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Cristiano Ronaldo left it late to score his first goal for Al-Nassr, but finally got off the mark with his penalty in added-on time earning his new side a 2-2 draw vs Al-Fateh Al-Nassr fans are piling the pressure on manager Rudi Garcia after they failed to win for the second time in succession. The Frenchman was appointed as head coach of the Saudi giants in June of last year and is still in his first season in charge. He has guided Al-Nassr to the top of the Pro League, but fans understandably expected a stark improvement in performance in recent…

Graham Potter gave his assessment on £107m new boy Enzo Fernandez after making his Chelsea debut. Chelsea head coach Graham Potter hailed Enzo Fernandez for his “magnificent” debut against Fulham after the £107million record signing made his first appearance in the goalless draw. The Argentinian enjoyed a fine first outing in a blue shirt just days after completing his switch from Benfica and the Blues coach praised the midfielder for his performance. Potter threw Fernandez into his starting XI just three days after he signed from the Portuguese side and just two training sessions. But the occasion did not appear to faze the World…

Nottingham Forest was the first of eight games in 26 days in February for Man United, but Erik ten Hag welcomes the hectic schedule. February is United’s most testing month of the season so far Erik ten Hag is relishing Manchester United’s taxing schedule this month and believes it could benefit the team. The League Cup semi-final second leg win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday was the first of eight games in 26 days for United, whose month concludes with the League Cup final against Newcastle at Wembley. Before that, United face an intense double-header against Leeds United in the Premier League…

Fans on Twitter are convinced that Anderson Talisca is a more important player for Al-Nassr than Cristiano Ronaldo. The 29-year-old had a mixed outing against Al Fateh on February 3. While the former Benfica star found the back of the net for the third game in a row, he was sent off in the dying stages of the match. Cristian Tello, formerly of Barcelona, broke the deadlock early in the game, giving Al Fateh the lead. Ronaldo wasted a gilt-edged opportunity after Talisca’s effort rebounded off the post. The Brazilian, however, managed to find the back of the net with…

Erik ten Hag will face questions on Mason Greenwood’s Manchester United future on Friday lunchtime. The United boss will hold his preview press conference for Saturday’s home game against Crystal Palace at midday and is certain to be asked about the forward’s future at Old Trafford. England international Greenwood, 21, saw charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault against him dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service on Thursday. It came just over a year after the forward was arrested. However, United will now ‘conduct their own process before determining the next steps’ as they decide whether Greenwood should return to play for them. The club…

Jadon Sancho has ended a three month social media silence with a message to Manchester United supporters. Sancho shut down his social media channels when the Premier League broke for the World Cup. He was not named in the England squad. It later turned out Sancho had been struggling with his fitness, which led to him missing the last fortnight of games for Manchester United before the break, where his form had been trailing off beforehand. Now, after time away to concentrate on getting up to full speed, Sancho is back with the first team and made his return at Old…

After playing against Leo Messi for 15 years, the PSG defender has asserted that the Argentine star is “the best player football has ever produced.” WHAT HAPPENED? Ramos was Messi’s opponent for nearly 10 years when he faced off the Argentina international’s Barcelona while captaining Real Madrid. But the two linked up in Paris in 2021, and Ramos has now asserted that the World Cup winner is the best ever. WHAT THEY SAID: In an interview with PSG TV, Ramos highlighted Messi’s quality: “There was suffering for several years playing against Messi. I am now enjoying him. He is the best player…

‘Avengers’ has gone down in Hollywood history as one of the biggest and most successful film franchises of all time. Before the film could amass billions at the box office, director-duo Joe and Anthony Russo set the stage for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with the events of ‘Captain America: Civil War’. The Chris Evans lead-film, saw the Avengers pick sides with Captain America and Iron-Man. We all know how the final battle at the airport turned out, but did you know that the makers were toying with the idea of having Vision betray Iron Man and switch sides for love?In an unused…

Robert Downey Jr. had serious discussions with action star Sylvester Stallone about doing an Edgar Allen Poe movie. But Stallone wasn’t sure Downey might have been a big enough star for the film to work. Sylvester Stallone has been working on an Edgar Allen Poe biopic since the 70s At the height of Stallone’s career, the famous Rocky franchise wasn’t the only material the actor was focused on. His growing megastar status didn’t distract Stallone from his passions as a writer. So Stallone was still penning a variety of scripts during and after his Rocky success. One of those scripts focused on the life and death of one…

Marvel Studios and DC Comics have been at the forefront of the superhero movie genre for many years. With the recent announcement of James Gunn’s new slate for the DC Universe (DCU), fans are wondering if Marvel will be able to maintain its dominance. James Gunn, who has directed several successful films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), has been tasked with revitalizing the DCU, and fans are eager to see what he has in store. The MCU has set a high bar for superhero movies with its creative storytelling, diverse cast, and ability to make audiences care about its…

Black Widow was the first movie in the MCU’s Phase 4, and it left plenty of setups for a sequel to happen. However, the sequel won’t be made as “Black Widow 2.” Marvel has begun a new trend of continuing certain stories with different IPs. Since they’ve got plenty of IPs running at the same time, only a few of them have legitimate sequels. WandaVision didn’t get a second season, but the story is being continued through Doctor Strange 2, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, and Vision Quest. Similarly, the sequel to Black Widow is happening with Thunderbolts. The Black Widow sequel will feature plot elements from different movies Thunderbols line up (Image…

A forgotten Liverpool star during January should be given another chance by Jürgen Klopp in order to fix a key defensive flaw in the attack at the moment. Liverpool is struggling on all fronts this season. January in particular has been a really difficult month for Jürgen Klopp and his team. Having been knocked out of the FA Cup and suffered heavy defeats to Brighton and Brentford, there are plenty of problems to fix at the club. Defensively, Liverpool has essentially malfunctioned. Teams like Brighton and Brentford have been able to run past through opens gaps undeterred, and a porous shape like…

Liverpool striker Darwin Núñez has revealed some advice from Jürgen Klopp that could make the Reds the most fearsome team in the Premier League in one area. Of all the teams in the Premier League, only Tottenham Hotspur (15) has had more shots from counter-attacks than Liverpool (14) this season. And when you look at it on a per-game basis — the Reds have played a game fewer than Spurs — it leads the division outright. But when it comes to goals from counters, Liverpool is only in mid-table (joint-eighth). It has converted just two of those 14 attempts, leaving it well…

‘There is NO problem with Kylian’: Lionel Messi insists his World Cup victory has NOT damaged his relationship with Mbappe – but admits he ‘doesn’t want to talk about it’ with his PSG team-mate as he understands his pain after losing the final in 2014 Lionel Messi has urged that Argentina’s World Cup final triumph against France in December has not marred his relationship with PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe, whose superb hat-trick forced a penalty shoot-out in the enthralling final, suffered the ultimate disappointment as his side failed to defend their world crown in Qatar and watched on as Messi finally got his hands…

After playing against Leo Messi for 15 years, the PSG defender has asserted that the Argentine star is “the best player football has ever produced.” Ramos and Messi rivals in La Liga Now team-mates at PSG Defender says Messi is the greatest WHAT HAPPENED? Ramos was Messi’s opponent for nearly 10 years when he faced off the Argentina international’s Barcelona while captaining Real Madrid. But the two linked up in Paris in 2021, and Ramos has now asserted that the World Cup winner is the best ever. WHAT THEY SAID: In an interview with PSG TV, Ramos highlighted Messi’s quality: “There was…

A dog walker has filmed the moment that Tom Cruise paraglided over her head while he filmed Mission Impossible in the Lake District. Charlotte Burton-Delph, 44, was on a holiday when her childhood hero landed next to her on Sunday near Buttermere Lake in Cumbria. She saw a man gliding above the water in the distance and was stunned to recognise it was in fact the Hollywood actor filming upcoming Mission Impossible 8. Stunning footage shows fearless Cruise, 60, dressed in his signature black clothes, boots and gloves as he smoothly glides from left to right towards her and her partner Adrian Burton-Delph. Stunning…

They’ve become firm favourites with Gogglebox fans for their loving relationship and entertaining bickering since joining the show in 2015. But Giles Wood and Mary Killen look unrecognisable in throwback snaps from nearly 40 years ago when Mary was a model, with some fans even comparing Giles to ‘Hugh Grant crossed with Tom Cruise’. In the black and white pictures, taken around 1986, the couple, who refer to each other as Nutty, are seen looking adoringly at one another. Blast from the past: Gogglebox stars Giles Wood and Mary Killen look unrecognisable in throwback snaps from nearly 40 years ago In one…

The Marvel v DC battle is always up for a Round 2 but after months of talk surrounding how it’s not a competition between the two juggernauts, James Gunn has himself stepped into the ring for a bout. As the franchise gets increasingly more well-defined by the day, the projects that now constitute Chapter One of the DC cinematic universe have become somewhat of a dysfunctional family banding together to manifest a bigger vision on the screen. And James Gunn, ever the proud father of his creation, has commented how his vision for the DC of tomorrow is more planned…

The Flash is one of the most important superheroes of the DC Universe and is also one of the starting members of the Justice League. As everybody knows and as his name suggests, the name Flash comes from his speed as he is able to run superfast which results in him having superfast reflexes. After the Justice League was released in 2017 directed by Joss Whedon, there have been no further updates about The Flash along with many other characters as Snyder left the DCU. But recently after James Gunn’s takeover, long waited news has come out about The Flash and other…

At the third time of asking, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his first goal for new club Al-Nassr. In his first two appearances for the Saudi Arabian outfit against Ettifaq and Al-Ittihad, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner failed to make the net bulge. So the onus was on him to deliver the goods in the team’s league match away at Al-Fateh on Friday evening. And things weren’t looking too good for Ronaldo in the scoring department for quite some time. In the first half, the 37-year-old was guilty of a shocking miss, soon after he’d had a goal disallowed for offside. How’s your…

Former France international Jerome Rothen has hit out at Man Utd defender Raphael Varane for retiring from international football. Raphael Varane runs with the ball during a League Cup match© PA Images After winning a World Cup and 93 caps, Varane surprisingly announced earlier this week that he would be stepping down from France duty permanently. It will give him a chance to concentrate on his club football but Rothen has labelled the Man Utd centre-back’s decision to quit international football as a “disaster” and “stupid”. “I think that at this age and when you play in a club that allows…

Cristiano Ronaldo missed two huge chances minutes apart for Al Nassr against Al Fateh. Ronaldo bagged a brace in his first game in Saudi Arabia when he captained the Riyadh XI in an entertaining friendly against Paris Saint-Germain. But he then drew a blank in his next two games, missing a header in a 3-1 Saudi Super Cup defeat to Al Ittihad and being blamed for the defeat by manager Rudi Garcia. He was then extremely wasteful in front of goal again in the first half of his latest appearance. The 37-year-old was visibly frustrated with the miss but then just before half-time…

Barcelona manager Xavi has declared that the doors will always be open for Lionel Messi to make a sensational return to the Catalan club. Argentina legend Messi came through the academy system at Barcelona and developed into arguably the greatest player to ever grace a football pitch. However, Messi’s journey with Barcelona came to a tearful end in the summer of 2021 after the two parties failed to agree on a contract extension. As a result, the Argentine decided to leave the club where he made 778 appearances and scored 672 goals. After weeks of speculation, it was confirmed that Messi had signed for…

Cristian Stellini and Antonio Conte have been together through the good times and bad. A promotion, a Serie A title win, but also allegations of match-fixing, suspensions and the loss of loved ones. The last six months has been one of the toughest periods for the pair. Poor form for Tottenham, but more importantly, in what puts the game into perspective, the deaths of Spurs fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone, Conte’s friend Sinisa Mihajlovic and his former team-mate Gianluca Vialli. For workaholic Conte, he must now endure what in many ways will be a painful spell on the sidlines, as he hands over responsibility to…