Pirates snatch late win to stay top
Orlando Pirates clung to first place in the South African Premiership on Wednesday after a late Patrick Maswanganyi goal snatched a 2-1 victory at mid-table Polokwane City.
Orlando Pirates clung to first place in the South African Premiership on Wednesday after a late Patrick Maswanganyi goal snatched a 2-1 victory at mid-table Polokwane City.
Premier League leaders Arsenal stretched their lead over Manchester City to seven points on Wednesday with a nervy win at Brighton, while Pep Guardiola’s men were held to a costly 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest.
Atletico Madrid struggled through a 3-0 Copa del Rey semi-final second leg defeat at Barcelona on Tuesday but scraped into the final 4-3 on aggregate.
Liverpool suffered an embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Wolves as Andre’s stoppage-time strike sealed a dramatic victory for the Premier League’s bottom club on Tuesday.
France captain Kylian Mbappe was in Paris Monday for treatment on a knee injury but no surgery is planned, the Real Madrid superstar’s entourage told AFP.
Real Madrid fell to a damaging 1-0 defeat by Getafe at home in La Liga on Monday, leaving them four points behind leaders Barcelona.
Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo was the match-winner as Manchester City beat Leeds United 1-0, while Alex Iwobi’s stunning effort saw Fulham hold off Spurs.
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Harry Kane scored twice and Joshua Kimmich bagged a late winner as Bayern Munich came back to triumph 3-2 at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and move 11 points clear in the Bundesliga.
Barcelona’s teenage star Lamine Yamal scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 4-1 win over Villarreal on Saturday that took the Catalan giants four points clear at the top of La Liga.