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Fulham wonderkid Ryan Sessegnon wins FIVE gongs at EFL awards

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Fulham wonderkid Ryan Sessegnon wins FIVE gongs at EFL awards including Championship Player of the Year The 17-year-old beat teammate Tom Cairney and Wolves' Ruben Neves to the award after a season which has seen him score 14 goals Sessegnon has enjoyed a stellar campaign with Fulham Fulham wonderkid Ryan Sessegnon cleaned up at the EFL awards, winning an unprecedented five gongs including Championship Player of the year. The 17-year-old beat teammate Tom Cairney and Wolves' Ruben Neves to the award after a season which has seen him score 14 goals in 43 Championship appearances for the Cottagers. He also scooped the Young Player of the Season, Championship Apprentice of the Year and named in the EFL Team of the Year as well as a special recongition award in the EFL Club Developed XI alongside names such as Joe Hart, Dele Alli and Raheem Sterling. Sessegnon became the first Championship player to be nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award e...

Manchester City's 7 most notable victories on way to Premier League title

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Manchester City have been crowned champions for a third time in seven seasons following their victory over rivals United The Premier League title is heading back to the Etihad. Manchester City have been crowned champions for a third time in seven seasons after bottom club West Brom's shock with over rivals United. It has been a dream season for City, who have suffered just one defeat so far this season. That came against Liverpool but City have won an incredible 29 of their 33 matches to date. Here, we take a look back at some of their most notable victories on the way to the Premier League title. September 5 - Man City 5-0 Liverpool Leroy Sane celebrates After opening their campaign with three successive wins, City then made a serious statement with this thrashing of one of their chief rivals. Sergio Aguero put them ahead and before Liverpool had Sadio Mane sent off following a collision with Ederson. Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane scored two each as...

Champions League semifinal draw puts European giants and underdogs against each other..

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Champions League semi-final draw: Liverpool land Roma – as it happened. Liverpool have been handed a semi-final against Roma, while Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich face Real Madrid in the last four. Liverpool celebrate Liverpool will need to overcome Serie A side Roma over two legs if they are to prevail to the Champions League final in Kiev at the end of May. Jürgen Klopp’s side will play the first leg at Anfield, before making the trip to Stadio Olimpico at the start of next month. For Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool forward, it will be a return to Rome, where he scored 29 goals in 65 league appearances before moving on last summer. In the other tie, Real Madrid will take on Bayern Munich, who they knocked out of the quarter-finals last season. The first leg will take place at the Allianz Arena, with the second at the Bernabéu. Bayern, who, on Friday confirmed Niko Kovac will succeed manager Jupp Heynckes in the dugout in July, are targeting another treble under ...

City a win away from clinching their 5th Premier League title

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Manchester City  drew an emphatic line under a difficult week by moving to within one win of the Premier League title with a 3-1 victory over  Tottenham . Gabriel Jesus' opener and an Ilkay Gundogan penalty moved Pep Guardiola's men to the brink of the title in a majestic opening 25 minutes at Wembley. Pep Guardiola is on the brink of clinching the Premier League title after Manchester City’s magnificent victory at Wembley. City boss Guardiola’s champions elect now just need one more win and can even be crowned tomorrow in the unlikely event that Manchester United lose at home to bottom-of-the-table West Brom. This was a superb win as City recovered after three straight defeats - twice to Liverpool in the Chanpions League and to United in the Manchester derby - with a comprehensive victory to outclass Tottenham. Here is look at the match stats- http://www.espn.in/football/matchstats?gameId=480572 City were in command from the start and went ahead after just 22 mi...

Barca set unbeaten record in La Liga after their win against Valencia.

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Ernesto Valverde has overseen one of the most impressive defensive seasons in recent memory, and  Barcelona  have now set a brand new unbeaten record in LaLiga after taking their run to 39 matches without defeat. Suarez breaks the deadlock The leaders, fresh from a shock Champions League exit to Roma , led when Philippe  Coutinho played in Luis Suarez to beat Neto at his near post. They looked comfortable when Samuel Umtiti headed in Coutinho's corner. But the visitors gave them a late scare when Dani Parejo's penalty squirmed underneath Marc-Andre ter Stegen after Ousmane Dembele fouled Andreas Pereira. Ter Stegen was at the centre of the game's other dramatic moment - when he gifted the ball to Valencia's Carlos Soler but then brilliantly saved Rodrigo's shot onto the crossbar. Barca, who are now six results from the first unbeaten 38-game La Liga season, only need seven more points to seal the Spanish title. They face Sevilla in ...

City go to Spurs with one eye on the league

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On the back of two defeats,a Manchester derby loss followed by an exit from the Champions League,one can well and truly say,the last week has been the worst for City fans all around the world. On Saturday Manchester City face Totteham Hotspurs at the Wembley Stadium where a win would leave City needing just another win to win the league . Pochettino first pitted his wits against Guardiola in 2009 when Espanyol held Barcelona to a goalless draw in his debut game in management and there has been a simmering rivalry ever since. Manchester City would be looking to clinch their 5th Premier League title today. Here are some key facts to get you in the mood for an enthralling clash at Wembley- Tottenham have won their last two home league games against Man City. They last had a longer run against them between 2005 and 2009 (6).  Man City have only won one of their last five Premier League games against Spurs (D1 L3), though it was in the reverse fi...