Mats Hummels bore the full brunt of Borussia Dortmund fans frustration as their faint hopes of the Bundesliga title were kept alive with a 5-1 win over Wolfsburg.
Bayern Munich were held by Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 at the Allianz Arena, denying them the chance to to wrap up a fourth title in a row in a week that saw Dortmund captain Hummels confirm his desire to return to Bayern for next season.
Mutiny was in the air as Hummels name was booed by Signal Iduna Park pre-match, his every touch was whistled and the Yellow Wall raised a banner which read: The captain is leaving the ship. The sooner, the better!
The toxic atmosphere was lifted somewhat as Shinji Kagawa and Adrian Ramos had Dortmund two goals up inside 10 minutes.
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Barcelona forward Ansu Fati has sustained a hip injury during training as the start of the club s LaLiga campaign moves closer.
Fati suffered a contusion to his right hip as he took part in a session on Friday.
He is out and his recovery will determine his availability, confirmed Barca in a statement.
The problem is expected to rule Fati out of Saturday s friendly against Gimnastic.
Barca are due to begin their league campaign on the weekend of September 26/27 at home to Villarreal, with Fati likely to receive a bigger role under new head coach Ronald Koeman this season.
LATEST NEWS | has a right hip contusion, which he suffered during Friday’s training session. He is out and his recovery will determine his availability.
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The reappointment of David Moyes as West Ham boss on Sunday was definitely not met with universal approval by Hammers fans. It would be fair to say the appointment of Moyes as Manuel Pellegrini’s replacement was an unpopular one.
The move looks like s short-term one aimed at keeping the Hammers in the Premier League. However, the 56-year-old’s presence is not a guarantee of safety, just ask Sunderland.
West Ham had to make the change
Firstly, West Ham had to make the change and sack head coach Manuel Pellegrini. The Chilean is regarded as a nice guy, but the team’s results have been woeful of late. No home wins in six Premier League games is a terrible record for any top-flight club. To make matters worse they have also suffered four home defeats in a row at the …
Virgil van Dijk urged Liverpool to remember how good we are as the Reds look to bounce back from a disappointing defeat at Nottingham Forest when they travel to Ajax on Wednesday.
Jurgen Klopp s side recorded back-to-back Premier League wins over West Ham and the in-form Manchester City, but fell to a surprise 1-0 defeat at strugglers Forest on Saturday.
The narrow loss, in which Liverpool spurned numerous chances, summarised what has been an underwhelming season thus far for the Reds, who are eighth in the league and 12 points behind leaders Arsenal.
However, Liverpool could still secure Champions League knockout football with a game to spare if they avoid defeat at Ajax, with Van Dijk issuing a reminder to his team-mates over their qualities.
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According to a recent report from AS, Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane has made a move to Manchester United his priority.
The belief is that he’s doing this as he loves the history and “greatness” behind the Red Devils in comparison to their city rivals Manchester City.
Varane is currently featuring for France at Euro 2020 but beyond that, his future in the sport has been called into serious question. He s already achieved everything he could possibly want to achieve during his stint at the Bernabeu and instead of walking away, he wants to challenge himself even further and get paid handsomely to do so.
Manchester United have been tracking him for quite some time and it feels as if this is the closest they ve ever been to getting a deal over the finish …