Barcelona led 1-0 and 2-1 but Roma refused to surrender as Alessandro Florenzi, Bryan Cristante and Diego Perotti inspired a comeback. Roma scored three goals in eight minutes as the Serie A side twice came from behind to stun Malcom and Barcelona 4-2 at the International Champions Cup. All eyes were on Malcom after he opted to join LaLiga champions Barca, who dramatically hijacked Roma’s €40million deal to sign the highly-rated Brazilian from Bordeaux last week. Malcom – who was preparing to fly out to the Italian capital after Roma reached an agreement with Bordeaux before Barca stepped in at…
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona regained the title in LaLiga with a pulsating 4-2 win against Deportivo La Coruna, who were relegated. The runaway leaders headed into Sunday’s fixture at the Riazor knowing a point would be enough to win a seventh title in the past 10 seasons and the 25th in their history. A routine victory looked on the cards from the moment Philippe Coutinho finished Ousmane Dembele’s pass, and Messi scored a 30th league goal of the campaign from Luis Suarez’s sensational assist to double the lead. But Depor, who had to win to avoid going…
Arsenal have made three changes to their side that were beaten by City during the week. Chambers, Wilshere and Iwobi come into the fold as Bellerin and Welbeck drop to the bench, while Aaron Ramsey is rested ahead of the Europa League contest against AC Milan next week.
Chelsea are without N’Golo Kante this afternoon, with Fabregas coming into the team to replace him from the side that was beaten by United last week. Morata also drops to the bench from that team as Pedro replaces his compatriot in the line-up. City have made two changes to their side that beat Arsenal during the week. Zinchenko and Laporte come into the fold this afternoon as Danilo and Kompany drop to the bench. Fernandinho is out due to injury, leaving Gundogan in the holding role once again. Chelsea subs: Willy Caballero, Alvaro Morata, Olivier Giroud, Davide Zappacosta, Gary Cahill,…
Casemiro made one and scored another before Sergio Ramos wrapped up a hard-earned victory for Real Madrid at Leganes from the penalty spot. Real Madrid overcame an early blow and were made to toil after half-time for a 3-1 LaLiga win at Leganes.