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Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has said that Manchester City “have to be stripped” of their titles after the club were found guilty of 100+ charges of financial misconduct by the Premier League, adding that an “example must be set” after their breaches. The charges against City relate to the years 2009-18, with Gerrard leaving Liverpool in 2015 and famously captaining the side that finished runners-up to City in the league…

Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone has insisted that Manchester United are still a dangerous opponent despite a run of form which has left the club mid-table in the Premier League. United were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling, 10-man Tottenham at Old Trafford on Saturday to make it four games without a win in the league, with just six points from six games, and growing pressure on manager Michael…

Gabriel Magalhães has said he is ready to take another penalty for Arsenal despite his crucial miss in last season’s Champions League Final. Paris Saint-Germain retained Europe’s biggest club trophy in May after both Gabriel and Eberechi Eze missed in the shootout at the end of a 1-1 draw in Budapest. It was the first spot-kick Gabriel had ever taken for Arsenal — having joined the club in 2020 —…

Mikel Arteta has defended Arsenal’s training programme after confirming Piero Hincapié and Martín Zubimendi suffered “far from ideal” injuries in a post-match session on Saturday. Hincapié was pictured being carried from the pitch by staff during training held at Emirates Stadium after the Gunners beat Leeds United 2-1 last weekend. Both Hincapié and Zubimendi have suffered ankle injuries and the pair are undergoing scans on Monday to determine the extent…

A landmark report examining the financial sustainability of English football will be published on Tuesday. The long-awaited ‘State of the Game’ report by the new Independent Football Regulator (IFR) is expected to take a forensic look at the financial health of the professional game. IFR chair David Kogan has previously painted a bleak picture of the precarious position clubs are in, telling the Financial Times Business of Football Summit in…

Virgil van Dijk has said he does not view the rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester City differently in light of the latter’s guilty verdict but admitted he will share his opinion on the matter when the process has concluded. Liverpool and City went head-to-head for several years in the Premier League under Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola, with City twice pipping the Reds to the title by a single point.…

Merseyside Police have confirmed that 10 people were arrested and an officer sustained a serious injury during the policing operation for Manchester City‘s clash at Liverpool. Sunday’s game at Anfield was the first since City’s guilty verdict of financial breaches which they have subsequently appealed, and they were greeted to a febrile atmosphere on Merseyside. There were hundreds of fans outside Anfield ahead of kickoff, and the City team bus…

Jamie Carragher has said Florian Wirtz should be dropped from the Liverpool lineup after another disappointing performance in Sunday’s defeat to Manchester City. With Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexander Isak out with injury, the onus for attacking threat fell on Wirtz. But, he was ineffective and created little of note in front of a raucous Anfield crowd. Ryan Gravenberch‘s sending off led to him being replaced by Trey Nyoni…

Manchester City midfielder Elliot Anderson has said the criticism the club has received in the wake of being found guilty of financial irregularities has galvanised the players. The £116 million ($154m) summer signing was man of the match in the 3-0 win at Anfield, during which the visitors were berated as “cheats” after an independent commission ruled they had used sham contracts to inject £830 million ($1 billion) of inflated…

LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has criticised referee Chris Kavanagh’s decision to show Ryan Gravenberch a red card in Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City. It had largely been an even contest at Anfield before Gravenberch was dismissed for a second yellow card offence on Jérémy Doku, having earlier been penalised for a fairly innocuous challenge on Elliot Anderson. Just three minutes after the Dutchman was sent…