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Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany backed defender Eliaquim Mangala to eventually prove his worth in the Premier League.

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.

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.

Mourinho’s need for new defenders was evident at Eastlands, as has been his desperation for the Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to pay what it takes to sign Stones. City full-backs Aleksandar Kolarov (created the most City chances with a total of four) and, to a slightly...

The Belgian star was recalled to the starting line-up by Louis van Gaal and struck the only goal of a laboured 1-0 win that maintains the Reds’ 100% start to the new Premier League season. We had a lot of unnecessary ball losses…

However, manager Louis van Gaal delivered a return to Europe’s top table during his debut season in charge, but they must negotiate a tricky tie against the Belgian Pro League side to reach the group stages.

A planned march by the English Defence League on Saturday has seen this match brought forward at the request of West Midlands Police and so the TV cameras will get an early shot at Friday Night Football before it becomes a more frequent part of the fixture list next season.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal hit out at critics of team captain Wayne Rooney during his press conference ahead of the Red Devils’ Champions League clash with Club Brugge.

Schweinsteiger made his debut as a substitute in the second half of United’s 1-0 win over Tottenham at Old Trafford.

Wenger, whose side finished third last season, has been under pressure to add players to his squad, with keeper Petr Cech’s £10m signing from Chelsea the only summer arrival at the Emirates.

Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli and team director Ravi Shastri has showered praise on Sri Lankan veteran batsman Kumar Sangakkara who will retire after the 2nd Test match between India and Sri Lanka, BCCI.TV reports.

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.

The memories of the Barclays Premier League opener on Day 2, Sunday, August 9, is one Petr Cech will never want to remember.

I’m sure they’ll be looking forward to the game — Anfield is a special ground with a lot of history, so I’m sure their players, staff and fans will be excited for a good away day. “It’s important our home form is second to none this season“.