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Trent Alexander-Arnold earned his seventh cap for England on Wednesday and his performance has drawn praise from Liverpool fans.

The Three Lions ran out 5-3 winners, though the full-back was not as defensively solid as usual, whilst his normally effective crossing – as evidenced by his nine assists from crossing last season – was below par, with his four attempts failing to reach a target.

There is significant competition for the right-back spot in Gareth Southgate’s squad, with Kieran Trippier starting the previous match against Bulgaria, and Kyle Walker and Aaron Wan-Bissaka also strong candidates for the role.

That means there is competition for places, and so far in a Three Lions shirt, Alexander-Arnold has underperformed in a key aspect of his game – creating chances – as he is still yet to register an assist at international level.

Despite that, fans are impressed with what they saw last night, with some just relieved to see him get through the 90 minutes injury-free, alongside teammate Jordan Henderson.

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Here are some of the reactions from fans wishing him well and praising his display against Kosovo.

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Ryan Kent was left out of Liverpool Under-23s’ 3-0 defeat to Chelsea on Monday, giving the Rangers fans hope they might see him make an Ibrox return before the end of the month.

The snub comes just days after the ex-Gers loanee posted a cryptic message on his Instagram that appeared to suggest that the Reds were holding him back.

It’s been a summer of speculation for the winger, who’s seen links to the Gers and Leeds cool down in recent weeks.

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It’s no surprise that the Ibrox faithful want to see Kent in the famous Light Blue again. The winger was brilliant for Steven Gerrard’s side last season, scoring six times and setting up another nine in his 43 appearances, and he eventually won the PFA Young Player of the Year.

As well as being excited about a potential reunion with Kent, some supporters are getting annoyed by the Premier League club’s treatment of the 22-year-old. These Gers fans don’t appreciate the way the youngster is being treated by his parent club at a time when it might be best for all parties if he were to leave Anfield.

Here’s how they reacted to the latest news on Twitter…

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سيواجه الدوي الكرواتي إيفان راكيتيتش لاعب وسط إشبيلية، فريقه السابق برشلونة مساء اليوم في إياب نصف نهائي كأس ملك إسبانيا.

راكيتيتش سجل هدفًا في فوز إشبيلية ذهابًا، في المباراة التي انتهت بثنائية للفريق الأندلسي على ملعب رامون سانشيز بيزخوان.

طالع أيضًا.. قائمة برشلونة لمباراة إشبيلية في كأس ملك إسبانيا.. استدعاء بيدري وغياب أروخو

وقال راكيتيتش في تصريحات لصحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية: “نحن نعلم أن المباراة صعبة، وربما تكون بدرجة أكبر عليهم”.

وأضاف: “نكافح من أجل الوصول إلى النهائي، ما نريده هو الفوز باللقب، مباراة الدوري ليست لها علاقة بمواجهة الغد”.

وكان برشلونة فاز بثنائية نظيفة على إشبيلية يوم السبت الماضي، في الدوري الإسباني.

وأشار: “برشلونة أعد للمباراة بطريقة جيدة، علينا تغيير التفاصيل البسيطة، بالإضافة لاستعادة بعض اللاعبين، الذين لم يشاركوا في مباراة الدوري”.

وشدد: “لا يمكننا السماح لـ برشلونة أن يسرقوننا، لا يمكن السماح لـ ميسي باللعب كما يريد، وتركه حتى ولو للحظة، إنه عبقري، لا يمكن أن يأتي لاعب مثله مرة أخرى”.

واختتم: “سعداء بعودة اللاعبين المصابين، خيسوس نافاس لاعب هام بالنسبة لنا، نتمنى أن يشارك في المباراة، كذلك أوكامبوس، يجب أن نكون جميعًا متحدين، ونكون بكامل طاقتنا”.

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Everton have started the new 2019/20 Premier League season quite well.

After the first two games the Toffees have four points, claiming a draw against Crystal Palace on the opening day of the campaign and then following it up with a narrow 1-0 victory over Watford at home.

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It’s going to be a long season but there are some early promising signs for Marco Silva to take confidence from.

Still, Tom Davies has been more active on social media as of late, posting different fashionable snaps on

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His latest one was from Paris as the young 21-year-old midfielder took a trip to the City of Lights.

And it didn’t take long for his friends to take notice of the new snap as they quickly rushed to Instagram to leave their replies.

James Maddison and Reiss Nelson seemed particularly in awe of the fashionable picture.

But this is not really a surprise from Davies.

Looking at his social media account, it’s fairly easy to conclude he does this on a regular basis, sharing all kinds of fashionable snaps.

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After arriving from Plymouth back in 2011, Jack Stephens has spent a good few years learning his trade whilst on loan at various sides in English football.

Since making his Premier League breakthrough for Southampton in the 2016/2017 season, Stephens has endured a rather indifferent career at St Mary’s.

The centre-back has found himself in and out of the team, and has struggled to really nail down a place in the starting line-up under a number of Saints managers.

After getting the nod for the side’s opening Premier League clash of the season against Burnley, Stephens had a performance to forget and looked all at sea at Turf Moor.

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The 25-year-old didn’t complete a single tackle whilst on the pitch and registered a very measly 61.1% pass accuracy, before being hooked by Ralph Hasenhuttl in the 73rd minute.

Following the side’s disappointing 3-0 defeat, Southampton fans took to Twitter to voice their displeasure and many were furious with Stephens’ performance.

Many felt the defender simply “isn’t good enough” and had cost the side numerous points over the course of his Southampton career.

Indeed, some insisted Stephens is not of the required quality at Premier League level and urged Hasenhuttl to stop playing him in the first-team.

Check out some of the reaction of Southampton fans below:

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s The Chalkboard series, which provides a tactical insight into teams, players, managers, potential signings and more… 

Wolves’ run without a Premier League victory this season continued on Sunday as they were defeated 3-2 at Goodison Park.

An entertaining five-goal thriller was played out which ultimately handed Nuno Santo’s side their first defeat of the season, leaving them 17th in the table.

Richarlison scored both the opener and the winner whilst Romain Saiss, and Raul Jimenez netted for the visitors – Willy Boly was also sent off deep into stoppage time for an unnecessary challenge which earned him a second yellow card.

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The Portuguese boss made four changes to the side that defeated Torino in midweek to earn a place in the Europa League group stages.

Saiss, Ruben Neves and Leander Dendoncker were deployed in a three-man midfield in a move that looked somewhat defensive.

On the Chalkboard

Wolves were outplayed in pretty much every facet of the game with the scoreline flattering them slightly even despite the defeat.

Everton had more possession (58.8%), recorded more shots (15) and had a better pass success rate of 80%, per WhoScored.

The problem appeared to be in attack, where Joao Moutinho proved to be a disastrous absence.

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Wolves made just 108 passes in the final third, 80 less than Everton managed whilst their entire team could only muster five key balls, three of which came from the defence.

Moutinho is one of the best passers in Nuno’s side, averaging a success rate of 82.4% per game, higher than any other midfielder in the squad – he is also just one of two players to record an assist this season in the Premier League.

The 32-year-old also averages 1.8 key passes per match which is again the best in the team – considering an international break is on the horizon, it seems like it was the wrong decision to rest him for this game, especially as the likes of Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva are likely to be favoured over the 32-year-0ld.

Moutinho registered eight assists last term so it was hardly a surprise that they lacked creativity without him. This was a baffling call from Nuno.

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Former Sunderland man Stephen Elliot has hailed the technical ability of one of perhaps the biggest talents ever to go to waste on Wearside – Sean Thornton.

What’s the word?

After the Black Cats shared a throwback video of a 4-1 win over Rotherham from 2005, Elliot reacted by lauding the “technique” of Thornton.

“Sean Thornton’s technique was outrageous at times. Sure he was on a two day bender before this game too,” the former Republic of Ireland international tweeted.

Thornton had curled in a truly remarkable free-kick from about 35 yards within minutes of coming onto the pitch as a substitute, but what ever happened to the now 36 year-old?

Wasted talent

As Elliot alluded to, Thornton’s reputation preceded him. The talented maverick, instantly recognisable from his brightly coloured hair, was a sensational player on his day, racking up nine goals and four assists in 53 games for the Black Cats.

Unfortunately though, he also held the longest losing streak in the Premier League prior to Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish breaking that record, and his off-the-field problems are well documented.

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An article from Roker Report back in 2017 detailed his sharp decline, as he even had a song based around him, in which the lyrics read: “I wanna go down the pub with Sean Thornton.”

The article anoints Thornton as “incredibly talented”, but says he “wasted all of it (his talent)”.

The Black Cats have had one or two (or ten) troublesome characters down the years, from Darron Gibson to Jack Rodwell, but Thornton may just be the most talented of the lot.

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England beat Bulgaria 4-0 on Saturday in a Euro 2020 qualifier but Gareth Southgate made a puzzling decision during the encounter.

Snapshot

The Three Lions enjoyed near-total domination at Wembley as they continued their 100% start to qualification.

A Harry Kane hat-trick and a Raheem Sterling strike were enough to secure victory for the Three Lions, who began the game with a midfield three of Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice and Ross Barkley.

It seemed bizarre, then, that Southgate opted against giving James Maddison his full debut.

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A simple gesture

It must be said that Mason Mount did make his debut in the game, coming on as a second-half substitute after some impressive performances for Chelsea thus far this season.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jadon Sancho also came off the bench but it seemed strange that the majority of the midfield remained untouched.

Indeed, Barkley, Rice and Henderson do not offer much dynamism or forward thrust, even against a team as defensive as Bulgaria.

It seemed like a perfect opportunity to give Maddison some minutes, then, and allow him to get up to speed with international football.

A gifted playmaker with excellent technical attributes, he may even have been able to bag an assist or two; he already has two to his name in the Premier League this season.

It may be that he is being saved for this week’s second qualifier against Kosovo and, who knows, he could even start that game.

But this felt like a missed opportunity for Southgate as he watched his team relentlessly batter their outclassed opposition.

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Lots of West Brom fans have taken to Twitter to heap praise on Sam Johnstone, after the keeper managed to salvage a point for the Baggies with an excellent penalty save.

The Englishman did more than just save the second of Martyn Waghorn’s penalties however. Johnstone earned the WhoScored Man of the Match award and also completed seven of his attempted nine long passes on what was a great day for the 26-year-old on a personal level – even more so after recent incidents.

The former Manchester United glovesman took to Twitter himself recently to respond to criticism about his performances over the last few weeks, telling one supporter that it ‘must look so so easy from where you sit’.

In fairness to him, he responded superbly to the harsh words and it certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed amongst the Baggies fans on Twitter.

Let’s take a look at how they reacted to his performance…

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فاز فريق برشلونة على مُضيفه فريق أوساسونا، بهدفين نظيفين، في المباراة التي جمعت بين الفريقين، مساء أمس السبت، على ملعب “السادار”، ضمن لقاءات الجولة السادسة والعشرين من الدوري الإسباني.

انتهى الشوط الأول من المباراة، بتقدم النادي الكتالوني، بهدف نظيف سجّله الدولي الإسباني، جوردي ألبا، الهدف جاء بعد تمريرة طويلة من ميسي، انطلق بها ألبا بسرعته، وتوغل لمنقطة الجزاء، وسدد تصويبه صاروخية من داخل السكس يارد، سكنت شباك أصحاب الأرض في الدقيقة 30.

وفي الشوط الثاني من اللقاء، تمكن إلياكس موريبا من إحراز هدف تأكيد الفوز للنادي الكتالوني في الدقيقة 83، بأسيست مرة أخرى من ميسي، الذي مرر ن على حدود منطقة جزاء أوساسونا، تسلمها الشاب صاحب الـ”18″ عامًا، وسددها مباشرة في مرمى أوساسونا.

انتصار برشلونة، رفع رصيد النادي الكتالوني للنقطة 56، بفارق نقطتين عن المُتصدر أتلتيكو مدريد، الذي لا يزال لديه مباراتين، فيما توقف رصيد أوساسونا عند 28 نقطة بالمركز الثالث في سلم ترتيب الليجا. شاهد اهداف مباراة برشلونة واوساسونا