Manchester United need a win and Cristiano Ronaldo needs a goal. Perhaps the visit of Southampton, who shipped nine at Old Trafford a year ago, will prove profitable.

Frank Lampard oversees his first home league game in charge of Everton as Leeds United visit, and he will hope it goes better than it did when he was Derby County boss and encountered the same opposition.

Liverpool and in-form Andy Robertson head to Burnley, while Wolves and Joao Moutinho are hoping for more magic against Tottenham.

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1. Cristiano Ronaldo, who is …

Manchester City secured a last-16 spot in the Champions League but failed to turn their complete dominance into more than a 1-0 win over Olympiacos.

Eager to put Saturday s 2-0 Premier League loss to Tottenham behind them, Pep Guardiola s side controlled proceedings in Wednesday s Group C clash in Athens.

But they had only one goal to show for it as Phil Foden, who wowed for England during the international break, swept the visitors into a first-half lead that never came under threat from the toothless hosts.

Guardiola, who signed a new contract last week, saw his side frustrated by a combination of profligate finishing and fine goalkeeping from Jose Sa.

City, who scored nine goals across their opening three group games, were quickly on the front foot and…

Frenkie de Jong believes Netherlands run to the Nations League final means the Oranje are a force to be reckoned with once again on the international stage.

After finishing third at the 2014 World Cup, Netherlands failed to reach each of the next two major tournaments and few would have fancied them to progress from A Nations League group starring Germany and France.

But under the guidance of Ronald Koeman, a rejuvenated side finished top of the pool, before defeating England 3-1 after extra time in Thursday s semi-final.

There was to be no silverware, though, as Goncalo Guedes solitary strike ensured the inaugural crown went the way of hosts Portugal at the Estadio do Dragao on Sunday.

The Young player of the Tournament:  Frenkie de Jong

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The transfer window has been gently eased shut, and there were plenty of last-minute deals to keep fans across Europe captivated.

Southampton were busy, adding Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Duje Caleta-Car to their ranks, among others, while Barcelona allowed Martin Braithwaite to join Espanyol on a free transfer and sold Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Chelsea.

As the seconds ticked down, clubs dotted their i s, crossed their t s and blew the dust off their fax machines, and here is just some of what took place in the closing hours.

Busy Saints bring in four, lose one

As far as the Premier League goes, it was Southampton who got up to the most activity in the final moments, signing Maitland-Niles on loan from Arsenal and Caleta-Car permanently from M…

Thiago Alcantara will not be rushed back into action despite returning to Liverpool first-team training, according to boss Jurgen Klopp.

The Spain international has missed more than two months of action since sustaining a knee injury in the Merseyside derby against Everton on October 17.

Having also had a spell out after testing positive for coronavirus, the 29-year-old has only played twice for Liverpool since arriving from Bayern Munich in a deal that could reach £25million.

He started training with the rest of the squad on Wednesday but Klopp confirmed Sunday s Premier League game against West Brom will come too soon for him, although the Reds boss had better news on the possible returns of Xherdan Shaqiri and James Milner.

Thiago made his first step…

Jurgen Klopp revealed he is still yet to work out how Liverpool will set up against Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Liverpool ran riot against Huddersfield Town on Friday as they moved back to the top of the Premier League, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah netting doubles in a 5-0 win following Naby Keita s opener after 15 seconds.

Barca are next up at Camp Nou, yet Klopp refused to contemplate that tie against the Spanish giants while there were still domestic games to play beforehand.

Can you imagine, I didn t think a second about Barca before right now, Klopp told Sky Sports. I saw them in my life about 100 times, but I didn t think a second about them.

We start now, we have five days before that game, it’s enough t…

Thomas Tuchel was left to rue Chelsea s missed opportunities in their Premier League stalemate with Everton at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea squandered the opportunity to cut the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City as their injury-hit opponents held out for a hard-earned 1-1 draw on Thursday.

Tuchel s Chelsea registered 80.3 per cent of the possession and 23 shots, but could only convert one courtesy of Mason Mount s fourth in as many games.

And the hosts were made to pay for their failure to capitalise while in the ascendancy; Jarrad Branthwaite equalising when he turned home Anthony Gordon s free-kick to secure a share of the spoils for the Toffees.

It also marked the third time in six games that Tuchel s side had dropped points from a winning posi…

Romelu Lukaku s move to Inter ended weeks of speculation over the striker s future to an end and brought the curtain down on a Premier League goal-scoring masterclass.

After failing to break through at Stamford Bridge, a loan move to West Brom in 2012-13 gave Lukaku the chance to prove himself.

He also impressed in a temporary stint at Everton too, joining them permanently in July 2014. The Belgium international reached double figures for league goals in each of his four seasons at Goodison Park.

The same can be said for his two years at Manchester United, yet the frontman never quite hit the expected heights. Still, as the Opta numbers show, he was productive during his time in England.

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