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Jurgen Klopp saluted the "incredible performance" of Adrian despite a lack of preparation time as the goalkeeper's shootout heroics won Liverpool the UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea in Istanbul.The Spaniard denied Tammy Abraham in the shootout with a trailing leg in the 5-4 victory on penalties, with the match level at 2-2 after extra time.A few weeks ago, Adrian was training with semi-professional side UD Pilas in his country's sixth tier to keep in shape following his release by West Ham United.He was on the verge of joining Real Valladolid before Liverpool made him an offer to deputise for Alisson as Simon Mignolet joined Club Brugge.The European champions expected the 32-year-old to have an extended adjustment period following his signing on Aug. 5, but those plans were derailed on the ...

Alex Iwobi says he is looking to shake the "youngster" tag and 'make a name for himself' at Everton following his deadline day move from Arsenal.Iwobi, 23, signed a five-year deal with the Toffees after the clubs agreed an initial £28million deal, which could rise to £34m with add-ons.After starting his career with the Gunners and working his way through the youth ranks, the Nigeria international winger went on to make 149 senior appearances for the club, scoring 15 times.He was a regular member of Unai Emery's squad last season, featuring in 35 Premier League games, but said the chance to join Everton was too good to turn down after talking to manager Marco Silva and Director of Football Marcel Brands.“I spoke to the manager and Marcel and they almost lured me in,” Iwobi told evertontv .“...

Jose Mourinho has urged Marcus Rashford to step up and score more goals to fill the void left by Romelu Lukaku's Manchester United departure.Lukaku was United's top goal scorer for the past two seasons and after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer decided not to buy anyone to replace him the United manager will need his current players to step up.Mourinho has called on England international Rashford to improve on his goal tally from last season and make up the short-fall from Lukaku's depature."He needs to score more goals especially without Lukaku on the team," Mourinho said about Rashford on Sky Sports. "It will be between these two (Martial and Rashford) plus Alexis (Sanchez) and Mason (Greenwood)."I think he (Rashford) will be on the pitch all the time and I believe he has the qualities to get better...

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the only goal of the game as Arsenal made a winning start to the Premier League campaign with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle on Sunday.The 30-year-old, who shared the Golden Boot last season with Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, opened his account for 2019/20 in the 58th minute, bringing down Ainsley Maitland-Niles' cross before lifting the ball over Martin Dubravka.It proved to be the crucial strike as the Gunners, who handed Premier League debuts to new signings Nicolas Pepe, Dani Ceballos and Gabriel Martinelli from the bench, ensured Steve Bruce's reign as Newcastle head coach began with defeat.Arsenal now host Burnley on Saturday at 12.30pm, while Newcastle go to Norwich at 3pm, also on Saturday.

Manchester City kicked off their title defence in style with a 5-0 win on the road to West Ham United, moving level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table.Both sides took their time to find their rhythm, and while West Ham enjoyed more of the ball in dangerous areas, it was City who threatened with long-range efforts from Riyad Mahrez and David Silva.As the first-half started to liven up, Kyle Walker showed off his athleticism to create space on the right-wing and the England international teed up Gabriel Jesus, who sneaked in front of Fabian Balbuena to break the deadlock at London Stadium.Chances were few and far between throughout the rest of the first-half, but shortly after the break a surging run from Kevin De Bruyne opened up space for Raheem Sterling on the...

Liverpool made an emphatic start to their 2019-20 Premier League campaign with a ruthless 4-1 demolition of newly-promoted Norwich City at Anfield.Jurgen Klopp's European champions did not need to hit top gear to see off the Canaries, who were punished for some naive defending despite showing promise in attack.Grant Hanley gave the hosts the perfect start when he miscued an attempted clearance into his own net, with Mo Salah adding a composed second soon after.Virgil van Dijk was then given too much room to nod home a left-wing corner before Divock Origi was left in acres of space to head in a fourth prior to half time.Liverpool's biggest concern came when goalkeeper Alisson was forced off injured, with former West Ham stopper Adrian coming on to make his debut for the Merseysiders.The Red...

Wilfried Zaha is set to stay at Crystal Palace this summer despite handing in a transfer request amid interest from Everton.The winger, who said towards the end of last season that he wanted to play Champions League football, was the subject of offers from Arsenal earlier in the window, though they fell well below Palace's valuation of more than £80million.Everton saw an offer of £70million plus James McCarthy on a permanent and Cenk Tosun on loan knocked back on Wednesday, which prompted a frustrated and disillusioned Zaha, who did not train with his teammates on deadline day, hand in a transfer request.The Toffees did not return with an offer and Zaha, who could well have left the club up to September 2 with European windows still open, looks set to stay."Yes he is staying," manager Roy ...