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The game was full of surprises and a perfect football game. Here are the results.

⏰— *FULL-TIME* :

🇫🇷 PSG 4:0 Atalanta 🇮🇹
🇩🇪 Bayern Munich 3:1 Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool 3:2 🇪🇸 Atlético Madrid
🇳🇱 Ajax 0:2 Inter 🇮🇹
Although the resuit show how determined some players and clubs
Was by breaking one of two records

As Bayer Munich win today’s match, Manuel Neuer becomes just the ranked fourth player to reach 100 Champions League victories 🤩

✅ Cristiano Ronaldo – 115
✅ Thomas Müller – 111
✅ Iker Casillas – 101
✅ Manuel Neuer – 100

Kane:Harry Kane’s goal this night made him join the list of the three players who have scored 20+ goals for two different clubs in the Champions League:

Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid & Man United
Neymar – Barcelona & PSG
Harry Kane – Spurs & Bayern Munich

Harry Kane just keeps scoring

Palmer netted his second in his second game back from injury.

🌪️ Olise impresses on the wings.

MARCUS THURAM was amazing. Today, they opened the scoring for Inter in this year’s 2025/26 Champions League campaign and later doubled the lead at 47 minutes. Both goals were assisted by Calhanoglu and Marcus Thuram. For this season, at Inter had 4 matches and scored 6 goals.

• ⚽️⚽️ vs Torino
• 🅰️ vs Udinese
• ⚽️ vs Juventus
• ⚽️⚽️ vs Ajax

❗️ Mohamed Salah’s first half vs. Atlético Madrid:

• 1 goal
• 1 assist
• 5 shots
• 1 key pass
• 100% passes completed

Then Mo Salah is the third player in Champions League history to score and assist within the first six minutes of the match.

Liverpool winning this night makes the team have 68 home games unbeaten with 63 wins and 5 draws in all competitions.

With Virgil van Dijk heading goal, he has now scored 25 headed goals for Liverpool – six more than any other defender has managed across Europe’s big-five leagues since van Dijk’s Liverpool debut in January 2018. Giant.

Which is Only five players have scored 25+ headers for a single side from Europe’s top 5 leagues since 1 January 2018 and the five are four strikers and a CB. Here is the list.

• Robert Lewandowski (44 for Barcelona )

• Harry Kane (32 for Tottenham)
• Karim Benzema (31 for Real Madrid)
• Ante Budimir (26 for Osasuna)
• Virgil van Dijk (25 for Liverpool)

Diego Simeone after loosing the game said his players : “If we have to lose, let it be like it happened yesterday.”

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone admitted his behaviour was unjustifiable after he was sent off following a heated altercation with a Liverpool fan today at champions league campaign.
Diego Simeone on his red card: “In the same way we persistently fight against racism, we could also fight when we are receiving insults. I’m a good person.”

🏆⭐️ Tonight’s UCL Players of the Match:

Harry Kane has been named Man of the match in the game against Chelsea! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎖️

Virgil van Dijk has been named Man of the match in the game against Atlético Madrid! 🇳🇱🎖️

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been named Man of the match in the game against Atalanta🇬🇪🎖️

Marcus Thuram has been named Man of the match in the game against Ajax! 🇫🇷 🎖️

 

 

 

Aston Villa are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in England, having won the Football League First Division seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, and the European Cup and European Super Cup once. Their most recent domestic honour was a League Cup win in 1996.

That proud history makes their current form all the more surprising. Returning for the new campaign, Villa have struggled to find their rhythm and, so far this season, have not won a single game, leaving them 19th in the Premier League.

Here are their recent results:
⚖️ 0-0 draw vs Newcastle
❌ 1-0 loss vs Brentford
❌ 3-0 loss vs Crystal Palace
⚖️ 0-0 draw vs Everton
❌ 4-2 loss on penalties to Brentford

Their next three matches are Sunderland away, Bologna at home, and Fulham at home.

It is still early in the season, and a slow start is not unusual for a side finding its feet. With the quality in their squad, Villa will be looking to turn draws into wins before long, and these upcoming fixtures offer a chance to get their campaign moving.

It’s been one tough ride so far for the former Sporting boss at Old Trafford 😭📉

Man United sit BOTTOM of a table containing the 17 ever-present Premier League teams since he took over in November 2024 😳
Making Man United win spirit low show below are the wins since he took charge.

November – 0
December – 2
January – 2
February – 1
March – 1
April – 0
May – 1
August – 1
September – 0

analysis as fellow

🎽 Played: 31
✅ Won: 9
🤝 Drawn: 7
❌ Lost: 16

What’s the problem?
👍 The Players
❤️ The Coach

I think Amorin should review this pattern 3-4-2-1 and think of the traditional way Manchester played in the past, because the two holding midfielders can be outnumbered, but that did not happen at Etihad Stadium because Bryan Mbeumo and Amad Diallo, who were playing either side of Benjamin Sesko, dropped in.1 day ago.

People think what causes Manchester United’s downfall is
The Renovation of Old Trafford

A drastic decision by the club that has spent the most money on signings (€1.46 billion) since Ferguson’s departure in 2013. In addition, there is the disproportionate spending on salaries, which, as Ratcliffe admitted, is hindering the reconstruction of Manchester United. Although this might be one of the problems, Manchester has not properly taken careers in the scouting department since Sir Alex left, because great players have contributed to past glories of United being scouting from a non-competitive league in Europe.
Although Utd are improving even if results don’t show it (yet)

Because history tells us that football is a simple game: the more a team creates lots of good chances up front and allows few bad ones at the back, the more success they have in the long-term. But in the era where United are doing better, most of their goals come from ball crossing, which is United’s traditional way of playing.

The four-time Golden Boot winner in 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22 and 2024/25 who his number of times winning the English Premier League goes the same as legend Thierry Henry for both of them to become players with the most Golden Boot in the English Premier League Mohamed Salah after last minute goal against Burnley Salah move to the fourth in the list of top scorers in Premier League history.
Below are top 5 in list highest goals scorers in the English premier league.

The number one on the list is Alan Shearer with 216 goals . Alan Shearer is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker for team like Southampton ,Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United

The number two on the list is Harry Kane with 213 goals . His an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur and currently at Bundesliga club Bayern Munich

The number three on the list is Wayne Rooney with 208 goals .is an English professional football manager and former player who
Played team like Everton ,
Manchester United ,D.C. United and Derby County.

The number four on the list is Mohammed salah with 188goals .
His an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for Premier League club Liverpool played team like Chelsea ,Roma and Liverpool.

The number five on the list is Andrew Cole with 187 goals .
Andrew Alexander Cole is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted from 1988 to 2008 and played team like
Arsenal ,Fulham (loan),Bristol City,
Newcastle United,Manchester United,Blackburn Rovers,Fulham,
Manchester City,Portsmouth
Birmingham City (loan),Sunderland ,Burnley (loan) and Nottingham Forest.

Number 1 on this list is Ebere Eze, an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger from Nigeria’s parents.

The 27-year-old has become the latest to don the famous jersey, taking it on from Emile Smith Rowe, who departed for Fulham in 2024.

Ebere Eze words after becoming the new number 10 for Arsenal.
It’s a privilege and an honor, because I know the names that have worn this shirt before me. For me, as I said, I see this opportunity as something that’s like a blessing.

“So just to be able to be here, I’m going to give everything I have to pay back this type of respect because this is an honor.”

Number 2 on the list is Rayan Mathis Cherki, who is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger whose father, Fabrice Amsellem, is of Algerian-Jewish and Italian descent, and his mother is of Algerian descent.

The 22-year-old wearing the challenge number 10
Taking it on from Jack Grealish

Rayan Cherki: “I prefer to play No.10 but right now I just want to play. Where I am on the pitch is not important, I just want to be on the pitch and help the team to win.

The higher the ambitions, the more you feel obligated to set the bar high and work very hard to reach it. So, I have no limits. I’m following my plan, and I hope to achieve my goals one day. I think I am ready…”

Number 3 on the list is Alexis Mac Allister, an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Argentina national team.

The 26-year-old World Cup winner occupies the squad number last taken by Sadio Mané after signing a long-term deal.
“I feel so amazing it was a dream come true. “

Number 4 on the list, James Daniel Maddison, is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.

The 28-year-old James Maddison has taken on the No. 10 shirt at Tottenham Hotspur since Harry Kane’s departure to Bayern Munich. Signed by Leicester City in June.

James Maddison: “I didn’t want the number 10 shirt to become free, to be honest, because that meant one thing. So I was definitely not waiting for the number 10 shirt.

“I’m never going to say no, I love pleasure. “

“I didn’t want Harry to leave, but when he did leave and the number 10 shirt became free and the club asked me, then, of course, I wanted to wear it. It’s my favorite number. I’ve got it tattooed on me. I loved that number growing up as a kid, so I was never going to say no.

The number 5 on the list is Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha, who is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward, attacking midfielder, or winger for Premier League club Manchester United and the Brazil national team.

The 26-year-old inherited jersey number 10 from Marcus Rashford, who wore United’s No 10 shirt after Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Matheus Cunha says it is a “privilege” and “a dream” to be given the number 10 shirt at Manchester United.

“It’s something that you always dream about,” said Cunha. “I can mention many players that use this shirt.” It’s so easy for me.
Of course, I think the one I always think about when I see this number in this shirt was Wayne Rooney.

The number 6 on the list is Cole Palmer. Cole Jermaine is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team, but he has Afro-Kittitian descent on his father’s side of the family. His grandfather is Nigerian from Afghanistan.

The jersey number 10 has been worn by greats in jerseys: Eden Hazard, Joe Cole and Willian wore the number 10 shirt, but it was most recently taken by Mykhailo Mudryk, who is facing a potential ban of up to four years after the Football Association charged him on Wednesday with a doping offense relating to a positive drugs test.

Palmer is delighted to have received a favored number, saying of those that have acted as role models in his bid to become a superstar 10 in his own right: “Messi, the big one, Rooney and players like that.” It’s just an iconic number. I wore No. 10 all my life growing up, and I just like the number.

Beninese football is mourning one of its greatest players. Razack Omotoyossi, a legend of the game in Benin, passed away on Tuesday, 19 August 2025, in Nigeria. His death has been felt across West African football, where he is remembered as one of the finest forwards his country has produced.

A Landmark Career for Benin

Omotoyossi was a striker for Benin’s national team, the Cheetahs, between 2004 and 2016. Over that period he established himself as one of the country’s most reliable goalscorers. He remains the second-highest goalscorer in the history of the national team, with 21 goals in 55 matches — a record that speaks to both his talent and his longevity in the international game.

(General football context) For a nation like Benin, whose footballers often have to fight hard for recognition on the continental stage, a forward capable of scoring at that rate over more than a decade is a rare and treasured figure. Goalscoring records of that kind tend to define an era, and Omotoyossi’s tally places him among the most important players in his country’s football history.

A Difficult Final Period

According to the information reported, Omotoyossi had faced a series of severe personal hardships in his final months. These included a fire at his home in July and the death of his older sister three weeks before his passing, along with a difficult period in his personal life. Those close to him had expressed concern for his wellbeing during this time.

Remembering a Beninese Great

(General football context) The passing of a national-team great is always a moment of reflection for a footballing nation. Players like Omotoyossi inspire the generations that follow, and their records serve as a benchmark for the young forwards who come after them. His contribution to Beninese football — measured not only in goals but in the pride he gave supporters over a long international career — is the legacy he leaves behind.

Conclusion

Razack Omotoyossi will be remembered as one of the defining figures of Beninese football: a striker who served the Cheetahs for more than a decade and finished as the second-highest goalscorer in the national team’s history. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and everyone connected to Beninese football at this difficult time.

Man Utd lost 0-1 to Arsenal as the beginning of the league showed the level of unserious of Manchester United and how determined Arsenal are, but Arsenal have been normally rooting to start the league in a good manner, which has been the third time in the last 7 seasons that Man Utd have had 5+ shots on target in the first half of a PL game at Old Trafford and not scored.
Arsenal have now scored 31 Premier League goals from corners since the start of the 2023/24 campaign.

Man Utd had 20+ shots in a single Premier League game against Arsenal for the first time since their 8-2 win in August 2011.

At least 11 more than any other side.

Three of Arsenal’s last four Premier League goals against Manchester United have been scored from corners, with three different defenders netting those (Timber, Saliba & Calafiori).

Arsenal have scored 31 goals from corners since the start of 2023-24 in the Premier League; 11 more than the team with the next most in this period (Liverpool, 20). Trademark.

Manchester United have fallen 1-0 behind in more Premier League home games than any other ever-present side since the start of last season (13 times).

A Gunners win today makes them unbeaten in their last 15 Premier League away games (W8 D7).

Arsenal have gone six league games against Manchester United without defeat for the first time in the Premier League.

WWWWDW

Arsenal have now won six Premier League games against Manchester United at Old Trafford:

Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal (1998)
Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal (2002)
Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal (2006)
Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal (2020)
Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal (2024)
Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal (2025)

And the last time Manchester United beat Arsenal in a competitive match was in September 2022.

The match between Liverpool and Bournemouth was a good opening for the 2025/26 ELP season when Liverpool won 4-2 last night at Anfield paid an emotional tribute to Diogo Jota. Goals from Federico Chiesa (88th minute) and Mohamed Salah (94th) sealed victory after Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo struck twice in the second half to cancel out goals from Hugo Ekitiké and Cody Gakpo.

The EPL champions last season played their first competitive fixture at Anfield since the tragic death of Jota last month. The Liverpool supporters sang Jota’s name and unfurled banners dedicated to the Portugal forward. A minute’s silence was also observed in memory of Jota and his brother, André Silva, who was also killed in a car crash in early July. At the end of the game, Salah appeared tearful as he applauded the Kop singing Jota’s name.

The two-goal advantage on Friday night at Anfield keeps them hoping for a championship, but Liverpool manager Arne Slot, in my view, needed to work on his midfield.

In the year 2010 the Ballon d’Or was supposed to be given to the 🇳🇱 Wesley Sneijder or Andres Iniesta.

By going with the key category for selection of the past winners.

In the particular year Wesley Sneijder won

🏆 Serie A 🏆 Champions League 🏆 Coppa Italia 🏆 Supercoppa Italiana 🏆 Club World Cup 🎖️ UEFA Midfielder of the Year 🥈, World Cup runner-up 🏅 and a World Cup final appearance, but finished fourth place at the 2010 Ballon d’Or award, which is questionable.

Andrés Iniesta, who scored the winning goal against the Netherlands with just four minutes remaining of extra time to help his country to win its first-ever FIFA World Cup, was given second place at the Ballon d’Or. He said it was because of a lack of individual goal-scoring numbers, but what about defenders like Franz Beckenbauer, Matthias Sammer, and Fabio Cannavaro, who won the award, and only one goalkeeper, Lev Yashin, who won the award? But why did Wesley Sneijder not win the 2010 Ballon d’Or?

2013 was the year Franck Ribéry was ‘robbed’ of the Ballon d’Or.

⚽️ 22 goals

🎯 18 assists

🏆 Champions League

🏆 Bundesliga

🏆 DFB-Pokal

🏆 UEFA Super Cup

The finest year of a stellar career, he led a record-breaking, trophy-winning Bayern Munich to glory on multiple fronts, and he was so unlucky to not be crowned the world’s best footballer.

They won the Champions League at Wembley, putting the disappointment of the previous year behind them, and completed a historic treble by winning the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal before finishing their haul with a UEFA Super Cup win over Chelsea.

He’ll forever be in Bayern history after providing the assist for Arjen Robben in the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund, and he also scored in the Super Cup victory over Chelsea.

In perhaps the most telling sign he should have been awarded football’s most prestigious award, he won the UEFA Player of the Season for the 2012/13 campaign.

Ribéry won two more trophies than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo combined, yet finished third in the overall rankings.

1: Jude Bellingham: He has been praised for his versatility and impact across midfield, a role that shifted from a more advanced attacking position in his first season to a deeper role this season, allowing him to contribute more broadly to the team’s attack and defence.

2: Ousmane Dembele: His significant contributions were vital to PSG’s success, including winning a domestic double and the Champions League, with his impressive form even leading to Ballon d’Or speculation. Key factors in his improved performance include a shift to the number nine role, increased discipline, and strong support from manager Luis Enrique.

3: Gianluigi Donnarumma: The Italian goalkeeper played a key role in Paris Saint-Germain winning the Champions League last season and reaching the final of the Club World Cup.

4: Desire Doue: Doue was the defining story of the night, playing a direct part in the first three goals of the Champions League match. As he paused, hands on the polished Champions League trophy, the reflection staring back was that of the player who had won PSG their most coveted prize. He became the very first player to be involved in three or more goals in the Champions League.

5: Denzel Dumfries: Denzel Dumfries racked up 5 goal contributions against Barcelona across both legs, with 2 goals and 3 assists. That was a monstrous stat, and he has been part of Inter’s weapon this season.

6: Serhou Guirassy: Serhou Guirassy’s game appearances depend on the specific competition and season. As he plays 29 games and scores 29 goals, he has been a key factor for his team.

7: Viktor Gyökeres: This season, Viktor Gyökeres was an extraordinary goalscorer for Sporting CP, finishing with 79 goal contributions (62 goals, 17 assists) in 56 games, ending as Europe’s top goalscorer with 39 league goals, and winning two titles with the club before his recent transfer to Arsenal. His contributions were marked by his strong physicality, intelligence, and work ethic.

8: Erling Haaland: Erling Haaland is a forward who has appeared in 31 matches this season in the Premier League. Erling Haaland is that the player is on the pitch. This attacking performance currently places him at 7th out of 436 for Premier League players who’ve played at least 3 matches.

9: Achraf Hakimi: Achraf Hakimi contributed to 26 goals for PSG and Morocco, breaking the record for most goal contributions by a defender in a single season, and became the first African player to score in the Champions League quarter-final, semi-final, and final in the same season. He was also part of the PSG team that won the UEFA Champions League. making him one of the best right wing backs in the world