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A Richarlison brace and Seamus Coleman s first goal since January 2017 gave Everton a 3-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion at Goodison Park.

The Brazil forward s fifth Premier League goal of the season put Marco Silva s men ahead after 26 minutes but their advantage was short-lived – Lewis Dunk heading the Brighton equaliser seven minutes later.

Everton s strong start to the second half proved key as long-serving Toffees right-back Coleman restored a lead Richarlison would enhance 13 minutes from time.

Victory moves Everton up to ninth in the table, while Brighton are 12th – enjoying a three-point cushion between themselves and West Ham in 13th

Gylfi Sigurdsson made a horrible hash of his shot on the end of Coleman s 11th-minute cutback.

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Manchester United s top-four hopes took a hit as they were held to another 0-0 draw in the Premier League at Old Trafford, this time by West Brom.

Jose Mourinho s side dominated proceedings but were once again lifeless in attack as they had to settle for a draw for the eighth time in 15 home matches in the top flight this season.

Captain Wayne Rooney was fit enough to return to the bench but United, who were again missing Zlatan Ibrahimovic through suspension, offered little invention in the final third against a West Brom side who sat back and frustrated the hosts in impressive fashion.

Anthony Martial missed the only good chance of the first half and Henrikh Mkhitaryan was denied twice after the break, but Tony Pulis side 3-1 winners over Arsenal last time …

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic paid tribute to Sam Allardyce ahead of the Sunderland manager s return to his former club in the Premier League on Saturday.

The match at Upton Park sees Allardyce, who managed the Hammers for four seasons between 2011 and 2015, face his successor for the first time.

Bilic, who at 38 per cent has the best win rate of any Hammers boss in the Premier League era, congratulated his counterpart on his accomplishments ahead of the clash and talked up Sunderland s chances of avoiding relegation.

Sam did great for West Ham, said the former Croatia boss.

He has managed for 20 years very successfully and he took over West Ham at a moment when we were in the Championship. He got us up straight away and stabilised us in the Premier L…

According to Sky Sports, West Ham United and Sampdoria have begun talks over the signing of Pedro Obiang. The Italian club are looking to bolster their squad ahead of the new Serie A season, with the 26-year-old being one of the biggest names on their radar.

The fee would be around €10 million and would see Obiang return to the same club that he left for the Hammers back in 2015. Pedro initially started his football journey with Atletico Madrid in his homeland of Spain, before making the jump to Sampdoria where he spent the next seven years of his career.

Obiang s current contract is scheduled to run until 2022 but they re reportedly willing to leave the final decision with him regarding whether or not he feels it s the best move for his development. As he prepares to…

Massimiliano Allegri insisted there is cause for optimism at Juventus as he demanded a strong finish to the year and ruled out a desperate transfer plunge.

Juventus travel to face Bologna on Saturday before wrapping up 2021 with a home game against Cagliari on Tuesday.

They will resume with games against Napoli and Roma in January, a testing opening to the year for a Juventus side who have spluttered through the season so far.

There were high hopes of a Scudetto tilt when Allegri returned to Turin in the close season after the failed experiment of having rookie coach Andrea Pirlo in charge of the team last term.

Rather than challenge for top spot, Juventus head into the latest round of games in seventh place, already 12 points adrift of leaders Inter. Al…

Karim Benzema proudly declared we are the best again after Real Madrid secured another Champions League title with a 1-0 win over Liverpool.

France international Benzema largely watched on as Liverpool bombarded Madrid s goal in the first half at the Stade de France on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp s Reds attempted five shots on target in the opening 45 minutes, as many as Liverpool had mustered in their previous two Champions League finals combined (two in 2018 and three in 2019).

During that first-half rearguard display in Paris, Benzema saw a goal ruled out shortly before the interval after being adjudged to stray offside inside the area.

But Vinicius Junior delivered the decisive strike just before the hour, while Thibaut Courtois thwarted Liverpool�…

I will speak well with my agents and my parents at the end of the season. And we will make the right decision.  

Those are the short and sweet words of RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano who has confirmed that he will wait until the end of the campaign to make any decision on his future however, for clubs that are interested, they ll almost certainly be getting to work before that.

The belief is that Chelsea manager Frank Lampard wants to overhaul the Blues defence during the summer transfer window, and in the wake of their performance against Bayern Munich in the Champions League earlier this week, it isn t all too hard to see or understand why.

Upamecano is said to be Lampard s primary target heading into the summer and while there are likely to be more tha…

Thomas Tuchel reiterated Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe will not leave the Ligue 1 champions despite links with Real Madrid.

Mbappe has reportedly emerged as a target for LaLiga giants Madrid, who are still looking to fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo after his move to Juventus last year.

The 20-year-old insisted he will not join Zinedine Zidane s side at the end of the season following his hat-trick in a 3-1 win against Monaco on Sunday, as PSG celebrated their sixth Ligue 1 title in seven seasons.

Asked about Mbappe – who became the youngest player to score 30 Ligue 1 goals in a single campaign – and his future post-match, head coach Tuchel told reporters: The president [Nasser Al-Khelaifi] has always told me the same thing: there are no …

Marco Verratti is set to sign a new contract with Paris Saint-Germain and remain in the French capital for four more years, according to Fabrizio Romano.

The feisty midfielder, who rose through the youth ranks at Pescara, joined PSG in the summer of 2012 for a reported fee of €12.5 million. Since then, he s gone on to make a total of 398 appearances in all competitions under six head coaches so far, scoring 11 goals and assisting his teammates 61 times. Like the rest of the club, he s still waiting to lift the Champions League trophy, but he has won the Ligue 1 title eight times, the French Cup and the French League Cup six times apiece, and the French Super Cup nine times.

The 30-year-old Italy international is currently under contract with PSG until the summer of 20…

According to reports, Manchester United are battling one of their Premier League rivals in the race to sign Fenerbahce left-back Ferdi Kadioglu.

have been busy during this summer s transfer window as they have spent around £150m to sign Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.

As you can tell from these signings, new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his recruitment team have largely focused on strengthening in defence this summer.

as they look to sign a new centre-midfielder, but they could also sign a left-back before the transfer window closes.

Injuries left Man Utd without a natural left-back for much of last season as Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia barely played for the Premier League giants.

Mazraoui is capable of pl…