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They will gain approval for van Gaal who, in turn, will be satisfied the man he brought in from the cold – Adnan Januzaj – bagged the deflected goal at Villa Park. We had too many unnecessary losses of possession as a team and Adnan Januzaj had unnecessary ball...

Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood said: “I am disappointed with the result, I thought we nullified them, but it is to be expected, we have a lot of players out there trying to find their feet in English football“.

On the 36th minute mark, Christian Benteke opened his Premier League account for Liverpool and it was rather controversial as well.

Christian Benteke scored the only goal, getting on the end of a Jordan Henderson cross that Philippe Coutinho also tried to reach despite being in an offside position.

The Brazil global is some weeks behind most of his team-mates in terms of fitness having joined pre-season late because of his participation in the Copa America.

Villa announced the signing in a statement on Friday and the transfer fee could rise from an initial €10m (£7.1m) to €12m(£8.6m) if certain clauses are met.

“Jon Fearn and Dr Carneiro will not be on the bench on Sunday (tomorrow) but that doesn’t mean they cannot be in the future”.

Mourinho replaced Terry with Kurt Zouma for the second half – the first time that he has substituted his captain in the Premier League – and Ramires thought that he had pulled Chelsea level five minutes in but the linesman raised his flag for a marginal offside as the...

The 32-year-old starred as he scored two first-half goals to help his side beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0, and manager Manuel Pellegrini later claimed that he is back to his best.

He said: “No, it was just a decision”.

“He did the same at Bolton and Blackburn last season“.

Newcastle United are still searching for their first win under Steve McClaren as they lost 2-0 at Swansea City.

The Italy worldwide has not featured for the club since April 28.

Manuel Pellegrini admits he faces a decision whether to rush Sergio Aguero back into Manchester City’s starting XI for Sunday’s clash with Premier League champions Chelsea.

That incensed Mourinho and his banning order has made headlines since but what should concern him more was the way his team played. Very close. Win, lose, or draw this is the biggest showdown in the Premier League so far this season between last year’s Champions and Runners-Up.