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We’re two weeks from the next international break and with mid-week action from the EFL Cup, Matchday 7 of the Premier League kicked off with West Ham beating Manchester United 3-1 at the London Stadium leaving United just 10 points from their first seven games. The 3pm matches saw Newcastle United still yet to get a win losing 2-0 at home to Leicester City. Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspurs and Arsenal all won their games while Wolves’ fine start to the season continued beating Southampton 2-0. Everton beat Fulham 3-0 at Goodison Park while the 5:30pm game saw Chelsea against Liverpool. The game ended 1-1 with Chelsea becoming the first team to take points off Liverpool so far this season. Here are the three things from yesterday’s action. Mourinho. What Now? It’s fair to say that Manchester United and more importantly José Mourinho, have had a week that they will clearly want to forget. Dropping points at home to Wolves last weekend, they lost their game against Champions

So the FIFA Football Awards or THE BEST happened last night at London and Luka Modrić won the Men's Best Player Award beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah. Modrić has done what Wesley Sneijder, Franck Ribery and Manuel Neuer could not do. Break the Ronaldo-Messi duopoly.  Despite knowing he was going to win as Cristiano Ronaldo didn't attend the ceremony, Modrić was the deserved winner for what he has done over the past 12 months for both Real Madrid and Croatia. It's a sense of refreshment that a central midfielder who doesn't have high goals and assists numbers can be recognized as the best player in the world. Since Fabio Cannavaro, the FIFA Award mostly goes to attackers, something that former World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm stated. There was some controversy with some of the winners from last night. Firstly, the Puskás award. Mohamed Salah's goal against Everton didn't deserve it. That wasn't even Salah's best goal from la

Kylian Mbappe Marcelo and his family  Eden Hazard  England Coach Gareth Southgate  Germany Coach Joachim Löw signing autographs  Sergio Ramos and Pilar Rubio Mohamed Salah Luka Modric and his family  Ronaldinho Thibaut Courtois  Marta Kasper Schmeichel and Stine Gylenbrand Ronaldo De Lima Mohamed Salah receiving the FIFA Puskas Award Thibaut Courtois winning the Best Goalkeeper Award Reynald Pedros winning the Women's Coach Award Didier Deschamps winning the Men's Coach Award Marta winning the Best Women's Player Award Luka Modric receiving the Best Men's Player Award Luka Modric and Marta The FIFPro XI with host Idris Elba  The Ceremony at The Royal Festival Hall in London

Luka Modrić was crowned The Best Men's Player at the FIFA Football Awards last night at London. The Croatian beat former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah to win the award becoming the first player who is not Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi since Kaka in 2007 to win a FIFA Award. It has been a fitting 12 months for the midfielder who won the UEFA Champions League in May and led his country Croatia to the FIFA World Cup Final winning the Golden Ball Award for Best Player. Football's superstars, legends of the game and celebrities were in attendance with the glitz and glamour of the ceremony. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, however, were not in attendance for the ceremony. Mohamed Salah won the FIFA Puskás Award for the best goal beating Ronaldo's overhead kick against Juventus and Gareth Bale's strike against Liverpool in the Champions League Final. Thibaut Courtois won the best goalkeeper award while France's coach

With European football taken place during mid-week, league action in the Premier League resumed with Matchday 6. Fulham played Watford to a 1-all draw at Craven Cottage at the 12:30 kick-off. Six games where played at the 3pm kick-off time which included Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City. Liverpool and Manchester City got easy wins while Manchester United dropped points against Wolves. Newcastle United against Crystal Palace was goalless, Leicester City beat Huddersfield 3-1 while Burnley got their first win of the season with a remarkable 4-0 win over Bournemouth. The last game was Spurs going to Brighton where they got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory. Here are the four things from yesterday’s action. Wolves: Giant Killers? Wolves dominated the Championship last season with their attacking brand of football that many hoped would continue in the Premier League. That would be difficult especially going up against the top sides in the league. Despite Wolv

Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League continued with Group E,F,G and H taking action on Wednesday. Holders Real Madrid started the post-CR7 era in the Champions League with a 3-0 win against AS Roma at the Santiago Bernabèu to start their title defence. Juventus, with Cristiano Ronaldo, got their campaign off to a good start with a 2-0 win away at Valencia. Manchester United got a strong 3-0 victory against BSC Young Boys at Switzerland while Manchester City fell to a 2-1 defeat at the Etihad to Lyon. Bayern Munich and Ajax recorded wins while Hoffenheim earned a draw in their first ever game in the Champions League. Here are the three things learned from last night’s action. Ronaldo sees Red in UCL debut Juventus made a big statement bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo in their quest to win the Champions League since 1996 and while they started off with a 2-0 win against Valencia, the biggest talking point with the Portuguese and it wasn't for the right reasons. Ronaldo, 30

The 2018/19 UEFA Champions League season has finally begun with Group A, B, C and D kicking things off on Tuesday. Barcelona got their campaign off to a perfect start with an easy 4-0 win against PSV Eindhoven at the Camp Nou. Liverpool beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 in a thrilling encounter at Anfield continuing their perfect start to the season while Spurs fell short losing to Inter Milan 2-1 at the San Siro. Galatasaray, Dortmund and Atletico got their campaign started with three points while Napoli and Porto dropped points. Here are the three things from yesterday’s action. Messi Is On a Mission Lionel Messi before the season started stated that Barcelona have unfinished business in the Champions League and will try their hardest to win the Champions League this season. So basically, Messi is on a quest this season starting with a magical display against PSV Eindhoven. The Argentine was at his best as usually scoring a hat-trick in Barcelona’s comprehensive 4-0 win against

Cristiano Ronaldo finally opened his goalscoring account for Juventus as the Old Lady were 2-1 winners against Sassuolo in the Serie A. The Portuguese were recently moved to Italy has been finding time difficult in Italy being unable to find the back of the net in his first three games for the Bianconeri but after 320 minutes, CR7 found the back of the net five minutes in the second half, taking advantage of some poor defending from Sassuolo in clearing their lines with Ronaldo scoring to a free net. Ten minutes after, he scored again after a swift counter attack. That was also his 400th league goal of his career. Sassuolo get one back from Khouma Babacar before Douglas Costa was sent off. The win continues Juve's start in Serie A three points above Napoli before their Champions League tie against Valencia on Wednesday but Ronaldo has finally up and running .

The Premier League is finally back after the international break as Matchday 5 started with the biggest game of the weekend as Liverpool faced Tottenham at Wembley in the 12:30 kickoff. Chelsea and Watford were looking to continue their 100 percent start with Chelsea facing Cardiff City at Stamford Bridge while Watford faced Manchester United. Arsenal travelled to face Newcastle, Manchester City faced Fulham at the Etihad with the defending champions unstoppable at home, Bournemouth faced Leicester City and Huddersfield Town were up against Crystal Palace. Here are the four things learned from yesterday’s games. Liverpool passed their toughest test (so far) Liverpool returned to action with a tough run of games ahead of them and it started with Tottenham at Wembley. Liverpool last year, were battered by their opponents 4-1 and with their poor record against the top 6 away from home last season, this was a test where Liverpool needed to pass in proving their title credent

The UEFA Champions League makes its return next week with all 32 teams starting their quest to become Kings of Europe. This season will see new players trying to make their mark among Europe's best. Here are the 5 players to watch in the UCL this season. Naby Këita Naby Këita has started life well on Merseyside following his £52 million to Liverpool from RB Leipzig. The Guinean was one of the most sort after midfielders during his time in Germany being an important cog in Leipzig's midfield as they finished second in their first ever season in the Bundesliga. Last season, Këita scored 5 and made 7 assists in the Bundesliga and made 3.6 tackles and interceptions in last season 's UCL including 4.8 dribbles per game. A midfielder with strong defensive and attacking instincts, Këita would bring dynamism and creativity to Liverpool's midfield this season. Hirving Lozano Lozano was one of the breakouts stars at the World Cup last summer making 2 goal contributi