Maxwel Cornet played down suggestions he had a secret to scoring against Manchester City after netting again in Lyon s win.
Cornet opened the scoring in Saturday s 3-1 victory in the Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon.
The Ivory Coast international has netted in three straight games against City, including a brace in 2018.
But the forward dismissed any talk there was a secret to his success against the Premier League giants.
My secret to always score against City? I don t know, I don t have a secret, Cornet told a news conference.
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The most important is to do what the coach asks and be strong defensively. First, you have to do the job defensively, and then yo…
NetEase is seeing success with Marvel Rivals, but it has another competitive multiplayer title coming up with Bad Guitar Studio’s FragPunk. The free-to-play 5v5 tactical shooter launches on March 6th, 2025, for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, and a new trailer highlights some of the new Shard Cards to expect. Check it out below.
As noted in our closed beta impressions of FragPunk earlier this year, Shard Cards allow players to add modifiers to an ongoing match. These can provide benefits like Big Head, which results in easier headshots, but the opposing team can do the same. Some newer Cards include Small Head, which reduces head size and makes it tougher to get headshots.
However, you can flip levels entirely, turn weapons into turr…
Thai Premier League 2009 and 2010 champions Muang Thong United aim to win all possible trophies in their preparations ahead of the new season.
The club s goals were revealed by general manager Ronnarit Suewaja shortly after introducing newly-signed former Partizan Belgrade coach Slavisa Jokanovic.
We have at least 150 million baht (3.7 million pounds) to strengthen the squad after we were third in the league and second in the FA Cup last season, Ronnarit told the Bangkok Post.
The Nonthaburi-based club s financial power has increased after a 30 per-cent stake was purchased by the largest cement company in Thailand, Siam Cement Group (SGC) in order to realise their targets.
United signed several new players to strengthen their squad ahead of 2012 season,…
Jurgen Klopp said there was no chance James Milner was not going to be brought on for his 600th Premier League appearance on Saturday.
Milner came on as a 68th-minute substitute during Liverpool s 3-1 win over Southampton at Anfield.
That saw the 36-year-old become the fourth player in Premier League history, after Gareth Barry, Ryan Giggs and Frank Lampard, to make 600 appearances in the competition.
Klopp, who was watching from the stands as he served a one-match touchline suspension handed to him by the Football Association (FA) on Friday, knew Milner was closing in on the milestone, and said there was little chance the former Manchester City and Aston Villa midfielder would not play.
Wow! I don t know how many have reached that mark in England. Most …
Greuther Fuerth s supporters have celebrated in style after the club s first ever promotion to the Bundesliga.
Mike Bueskens men are guaranteed a spot in Germany s top flight next season, and can seal the 2.Bundesliga title with a win over Hansa Rostock on Sunday.
Former Schalke midfielder Bueskens, who took over in late 2009, urged his team to enjoy the success he said they deserved.
It is a wonderful feeling because we have lifted the spirit of the club with the way we play our football, Bueskens said.
These moments can never be forgotten, and you only get to experience them a few times in your career.
You can t buy these feelings with money, they are just raw emotions. The team has deserved promotion because they have done an excellent jo…
Ligue 2 side Le Havre are exploring the possibility of signing Portuguese winger Simao Sabrosa, .
The French club have finally completed the deal for Brazilian striker Adriano and they appear set to recruit another high-profile footballer.
L Equipe has revealed that soon-to-be Le Havre owner Christophe Maillol recently met Simao Sabrosa for dinner, which is enough to suggest he was trying to persuade the Portuguese footballer to move to Stade Oceane.
The 35-year-old has been a free agent since his contract at Espanyol expired in the summer, and chances are he will be interested in a move to France.
Simao Sabrosa spent the majority of his career in Portugal and Spain, playing for Sporting, Barcelona, Benfica, Atletico Madrid and Espanyol, while also enjoy…
Barcelona began their quest for a sixth Champions League title with an emphatic 7-0 win over Celtic at Camp Nou.
A hat-trick from Lionel Messi, plus goals from Neymar, Andres Iniesta and Luis Suarez s double, gave Luis Enrique s side all three points to banish memories of Saturday s shock LaLiga defeat to Alaves.
Messi rifled in an early opener and he combined superbly with Neymar to double Barca s lead after Moussa Dembele had seen a penalty saved by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Neymar bent a free-kick over the wall and beyond Dorus de Vries from 20 yards just after half-time, and the Brazil star set up Iniesta for a sumptuous fourth before the hour mark before Messi completed his treble just a minute later.
Brendan Rodgers side could scarcely get out of …
Carlos Bacca revealed he is not enjoying life at AC Milan during a recent visit to Sevilla, but coach Jorge Sampaoli claims the LaLiga club are unable to sign him.
Bacca incurred the displeasure of the Milan fans after he was photographed attending Sevilla s 2-1 win over Valencia instead of the Serie A club s match at Empoli, despite coach Vincenzo Montella sanctioning the injured striker s trip.
The Colombia international has been strongly linked with a return to Sevilla, for whom he played between 2013 and 2015, as his relationship with Montella is reportedly strained.
And while Sampaoli acknowledged he would like to bring Bacca back to Sevilla, they cannot grant him a return in January due to Ganso, Hiroshi Kiyotake and Mariano filling their three non-EU LaLig…
What the papers say
The Daily Mirror reports Kevin de Bruyne is high on the list of targets Saudi Arabian clubs intend to pursue next year. The paper says Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal’s whopping £259million bid for Kylian Mbappe was a wake-up call for the Premier League, with some sides already resigned to losing some of their best players. De Bruyne’s former Manchester City team-mate Riyad Mahrez joined Al-Ahli this summer, joining a growing list of high-profile players making the switch.
Speaking of Kylian Mbappe, the Mirror also reports the 24-year-old would be prepared to spend a season in the Premier League on loan before securing his dream move to Real Madrid. The Paris St Germain and France forward’s representatives are believed to have held discreet discussions…
Jurgen Klopp is hopeful fortune is on Liverpool’s side for the Premier League run-in after their 3-1 victory at Fulham moved them joint top of the table with Arsenal.
The Reds scored through Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ryan Gravenberch and Diogo Jota as they bounced back from Thursday’s Europa League exit to Atalanta and their Anfield defeat to Crystal Palace.
Klopp admitted the title race excites him, citing rivals Manchester City and Arsenal, much like Liverpool, will need luck during an intense period.
Jota strikes for our third at Craven Cottage |
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Liverpool have five games remaining and Klopp said: “Maybe if we can keep it as exciting then in the end fortune is maybe then on our side. We don’t know. We have to t…