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      Watch Fulham star Decordova-Reid score ‘goal of the century’ with sensational strike for Jamaica

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      FULHAM star Bobby Decordova-Reid sent fans wild after scoring a sensational goal for Jamaica against Mexico.The attacker won his 17th cap in the CONCACAF Nations League clash.

      Bobby Decordova-Reid let fly from 30 yards
      Fans showered the Fulham star with praiseCredit: AFP
      And it took him just seven minutes to make his mark with the most incredible strike.
      A Jamaica goal kick was flicked on by Shamar Nicholson before the ball broke lose.
      Decordova-Reid ran onto the ball and instinctively smashed it into the top corner after it sat up nicely for a 30-yard-strike.
      Fans were stunned by the effort and began praising the 30-year-old.
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      One supporter wrote: “Bobby Decordova-Reid just scored the goal of the century.”
      Another added: “Puskas winner.”
      A third said: “Fantastic goal.”
      And another commented: “What a goal 🤩”
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      Fulham will hope for more Decordova-Reid magic when they face Bournemouth on Saturday.
      He has scored four goals in 26 Premier League games this season and helped the Cottagers to ninth place in the league.
      His eye for goal will be all the more vital to Fulham with star strike Aleksandar Mitrovic set for a spell on the sidelines after his red card against Manchester United. More

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      Man City vs Liverpool: Reds look to derail Pep’s Premier League train while keeping eye on 4th place Spurs – stream, TV

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      PREMIER LEAGUE action returns with a blockbuster lunchtime encounter involving Manchester City and Liverpool – and there is much more than pride on the line.Pep Guardiola’s men entered the international break in good goal scoring form after thrashing RB Leipzig 7-0 before humiliating Burnley with six.
      Erling Haaland got FIVE of Manchester City’s SEVEN goals against RB LeipzigCredit: Getty
      Liverpool went crashing out of the Champions League at the hands of Real MadridCredit: Getty
      But City’s involvement in the FA Cup quarter-final saw them fall even further behind Arsenal who stretched their lead at the top of the tree to EIGHT points following a convincing Crystal Palace win.
      And the holders could be a wounded animal as key members of the squad have picked up injuries which could see them miss this tasty league affair.
      However, City are coming up against a Liverpool side who are winless in their last two after losing to Bournemouth and Real Madrid.
      When is Man City vs Liverpool?

      Manchester City’s mouth-watering match against Liverpool will take place on Saturday, April 1.
      It is scheduled to get underway at 12:30pm UK time.
      Etihad Stadium in Manchester is the allocated arena for this game and it can host approximately 53,400 fans.
      Pep Guardiola’s side ran out 3-2 winners when the sides last met during a Carabao Cup tie in December.

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      What channel is it on and can it be live streamed?

      Manchester City vs Liverpool will be broadcast LIVE on BT Sport 1 in the UK.
      Coverage is set to commence from 11:30pm UK time – a whole hour before kick-off.
      Subscription members of BT Sport can stream the entire action live through the website or BT Sport app.
      Alternatively, SunSport will have minute-by-minute coverage of the action including build up and fallout reaction.

      What is the team news?
      Pep Guardiola will be sweating over the fitness of goal machine Erling Haaland who had to withdraw from his international duties with Norway following a groin injury.
      While England star Phil Foden could be out for up to a month after undergoing appendicitis surgery.
      Erling Haaland and Phil Foden could both miss outCredit: Rex
      Elsewhere, Cody Gakpo (virus) and Darwin Nunez (knock) will need to be assessed ahead of the huge trip to the Etihad while Thiago (groin) remains doubtful.
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      Talented youngster Stefan Bajcetic is out for the season after sustaining a serious groin issue.
      But Jurgen Klopp could hand Luis Diaz his first run out since before the World Cup as the tricky winger has returned to full training.
      What are the odds?

      Man City to win 3/5
      Draw 3/1
      Liverpool to win 17/4

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      Mason Greenwood ‘could play for Man Utd again’ despite pressure from sponsors & women’s team, insiders claim

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      MASON Greenwood “could play for Manchester United again” after attempted rape and assault charges against him were dropped.It comes despite pressure from sponsors and United’s women’s team, according to insiders.
      The women’s team and sponsors don’t want Mason Greenwood to returnCredit: Getty
      United have turned down offers from Turkish teams for the playerCredit: AFP
      The Premier League club has rejected offers made for the 21-year-old by Turkish teams, The Athletic reports.
      It signals the club could be paving the way for his return.
      And Greenwood is willing to “run through a brick wall to be back playing for Man United”, sources claim.
      Greenwood hasn’t played professionally since January 2022 when the Red Devils beat West Ham at Old Trafford.
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      He was arrested later that month and charged in October with attempted rape, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and engaging in coercive and controlling behaviour.
      Those charges were dropped last month, with the Crown Prosecution Service blaming the withdrawal of key witnesses and discovery of new material.
      New developments meant there was “no longer a realistic prospect of conviction”, it added.
      Greenwood released a statement after the decision, which read: “I am relieved that this matter is now over and I would like to thank my family, loved ones and friends for their support. There will be no further comment.”
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      But Greenwood still faces an internal club investigation over whether to keep him with Man Utd or part ways.
      The star has a £70,000-a-week contract with the club until 2025 but he won’t return to the game until the probe ends.
      The squad is allegedly “split” over the player’s return, according to The Times.
      It is believed the United manager, Erik ten Hag, has spoken to Greenwood to check up on his wellbeing.
      A club spokesman said: “Manchester United notes the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service that all charges against Mason Greenwood have been dropped.
      “The club will now conduct its own process before determining next steps. We will not make any further comment until that process is complete.”
      The United academy graduate, who has scored 35 goals in 129 appearances for the club, is currently training away from Carrington.
      It comes after Greenwood recently learned his partner is pregnant with his first child.
      The couple is “looking forward” to the summer arrival.
      It is understood Greewood could face a TV interview as part of a “phased approach” to his comeback.
      And he has held face-to-face meetings with Man Utd bosses since the charges against him were dropped.
      Meanwhile, a top sports lawyer said Greenwood may have lost “millions” after being dropped by major sponsors Nike.
      A PR expert added that any club taking him on, should United let him go, would take on a huge financial risk.
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      Despite this, a Champions League team have made “enquiries” over a possible transfer, while Greenwood himself was reported to be eyeing a move abroad to restart his career if he’s dropped by his current club.
      Charges of attempted rape and coercive control were dropped last monthCredit: PAGREENWOOD’S TIMELINE

      MARCH 2019: Greenwood makes his debut for United. He has gone on to make 129 appearances, scoring 35 goals.
      SEPTEMBER 2020: Wins his first senior England cap as a sub in a 1-0 away win over Iceland, left. Two days later he is withdrawn from the squad for breaching Covid guidelines by leaving the part of the hotel the squad was in.
      FEBRUARY 2021: United announce the striker has signed a contract until June 2025, with the option to extend it for another 12 months.
      JANUARY 2022: Held on suspicion of rape and assault. United suspend him on full pay.
      FEBRUARY 2022: Sponsors including Nike end relationship with him.
      OCTOBER 2022: Greenwood is arrested for breach of bail. He is charged the following day with attempted rape, assault and controlling behaviour and due to appear at Manchester magistrates court. Trial set for November 2023.
      FEBRUARY 2 2023: CPS announces it has dropped all charges. United announce they will hold their own investigation.
      FEBRUARY 2023: The Sun reports he is due to become a dad. More

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      Mason Greenwood ‘was spoken to about brutal Cristiano Ronaldo criticism’ and ‘was not shy to dig out Man Utd team-mates’

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      MASON GREENWOOD was not shy in berating his Manchester United team-mates and even declared Cristiano Ronaldo’s career was “dead”, according to reports. The 21-year-old forward had an astronomical rise through the United ranks from the academy to the first team.
      Mason Greenwood reportedly had a brutal choice of words for team-matesCredit: Getty
      This included a dig at Cristiano RonaldoCredit: Reuters
      And according to The Athletic, his established confidence even at the age of 16 saw him brutally criticise team-mates, both current and future.
      The report states Greenwood “could be brutal with his choice of words when dismissing the credentials of boys not on his level”.
      A source told the outlet: “He knew he was a good player and was cutting, he wasn’t shy about telling someone they were s***. When you hear that you’d think, ‘Can’t be talking like that’.”
      This criticism even saw him dig out legendary forward Ronaldo while he was still at Real Madrid, saying “he’s dead”, implying Ronaldo’s career was finished.
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      The report adds that staff “corrected him”, while putting the comments down to “youthful delusion”.
      Greenwood’s career hit the skids in January 2022 when he was arrested after a woman made allegations against him.
      He was charged with attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour.
      He appeared before magistrates and was told he would face trial later this year.
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      But in February the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges after several alleged witnesses refused to co-operate.
      United, who had suspended him on full pay, announced they would hold an internal investigation into the circumstances around his arrest.

      The Sun revealed he has spoken to manager Erik ten Hag and met with club officials — but his future at the club remains unclear.
      SunSport recently revealed plans for Greenwood to marry his pregnant partner in the summer. More

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      Arsenal fans refuse to forgive Robin van Persie after ex-Man Utd star makes Premier League title prediction

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      ARSENAL fans might be dreaming about winning the title, but that hasn’t stopped them from still feeling bitter towards former ace Robin van Persie.Van Persie famously left Arsenal for Manchester United in 2012 where he won the only Premier League title of his career after scoring 26 goals and adding 15 assists for United in the 2012/13 season.
      Robin van Persie tipped Arsenal to win the league this seasonCredit: https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1640061685581881345
      Van Persie was an Arsenal icon before leaving for Manchester United in 2012Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      Arsenal fans could not forgive him leaving as he won the 2013 title with rivals UnitedCredit: AFP
      The Dutchman, now a coach at Feyenoord, may have been attempting to build bridges with his former fan base when he tipped Arsenal to win the title.
      RVP, 39, told Sky Sports: “If you look at this period of time this is where every point really counts.
      “They had a couple of difficult games [but] they got the three points there so that is what a champions team is made of. They’ve proven that.
      “The last stretch is always the difficult one, so interesting to see.
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      “But my personal feeling is they will go for it and that they will win the league. It’s been a while so I’m happy for them to win it.”
      However, Arsenal fans were not in a forgiving mood.
      Taking to Twitter, one fan wrote: “We don’t care about this guy chatting about us. Could’ve gone down as a club legend but sacrificed his career legacy for one trophy.”
      A second wrote: “This guyyyy man, stick to one team.”
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      One fan declared: “Sorry RVP but we’re not friends anymore.”
      A fourth typed: “We don’t know who u are stop talking about us.”
      Another said: “We don’t care man.”
      A sixth added: “But he didn’t believe back in the days…😕.”
      Meanwhile, another said: “Oh, the little boy inside him got a realisation?”
      Arsenal are on track for their first title since 2004, sitting eight points clear of second place Manchester City with just ten games left to play.
      United legend Patrice Evra has revealed how Van Persie was surprised by how much harder the Red Devils trained compared to Arsenal when he joined.
      Evra said: “Robin, he’d say, ‘Patrice, I’ve never seen people so professional. Training the way you’re training in the training session’. 
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      “He’d say he’d finish the training session, everyone is in the gym. Before training in the gym, after training in the gym.
      “That’s why he was like, ‘When I was playing at Arsenal, I was still on the pitch and I’d see kids with convertible cars already going to Harrods or whatever’.” More

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      Arsenal title winner, 45, rolls back the years with effortless 30-yard strike into top corner during legends’ clash

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      LUIS BOA MORTE was one of Arsene Wenger’s first Arsenal signings all the way back in 1997.Now 45, the former midfielder rolled back the years with a wondergoal in a legends’ game over the weekend.

      Luis Boa Morte rolled back the years with an effortless goal in a legends’ gameCredit: Twitter / @RangersFC

      The former Arsenal man curled an effort into the top corner from almost 30 yardsCredit: Twitter / @RangersFC

      Boa Morte won the Premier League title with Arsenal in 1998Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      A Rangers XI took on a World XI at Ibrox.
      Jermain Defoe played and scored twice for Rangers in a 4-3 win over a World XI squad that includes the likes of Boa Morte, Jack Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Kanu, Yakubu and Jaap Stam.
      Kris Boyd also scored for the Gers, while a Van Persie brace plus a goal apiece from Wilshere and Boa Morte secured victory for the World XI.
      And Boa Morte’s goal was the pick of the bunch.
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      With the score level at 2-2 the former Arsenal, Southampton, Fulham and West Ham man picked up the ball well outside the box.
      He looked up and decided to have a crack at goal from all of around 30 yards out.
      Boa Morte effortlessly curled an effort into the top corner past former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll.
      Rangers’ Twitter account posted footage of the goal with the caption: “What a hit from @luisboamorte11.”
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      Fulham, another of his former teams, replied to the tweet saying: “Never lose it.”
      Boa Morte is currently an assistant manager to Marco Silva at high-flying Fulham.
      As a player he won the Premier League title with Arsenal in 1998 and played 37 times for the club in a two-year spell.
      He also went on to play 250 games for Fulham and 109 times for West Ham.
      Boa Morte spent six-and-half-years with FulhamCredit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      Leaving Real Madrid was the biggest mistake of my career and Man Utd legend Sir Alex Ferguson was best manager I had

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      RUUD VAN NISTELROOY has revealed that leaving Real Madrid was the “biggest mistake” of his career.The Dutchman, 46, joined the Spanish side from Manchester United in 2006 after a five-year spell at Old Trafford.
      Van Nistelrooy has admitted that leaving Real Madrid was his biggest regretCredit: PA:Press Association
      He spent four years at the Santiago Bernabeu, where he scored 64 goals in 96 appearances.
      But Van Nistelrooy has since admitted that leaving Real Madrid for German side Hamberger SV in 2010 remains one of his biggest regrets.
      When speaking to Gary Neville for an episode of The Overlap, he said: “Pellegrini was our coach and he signed Karim Benzema, Kaká and Ronaldo.
      “There was no place for me anymore. I accepted it, also because I was 33 years old.
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      “I wanted to go to the World Cup in 2010, so I decided to go to Hamburg. I made that decision too quickly.
      “If I look back, I shouldn’t have left Madrid, it was the biggest mistake of my career.
      “Also, it was not the right time for my family to leave either.”
      Van Nistelrooy won two La Liga titles and two Spanish Super Cups during his time with Real Madrid.
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      The Dutchman is now manager of PSVCredit: Getty
      But arguably the most successful period of his career came during his time with United.
      He scored 150 goals in 219 appearances for the Red Devils and won a Premier League title, an FA Cup and a League Cup.
      In the interview with his former United team-mate, Van Nistelrooy was also full of praise for legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
      He added: “Alex Ferguson is the best coach I’ve ever had. I spent five years with him at United.
      “I had never been with any other coach for so long. When you see the legacy he left at United…he is by far the best.”
      The Dutchman retired from professional football in 2012 and switched to a career in management.
      He is now in charge of PSV Eindhoven. More

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      Premier League cult hero looks unrecognisable 15 years after scoring one of league’s best ever goals

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      A PREMIER LEAGUE cult hero looks unrecognisable ten years after hanging up his boots.He played with the likes of Ronaldinho, Rivaldo and Xavi but his best years came in the Prem.
      The Brazilian played with Ronaldinho and Rivaldo at BrazilCredit: Instagram
      The attacker played once for Brazil and had a rollercoaster career which included winning the Primeira Liga with Benfica in 2005.
      He also won the domestic cup in Brazil and Portugal and spent two years at Barcelona, scoring two goals in 41 games.
      A four-year spell at Benfica followed before a move back to his native Brazil with Cruzeiro.
      Sven Goran Eriksson then offered him the chance to resurrect his career with Manchester City, but he lasted only a year before his next move.
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      Premier League new boys Hull City snapped him up in 2008 and he scored eight goals in 34 league games to keep The Tigers in the top flight.
      The star in question is Geovanni, who scored one of the best and most memorable Prem goals ever – a 30-yard screamer in a 2-1 win at Arsenal.
      He now looks unrecognisable 13 years on from his spell at Hull, which he described as the best years of his career.
      In a recent interview with The Athletic he said: “Just speaking about the club makes me emotional. It was a dream for me. Those may have been the best days of my life as a footballer.
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      “Hull was like a family to me. It was real friendship: we all really cared about each other. I talked to Ian Ashbee just yesterday. He was our captain, an exceptional guy.
      Geovanni loved his time at Hull CityCredit: AP:Associated Press
      He played for Manchester City under Sven Goran ErikssonCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

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      “The kit man, Barry Lowe? We spoke every day. And Stuart, his son. The chefs, the ground staff… it was just different.
      “It was a small-town atmosphere and I felt at home there. The club really got under my skin.” More