Midfielder confident Potters will improve to repay fans
XHERDAN SHAQIRI paid tribute to the Stoke City supporters following his return to action at the weekend and says the team will soon start to repay the faith shown in them and climb up the Premier League table.
James Milner has credited manager Jurgen Klopp’s summer signings with inspiring Liverpool’s impressive start to their Premier League campaign.
Sunderland and Swansea scouts are expected to attend the Champions League match between FC Copenhagen and Club Bruggeon Tuesday, reports media outlet BT.
The Premier League sides are said to be focusing on the performance of FC Copenhagen striker Federico Santander, who was scouted by Everton and Lyon recently.
The 25-year-old signed for Copenhagen last summer in a €3m deal from Paraguayan club Guarani, and has been a crucial player for the Danish side./ skysports.com
Roma coach Luciano Spalletti was unimpressed with his players’ mentality after they fell to a 3-1 defeat at Torino.
Iago Falque, the winger on loan from Roma, did the damage against his parent club by scoring a decisive second-half double.
Brendan Rodgers is wary of the threat Sergio Aguero will pose to Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday, though he acknowledges Manchester City have other stars capable of hurting his team.
Francesco Totti has become the second player to reach 250 Serie A goals, but the occasion was bittersweet as Roma fell to a 3-1 defeat against Torino.
Atletico Madrid are likely to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday without Jose Gimenez and Augusto Fernandez as both players were injured against Deportivo La Coruna in LaLiga on Sunday.
Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic is happy to play wherever Massimiliano Allegri needs him and is confident his performances will improve as the season goes on.
Rafael Benitez has warned his Newcastle players that they still have plenty of work to do if they are to earn promotion this season.
Borussia Dortmund head coach Thomas Tuchel admits he wasn’t surprised that Mario Gotze heard some whistles from the Westfalenstadion crowd during the win over Freiburg.
