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A Philippe Coutinho thunderbolt helped Liverpool FC beat Stoke City last night, and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has hailed the brilliance of the Brazilian.

After wearing nine in pre-season, Depay changed his squad number to seven for the new campaign following the departure of Angel di Maria.

“It [the 6-1] was a one-off game, a unique game“.

Although Sakho missed some training sessions in the build up to the Stoke game due to the birth of his child, he is clearly now behind Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren in the pecking order.

United clinched the game 1-0 courtesy of a Kyle Walker own goal but the lacklustre show prompted critics to question Rooney.

Jose Mourinho’s side took the lead when Oscar whipped a free kick which was intended as a cross beyond Lukasz Fabianski.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t get the rub of the green today”, Norwich coach Alex Neil said.

Di Maria, a £59.7m buy from Real Madrid last summer, has failed to join United’s pre-season tour and Louis van Gaal admits he has “no idea” of the whereabouts of the Argentine.

Chelsea say manager Jose Mourinho has signed a new four-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2019.

With just a few hours until the start of the 2015-16 Barclays Premier League season, the world’s most popular league promises to deliver its most entertaining installment since its inception.

United paid £59.7million for the Argentinian last summer but less than 12 months later he has left for Paris St Germain.

There will be no easy games despite it being early stages of the Champions League as teams vie to compete on the biggest stage of all.

By that time, Angel di Maria should have completed his £44m move to Paris Saint-Germain, the club he would have joined last year had Financial Fair Play not scuppered his plans.

“We’re absolutely delighted to be back in the competition”. The first matches of the two-legged ties will be on August 18 and 19, with the return legs on August 25 and 26, and the ten winners advance directly to the Champions League group stage.

United are at home in the first leg, which will be held on August 17/18, with the away tie taking place the following week. “Hopefully we’ll win some trophies”.