A turnover at the midfield line was just the opening the star striker needed to work his magic. Defending Luis Suarez in space is the type of thing that defenders have nightmares about. And Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semifinal between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona gave a textbook case as to why. Just six minutes into the contest, an Atletico Madrid attack was broken up by Javier Mascherano. The ball came to Suarez at the midfield line, and the striker turned into a one-man counterattacking force. WATCH: Peter Couch celebrates 100th Premier League goal with robot dance Article continues below Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro…

Liverpool jumped into an early lead against Bournemouth as they attempted to retake top sport in the Premier League but rival fans have been left fuming. Having got lucky against West Ham on Monday with Sadio Mane netting an offside goal, some neutrals believed they once again got the rub of the green. A James Milner cross found Mane in the Cherries’ penalty area and the Senegalese headed home past Artur Boruc with ease. But upon viewing the replay supporters of Arsenal, Manchester United, Man City, Chelsea, and Tottenham, all felt the 26-year-old was ahead of play when Milner swung the ball in. Mane’s arm is certainly ahead of Nathan…

Things are looking tough for Chelsea right now after a 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Manchester City. The Blues are attempting to make the top four this season having finished fifth last year but after a good start to the campaign they have hit a patchy run. After a surprise 4-0 defeat to Bournemouth, and Sunday’s thrashing at the hands of City, Maurizio Sarri’s side have only won four of their last eight games in the English top flight. It’s led to speculation about the Italian possibly being sacked just 26 matches into his debut campaign at Stamford Bridge. But where do Chelsea feature Premier League form table look…

Sharing the Ballon d’Or with the Argentine is not a source of frustration for Real Madrid’s star, who welcomes their dual dominance Cristiano Ronaldo has enjoyed sharing Ballon d’Or honours with Lionel Messi over the past decade and insists he is not “obsessed” by football’s most celebrated individual award. Real Madrid’s march to glory in LaLiga and the Champions League last season helped Ronaldo to make it five Ballons d’Or apiece along with Barcelona great Messi. You have to go back to Kaka in 2007 for the last time the award went to any player outside of this era’s dominant performers and Messi is well-placed to make it 6-5, given…

Paul Scholes has been appointed as Oldham Athletic’s new manager. The former Manchester United and England midfielder has given up his role as a TV pundit for BT Sport to take on his first managerial job with the League Two club. Scholes was a boyhood Latics fan having grown up in neighbouring Langley and has spoken in the past of his desire to manage the club. He has signed a one-and-a-half year contract and takes charge of a team sitting 12th in the League Two table, seven points off the play-off places. He will be assisted at Boundary Park by Mick Priest, Oldham’s former academy chief who has also spent time on…

Everton are huge fans of PSV wonderkid Mohammed Ihattaren, but they won’t be making any attempt to lure him away from Holland, director of football Marcel Brands has revealed. Ihattaren, who turned 17 on Tuesday, has attracted interest from the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City after recently breaking into the Dutch club’s first-team. And Toffees transfer chief Brands, PSV’s former director of football, admits he would snap up the talented midfielder in a heartbeat, but believes Ihattaren should stay in Eindhoven for the benefit of his career. “Frankly, I’d like to have him at Everton tomorrow, he’s so good, but I don’t think that’s the path he should take,” he…

With the Basque boss taking over from Luis Enrique at the Catalan club this summer, we look at what he will bring to the table at Camp Nou COMMENT Luis Enrique’s reign as Barcelona coach is over. The former Spain midfielder went out on a high on Saturday by beating Alaves and claiming one final piece of silverware. Now, it is time for the Catalan club to look ahead to next season. Barca appoint Valverde as manager Ernesto Valverde is the man who will take over at Camp Nou after he brought to an end his four-year spell at Athletic Club. So what can Barca expect from the 53-year-old coach? Editors'…

Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente has claimed he would be “delighted” to stay at the club for another year. The Spaniard, 33, is out of contract in the summer and is very much a peripheral figure in the Spurs set-up. However, injuries to Harry Kane and Dele Alli in January has seen Llorente play more and he has scored and assisted three goals in the last seven matches, most recently heading in Spurs’ third during their 3-0 Champions League victory over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. Reports emerged that Spurs forward Heung-Min Son will be offered a new deal in the summer and although Llorente has been linked with a move back…

Click:高仿包包哪里买 Watford scraped into the quarter finals of the FA Cup with a narrow 1-0 victory over QPR on Friday night. Etienne Capoue struck on the stroke of half-time to dump out the spirited Championship side, who will be disappointed to draw a blank after creating several chances. The Frenchman capitalised on confusion inside the Rangers box, and fired home a well-placed volley into the bottom-right corner. Steve McClaren’s men should’ve taken the Premier League club to extra-time when skipper Toni Leistner somehow missed from a yard out in the dying stages. But the Hornets held on to continue their remarkable season under Javi Gracia. An often stretched affair was…

Bayern Munich are leading the race to sign Lille star Nicolas Pepe, according to reports. The Bundesliga champions are “seriously” interested in signing the prolific striker this summer. He has scored 16 goals in 23 Ligue 1 appearances as Lille trail league leaders Paris Saint-Germain by 10 points. Arsenal head of recruitment Sven Mislintat, who is leaving the club, is believed to have been involved in scouting Pepe. Le 10 Sport claim Bayern Munich are favourites to sign Pepe, who was on Unai Emery’s wish list in the January transfer window. The report says a move to the Emirates failed to materialise last month. Only Kylian Mbappe (18) has scored…