A frustrated Dele Alli felt Tottenham were justly punished for letting their lead slip against Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final, insisting we can t keep doing this .

Spurs deservedly took the lead 11 minutes into Saturday s encounter at Wembley when Alli pounced to turn home a cross from Christian Eriksen.

However, goals from Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera turned things around in London and sent United into the final, with Spurs now having lost in all eight of their most recent appearances in the last four.

Mauricio Pochettino s side suffered a similar collapse at home to Juventus in the Champions League last-16 second leg, with Giorgio Chiellini rather scathingly describing the result as the history of Tottenham , adding they always miss something at…

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Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan, both in search of their first Champions League Group F victory, will face off at the Signal Iduna Park on Wednesday.

In their opening match of the group stage, Edin Terzic s team suffered a 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. Milan, on the other hand, played to a frustrating 0-0 draw with Newcastle United in their first group stage match.

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Borussia Dortmund faced a challenging task in their opening Champions League match against PSG, and they were unable to secure a positive result at the Parc des Princes. PSG s superiority led to a 2-0 defeat for Dortmund, with Kylian Mbappe converting a penalty in the 49th minute after Niklas Sule s handball, and former Dortmund wing-back Achra…

Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has been charged with rape by French prosecutors, it was announced on Friday.

The Morocco international was accused by a 24-year-old woman who made a complaint to police on Sunday, February 26.

That has now been followed five days later by a formal indictment against the 24-year-old former Inter, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid player, AFP reported.

After the initial complaint, PSG issued a statement to French media that was supportive of Hakimi, stating he had firmly denied the accusations and trusts justice .

The club added in that statement: PSG is an institution that promotes respect on and off the pitch.

L Equipe quoted Hakimi s lawyer, Fanny Colin, as saying Hakimi firmly denied the accusations m…

You ll know Galatasaray and Fenerbahce more globally than Besiktas because financially, they re always helped by wealthy businessmen no matter what, he said. Besiktas are a club by themselves, they thrive off their fans. They don t thrive off wealthy businessmen on the side who come to the committee and say here s €10-20million, buy who you want.

Besiktas own their own stadium, where other clubs have rented out their stadiums or sponsorships to invest into the stadium. That s big credit to the president because he came in when the club were financially in a bad crisis… there was a time players weren t being paid for nearly a year but it s Besiktas so you ll always get your money. But it s the struggles you went through to get where you are today. I was one of those players…

Aymeric Laporte is on the verge of becoming Manchester City s record signing after Athletic Bilbao confirmed the defender has paid his release clause.

In a statement on their official website, Athletic confirmed the payment of the clause – which stands at €65million (£57m) – was made by Laporte, such are the mechanics of transfer deals under Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) regulations.

City were not mentioned in the statement but Pep Guardiola is now poised to make the 23-year-old the Premier League leaders biggest individual signing, outstripping the £55m paid to Wolfsburg for Kevin De Bruyne in 2015.

Athletic also tweeted a brief statement from Laporte, where he thanked a club he joined as a youngster in the 2009-10 season.

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CSKA Moscow completed a shock double over Real Madrid by winning 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, but it was not enough to earn them a place in the Europa League.

The Champions League holders had been beaten 1-0 in the Russian capital earlier in their Group G campaign, yet they were already assured of going through as pool winners.

Their visitors, meanwhile, needed to pick up more points than Viktoria Plzen to prolong their European interest, but were denied by a 2-1 win for the Czech side over Roma.

Fedor Chalov, Georgy Schennikov and Arnor Sigurdsson scored the goals for CSKA on a humiliating night for Madrid, who were subjected to whistles from the home fans at full-time.

It was a much-changed Madrid side who dominated possession in the e…

According to a recent report from Sky Italy, Inter Milan have met with the agents of Manchester United youngster Tahith Chong ahead of a potential move. 

The Dutch under 21s international has a contract with United that is set to expire during the upcoming summer transfer window, and he has also been granted permission to speak to foreign clubs this month. 

There has actually been some talk that he could make his way over to the Chinese Super League before the window shuts, with Jiangsu Suning being very interested in making a move. 

He most recently appeared during an FA Cup third round tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers, in a game where he showed why he’s viewed as such a commodity. 

With Inter, though, you just know that they’ll put everyth…

Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele scored memorable goals for Barcelona as Ernesto Valverde s decision to drop Antoine Griezmann was vindicated in a 4-0 victory over Sevilla.

While their €120million signing sat among the substitutes, Suarez s acrobatic overhead kick got the LaLiga champions off the mark, Arturo Vidal polished off a sublime passing move with the second and Dembele scored a solo effort to all but end the contest.

Lionel Messi wrapped up the win with a curling second-half free-kick and the synergy between Barcelona s front three, which has not always clicked with Griezmann involved, will not have been lost on Valverde.

The match ended in unsavoury fashion for the Catalans, though, who saw debutant Ronald Araujo and Dembele sent off shortly before in…

Luis Enrique s declaration of a clean slate for Spain is giving Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata hope his international exile may soon be over.

Mata, 30, has not featured for Spain since 2016 and was overlooked for the country s ill-fated World Cup campaign.

But the shock dismissal of Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the tournament and recent appointment of Luis Enrique has led to a change in thinking that could see the playmaker return to the fold.

Former Barcelona boss Enrique has included both new faces and players who have disappeared on an initial 70-man shortlist for his first match in charge, against England at Wembley Stadium in September.

I m again excited about the possibility of coming back, Mata told ESPN.

I obviously want to com…

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AS Roma are set to host Feyenoord at the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday evening in the second leg of their encounter in the quarterfinals of the Europa League. The Eredivisie side travel to Rome with a one-goal advantage, courtesy of a fine strike by Mats Wieffer.

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The season is going relatively well for Roma on two fronts. They were knocked out of the Coppa Italia in the quarterfinals by Cremonese, and it seems that being involved in one competition less has helped their efforts to stay focused in the Serie A and the Europa League.

In the Italian top flight, they re on the right track to booking a place in next season s Champions League. After 30 rounds, they re third with 56 points, six less than city rivals Lazio in seco…