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Man Utd suffered their first Premier League loss to Crystal Palace on Saturday and fans think they know what's to blame. Manchester United fans have identified the club's lack of major activity during the summer transfer window as the reason for suffering their first ever Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace. It was a disappointing display from United who twice made mistakes which allowed Palace to score. Victor Lindelof mistimed his header in the first-half to allow Jordan Ayew go through and slot past David de Gea for the opener. United went on to dominate the second-half and had the perfect opportunity to level when Scott McTominay was fouled in the area. After Paul Pogba missed from the spot against Wolves, Marcus Rashford stepped up and hit the inside of the post. United pressed on to try and win the game but after Pogba was dispossessed, the Eagles sprang a counter attack, resulting in Patrick van Aanholt squirming the ball past De Gea at his near post. ...

Manchester United forward, Anthony Martial, has said his training ground scoring competitions with Marcus Rashford, are helping to give the team an extra edge this season. Romelu Lukaku’s departure to Inter Milan has placed an extra onus upon Rashford and Martial, who have two goals apiece in the Premier League after United’s opening games against Chelsea and Wolves. Martial has regained the club’s number nine shirt and is revelling as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s attacking spearhead, with Rashford operating from the left. “At training, we have this competition between us about scoring goals. “We measure who does the best finishing and who scores the most. “Who’s winning? Well, that depends… Sometimes it’s him, sometimes it’s me. In games, Marcus likes to play in the middle, like me. I don’t mind dropping off, dropping out, we interchange during games. “It doesn’t bother me to let him take the lead occasionally. It helps us to terrorise opposition defences and I hope we can k...

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has praised Paul Pogba's "strong character" after he was subjected to shocking racist abuse. France World Cup winner Pogba was racially abused on social media after missing a penalty in the Red Devils' 1-1 draw with Wolves. Pogba's Man United team-mates including Harry Maguire and Marcus Rashford called on Twitter to bring in stronger measures to police social media in the wake of the abuse. Representatives from Twitter are now set to meet with Man United officials to discuss the situation. Discussing Pogba in his press conference on Friday, Solskjaer said: "Paul's fine. "We have to spread good words. But we have to stop the other things. It's natural for them [his players] to rally round Paul. We are human beings who look after each other."

Cristiano Ronaldo makes striking admission about his rivalry with Lionel Messi - The Portuguese star admitted that the rivalry made both of them better players - Ronaldo added that he hopes to have a meal with Messi after their retirement Cristiano Ronaldo has heaped praises on his biggest rival in the game Lionel Messi. The Juventus forward and the Barcelona superstar have been battling for who is the best player in the world for over a decade. Ronaldo and Messi share a record, five Ballon D'Or awards between them and have dominated the podium from 2008 to 2017. And the unending debate about who is the greatest between the pair, Ronaldo has admitted they would not be the same player if not for the competition between them. Speaking to TV1 , Ronaldo said: "I have no doubt that Messi has made me a better player and vice-versa. When I am winning trophies it must sting him and it's the same for me when he wins." Luka Modric broke the ten-year monopoly...

While it’s only August, Liverpool are two points clear of City, and if you think it’s too early to be worried, just remember that City and Liverpool run-up 195 points between them last season and Liverpool lost just once and were one point short of City’s total. However, you would think City have lost the title, such has was the commotion. City had 30 shots to Spurs’ three and Guardiola’s men played superbly. Jonathan Wilson of The Guardian pointed to Guardiola’s “control freak” habits, studying and studying to look for any edge, exposing the flaws of opponents. Unlike Klopp, Pep does not “thrive on chaos”. By the spirit of the law, the decision which ruled-out Gabriel Jesus’ goal was correct. Emotionally, it was certainly a disaster, for the City fans, for the players, for Guardiola. We have reached the stage in football where technology is going to override emotion – and the fans, for one, are emotional stakeholders. The ruled-out goal will become an integral part of the game...

Yeah our super eagles coach The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally reacted to the life ban placed on former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia. The world football governing body, on Friday, banned Siasia from football for life over bribery and manipulation of matches   Reacting in a statement on Monday, Acting NFF President, Seyi Akinwunmi said the body was shocked by the life ban verdict on the former national coach, vowing to overturn it. He said that the FIFA report had been given to NFF’s lawyers “to study and provide legal advice to the federation,” adding that Siasia “gave his all for Nigeria.” “The NFF was shocked to learn of the investigation and subsequent decision by the FIFA Ethics Committee (Adjudicatory Chamber) placing a life ban on Mr. Samson Siasia. “He is a football legend but most importantly he is a Nigerian. We respect the FIFA processes ”, said Akinwunmi but added , “the least we as a Federation can do is empathis...

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has handed Christian Pulisic his full Premier League debut against Leicester City. The American winger was in fine form for the Blues when he started against Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup and has been rewarded by his coach. A £58million January signing from Borussia Dortmund, Pulisic starts on the left wing to support Olivier Giroud in attack, with Pedro on the right. Ross Barkley and Tammy Abraham are the men to miss out as Lampard continues to show faith in Mason Mount. Kurt Zouma remains at centre-back despite a poor showing in the 4-0 defeat to Manchester United. For Leicester City, Ben Chilwell is the only absentee with Christian Fuchs coming in to replace him.