Norwich City v Swansea City: Jerome wants improvement at home

Cameron Jerome wants Norwich City to turn around their disappointing home form when they face Swansea City in the Premier League on Saturday.

Alex Neil s side have won just one of their five top-flight matches at Carrow Road so far season, form which has contributed to them sitting in 16th position – two points above the relegation zone.

The solitary victory was a 3-1 triumph over AFC Bournemouth and Norwich have gone six Premier League matches without a win since then, losing four.

Jerome was on target in the 2-1 defeat to league leaders Manchester City last weekend.

The striker believes the pressure is on for Norwich to turn around their home form and the match with Swansea – a side that have only come away from Carrow Road victorious once in their …

Buffon eager for Bayern test

Gianluigi Buffon says the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich will be a measure of Juventus development in recent years.

The Serie A champions began their first Champions League campaign since 2009/10 as something of an unknown quantity, and have impressed on their way to the last eight, finishing ahead of Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stages and beating Celtic in the round of 16.

On Tuesday they tackle Bundesliga leaders Bayern in the quarter-final first leg at the Allianz Arena, with Italy international Buffon expecting to find out how much progress Juve have made after two seasons under coach Antonio Conte.

When we started off on our journey that has brought us to where we are today, no-one would have expected us to make such swif…

´F*** off, don´t pick me´ – Lukaku on playing for ex-Belgium boss Wilmots

Romelu Lukaku has admitted he did not enjoy representing Belgium under former coach Marc Wilmots.

The Manchester United striker played under Wilmots for four years at international level, though the country s golden generation failed to deliver success at two major tournaments during his reign.

A star-studded squad were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the 2014 World Cup and, after falling at the same hurdle at Euro 2016, Wilmots was sacked.

Lukaku has revealed that while he always expected to be called up for the national team, he believed his old boss did not want to pick him.

I knew I was going to play. The only problem was I also knew he didn t want to play me, Lukaku told Play Sports.

In that type of situation, you say, F*** off…

West Ham eye Oxlade-Chamberlain move

West Ham United are lining-up a move for Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, .

The twenty-two year old has struggled for form so far this season, while injury has also been a factor in limiting him to just seventeen starts in all competitions.

The Hammers are considering a £15m move for the England international as they look to assemble a squad for their first season in the Olympic Stadium.

Since signing from Southampton in 2011, Oxlade-Chamberlain has racked up one hundred and forty-eight appearances in all competitions, scoring fourteen goals while he has been capped twenty-four times for his country.

He was part of the squad that attended the 2012 European Championships in Poland and Ukraine aged just eighteen and was also selected for the Wo…

Man City set top-flight low for Guardiola side in Wolves collapse

Manchester City suffered another hammer blow in their bid to keep the Premier League title race alive with a 3-2 defeat to Wolves, making unwanted history for Pep Guardiola in the process.

City missed the chance to close the gap to leaders Liverpool to 11 points as Guardiola s side, reduced to 10 men following Ederson s dismissal after 12 minutes, threw away a 2-0 lead.

The defending champions had only 37.8 per cent of possession at Molineux – the lowest recorded by a Guardiola-led side in top-flight history.

Wolves thrilling win also saw them become just the second team to do the league double over City since Guardiola took over in 2016, with Antonio Conte s Chelsea the only other outfit to achieve the feat in the Catalan s first season in charge.

Man United shouldn´t sell ´incredible´ Martial – Rooney

Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney said the club must keep disgruntled star Anthony Martial happy, as he reportedly seeks a move away from Old Trafford.

Martial is ready to quit United after his agent revealed last month that the 22-year-old wanted to leave in search of regular football.

The France forward – who has been linked with Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain – has become frustrated after finding opportunities limited under Jose Mourinho following the January arrival of Alexis Sanchez.

While Martial has struggled to perform consistently, United s all-time leading scorer Rooney believes the Red Devils cannot afford to lose his quality.

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´Juventus must be realistic´ – Allegri rules out Scudetto challenge

Massimiliano Allegri has reiterated his belief that Juventus cannot be expected to challenge for the Serie A title this season, insisting a sense of realism is required.

On the back of a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Chelsea in the Champions League, Juve slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Atalanta in Serie A on Saturday.

Paulo Dybala hit the crossbar late on, but Duvan Zapata s strike proved decisive for Atalanta, who won a league game at Juve for the first time since October 1989.

The defeat leaves Juve eighth, and they could be 14 points adrift of leaders Napoli and second-placed Milan by the time the weekend is up.

It marked a third home loss of the campaign for Juve, matching the total number of defeats at the Allianz Stadium across the entirety of 2020-21.

“It’s always on our shoulders” – Pep Guardiola about pressure on Manchester City to win the Champions League (Video)

Manchester City have been drawn to face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League quarterfinals, and if they win through, they will face either Paris Saint-Germain, or holders Bayern Munich in the semis.

It certainly won t be easy for them, and manager Pep Guardiola has recently revealed that he feels the pressure to win the club s first ever Champions League trophy.

In the other two quarterfinals, FC Porto will face Chelsea, while Real Madrid got their 2018 final opponents and 2019 winners, Liverpool.

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White returns to Arsenal training following early exit from England camp

Ben White has resumed training with Arsenal following his early departure from England s World Cup camp in Qatar.

The 25-year-old returned home on November 30 for personal reasons without playing a single minute in any of England s three group matches.

Widespread reports suggested White s premature exit from England s Al Wakrah headquarters came after a falling out with assistant manager Steve Holland.

Commenting on those rumours earlier this week, Southgate said: The article written used words like alleged , so whoever wrote it didn t feel strongly enough it was correct.

Ben left for personal reasons. We made that very clear and I think especially in this day and age it is very important that a situation like that is respected.

England went on …

Raphinha the bright spot in a bleak season for Bielsa and Leeds United

Marcelo Bielsa was typically honest as he faced questions about his future. After all, they were inevitable after the 7-0 battering by Manchester City earlier this week.

While Leeds fans might try to convince you it was a less frustrating match than their late 3-2 defeat to Chelsea at the weekend, from the outside it looked as bleak as it gets.

Do you think that after suffering a 7-0 defeat I can discard the instability? Bielsa asked on Thursday. Do you think there s a coach that can t be sacked, who is unsackable? Do you think I m so vain that I think I can t be sacked?

Given everything Bielsa s done for Leeds in his four years, it might be fair enough to ponder whether he was untouchable or not, but Tuesday was grim.

It was Leeds joint-heaviest defeat…