Lionel Messi s goal and his celebration in honour of Diego Maradona were great in every sense , according to Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman.
Messi scored in fine style to cap a 4-0 victory over Osasuna at Camp Nou on Sunday, a game that was preceded by a tribute to former Barca star Maradona, who died on Wednesday.
Having found the net, Messi removed his Barca shirt to reveal a Newell s Old Boys jersey bearing Maradona s famous number 10. The 1986 World Cup winner spent a season at the club, where Messi was later a youth player, towards the end of his career.
Koeman was impressed both with his captain s finish and with the way he chose to pay his respects to his Argentine compatriot.
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The hectic nature of European football this season means that we are once again gearing up for another week of UEFA Champions League action. We re half way through the group stage now and while many groups already seem to have a clear direction in terms of who will qualify, the same cannot be said for Group H. Today, we re going to preview the impending clash between two sides that are separated by one place and just three points Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.
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Nottingham Forest have sacked Mark Warburton less than 24 hours after their 1-0 defeat to Sunderland at the City Ground
Forest have endured a miserable recent run, winning just one of their last seven league matches to leave them in 14th position in the Championship, 10 points off the play-off places and nine clear of the bottom three.
Saturday s loss at the hands of Sunderland proved the final straw for the Forest hierarchy, Aiden McGeady scoring the only goal to give Chris Coleman s side a rare away win.
Warburton – who took charge in March and kept Forest in the Championship on goal difference last season – is followed out of the door by assistant David Weir and sporting director Frank McParland.
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Jurgen Klopp had no doubts over the quality of his Liverpool squad, but was delighted the Reds lesser lights shined bright in the Merseyside derby.
Liverpool stormed to 5-2 victory over lowly Everton at Anfield on Wednesday, with Klopp bringing up his 100th Premier League win in the process.
It also marked a new club record, as Liverpool extended their unbeaten run in the top flight to 32 matches, since they were defeated by Manchester City in January.
Divock Origi scored twice to take his tally of derby goals to five, while Xherdan Shaqiri capped his first start of the season with a goal regulars Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum completing the rout.
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Southampton heaped more misery on crisis club Aston Villa with a 4-2 Premier League victory at Villa Park, condemning the already-relegated side to a club record sixth straight loss at home.
Shane Long hit the bar in the second minute but made amends soon after with the opening goal, heading in a glorious left-wing Ryan Bertrand cross.
Southampton continued to press and Virgil van Dijk struck the post as paper aeroplanes rained down from the home stands in protest, before Long had a goal rightly ruled out for offside.
Long then teed up Dusan Tadic for Southampton s second before Ashley Westwood pulled a goal back for the hosts just before half-time to provide some hope.
But Tadic scored again from Long s assist and after Westwood s second had reduced …