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The second coming of Karius, eight years after his Liverpool nightmare
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Without Amorim, Man Utd feel liberated — but here comes the hard part
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The unthinkable consequence and five vital questions over Man City case

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Salah return overshadowed as Liverpool make Champions League statement

Marseille 0-3 Liverpool: Salah made a welcome return to the Reds starting XI but Domink Szoboszlai was the star of a dominant win

<p>Dominik Szoboszlai impressed more than Mohamed Salah on the Egyptian’s return to the Liverpool starting XI</p>

<p>Yoane Wissa and Anthony Gordon both scored in the dominant win</p>

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Newcastle prepare for revenge mission by showing European class

Newcastle 3-0 PSV: The Magpies now face a shootout with European champions PSG for a place in the last 16 after this dominant home win

<p>Moises Caicedo celebrates his late winner for Chelsea against Pafos </p>

kieran jacksonat Stamford Bridge

Caicedo’s late header spares Chelsea blushes in crucial Pafos victory

Rosenior provides Palmer injury update after Chelsea win against Pafos

<p>Fifa president Gianni Infantino (right) may need to intercede with US president Donald Trump to avoid a World Cup boycott</p>

How Trump’s Greenland obsession could spark a World Cup boycott

<p>Erling Haaland, Omar Marmoush, Nico O'Reilly and Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City applaud the fans</p>

Guardiola is running out of excuses after damning new Man City trend

Inside Football

<p>Plenty has been made of the contrasting styles and fortunes of Glasner and Amorim </p>

Glasner raises uncomfortable truth – and makes life harder for himself

How United’s reset puts the spotlight on their next permanent manager

<p>Amorim attempted to shift the structure at United</p>

The cult of the sporting director and Premier League power struggles

<p>Ruben Amorim looks dejected after his team concede during the Carabao Cup Second Round match between Grimsby Town and Manchester United</p>

Amorim’s exit and a Premier League now ‘run by LinkedIn’

ACFC

<p>Real Madrid's head coach Xabi Alonso shake hands with Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior</p>

Football’s next tactical innovation is ‘just not having a manager’

<p>Discover the absurdities and oddities of the beautiful game with the Adam Clery Football Column</p>

Unpack football’s absurdities with Adam Clery’s ACFC newsletter

<p>Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo (2ndR) shows the red card to English forward Wayne Rooney</p>

Football wishes it was darts – but darts wants to be pro wrestling

<p>Scotland’s Scott McTominay scores the opening goal during the win over Denmark (Andrew Milligan/PA)</p>

Someone call the police! Scott McTominay has just been robbed

Premier League

<p>Arne Slot touched on the difficulties of facing low blocks after the win over Marseille</p>

Gerrard begs Slot to ‘stop mentioning low blocks’ after Liverpool win

<p>The series will reportedly be a dramatised retelling of United’s history</p>

Everything we know so far about Man United’s reported TV drama series

Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly, right, battles for the ball (Fabrizio Carabelli/PA)

Myles Lewis-Skelly hails Arsenal’s ‘frightening’ attacking options

Thomas Frank celebrated a much-needed win (Adam Davy/PA)

Thomas Frank insists he is building something at Tottenham after much-needed win

European football

Gyokeres scores third goal to secure points for Arsenal in Milan

Palace face tough route to Conference League final after play-off draw

<p>Alvaro Arbeloa suffered an embarrassing defeat in his first game since replacing Xabi Alonso</p>

Real Madrid hit ‘rock bottom’ after cup defeat to second-tier side

International football

<p>Brahim Diaz tried to Panenka the decisive penalty and missed</p>

Brahim Diaz and the worst Panenka penalty misses after Afcon despair

<p>Senegal fans try to invade the pitch amid the chaos of the Afcon final</p>

Why did Senegal walk off v Morocco? How Afcon final went into meltdown

<p>Senegal’s head coach Pape Thiaw, left, speaks to Walid Regragui as he leaves the pitch </p>

Senegal gave ‘shamfeul image of Africa’ with Afcon walk-off protest

Football League

<p>The fan sadly died after suffering a medical emergency at the Valley</p>

Charlton fan dies as Portsmouth game abandoned for medical emergency

Championship leaders Coventry strike late to go 10 points clear

<p>Sheffield Wednesday fans revel before kick-off outside Hillsborough</p>

Relegation looms for Sheffield Wednesday – and fans are excited again

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