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Celtic's recent great form continued as they took a huge step towards the next stage of Europa League  after a pulsating victory against AZ Alkmaar. You can see all the highlights in the video below. Kyogo Furuhashi scored from Tom Rogic's fantastic cross to open the scoring in the first half and make it six goals in six games since signing for Celtic. In the second half. Kyogo teed up James Forrest, whose deflected effort reached the back of the net.  The fantastic football on show brought about a great atmosphere from the Celtic fans. They will be hoping to comfortably secure their passage to the Group Stage in the next round.  Celtic fans singing You’ll Never Walk Alone before kick off tonight pic.twitter.com/N12NYGGquK — Fitba Culture 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@fitbaculture) August 18, 2021 We played some outstanding football. Wee man from Japan scored the opener followed by Jimmy Forrest. Wizard of Oz superb. Joe Heart another Clean Sheet. Paradise Rockin Green Brigade on ful

Manchester United have announced the signing of Raphael Varane, keeping him at the club until 2025 The French defender is one of the most decorated players in world football and has amassed over 19 trophies in his career so far. This includes four Champions Leagues, three La Liga titles and the 2018 World Cup. More Manchester United news can be found here Varane was unveiled to Man United's support before their 5-1 thrashing of Leeds. He later told the Manchester United website: "Manchester United is one of the most iconic clubs in world football and the chance to come here and play in the Premier League is something I couldn’t turn down. “There is a lot more that I want to achieve in my career and I know I’m joining a squad full of great players who will all have the same determination to win matches and trophies.  "Having spoken to the manager I can see how much progress has been made over the last few seasons and I now join a group ready to play at the highest level.

Brentford celebrated their arrival in the Premier League with a superb victory over Arsenal as they opened their league campaign in style. We have previously asked if Brentford can survive and thrive in the Premier League.   Judging from the highlights in the video below, it looks like they can! Brentford fans celebrated wildly at full time. This was a result and performance that instantly turns the spotlight on Mikel Arteta. He certainly needs an improvement on last season and this was an appalling start to the campaign. Throughout the 90 minutes, Brentford were showing the pedigree that made them such a thrillinmg side on their journey to biggest stage of English football.  Post match reaction This is what Arteta said after the match. As you can imagine, the reaction to this tweet was mixed. 🗣 “It’s a very disappointing night. We needed to start in a very different way." #BREARS — Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 13, 2021 One Arsenal fan replied: "Arteta if you have love for

Rangers crashed out of the Champions League after losing to 10-man Malmo at Ibrox. The 2021 Scottish Premiership champions levelled the  tie on aggregate with Alfredo Morelos's goal, and at times looked well placed when Malmo's Bonke Innocent was sent off before half-time. Antonio Colak then changed the outcome of the when  he scored two goals in four minutes early in the second half. Despite dominating the ball and creating a fistful of chances, Rangers were unable to respond. For Rangers, a Europa League play-off awaits against Kazakhstan's Kairat Almaty or Alashkert of Armenia. More football news can be found here You can see and listen to Steven Gerrard's reaction in the video below. Gerrard added: "The most frustrating part is we've lost the second half to 10 men. To be 1-0 up and then go 2-1 down, a bit of fear and panic set in. We've got the second-half performance wrong and that's on all of us. "We've lost three games out of four and,

The new Emirates FA Cup season began on Saturday 7th August.  News Ball has reports from some of the extra preliminary rounds from around the country. West Didsbury & Chorlton 1-3 Avro Avro won their first ever FA Cup game at their third attempt, defeating West Didsbury & Chorlton 3-1 thanks to a Louis Potts hat-trick. Avro had gone into this game having never played an away FA Cup game. Check out the report below from Greater Manchester Football. FA Cup: West Didsbury & Chorlton 1-3 Avro #FACup @AvroFC #WestDidsbury https://t.co/2ioL5ed305 — Greater Manchester Football (@_GMCRFootball) August 10, 2021 Jersey Bulls score 10 in competition debut  Jersey Bulls marked their FA Cup debut by racking up double figures against Horsham YMCA. This was also a club record. FULL TIME | We are so proud of our players' performance today 🤯 Thank you to all the supporters who managed to get a ticket for todays game and we hope to welcome you back to Springfield Stadium soon!

Let's look back at an interesting weekend of Scottish football Celtic 6 - 0 Dundee Kyogo Furuhashi scored three as Celtic thrashed Dundee to give Ange Postecoglou a fantastic first Scottish Premiership victory in front of 24,500 fan. Despite a difficult and troubling start to life in Scotland, Postecoglou was given a warm reception from those allowed into the stadium as the Australian took charge of his first home league game. Dundee United 1 - 0 Rangers Rangers long unbeaten run is over! Jamie Robson's goal just after 60 minutes was enough to earn Thomas Courts his first league win as Dundee United manager and condemn Steven Gerrard's side to a first league defeat since losing to Hamilton  in March 2020. 🗣 "I think I can say with some conviction that we just about shaded that one today. It was a perfect day today." 🎥 Hear from Head Coach Tam Courts and goalscorer Jamie Robson after today's 1-0 victory over Rangers. #UnitedTogether pic.twitter.com/tzMFB

It has been announced that Lionel Messi's time at Barcelona is over.  At 16 years, four months, and 23 days old, Messi made his first team debut when he came on in the 75th minute during a friendly against José Mourinho's Porto in November 2003. His career has been extraordinary. Let's take a look at some of his best moments.        April 18, 2007 Messi emulates fellow Diego Maradona with this amazing goal, ghosting through half of Getafe’s side while his teammates could only watch in awe. It was at this time when people started to talk about him being one of the world's best. How good is this goal? See Messi at his best by watching the video below. Some have argued that this is his best goal.  OTD in 2007 📅 Lionel Messi did his best Diego Maradona impression v Getafe 🐐 His best ever goal? 🤔 #FCB pic.twitter.com/vuiZgDmFPh — GiveMeSport Football (@GMS__Football) April 18, 2019 May 2, 2009  Messi scores twice in a 6-2 thrashing of Real Madrid at the Bernabeu i