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Pep Guardiola believes Raheem Sterling’s desire will ensure the forward continues to improve as the Manchester City manager emphasised his importance on the team.

Sterling, 25, has developed into one of the world’s top talents under the Spaniard and has started 10 of City’s 11 games in all competitions this season,

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire believes criticism which is often so quickly levelled at the club is rooted in jealousy.

Some of the pressure which was building on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after two defeats in four days – including the Champions League embarrassment against Istanbul Basaksehir – was lifted with a 3-1 win at Everton.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored again but went off injured before Lazio snatched an injury-time 1-1 draw against Juventus.

Ronaldo had given the Serie A champions an early lead with his sixth league goal of the season and third since returning at the start of the month after self-isolating due to coronavirus protocols.

Manchester United’s inconsistency under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continues to worry supporters, says football writer Andy Mitten.

After back-to-back defeats to Arsenal and Istanbul Basaksehir, Solskjaer’s side came from behind to win 3-1 at Everton in the Premier League on Saturday and ease the pressure on the under-fire Norwegian.

England’s final UEFA Nations League fixture with Iceland at Wembley is in doubt because of new coronavirus travel restrictions with Denmark.

New coronavirus restrictions have been put in place by the government in England relating to a new coronavirus strain that has spread from mink to humans in North Jutland, Denmark.

Jamie Vardy scored one penalty and missed another as Leicester went top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Wolves at the King Power Stadium.

Vardy converted from the spot following a contentious call that Max Kilman had handled Dennis Praet’s cross, which referee Anthony Taylor only awarded after checking the VAR review monitor.

Paris Saint-Germain head coach Thomas Tuchel has questioned Neymar and Kylian Mbappe’s international call-ups, with the injured pair set to join up with their respective nations after Saturday’s French Ligue-1 meeting with Rennes.

Neymar hurt his groin in last week’s 2-0 Champions League

Ryan Fraser is set to pull out of Scotland’s squad for their Euro 2020 play-off final with Serbia next week due to a hamstring injury.

The winger was not included in Newcastle’s squad to face Southampton in the Premier League on Friday night.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists all his conversations with the club’s board have involved long-term planning, despite increasing pressure following back-to-back defeats.

United are 15th in the Premier League with only two wins from six matches and are reeling from a 2-1 defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League on Wednesday – three days after losing 1-0 to Arsenal.

Roy Hodgson is pleased Crystal Palace centre-back Mamadou Sakho was vindicated in the High Court this week over allegations he had taken a banned performance-enhancing drug.

Back in 2016, the former Liverpool defender was briefly suspended after he tested positive for a fat-burning substance called higenamine, but UEFA’s disciplinary body later found it was not on World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned list.