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					<title><![CDATA[Prem top goals of Week 27: Deulofeu dazzles for Watford]]></title>
					
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						<![CDATA[Relive the top goals from Week 27 of the 2018-19 Prem season, which include two of Gerard Deulofeu&apos;s three goals against Cardiff.]]>
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						<![CDATA[Inter and Fiorentina traded world-class goals in a six-goal thriller that dominates the top Serie A goals of Matchday 25.]]>
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						<![CDATA[Relive the top goals from Week 27 of the 2018-19 Premier League season, as Bernd Leno kept a clean sheet thanks to his diving save against Southampton.]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Tottenham's Pochettino charged by FA for confronting referee after loss]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0223/r505566_3_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino reflects on his side&apos;s surprise loss to Burnley and the post-match incident with referee Mike Dean. 
				
			Tottenham missed out on an excellent opportunity to make up ground at the top of the table after they were beaten 2-1 at Turf Moor by Burnley. 
				
			Tottenham missed out on an excellent opportunity to make up ground at the top of the table after they were beaten 2-1 at Turf Moor by Burnley. 
The English Football Association (FA) has charged Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino with improper conduct for confronting the referee after Saturday&apos;s shock 2-1 Premier League defeat at Burnley.
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Defeat dented third-placed Tottenham&apos;s title hopes and Pochettino appeared to vent his frustration at referee Mike Dean in a furious confrontation.
&quot;It is alleged the Tottenham Hotspur manager&apos;s language and/or behaviour at the end of the fixture -- both on the pitch and in or around the tunnel...]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Sarri, Kepa drama overshadows Chelsea's effort vs. Man City in cup final defeat]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0225/r506500_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[It feels weird to start not with a game itself but with an attempted substitution that never came to pass, but this was the big talking point of the European weekend and there&apos;s no escaping it.


I&apos;m talking, of course, about the end of extra time in the Carabao Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester City. It&apos;s easy to get lost in the minutiae and the speculation, but there is one overriding fact we do know: Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to come off the pitch when his number was called.


He offered...]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone charged for obscene gesture vs. Juventus]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0221/r504676_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[ESPN FC&apos;s Gab Marcotti does not hold back at Juventus&apos; recent form, which culminated in a &quot;cynical&quot; display against Atletico Madrid. 
				
			ESPN FC&apos;s Sid Lowe credits Atletico Madrid for showing their mental strength by overcoming the reversed decisions made by VAR. 
				
			Following Atletico Madrid&apos;s opener, ESPN FC&apos;s Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno saw a Juventus side that appeared &apos;flustered and rattled.&apos; 
UEFA has charged Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone with improper conduct for an obscene gesture after his team scored against Juventus in the Champions League.
After Atletico defender Jose Maria Gimenez scored the first goal late in a 2-0 win on Wednesday, Simeone turned to his team&apos;s fans and made the gesture.
Simeone said the gesture showed he had courage to make tough selection decisions. Two days later, he apologised.
UEFA says its disciplinary panel will judge the case at a later date. Simeone...]]>
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						<![CDATA[From another Lionel Messi masterpiece to a dramatic and bizarre Carabao Cup final, here&apos;s how Europe&apos;s top clubs fared at the weekend.]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Man arrested in Germany for assault on Manchester City supporter]]></title>
					
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A man has been arrested by German police after a Manchester City supporter was left in a critical condition in hospital after the club&apos;s game against FC Schalke.
Gelsenkirchen police said a 30-year-old suspect was arrested on Monday after a brawl following the Champions League match on Feb. 20.
Police have not named the man but said he was a member of the Schalke &quot;ultra&quot; group -- also known as the &quot;Hugos.&quot;
ESPN FC has been told that the supporter was in Germany with his family for the game&amp;nbsp;and...]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Neymar uses 'tactic' to avoid contact, doesn't dive - father]]></title>
					
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			Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi says the club&apos;s new shirt deal adds to their financial resolve, and that he&apos;s &apos;not worried&apos; about Financial Fair Play. 
Neymar&apos;s father says the Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain star&apos;s frequent tumbles to the ground cannot be characterised as diving but are instead a &quot;tactic&quot; to keep oft-fouled forward from harm.
Neymar earned a negative reputation for his on-the-floor antics at last summer&apos;s World Cup in Russia, with videos and memes of his exaggerated falls going viral as the former Barcelona and Santos man became a source of ridicule during the tournament.
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					<title><![CDATA[Neymar could return to training after Man United game - PSG boss Tuchel]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0215/r502158_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi says the club&apos;s new shirt deal adds to their financial resolve, and that he&apos;s &apos;not worried&apos; about Financial Fair Play. 
				
			The crew weigh up Neymar&apos;s level after he fell outside the top 10 in ESPN Brazil&apos;s poll of greatest post-Pele players for the Selecao. 
				
			ESPN FC&apos;s Alejandro Moreno explains why he believes Neymar may come to regret not maximizing his talent for both club and country. 
Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel has said he hopes Neymar will be back in training after next week&apos;s Champions League second leg against Manchester United.
PSG won 2-0 in the first leg without either Neymar or Edinson Cavani, and the Brazil international is stepping up his recovery from a fractured metatarsal.
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Speaking ahead of Tuesday&apos;s Coupe de France quarterfinal against Dijon, Tuchel said he was in frequent contact with Neymar as he continued his rehabilitation in Brazil.
&quot;He is always...]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Sarri must punish Kepa for his outburst during Carabao Cup final if he's to remain Chelsea boss]]></title>
					
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Let&apos;s be quite clear about this. Kepa is lucky that his contract was not torn up after openly defying his manager, Maurizio Sarri, and refusing to be substituted in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City. Those of us who have been watching football for half a century have never seen anything like...]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Sir Elton John gives Watford recommendations for 'good players' - chairman]]></title>
					
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			After another disappointing performance for Liverpool&apos;s front three, ESPN FC&apos;s Steve Nicol tries to make sense of their goalscoring struggles. 
Sir Elton John is involved in Watford&apos;s recruitment process on a &quot;daily basis&quot; and often gives recommendations about which players they should buy, chairman Scott Duxbury has said.&amp;nbsp;
The multi-platinum selling singer is Watford&apos;s honorary life president and was chairman during their rise from the old Fourth Division to the top flight during the 1970s and early 80s.&amp;nbsp;
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Sir Elton&apos;s involvement with the day-to-day running of Watford effectively ended when he ceased to be owner and chairman...]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Premier League's big midweek: 6 key questions for pivotal night in title race]]></title>
					
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An eventful weekend saw Liverpool move a point clear at the top following a draining 0-0 draw against an injury-hit Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Manchester City, meanwhile, completed the first leg of a possible quadruple by defeating Chelsea on penalties in a Carabao Cup final that will forever be remembered for Kepa Arrizabalaga&apos;s refusal to be...]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[I-League scenarios: Chennai three points away from glory]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0220/r504182_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[Chennai are the leading scorers in the league and can wrap up the title with one more win
On a day of dramatic developments in the I-League, East Bengal&apos;s 1-1 draw against ten-men Aizawl FC took them into second place on the I-League table, seven points behind Chennai City and ahead of Real Kashmir only on goal difference.
The AIFF, meanwhile, has referred the matter of Minerva Punjab&apos;s no-show against Real Kashmir in Srinagar last week to the executive committee. They have also shifted shifted Kashmir&apos;s home game against East Bengal on February 28 to Delhi.&amp;nbsp;
The clash in Delhi...]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Emiliano Sala plane was not licensed for commercial use - investigators]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0122/r492058_2_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[Sala, 28, was onboard an aircraft that went missing in the English Channel on Jan. 21.
Air accident investigators say the plane carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala was not licensed for commercial use by authorities.
The initial report from the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) says investigators have yet to determine if it could be classified as a private flight if costs were being shared, so commercial flight regulations were not applicable.
The United States-registered single-engine aircraft crashed into the English Channel while flying last month from the French city of...]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Man United defender Shaw: There's more to come from me]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0224/r505969_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was coy about his injured squad but did mention some young reserves might be called on for their midweek game at Crystal Palace. 
				
			Manchester United used all of their substitutions in the first half due to injury but were still able to fend off a toothless Liverpool side. 
Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has said he can play even better than he did in his man of the match performance against Liverpool on Sunday.
Shaw, 23, helped keep Mohamed Salah so quiet that Liverpool&apos;s top scorer was substituted with 10 minutes of the 0-0 draw to go.
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&quot;I think I&apos;ve still got another level,&quot; the England international said. &quot;I don&apos;t think I am really at my best, and I know what I can do when I&apos;m at my best.
&quot;Of course I am happy with how it went today, but there&apos;s still more...]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Kepa 'appointed Chelsea boss' by Wikipedia-hacking trolls after Carabao Cup final]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0225/r506375_2_1296x729_16-9.jpg&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[ESPN FC&apos;s Craig Burley delves into the disarray at Chelsea after goalkeeper Kepa refused to be subbed off in extra time against Man City. 
				
			ESPN FC&apos;s Craig Burley delves into the disarray at Chelsea after goalkeeper Kepa refused to be subbed off in extra time against Man City. 
				
			Manchester City retained the Carabao Cup after Raheem Sterling capped off a dramatic penalty shootout with the winning strike. 
				
			Manchester City have successfully defended their Carabao Cup title, defeating Chelsea 4-3 on penalties in a thrilling final at Wembley. 
				
			Gab Marcotti isn&apos;t buying Maurizio Sarri&apos;s explanation that he simply had a &apos;misunderstanding&apos; with his goalkeeper in Chelsea&apos;s cup final defeat. 
				
			ESPN FC&apos;s Mark Ogden calls Maurizio Sarri&apos;s control of the dressing room into question after goalkeeper Kepa refused to be subbed off against Man City. 
				
			ESPN FC&apos;s Steve Nicol believes Maurizio Sarri&apos;s dramatic reaction to Kepa was worse than the player&apos;s initial refusal to leave the pitch. 
				
			Maurizio Sarri explains why his decision to sub out Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa led to a standoff at the end of extra time in the Carabao Cup final. 
As you might have heard, Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga caused a *minor* scene at the tail end of Sunday&apos;s Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City by refusing to the substituted in the closing minutes of extra time.
After going down injured twice in the space of a few minutes, Kepa was ordered to be replaced by Willy Caballero in the 119th minute of the match&amp;nbsp;by Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri -- an order the 24-year-old keeper duly refused.
Kepa -- who later insisted he was merely &quot;misunderstood&quot;...]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Paris Saint-Germain's Rabiot has not changed agent - sources]]></title>
					
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						&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i/?img=/photo/2019/1231/r483471_1296x729_16-9.jpg&amp;amp;w=100&amp;amp;h=80&amp;amp;scale=crop&amp;amp;site=espnfc&quot; /&gt;<![CDATA[The guys respond to your questions about memorable run-ins with referees, whether they&apos;d rather a team with Lionel Messi playing or Pep Guardiola managing and more. 
				
			Kylian Mbapp&eacute; crossed the 50-goal benchmark in Ligue 1 with a brace in Paris Saint-Germain&apos;s 3-0 win over Nimes. 
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot has not replaced his mother Veronique as his agent as he attempts to secure a free transfer, sources have told ESPN FC.
Last week, reports in Spain said France international Rabiot, 23, had taken the step in an attempt to ensure that Barcelona signed him.
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RTL journalist Philippe Sanfourche reported that Rabiot&apos;s entourage had denied that, and a source has confirmed to ESPN FC that Veronique remains her son&apos;s agent.
The source said Rabiot still sees himself...]]>
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