Mikel Arteta felt Arsenal deserved much more than what we got following their 3-2 Premier League defeat to Manchester United on Thursday. 

Arsenal took the lead in bizarre circumstances at Old Trafford, Emile Smith Rowe volleying home from 20 yards while David de Gea laid on the ground injured after a collision with Fred.

Referee Martin Atkinson did not blow his whistle until the ball crossed the line and following a VAR review the goal was allowed to stand. 

However, Bruno Fernandes drew United level in his 100th appearance for the club and Cristiano Ronaldo put the Red Devils in front with his 800th career goal. 

Martin Odegaard restored parity three minutes later but his foul on Fred gave away a penalty that Ronaldo thundered home, giving United…

Benjamin Mendy has been remanded in custody after the Manchester City defender was charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.

Mendy was charged by Cheshire Constabulary on Thursday in relation to alleged attacks between October 2020 and August 2021.

The 27-year-old France international appeared in Chester Magistrates  Court on Friday, where he spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth.

Mendy was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Chester Crown Court on September 10.

The left-back was suspended by City pending an investigation after being charged. 

City said in a statement released on Thursday: Manchester City can confirm that following his being charged by police today, Benjamin Mendy has been…

Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League following a 5-1 thrashing by Newcastle United at St James Park on Saturday.

Alexander Isak netted in both halves as the Magpies came from behind, with Bruno Guimaraes helping to complete the turnaround after Anel Ahmedhodzic s early opener.

Callum Wilson rounded off the scoring after Ben Osborn s own goal had taken the game away from Chris Wilder s side, sending them back to the Championship.

Newcastle stay in seventh place, four points above West Ham in eighth, while the Blades sit bottom of the table after a 25th league defeat of the season.

Defeat for the Blades.

— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited)

On a day when United needed to win, they got off to a fast start as Gustavo Ha…

Cameroon coach Rigobert Song made no secret of his pride in Breel Embolo despite the Switzerland forward scoring the winning goal against his birth nation at the World Cup on Thursday.

Embolo s second-half strike from Xherdan Shaqiri s cross proved decisive as Switzerland won 1-0 at Al Janoub Stadium, giving Switzerland a victorious start to their Group G campaign.

The goal was even more notable due to the fact Embolo was born in Cameroon but represents Switzerland after spending much of his childhood there.

Despite not choosing to play for the nation of his birth, Embolo retains links to the country and Song revealed the pair share a strong personal relationship.

As such, Song felt a degree of pride in seeing Embolo prevail on Thursday.

Asked if …

Stoke City have confirmed the signing of Michael Owen on a one-year contract.

The 32-year-old, who was released by Manchester United in the summer, will join Tony Pulis side subject to approval from the Premier League.

The striker moved to Old Trafford back in 2009 as Sir Alex Ferguson looked to bolster his attacking options following Cristiano Ronaldo s 80 million pounds to Real Madrid.

Despite netting a dramatic winner in the 4-3 win over arch-rivals Manchester City, he failed to establish himself at the club and made just 31 league appearances, scoring five times.

Speculation over recent days suggested a return to Liverpool could happen as a possible way of boosting their striking options but Stoke have completed a deal to bring him to the Britannia S…

Pirlo hints at Premier League move

Juventus star Andrea Pirlo has hinted that he could make a move to English Premier League.

The 33-year-old is enjoying his time at Juventus, but admits he was very close to joining Chelsea some three years ago.

“Actually, Milan wouldn’t let me go,“ Pirlo . “I have a very strong connection with Ancelotti so I was in touch with him when he went to Chelsea and I’m still in touch with him now he’s at Paris Saint-Germain.

“I had already started negotiating with the people at Chelsea but then finally Milan didn’t let me go. That’s why I stayed.”

However, the experienced midfielder doesn’t want to rule out a possibility of playing in the Premier League one day in the future.

“Maybe, who …

Arsene Wenger is keen to make a move for Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets,.

The Arsenal manager is on the look-out for a midfielder to bring balance to his side, sees Busquets as the ideal man to fit the bill.

Francis Coquellin impressed in that role after returning from a loan spell from Charlton Athletic in December, though the twenty-four year old is still relatively inexperienced.

Busquets has spent his entire career so far with the Catalan club, racking up three hundred and thirty-one appearances in all competitions for them so far, scoring twelve goals and winning a whole host of major honours including five La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues.

Internationally, he has been capped seventy-seven times for Spain, scoring twice and was …

Juventus are weighing up move for Sampdoria midfielder Roberto Soriano, .

Soriano, 21, is one of many talented players who are impressing at Marassi this season, and his good performances have not gone unnoticed.

Serie A champions Juventus are believed to be preparing a bid for the youngster whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season.

Soriano came through the youth ranks at Bayern Munich and it was Juventus directors Beppe Marotta and Fabio Paratici who signed the player for Sampdoria in the winter of 2009.

The Bianconeri officials are now keen to lure the player to Turin, with the possibility of signing the midfielder on a free transfer making him even more appealing.

Roberto Soriano, a member of Italy Under-21 side, has made 13 Se…

Gonzalo Higuain ended his woe in the Champions League knockout stages with a crucial double as Juventus recorded a 2-0 away win over Monaco to take full control of their semi-final tie.

Juve striker Higuain came into the match having only netted twice in his last 24 knockout games in the competition, but banished his reputation as a player who does not shine in big games by scoring the same amount in a single match at Stade Louis II.

The Argentina international scored with a first-time finish in each half, the impressive Dani Alves creating both goals to take the sting out of Monaco, who had started strongly.

After keeping out a Monaco side who had scored 12 goals in the knockout stages this season, Juve s rock-solid defence have now conceded just twice in 11 Cha…

Chelsea striker Diego Costa insists there was nothing in his reported January row with head coach Antonio Conte and maintains he and his Stamford Bridge colleagues are  on the same page .

Costa netted his 17th Premier League goal of the season in Monday s 2-1 victory at West Ham that moved Conte s men 10 points clear of Tottenham at the top of the table

Chelsea s dominance of the title race continued unchecked earlier in the year when Costa was linked with a mega-money move to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Quanjian.

He missed the 3-0 win at Leicester City, with Conte citing a back injury amid rumours of a rift between himself and his top scorer, before the Spain international made a scoring return against Hull City.

On that occasion, Costa gesticulat…