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City face a potentially pivotal week in their season, with Saturday's game being followed by a Champions League last-16 second leg match against Dynamo Kiev and a domestic derby clash with Manchester United.

Fans at the Hull game unfurled a banner that said, "Arsene, thanks for the memories but it's time to say goodbye," provoking a defiant response from the Frenchman. "I don't care," Wenger told reporters after the game.

Moshiri, a former Arsenal shareholder, ended Everton's long search for investment when he bought a 49.9 percent stake in the Goodison Park outfit last month.

Midfielder Abraham Gonzalez opened the scoring for Espanyol when he latched powerfully on to Marco Asensio's cross in the 12th minute. Perez won the match for the hosts with a powerful shot past goalkeeper Yoel Rodriguez in the 77th.

Leicester’s 1-0 victory at Watford ensured they cashed in on Tottenham and Arsenal’s 2-2 draw earlier in the day and answered questions about their own ability to grind out results from difficult assignments.

Sergio Aguero scored two goals and missed a penalty as Manchester City used a dominant second-half performance to thrash last-place Aston Villa 4-0 and revive their Premier League title challenge on Saturday.

Leiva, a Brazilian international, was carrying a knock when he stepped up to take Liverpool’s second kick at the Wembley Stadium last Sunday and exacerbated the issue as he struck from 12 yards.

Manchester United's injury problems are easing with Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini in contention to face West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, manager Louis van Gaal said.

Charlie Stillitano, chairman of Relevent Sports, met representatives of five of the biggest Premier League clubs on Tuesday to discuss a new structure for Europe's top club competition.

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona defeated nine-man Rayo Vallecano 5-1 to become the first Spanish club to play 35 consecutive matches without a loss, breaking Real Madrid's record of nearly three decades ago.

India, who currently have 142 points, were helped by their 1-0 World Cup qualifier win against Guam last year, making a leap of six places.

The 28-year-old had previously admitted to grooming a 15-year-old girl and one charge of sexual activity with her, relating to an incident when he kissed her in his Range Rover.

Matches at this year's European soccer championship in France could be moved or played in empty stadiums if security services considered there was the danger of an attack, a UEFA official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

"I am more happy now than against Norwich when we won (in the 89th minute on Saturday). We were much better tonight," Ranieri told the BBC.

Leicester were excellent for the most part, but were undone by a 50th-minute free kick from Craig Gardner that made it 2-2. Salomon Rondon put West Brom ahead before central midfielders Danny Drinkwater and Andy King scored in the 31st and 45th minutes re...

Leaders Leicester manager Ranieri made the shocking statement that Tottenham, in his opinion, are favourites than Arsenal, Manchester City to win the English Premier League title.