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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish believes officials should explain decisions after Howard Webb awarded a controversial penalty during the home defeat to Tottenham. Steven Pienaar went down under a seemingly legitimate challenge from youngster John Flanagan early in the second half, but Webb awarded a spot kick and Luka Modric converted to wrap up a win [...]

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has kept forward Lionel Messi on the bench for their Primera Division encounter with Deportivo La Coruna at Camp Nou tonight. Midfield maestro Xavi too has been left out of the starting line-up and so is defenders Daniel Alves and Maxwell. Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol, Andres Iniests and David Villa all [...]

Arsene Wenger has lamented Arsenal’s end-of-season capitulation after a 2-0 loss to Aston Villa hands Manchester City the advantage in the race for a third placed finish in the Premier league. A win would have taken the Gunners to within a point of second placed Chelsea but as it stands, City have a game in [...]

Kenny Dalglish has called for Liverpool to continue spending following his appointment as permanent manager on a three-year deal. The Scot, along with his assistant Steve Clarke, who also signed a three-year contract on Thursday, have guided the club from the bottom half of the table to fifth and are closing in on a Europa [...]

Genoa are tracking Colo Colo midfielder Cristobal Jorquera and Universidad de Chile’s Felipe Seymour, reports Datasport. The report claims that Seymour, who is also wanted by Cruz Azul, has strong admirers in the Italian port city. The 22-year-old midfielder has also been linked with Udinese and Fiorentina after previous interest appeared during the winter transfer [...]

Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets could be in hot water after Uefa confirmed they have opened a disciplinary case against him following the Champions League semi-finals against Real Madrid in which he is alleged to have racially abused Marcelo.Madrid complained that Busquets had allegedly called the left-back a “mono” (monkey) during the semi-final first-leg on April 27 [...]

Inter full-back Yuto Nagatomo has underlined the importance of winning the Coppa Italia this season. The Italian giants have already been knocked out of the Champions League and could finally lose their grasp over the Scudetto this weekend as Serie A leaders AC Milan need just a point to win their first championship since 2004. [...]

Napoli striker Edinson Cavani has revealed his dream to win the Ballon d’Or one day. The Uruguay international forward has been in brilliant form for the Italian club all season and has netted 26 goals in 34 appearances in Serie A with seven strikes in 10 matches in the Europa League. Cavani has established himself [...]

Bayern Munich’s director of sport Christian Nerlinger says that they will not be held to ransom over the signing of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Schalke in the summer. The German giants have been heavily linked with the 25-year-old highly-rated Neuer, with strong suggestions in the German media that the custodian will end up at the [...]

Marcello Lippi has said Cesare Prandelli’s new Italy team has similar features to the side which won the World Cup in 2006. Lippi vacated his Nazionale seat after a failed bid to retain the trophy during last summer’s World Cup in South Africa. Prandelli was tasked with the job of renewing both players and fortunes [...]