas.
We will be prepared for those, he told the club s official website. Of course we don t have the pressure of needing to win the league anymore, we are first whatever, but we will play seriously and try to enjoy the games we have left.
We have done a great job this season and we wan…
Tony Pulis preserved his fine record against former club Stoke City as West Brom edged to a 1-0 Premier League win at The Hawthorns on Saturday.
The Baggies manager is unbeaten against Stoke since leaving the club for a second time in May 2013 and secured a tight victory through James Morrison s early strike.
Morrison netted his second goal of the week in the sixth minute, having struck at the same stage of a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough on Tuesday.
While West Brom s momentum had been interrupted by a swift equaliser on that occasion, Stoke could make nothing of their first-half possession as the hosts instead created a number of chances.
Pulis men were not quite so dominant after the interval, but Stoke s struggles continued and Saido Berahino, emerging fr…
Jan Vertonghen is the latest Tottenham Hotspur player in line for a new contract, .
A number of Mauricio Pochettino’s squad have put pen to paper since the start of this season and now Vertonghen is set to follow suit, with his current deal set to expire at the end in the summer of 2018.
The former Ajax man moved to White Hart Lane in the summer of 2012 and has since racked up one hundred and seventy-seven appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals.
Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker have all committed their future to the North London outfit though there is still some way to go in prospective deals for goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and striker Harry Kane.
Spurs are the only unbeaten side left in the Premier League and can now be b…
Didier Deschamps has praised Kingsley Coman s efficiency after his strike in France s 3-0 win over Andorra in Euro 2020 qualifying on Tuesday.
The Bayern Munich winger scored his first goals for Les Bleus since March 2016 in Saturday s 4-1 win over Albania.
He followed that with the opener against Andorra, firmly staking his claim to start France s Group H double header against Iceland and leaders Turkey next month.
I already told you that he s added efficiency since last season, Deschamps told a media conference.
Well done, boys!
— French Team (@FrenchTeam)
Dribbling, creating danger, he knows how to do it. To see him play this well is good for me.
In a month, I will make choices but I m happy for him; he needed t…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has urged football to banish racism once and for all.
Infantino addressed his federation s annual awards ceremony in Milan on Monday, before presenting Lionel Messi with The Best FIFA Men s Player prize.
But first he addressed the disgraceful scenes during Atalanta s game against Fiorentina in Serie A on Sunday.
The 2-2 draw at the Ennio Tardini was stopped for three minutes after Fiorentina defender Dalbert, on loan from Inter, reported racist abuse from the crowd to the referee.
I want to say this here in Italy, in my country. Yesterday, again, we have witnessed in the Italian championship an example of racism, Infantino said.
This is not acceptable any more. We have to say this. We have to say no to racism,…
Francesco Totti has left his post as a director at Roma, ending a 30-year stay at the club.
Totti joined the Roma board after retiring as a player in 2017, but reported differences between the former attacker and the club s board are said to have resulted in him leaving.
Tensions are said to have become particularly strained between Totti and club owner Jim Pallotta since March, when Monchi quit as sporting director and coach Eusebio Di Francesco was sacked.
Speculation went into overdrive after Totti failed to appear at Roma s club meeting in London last week, where new coach Paulo Fonseca was presented, with Pallotta insisting the Azzurri icon was invited.
Pallotta was unsure why Totti decided against attending but insisted he would be given time , and …
Ex-Napoli captain Marek Hamsik has no intention of swapping Dalian Yifang for Roma as he could never play for another Serie A club, according to the player s agent.
Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Saturday that Roma are eyeing a swap deal involving Hamsik and Javier Pastore.
But the Slovakia international s representative Martin Petras has ruled out an instant return to Serie A while his client remains under contract with Dalian.
Marek is absolutely happy in China and has no intention of returning to Europe right now, Petras told Sky Sport Italia.
Marek s appearance in means he has overtaken Giuseppe Bruscolotti at the top of the all-time Napoli appearance charts. 512 games a true legend!
— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli)
Martin Odegaard’s penalty proved enough to give 10-man Arsenal a gritty 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace to maintain their winning start to the Premier League season.
Only Manchester City and Brighton had won their opening two games but the Gunners joined them on six points after a narrow success at Selhurst Park.
In a close-fought encounter, captain Odegaard stepped up to steer home a second-half spot-kick, with the visitors then hanging on for the final quarter of the game after Takehiro Tomiyasu was sent off.
One-nil, to The Arsenal
— Arsenal (@Arsenal)
The defender was the only change to Mikel Arteta’s starting XI from their opening-day win against Nottingham Forest as he replaced the injured Jurrien Timber at left-back – but he will n…
Julen Lopetegui believes Barcelona finally have a clear vision for their future as his Sevilla side attempt to inflict one final blow of a terrible year for the struggling giants.
It has been a woefully grim 2021 for Barcelona, with the club having encountered dire financial problems that were a factor behind their greatest player, Lionel Messi, being forced to leave.
On the field, they won the Copa del Rey in April but have endured a torrid time in the Champions League and LaLiga, with another club legend, Ronald Koeman, losing his job as coach as a result.
The COVID-19 crisis has hit Barcelona hard, but out of the chaos of the last 12 months has risen an emerging group of young players who could save the club a fortune in transfer fees and point to a bright f…
Defender Chris Smalling believes Manchester United were the better side in Sunday s 0-0 stalemate against rivals Manchester City.
The England international played the full 90 minutes as the derby finished scoreless for the first time since November 2010.
Smalling admitted the game could have been more exciting, but believes United had the better of the chances.
I think it’s one where it could have been a little bit more [exciting]. Both teams were very compact and well organised, and there weren’t too many chances,” he told MUTV.
I think we probably edged it overall with the chances we had in the second half. Towards the end, you could tell that, for the last 20-30 minutes, they were hanging on and bringing on defenders, so it was on us to real…