Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has played down the significance of a five-point gap to Premier League leaders Manchester City by backing his team to respond in the title race after Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola would like more communication from international managers about the physical state of players after Kyle Walker returned from England duty with an injury.
Portugal didn’t need Cristiano Ronaldo to rack up its biggest-ever win in a competitive game with a 9-0 rout of Luxembourg in European Championship qualifying on Monday.
Xavi Hernández labelled Barcelona’s performance against Real Sociedad as unacceptable and blamed it on an El Clásico hangover despite coming away with a 1-0 win from the Reale Arena.