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As the season gets closer to its end, games carry more weight than usual that one mistake can be catastrophic and hurts the chances of any team's quest for a title, a place in Europe or a relegation fight. Here are the highlights from the weekend. United and Liverpool in rugged stalemate Manchester United and Liverpool played to a goalless draw at Old Trafford in Sunday that took Liverpool back on top of the Premier League but by only one point. The game was massive for both sides. United in damaging the title hopes of their rivals and Liverpool in making a statement win in a ground where Liverpool have won just twice over the past decade. The first half was frantic with a lot of hard challenges coming from both teams but seems to affect United with Ole Gunnar Solskjær forced to make three substitution with Juan Mata, Ander Herrera and Jesse Lingard coming off while Marcus Rashford had to carry a knock throughout the game. Liverpool also had their injury troubles with Robert

EPL: Manchester United V Liverpool This season has brought a lot of twists and turns in the title race with Manchester City and Liverpool going neck and neck between each other for the title as they are level on points but Liverpool have a game in hand. That game in hand is against a resurgent Manchester United at Old Trafford in Sunday. Since the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Manchester United have gained more points and wins than any other team. Part of that is due to the form of Paul Pogba. The French midfielder has been in fantastic form scoring eight goals since the Norwegian took over. It's likely they will be without Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard for the game on Sunday, with Romelu Lukaku and Juan Mata deployed in their absence. Liverpool, coming from a goalless draw against Bayern, are on good form as well with three wins in their last five league games but dropped four points against Leicester City and West Ham which enabled City to close the gap on them. A

Giménez and Godín down The Old Lady Atlético centre-backs José Giménez and Diego Godín were the heroes for Atlético Madrid following a massive 2-0 win against Italian champions Juventus at the Wanda Metropolitano with more discussions about Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Both sides sides have reached the final of the Champions League in the past five years with Juve making a big coup to win the competition with the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, who has also scored 22 goals against Atléti. Juventus had the first big chance when Leonardo Bonucci who had a free header from a set-piece but went over the crossbar. Diego Costa and Antonie Griezmann had their chances but were unable to score then they scored from substitute Álvaro Morata but was ruled out by VAR. The Rojiblancos finally took the lead from José Giménez with Juve unable to clear their lines from a set-piece allowing the Uruguayan to score. Five minutes later, Diego Godín scored the second from another set-piece. A big win

The UEFA Champions League continues with another four games this week in the Round of 16 after the other four games from last week. These are the games we live for as fans of the game where every chance, challenge and error could change the game on its head. Here are the reviews from the game on Tuesday night. Bayern frustrate Liverpool in stalemate Bayern Munich produced a defensive display against Liverpool in their Round of 16 clash at Anfield that ended 0-0. Despite not being at the top in the Bundesliga, Bayern have come to this game on form as they are closing the gap on Borussia Dortmund but were without Arjen Robben, Thomas Müller and Jerome Boateng for this game. Liverpool, on the other hand, are in a title race as well and had their injury worries as well with Joe Gomez, Dejan Lovren out with injury while Virgil van Dijk was suspended with Fabinho deployed at centre-back. The game had very few clear cut chances for both sides with just two shots on target from the enti

Spurs score three past Dortmund Tottenham Hotspur pulled out one of their best performances in the Champions League after a resounding 3-0 victory over Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. Spurs had to play without Harry Kane and Dele Alli who were both out due to injury forcing Pochettino to play Lucas Moura and Son Heung-Min upfront. Dortmund had injury troubles of their own with captain Marco Reus out with injury as well as Manuel Akanji, Paco Alcàcer, Julian Weigl and Lukasz Piszczek. Dortmund almost took the lead just at the stroke of halftime when Juan Foyth failed to control the ball and was intercepted by Christian Pulisic but hit the side of the net. Two minutes in the second half, Spurs took the lead from Heung-Min Son when Eriksen intercepted a ball from Hakimi passing it to Jan Vertonghen, who crossed the ball for Son to finish. It was all Spurs after that with Dortmund unable to handle Spurs' pressing and got their second from Vertonghen, who lashed th

The UEFA Champions League is back after a two month absence and it's crunch time as we begin the knockout stages of the competition with some excitement games over the next few weeks. So we begin with the games from last night. Mbappé silences Old Trafford Kliyan Mbappé played without his attacking partners in Neymar and Edinson Cavani but scored an important away goal for the PSG as they beat Manchester United 2-0 in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie at Old Trafford. Things were looking to be at United's favour as they have been unbeaten under Ole Gunnar Solskjær and PSG were without Neymar, Cavani, Rabiot and Meunier. However, during the game, United hardly threatened the French champions with only one shot on target from their 10 attempts from last night. PSG had chances but were unable to capitalize as well but in the second half, Presnel Kimpembe got the Parisians in front after converting a corner from Ángel Di Maria, giving PSG a vital away goal. Kliyan Mbapp

Chelsea annihilated by City City continued their dominating form of latte with a hammering 6-0 win against Chelsea on Sunday at the Etihad. City went in front in just four minutes from Sergio Agüero and it was just the beginning. Pep's side scored three more in just twenty minutes which sealed the win already but it wasn't the end of it. In the second half, they scored twice with Agüero scoring from the penalty spot while Raheem Sterling completed an emphatic win, sending a message to their title rivals as they stayed on top having played a game more than Liverpool while Chelsea drop to sixth place after their worst ever Premier League defeat in history as Sarri now have to face the question. Liverpool return to winning ways Liverpool managed to get back to winning ways and keep their title hopes alive after beating Bournemouth 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday. Following dropped points against Leicester City and West Ham, the Reds had to get their season back in track and

EPL: Liverpool V Bournemouth The title race is heating up by every week as Liverpool now drop to second in the Premier League following Manchester City's win over Everton on Wednesday. However, Liverpool have a game in hand and with be looking to get back to winning ways against Bournemouth on Saturday at Anfield. The Reds have been affected heavily with injuries to Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Giorginio Wijnaldum and Jordan Henderson and have struggled at the back keeping just one clean sheet in their last five games in the league as they have dropped points against Leicester City and West Ham. For Bournemouth, they aren't in good form either with only one win in their last six games but have a big opportunity to get something from Liverpool as they have never beaten Liverpool at Anfield and with the Reds dropping points recently, they could inflict more doubt on Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool's chances for the Premier League. Manchester City V Chelsea City a

With the transfer window now shut, teams whether they did any business or not now have to live with it till May and have games coming fast with the Champions League coming back in less than two weeks. Anyway, here are the major stories from the weekend.  City cut gap to two points Manchester City have put the pressure on Liverpool as they have cut the gap two points after the defending champions beat Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday at the Etihad. An error from Alex Iwobi led to City's first goal in less than a minute with Sergio Agüero scoring. Laurent Koscielny shocked the Etihad scoring an equalizer to keep the Gunners in the game for about 30 minutes but Agüero scored again before halftime. City's dominance and exploitation of the flanks were too much for the Arsenal defence with Agüero scoring a hat-trick to seal the win and will wait to see how Liverpool play as they play tonight against West Ham. Chelsea hammer Huddersfield  Gonzalo Higuaín scored twice in hi

On Friday, Qatar beat Japan 3-1 in the Final of the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is the first time Qatar has won the competition as they are building their reputation in the sport with the 2022 FIFA World Cup on home soil coming up. Celebrations erupted across the country, particularly in the capital Doha, where thousands watched the game as fans from Qatar, were barred from coming to the Emirates with a political blockade between Qatar, the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia that has been going on for over a year and showed no signs of slowing down when Qatar beat the UAE in the semifinals with fans throwing objects at the Qatari players when they celebrated and the playing down of the victory by the media in those countries. Qatar is a small but wealthy nation in the Arabian Gulf that doesn't really have any international experience in the sport with their rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran probably the strongest teams in the Gulf region with World Cup experience and