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Premier League Action Twenty-nine goals were scored this past weekend with two matches left, with penalties galore as seven penalties were awarded this past weekend. The highlight match of the weekend was Manchester City 5-2 home defeat to Leicester City. Jamie Vardy netted a hat-trick, with two goals from the penalty spot while James Maddison netted an absolute peach of a goal as Pep Guardiola has to sort out City's defensive woes this season as this is the first time in his managerial career that he has conceded five goals in a home game. For Brendan Rodgers' side, this was their first win away from home since January, and Vardy already has five goals this season, tied with Everton's Dominic Calvert-Levin. Bruno Fernandes scored a 100th minute penalty to give Manchester United their first win of the season in a quite fortunate 3-2 win against Brighton which was engulfed in some controversy, particularly with the late penalty that was given to United. Mason Mount, Callum H...

Last weekend, Robert Lewandowski broke the record of scoring the most goals by a foreign player in a Bundesliga season as the Polish striker has netted 33 goals, as the previous was 31 by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. So, who are the most prolific foreign players to have graced Germany's top flight? Here are the ten most prolific foreign players in Bundesliga history. ( These records are from trasnfermarkt as of this post). Anthony Yeboah - 96 goals Anthony Yeboah was one of the first African players to make it in Europe during the 1990s. The Ghanaian played in the Bundesliga as well as the Premier League with Leeds United where he has cult-like status. In the Bundesliga, he played for the likes of Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburg. During his time in Germany, he scored 96 goals in 223 Bundesliga appearances. He was more prolific during his time at Frankfurt, scoring 68 goals for Die Adler , winning the Bundesliga golden boot in 1992/93 and 1993/94  and was part of the Kicker ...

The Champions League continued on Wednesday with teams from Groups E to H competing for those knockout places. Here are the four things learned from Wednesday's night. Mourinho: How do you like me now? Despite the negativity with Mourinho this season, United recently have been going results but many saw their chances of getting a result against Juventus at Turin very slim which was evident when Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring. However, United managed to come from behind in the last five minutes to beat the Italian giants 2-1 from Juan Mata and an own goal from Alex Sandro. While it's partly Juve's own making for wasting their chances, it was the perfect shut up response for Mourinho giving United some confidence ahead of the Manchester Derby this coming weekend and their next two UCL games in group H as they're now two points behind Juventus. Madrid got their goal-scoring boots Real Madrid are picking up form under intern coach Santiago Solari as they...

The UEFA Champions League made its return this week as we're now halfway into the group stages as teams are either getting points to keep their chances of going through alive or consolidating their place for the knockout stages. Teams from Group E to H played on Tuesday with the biggest game being Manchester United hosting Juventus which the Serie A champions won 1-0. Real Madrid, Roma, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Ajax all secured wins while Valencia and Lyon dropped points. Here are the major stories from Tuesday's results. Ronaldo's Return to Old Trafford The anticipation of United playing against Juventus was on the return of former United player Cristiano Ronaldo to Old Trafford as a Juventus player. The Portuguese was the provider for Paulo Dybala who scored his 4th UCL goal this season. Ronaldo was no doubt the centre of attention before and during the game with pitch invaders attempting to reach him during and after the game. For Juventus, they'r...