"Former Manchester United players Owen Hargreaves and Rio Ferdinand discussed the impact Erling Haaland made once again for Manchester City in their 2-1 win against Borussia Dortmund. Haaland scored the winner with a spectacular finish where he jumped into the air with his foot stretched in front of him to connect with Joao Cancelo’s equally impressive cross."
"Former England striker Michael Owen has backed Son Heung-min after calls for him to be dropped from Antonio Conte’s starting 11 due to an underwhelming start to his season. Son had another quiet game as Tottenham lost 2-0 to Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday evening. He started up front with Harry Kane and Richarlison in Spurs’ defeat."
"Virgil van Dijk took aim at pundits after Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Ajax in the Champions League, although he insisted the key to bouncing back was “not listening to the outside world”. The Dutchman’s defensive partner, Joel Matip, headed a late winner as the Reds bounced back from their humiliation in Naples last week. Liverpool are on three points from two games in Group A."
"Rio Ferdinand and Rachel Brown-Finnis believe the performance of Liverpool mattered less than the result as they snatched a late win against Ajax at Anfield. Joel Matip scored a last-gasp winner as Liverpool gave their season a big boost with a 2-1 victory over the Dutch league leaders in Champions League Group A. Ferdinand says he saw a “huge amount of relief” from Klopp at the end of the match."
"Barcelona boss Xavi felt his team took a \"step backwards\" in their 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. The Blaugrana were on top for large parts at the Allianz Stadium, but missed a number of presentable chances and were ultimately undone by a set-piece and a rapier counter-attack from their hosts. Xavi said the defeat \"wasn\u0027t deserved but was due to our mistakes\"."
"David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Luke Shaw, Fred and Marcus Rashford have all entered the final year of their deals at Manchester United but the club have the option to extend their contracts by another 12 months. Meanwhile, more January offers for Cristiano Ronaldo are expected, Liverpool could tempt Aston Villa with a swap deal, and Ecuador’s World Cup spot is under threat."
"Manchester United were offered 15 players in a single week of the transfer window as top clubs attempted to offload their unwanted stars. Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are falling out over the loan deal of Antoine Griezmann, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho are set for England recalls and the Premier League could have more postponements this weekend."
"Last season\u0027s Champions League runners-up were soundly beaten by Napoli as their unconvincing start to the season continued with a disappointing night in Europe, which equalled their biggest defeat in the competition. Klopp says his team must get better \u0027in pretty much everything\u0027, while defender Andrew Robertson says they need to wake up quickly to turn their form around."
"Carlo Ancelotti said he was worried ahead of Real Madrid\u0027s trip to Celtic in the Champions League after watching the Scottish champions thrash rivals Rangers 4-0 over the weekend. The European champions ran out 3-0 winners at a raucous Parkhead, but were made to work hard for the three points after an evenly-balanced first half where they came under pressure."
"Manchester City were comfortable 4-0 winners against Sevilla on Tuesday night in the Champions League in Spain, with new striker Erling Haaland scoring twice. Manager Pep Guardiola praised the Norwegian, but also picked out Kevin De Bruyne\u0027s contribution, before warning his players they are too quick to get the ball to Haaland at times."
"The Glazers have slapped a whopping £3.75-billion asking price on Manchester United and would be open to selling the club to Dubai. Elsewhere, it is revealed that Chelsea failed with a Deadline Day attempt to sign Romeo Lavia from Southampton for £50 million, Diego Costa is set for a shock return to the Premier League and there is set to be an urgent review into Saturday\u0027s VAR decisions."
"Hector Bellerin has made a surprise move to Barcelona, joining the club as a free agent on deadline day after Arsenal agreed to terminate his contract. The 27-year-old right back spent last season on loan in Spain at Real Betis, but didn\u0027t feature in Mikel Arteta\u0027s plans at the Emirates. He becomes Barca\u0027s sixth signing of the transfer window and the move marks a return to his boyhood club."
"Manchester United recorded their third win on the bounce after overcoming a deflated Leicester City on Thursday night to revive a dreadful start to the league campaign. Jadon Sancho’s first half strike was the only difference between the sides, and manager Erik ten Hag told BT Sport his side can be “dangerous”, but have lots of room for improvement."
"Chelsea approached Paris Saint-Germain over the possibility of signing Neymar, but the enquired was met with an immediate rejection. The Blues are continuing to chase a number of transfer targets on deadline day. Elsewhere, Manchester United have not given up on signing Frenkie de Jong, Jordi Alba could leave Barcelona on loan and Aston Villa eye a late move for Lucas Moura."