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6:56 PM ET Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stopped short of saying his side were Premier League title contenders after a hard-fought 2-1 home win over Aston Villa put them level on points with champions and leaders Liverpool. Liverpool visit Southampton and United travel to Burnley before a mouth-watering clash at Anfield on Jan.
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9:47 AM ET Associated Press Five Manchester City players are continuing to isolate and won’t be available for the game against Chelsea after contracting COVID-19, manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday. Ahead of Sunday’s trip to Stamford Bridge, City have returned to training after the virus outbreak led to the postponement of Monday’s Premier League
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9:30 AM ET The Premier League’s handling of the postponement of Fulham‘s match at Tottenham Hotspur due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the west London club was “unprofessional” and could have been handled better, Spurs boss Jose Mourinho said on Friday. Fulham were forced to lodge a request with the Premier League to rearrange Wednesday’s
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11:08 AM ET Pundit and former England international Karen Carney has deleted her Twitter account after she received a wave of sexist abuse after being mocked by the Leeds United official account. Analysing Leeds’ 5-0 win over West Brom on Tuesday, Carney complimented the club for what they had achieved but also suggested that they
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8:30 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has spoken out against calls for a “circuit-break” shutdown to help reduce COVID-19 infections in the Premier League, with the Liverpool manager saying games should continue due to the safety measures in place within the sport. West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce said earlier this week that a temporary pause
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1:51 PM ET Two Championship matches scheduled for Saturday have been postponed after Bristol City and Luton Town reported COVID-19 outbreaks in their squads on Friday. City were scheduled to play second-placed Brentford while Luton were set to host Queens Park Rangers. The positive tests come three days after Luton hosted City and beat them
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3:00 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer window very different from its predecessors but, with football back on the agenda, the January window will open as normal for Europe’s top leagues. 1 Related Though clubs spent nearly €1.5 billion less ($1.9bn) in the summer than they did the previous year, according to
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