Tomi Juric hopes Australia can show more of a clinical edge in their crucial final World Cup group game against Peru on Tuesday.
The Socceroos kept their hopes of a spot in the last 16 alive with a 1-1 draw against Denmark on matchday two, but they are undoubtedly facing an uphill task.
They are three points behind Age Hareide s side, who sit a further two adrift of Group C leaders France, and Denmark only need to avoid defeat to Les Bleus to follow them into the knockout phase.
Both of Australia s goals in Russia have come from Mile Jedinak penalties and Juric admits a better attacking display against Peru in Sochi would aid their chances of going through.
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Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott lit up Goodison Park as England Under-21s eased past Northern Ireland.
The midfielder’s classy brace inspired the Young Lions to a comfortable 3-0 win on Tuesday.
He now has five goals in Euro 2025 qualifying while Reds team-mate Tyler Morton, on loan at Hull, opened the scoring with his first for the Under-21s.
Back-to-back goals for Harvey Elliott! |
— England (@England)
It leaves them second Group F, three points behind Ukraine who beat Azerbaijan 1-0.
In what looks increasingly likely to be a straight shootout for the group win, the pair play each other in the penultimate game in October, and the Young Lions are in the rare position of playing catch-up.
It is clearly a chase they can achieve…
Jurgen Klopp emphasised the importance of the three Premier League matches Liverpool will play before the World Cup break as they look to recover ground on their rivals.
Liverpool took the title fight all the way to the final day of the 2021-22 season, narrowly losing out to Manchester City, but they enter this weekend down in eighth, 12 points behind leaders Arsenal.
Ahead of the season pausing next month, the Reds will face Leeds United on Saturday, before visiting Tottenham after a Champions League clash with Napoli and hosting Southampton following an EFL Cup tie against Derby County.
Klopp s side at least head into the Leeds game on a high, having secured their progress in Europe with a 3-0 win at Ajax.
Since losing 4-1 at Napoli, Liverpool have been…
Russian Premier League club Zenit have sent Burger King s reported interest in a naming rights deal with them up in flames.
The fast food giant were rumoured to have offered a whopping €6.8million to Zenit if they changed their name to Zenit Burger King.
Amid a plethora of social media jokes – Zenit St Petersburger King, anyone? – Zenit settled this unusual beef by unseating The King from his throne.
With a little help from HBO s television blockbuster Game of Thrones, the club posted a GIF to their official Twitter account that ensure they gave Burger King a thorough grilling.
Who s the king?!
— ФК «Зенит» (@zenit_spb)
Zenit would not have been Burger King s first foray into football sponsorship, after they infamous…
The Metro understands that Arsenal may have to lower their valuation of Kieran Gibbs if they are to sell him to one of their Premier League rivals.
A number of potential suitors have been put off by the Gunners’ £15m price tag with Newcastle United, Stoke City, Brighton and Hove Albion and Watford all linked with a move to secure his services.
Gibbs managed only eight Premier League starts for Arsene Wenger’s side last season with Nacho Monreal first choice in his position and the arrival of Sead Kolasinac is likely to threaten his chances even more so.
Aside from a brief loan spell with Norwich City in 2008 Gibbs has spent his entire career so far at the Emirates Stadium racking up a total of two hundred and twenty-nine appearances in all competitions,…
Jack Grealish firmly believes Manchester City can win a Premier League and Champions League double and insists their FA Cup loss to Liverpool will not affect their ambitions.
Pep Guardiola s men suffered a thrilling 3-2 semi-final defeat to Jurgen Klopp s team on Saturday, with Sadio Mane s double adding to Ibrahima Konate s opener to give the Reds a comfortable half-time lead.
Goals from Grealish and Bernardo Silva threatened an incredible turnaround, but City were unable to find a leveller and fell to their first Wembley defeat to Liverpool, having beaten them on penalties in both the 2016 League Cup final and the 2019 Community Shield.
City have now lost on four of their last five FA Cup semi-final appearances, but Grealish said the loss would not affect their…
Newcastle United should ignore the temptation to buy big stars and focus on more players like Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton.
That is the view of Shaka Hislop, the ex-Magpies goalkeeper, who has been hugely impressed by the performances of the Brazilian midfield pair.
Newcastle signed Guimaraes in January for a fee that could eventually surpass the club-record figure of £40million previously spent on compatriot Joelinton.
Brazil international Guimaraes hit the ground running at St James Park, scoring five goals in 17 appearances before the end of the season – more than in 71 outings over two years for former club Lyon.
Joelinton endured a considerably trickier start to life in England following his 2019 arrival, toiling as a striker as he netted only 1…
Barcelona have started negotiating with Valencia over the possibility of signing Rodrigo Moreno on loan for the rest of the season, according to .
The striker joined Valencia back in the summer of 2015 for a reported fee of €30 million, and since then he has had 96 goal involvements (56 goals, 40 assists) in 208 games in all competitions. Barcelona are in dire need of a man of his quality, having lost Luis Suarez to injury for four months. Recent reports claimed the Catalans are in for a striker, but only a top one as they seek to avoid repeating the Kevin-Prince Boateng fiasco of last year, and Rodrigo was mentioned as the preferred target ahead of the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal and RB Leipzig s Timo Werner.
However, funds seem to be tight at the m…
Manchester United have handed a new contract to defender Chris Smalling, which could keep him at Old Trafford until 2023.
Smalling, 29, has signed a deal running to June 2022, with an option
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The centre-back joined United from Fulham in 2010 and has won all major trophies in English football during his time with the Red Devils, including the 2010-11 and 2012-13 Premier League titles.
Smalling was also a key member of the team that lifted the Europa League in 2016-17, completing 90 minutes in the final as Jose Mourinho s team beat Ajax 2-0 in Stockholm.
Overall, he has made 307 appearances for United in all competitions, scoring 18 goals.
This is my ninth season with the club and I am delighted to be continuin…
Bayern Munich defender Chris Richards has joined Premier League side Crystal Palace on a five-year deal.
The eight-cap United States international spent the majority of the past two seasons on loan with Hoffenheim, where he made 34 appearances.
He was pushed further down the central-defensive pecking order at Bayern following the arrival of Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus earlier this month.
Palace confirmed on their official website on Wednesday that Richards has put pen to paper on a long-term contract at Selhurst Park.
Patrick Vieira s side are reported to have paid an initial £8.5million (€10m), potentially rising to £11m (€13m), for the 22-year-old.
Richards, who departs Bayern having made 10 first-team appearances after joining from FC …