Liverpool have secured another Champions League final after they came from two goals down to beat home team Villarreal 3-2 in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal tie. The two teams met for the second leg at the El Madrigal just six days after the first leg which ended in a 2-0 win for the Reds thanks to the goals from PervisEstupinan (own goal) and Sadio Mane within two second half minutes.

Villarreal made a dream start in the second leg thanks to the third minute strike from BoulayeDia off the assist from Frenchman Etienne Capoue. The Spanish La Ligaclub scored a second goal four minutes before halftime through Frenchman Francis Coquelin who knows a lot about Liverpool having spent several years in England while playing for Arsenal. Capoue also provided the goal for Coquelin to ensure that Villarreal drew level with Liverpool in the tie. (more…)

Arsenal midfielder Emile Smith-Rowe was one of the three players who scored as the Gunners recorded a morale-boosting win at the home of European champions Chelsea in the league. The England international helped the Gunners regain the lead in the first half to take his tally to ten goals in the Premier League this season. With his goal against Chelsea, England international Smith-Rowe was able to take his overall tally to 11 goals in all competitions.

Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal players came into the Chelsea on the back of a poor run of results in the Premier League. They had lost three league games in a row before the trip to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

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While the future of Borussia Dortmund’s Norway international striker Erling Haaland remains up in the air, reports are still mounting up about a possibility of him moving to England and play for an English Premier League club. Manchester United are the first club to come to mind when the possibility of him coming to England comes up, with Chelsea and Manchester City the other possible options. However, Manchester United have leapfrogged other teams to the front of the queue. This is mostly because both Chelsea and City have spent huge sums in last summer’s transfer window to acquire themselves big-money signings.

While Chelsea made a huge statement by bringing back Belgian international star Romelu Lukaku to Stamford Bridge from Italian Serie A giants Inter Milan for a whopping sum of £97 million, City, on the other hand, splashed £100 million on the signing of England international attacking midfielder Jack Grealish from Aston Villa. The spending spree of the two teams mean that it might be hard for them to spend another huge sum this summer to sign another big-name player. (more…)

 
Arsenal midfielder Emile Smith-Rowe is one of the most in-form young midfielders in the Premier League over the last one month. The England junior international was able to continue his red-hot form in front of goal as he found the back of the net in the league win over Leicester City at the weekend.

Emile Smith-Rowe was the recipient of the second Arsenal goal against Leicester City as he maintained his form in the league. The England junior international has now scored four goals in all competitions for the Gunners this season with three of those goals coming in the Premier League. (more…)

Everton winger Andros Townsend has won the best goal award for September in the Premier League. The England international was given the goal award for his world class strike during the win over Burnley at Goodison Park last month. Townsend scored one of the goals as Everton came from a goal down to beat the Clarets 3-1 at home.

After a goalless first half, the Clarets took the lead courtesy their skipper, Ben Mee. Burnley were ahead for just seven minutes before Everton responded with the equaliser on the hour mark. England national team defender Michael Keane was the recipient of the Everton equaliser. (more…)