A poor performance featuring a few alarming displays, but Newcastle remain unbeaten two games into the season following a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon. Here’s our marks out of 10 and comments on each player: Pope – 6.5 – A few good stops but he looked very shaky with the ball at his feet. One big save early …

Earlier in the day, Barcelona trimmed their defensive unit by announcing the sale of young prodigy Mika Faye. The Senegalese international joined Rennes for a fee of €10.3 million, with Barcelona holding a €25 million buyback and a 30% sell-on fee clause. But Faye is not the only Barcelona defender likely to leave the club this summer, with Eric Garcia …

Bayern Munich won their opening game of the Bundesliga season in emphatic fashion, defeating Wolfsburg 3-2. Vincent Kompany’s men were actually two goals up and allowed Wolfsburg to bring the scoreline back on level terms, but Serge Gnabry popped up in the last 10 minutes to score and secure all three points for Bayern. Player of the Match It was …

The official Juventus X account has unveiled the squad that traveled to Verona this afternoon to take on Paolo Zanetti’s men on Monday night in the final fixture of Serie A Round 2. Thiago Motta only called up 19 men due to the injuries of Khephren Thuram and Timothy Weah, but Danilo recovered in time to join the traveling host. …

Liverpool has torn Brentford apart on the counter-attack with Colombian winger Luis Diaz smashing home with his left foot. The Red have already taken the lead in their first game of the Premier League season at Anfield after an electric move on the break. Regaining possession off the back of a Brentford corner, the ball fell to Diogo Jota who …

Enzo Maresca secured his first Premier League win as Chelsea manager on Sunday, and in emphatic style too as the Blues won 6-2 away at Wolves. The game belonged to Noni Madueke, who scored a superb hat-trick which took his goal tally to the week to four following his strike versus Servette. A mention for Cole Palmer, too, who not …

Noni Madueke scored a 15-minute hat-trick as Chelsea claimed their first win under new manager Enzo Maresca in style to see off a Wolves side yet to earn a point. All three goals by forward Madueke, who had been told to find consistency by Maresca during the week, were assisted by England midfielder Cole Palmer in a scintillating game at …

Erik ten Hag has called on his Manchester United players to improve the way they see out matches. The Red Devils conceded in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to lose 2-1 away at Brighton on Saturday, just two weeks after conceding an 89th-minute goal to take their Community Shield clash against Manchester City to penalties — with Pep …

An out-of-sorts Toon Army ground out a point against the Cherries this afternoon, as Anthony Gordon’s second-half equaliser came to Eddie Howe’s rescue before the home side were denied by VAR deep into stoppage time. I’d imagine fan reaction to this one will be largely disappointed with the overall performance. If we are to achieve our desired goals this season, …

Barcelona have been handed a significant boost in securing a valuable deal as Juventus have significantly lowered their asking price for Federico Chiesa to just €10 million, reports Mirko Calemme in AS.  This development could be a game-changer for Barça, as Chiesa, who has been a target this summer, is now much more affordable.  It appears Juventus are eager to …