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'Sorry for keeping two clean sheets': Shkodran Mustafi sarcastically hits back at fan who begrudgingly points out Arsenal haven't conceded when he's been on the pitch this season

• A fan has begrudgingly pointed out Shkodran Mustafi's success this season 
• The German has made two starts in cup competitions and kept two clean sheets 
• Arsenal were keen to sell Mustafi this summer, but were unable to find a buyer

Shkodran Mustafi has sent a sarcastic apology to a fan on Twitter after his performances in defence for Arsenal so far this season.

The defender hasn't played in the Premier League yet, but has started in both the Europa League and the League Cup.

Arsenal didn't concede a goal in either game against Eintracht Frankfurt and Nottingham Forest, and one fan saw fit to point it out on Twitter.

Mustafi has started in the League Cup and Europa League, and kept a clean sheet in both

'I hate to say this but @MustafiOfficial has played two games and kept two clean sheet,' said the Twitter user, adding a 'thinking' emoji.

To white Mustafi replied: 'Sorry for keeping the two clean sheets,' adding a less than amused emoji of his own.

Mustafi was deemed surplus to requirements at Arsenal this summer, but the club were unable to find a buyer.

There was interest from Juventus on the final day, however the transfer window slammed shut before a deal was done. 

Mustafi joined Arsenal from Valencia for £35million in August 2016, but has fallen down the pecking order in recent times.

However, the German was given a start in the Gunners' 3-0 away win at Frankfurt, and then was in the line-up again for their 5-0 win against Forest in the League Cup.

After the Frankfurt game, Mustafi refused to rule out a potential transfer in the future, saying: 'My dad talked to the club. I am a player of Arsenal and have another two years of contract.

'I was never the one who starts a war when something does not work out.

'If something turns out, I'm open to taking the next step. If not, then I will continue my football.'

EPL GW6 : MU Chelsea tumbang | Hammer Time | Fuh Arsenal...what a comeback

Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell score as the Hammers make it 5 matches unbeaten in the #PL

West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini is the first manager to win a #PL match against 4 different Man Utd managers (Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho and Solskjaer)

Arsenal won a #PL match they were trailing in at half-time for the first time since December 2018, when they beat Spurs 4-2

Zidane kini hadapi tekanan besar

MADRID - Ahli lembaga pengarah Real Madrid dilaporkan berang dengan tindakan ketua jurulatih, Zinedine Zidane memberi cuti rehat selama satu hari kepada skuad utama Los Blancos yang beraksi pada saingan Liga Juara-Juara ketika berdepan Paris Saint- Germain (PSG) Rabu lalu.

Mereka dikatakan kecewa dengan sikap tidak ambil kisah Zidane walaupun mereka dimalukan PSG pada perlawanan tersebut menerusi kekalahan 0-3.

Pada masa yang sama, bekas pemain Real itu juga didakwa tidak mengambil serius atau enggan bekerja dengan lebih keras bagi mengembalikan keyakinan peminat terhadap pasukan gergasi Sepanyol itu menje­lang aksi La Liga menentang Sevilla awal pagi esok.

Ketika ini Zidane berdepan tekanan yang besar untuk membentuk skuad Real yang digeruni seperti beberapa musim lalu menyebabkan jawatannya sebagai individu No. 1 Santiago Bernabeu seperti tidak menentu dan mereka perlu mencatatkan keputusan positif pada aksi menentang Sevilla.

Paris St Germain’s Thomas Meunier challenges Real Madrid’s Eden Hazard as Casemiro looks on. 

Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters

Ramalan daripada media Sepanyol menyatakan bahawa juara Eropah 2018 itu akan dikecewakan oleh Sevilla yang ha­nya mampu mencatatkan rekod bolos sebanyak satu gol dalam lima perlawanan manakala Real pula mencatatkan bolos gol sebanyak sembilan kali.

Sekiranya Real tewas, pemain legenda Perancis itu mungkin akan dipecat dan posisinya akan digantikan dengan nama-nama besar yang lain termasuk bekas rakan sepasukan, Xabi Alonso yang sedang mengendalikan skuad Real Sociedad B.

Real berada di kedudukan ketiga La Liga selepas meraih lapan mata dari empat perlawanan. – Agensi.

UEL : Langkah kanan Arsenal dan MU | Wolves tumbang |

 

UCL result : Game pertama : LIVERpool & Chelsea kena ngan pihak lawan | PSG bantai Real | MC xde masalah setelkan Shakhtar

EPL : Benda boleh SERI watper kena menang ye dak? WATFORD 2 ARS 2

Arsenal's defence shot themselves in the foot against Watford... no club worth its salt should throw away the win against bottom of the table

• Arsenal fell to a late draw against Watford at Vicarage Road after a comeback
• The Gunners led at half time after goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
• However a fight back from the Hornets meant the spoils were shared on Sunday

Your opponents are bottom of the table. They’re devoid of confidence and staring at yet another defeat. 

It’s half time and you’re leading 2-0. From there, no club worth its salt should throw away the win, especially not one that is chasing a top-four finish.

Yet Arsenal did. What a horrific second 45 minutes this was for Unai Emery, probably his most painful since he came to the club. His side gifted Watford a goal and a route back into the game at Vicarage Road. 

• Arsenal conceded comical goal after playing the ball out from the back 
• Bernd Leno played the ball short to Sokratis, but the defender's pass was weak  
• Gerard Deulofeu found Tom Cleverley, who managed to find the back of the net 

A second half capitulation meant that the Gunners let a two goal lead slip at Vicarage Road

Arsenal's botched goal kick helped lead Watford's second half comeback at Vicarage Road

Arsenal tried to pass it out from the back but served only to shoot themselves in the foot. There were precisely four seconds between Bernd Leno taking his goal-kick and Tom Cleverley scoring to make it 2-1 in the 53rd minute.

 Sokratis was the culprit who gave the ball away in between. ‘Pass it out’ may be the message from management but as a player, there are times on the pitch when you simply have to trust your gut. 

You have to use that instinct and realise that, sometimes, it is not worth the risk. Nicolas Otamendi learned that the hard way for Manchester City at Norwich and Sokratis learned it on Sunday, too. Arsenal capitulated after conceding that goal. 

Their passing game disintegrated. They didn’t know whether to lump it long or continue to try to play it short. Then, in the final 10 minutes, David Luiz lazily threw out a leg to give away a penalty. 

His list of mistakes is growing longer by the week. In the end, Arsenal were fortunate to escape with a point against Watford. There was a time when this club led the way defensively. I don’t know how many more years we will have to wait to say that again. Not for the first time, Arsenal were architects of their own downfall. 

A first half brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave the Gunners a comfortable lead

EPL : Guardiola 'sayangkan' pemainnya

LONDON 15 Sept. - Pengurus Manchester City, Pep Guardiola menegaskan dia masih 'sayangkan' pemainnya walaupun tewas mengejut 3-2 kepada pendatang baharu Liga Perdana Inggeris (EPL), Norwich 3-2 yang menyebabkan mereka ketinggalan lima mata di belakang pendahulu, Liverpool.

Guardiola berkata kekalahan perkara normal jika hendak dibandingkan dengan kejayaan mereka menjulang EPL dua tahun berturut-turut.

"Saya tahu pasukan kami bagaimana, apa yang kami lakukan, apa yang perlu kami lakukan semula dan saya sayangkan pemain saya. Satu penghormatan untuk bersama mereka.

"Ini adalah cabaran di peringkat tertinggi. Penyokong tidak boleh menjangkakan kemenangan sepanjang masa atau 100, 90 mata.

"Itu menunjukkan kesukaran yang perlu kami hadapi. Sekarang, kami perlu bangkit, pergi ke Eropah (Liga Juara-Juara) dan mencipta kemenangan," kata Guardiola. - AFP

EPL : City tumbang di Norwich

NORWICH 15 Sept. - Teemu Pukki meledak gol keenamnya musim ini untuk membantu Norwich melakar kejutan terbesar dalam Liga Perdana Inggeris apabila menewaskan juara bertahan, Manchester City 3-2, sebentar tadi.

Kenny McLean memberi permulaan sempurna buat tuan rumah apabila menanduk gol pembukaan Norwich pada minit ke-18 hasil sepakan penjuru.

Stadium Carrow Road gamat lagi 10 minit kemudian apabila pemain berusia 21 tahun, Todd Cantwell meledak gol kedua skuad Canaries selepas merembat bola hantaran silang Pukki.

Biarpun menguasai permainan dan lebih banyak melancarkan percubaan ke gawang lawan namun tiada penyudah menyebabkan City buntu mencari gol.

Begitupun ketika babak pertama hampir tamat, Sergio Aguero akhirnya merapatkan jurang 1-2 dengan menanduk hantaran Bernardo Silva untuk gol keenamnya musim memasuki.

Memasuki separuh masa kedua, kesilapan pertahanan yang dilakukan Nicolas Otamendi membuka ruang buat Pukki meledak gol ketiga Norwich pada minit ke-50.

Ketinggalan 1-3 memaksa anak-anak buah Pep Guardiola menggandakan asakan tetapi kecekapan penjaga gol berpengalaman Belanda,

Tim Krul menyelamatkan gawangnya daripada dibolosi.

Ketika permainan berbaki dua minit untuk ditamatkan, pemain tengah Sepanyol, Rodrigo mencemaskan tuan rumah apabila merembat gol dari jarak 20 ela untuk merapatkan jurang 2-3.

City melancarkan serangan bertali arus hingga memaksa pemain Norwich berkampung di tempat sendiri pada 10 minit terakhir.

Bagaimanapun usaha mereka untuk sekurang-kurangnya pulang bersama satu mata berkecai apabila kedudukan 2-3 kekal sehingga wisel penamat ditiupkan.

Ini adalah kemenangan terbesar buat pendatang baharu liga, Norwich, sekali gus melonjakkan mereka ke tangga ke-12 dengan mengutip enam mata hasil lima perlawanan.

City pula mengalami kekalahan pertama musim ini dan ketinggalan lima mata di belakang pendahulu, Liverpool yang sebelum itu menewaskan Newcastle 3-1.

Ini kali pertama City kalah kepada pendatang baharu liga sejak dikejutkan oleh Burnley pada Mac 2015. - AGENSI

Serbia 2-4 Portugal

Serbia 2-4 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva on target in six-goal thriller as Fernando Santos' side make up ground in Group B

• Portugal pulled off a 4-2 win over Serbia to move into second place in Group B 
• William Carvalho broke the deadlock just before half-time with a tap-in effort
• Goncalo Guedes doubled the lead after being assisted by Bruno Fernandes
• Serbia hit back as Nikola Milenkovic nodded home a Dusan Tadic cross
• Cristiano Ronaldo pounced to make it 3-1 but Aleksandar Mitrovic responded
• Manchester City's Bernardo Silva struck in the dying stages to seal a 4-2 victory

Cristiano Ronaldo scored to help ensure Portugal jumpstarted its campaign to qualify for the 2020 European Championship after winning at Serbia 4-2 on Saturday.

Portugal, the defending European champion, drew its first two qualifiers before taking the three points from its visit to Belgrade.

Shortly after Aleksandar Kolarov's shot just missed for Serbia, the visitors broke the deadlock three minutes before halftime against the flow of play.

Goncalo Guedes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carvalho and Bernardo Silva each provided the goals

William Carvahlo took advantage of a fumble by goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic, who collided with a teammate when he tried to catch a cross. The dropped ball fell to Carvahlo to push into the open net.

Goncalo Guedes doubled the lead in the 58th when he skillfully cut back to his left foot to ditch his marker before firing past Dmitrovic.

Ronaldo was on hand to slot the ball past goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic to make it 3-1

Nikola Milenkovic pulled one back for Serbia in the 68th when he headed in an extremely poorly defended corner kick.

But Ronaldo, who had come close to scoring twice, took a through ball from Bernardo Silva and slipped it past Dmitrovic with 10 minutes remaining.

Alexandar Mitrovic rifled in Serbia's second goal in the 85th, moments before Silva scored Portugal's last goal with the hosts leaving their defense exposed searching for an equalizer.

Aleksandar Mitrovic headed home from close range to get on the score-sheet for Serbia

Nelson Semedo had to be taken off on a cart midway through the second half when the right back injured his leg when fouled by a Serbian defender.

Portugal climbed to second in Group B with five points from three games.

Ukraine, which won at Lithuania 3-0, leads the group with 13 points after five games.

Serbia, which was playing its first match under manager Ljubisa Tumbakovic, was left with four points, the same as Luxembourg. Lithuania has one point.

England 4-0 Bulgaria

England 4-0 Bulgaria: Gareth Southgate's side maintain their 100 % record in Euro 2020 qualifying as Harry Kane nets hat-trick and Raheem Sterling continues fine form with goal

• Tottenham striker Harry Kane opened the scoring for the hosts in 24th minute with an effort from close range
• Kane doubled England's lead early on in first half from the spot after forward Marcus Rashford won a penalty  
• Manchester City's Raheem Sterling added a third from close range after Kane picked him out with a cross
• Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount came on to make his international senior debut in the second half 
• Forward Kane scored his hat-trick in the 73rd minute from the penalty spot after he was fouled in the area 

For now though, the evidence points to the fact that England will at least have a chance. They have a midfield that is boasts more and more players willing to take a player on, Mason Mount making his debut alongside Chelsea team-mate Ross Barkley. And they have an attack to envy.

Kane ended the day reflecting on surpassing Sir Geoff in the goalscoring stakes. He knows, we all know that such stats, whilst lovely, are merely a footnote to the main narrative. 'It's great to get goals and individual stuff but the most important thing is winning team trophies and obviously England haven't done that for a long time now,' said Kane. 

'All the boys want to win tournaments but we've sat here and spoke about it for the last 10, 15, 20 years and longer and it hasn't happened.' Indeed it hasn't. Yet as the evenings draw in, we can at least yearn for hope of next summer.

England manager Gareth Southgate watches on as his side looked to continue their 100 percent record in qualifying

Kelayakan Piala Dunia 2022 : Penjaga gol Indonesia kecewa sikap penyokong

JAKARTA - Penjaga gol Indonesia, Andritany Ardhiyasa tidak dapat menyembunyikan perasaan kecewanya terhadap sikap ganas penyokong skuad Garuda itu pada pertembungan antara Indonesia dan Malaysia di Stadium Gelora Bung Karno, semalam.

Pada aksi sulung Kumpulan G pusingan kedua Kelayakan Piala Dunia 2022/Piala Asia 2023 itu, Malaysia bangkit daripada ketinggalan untuk melakar kemenangan dramatik 3-2 di hadapan lebih 50,000 penyokong skuad Garuda.

Mengakui terkesan dengan keputusan itu terutama selepas mendahului 2-1 pada satu ketika, Andritany menyifatkan tindakan penyokong Indonesia yang merusuh menceroboh masuk kawasan stadium dan menyerang kawasan penonton dari kalangan penyokong Malaysia itu lebih menyakitkan hatinya.

"Cukup sakit. Kerana kita sudah mendahului dua kali dan akhirnya kalah 3-2. Sedih pasti, kecewa pasti, tapi jujur hati saya lebih sakit melihat kejadian apa yang terjadi di stadium," katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui selepas perlawanan. 

"Ini sangat mencalar nama baik Indonesia, semestinya apa pun kejadiannya, hasil dari sebuah pertandingan kita harus ambil manis semua. Sebagai kapten team nasional saya sangat sedih melihat apa yang terjadi dan apa dilakukan supporter malam ini," tambahnya.

Selain daripada rusuhan itu yang terjadi susulan gol penyamaan negara oleh pemain tengah Muhammad Syafiq Ahmad pada minit ke-65, penyokong tuan rumah turut membaling botol dan pelbagai objek termasuk suar dari tingkat atas kawasan penyokong negara.

Insiden itu memaksa pengadil dari Korea Selatan, Ko Hyungjin menghentikan perlawanan selama hampir 10 minit.

Bagaimanapun, selepas keadaan kembali terkawal, tiada sebarang insiden tercetus sehingga wisel penamat yang menyaksikan Malaysia di bawah bimbingan ketua jurulatih Tan Cheng Hoe membawa pulang tiga mata berharga.

Namun, skuad Harimau Malaya termasuk kesemua pegawai pasukan terpaksa dibawa keluar dari stadium itu dengan menaiki kereta perisai ke hotel penginapan atas faktor keselamatan selepas tamat perlawanan. - Bernama

EPL : Emery bangga kebangkitan Arsenal | ARSENAL 2-2 SPURS

LONDON - Pengurus Arsenal, Unai Emery memuji semangat juang yang ditampilkan barisan pemainnya ketika bangkit daripada ketinggalan dua gol untuk mencatat keputusan seri 2-2 menentang Tottenham Hotspur pada aksi Liga Perdana England (EPL) di Stadium Emirates malam kelmarin.

The Gunners yang beraksi di hadapan penyokong sendiri, berada di ambang kekalahan apabila Spurs berjaya mendahului 2-0 menerusi jaringan Christian Eriksen dan Harry Kane sebelum Alexandre Lacazette merapatkan kedudukan 2-1 pada hujung separuh masa pertama.

Serangan demi serangan yang dilancarkan Arsenal sebaik separuh masa kedua bermula akhirnya membuahkan hasil apabila penyerang, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang menjaringkan gol penyamaan pada minit ke-71.

“Saya sangat bangga dengan kesungguhan yang ditampilkan semua pemain pada perlawanan hari ini (kelmarin). Mereka bermain dengan sepenuh hati, kadang-kadang mungkin melebihi apa yang diminta.

“Kami melakukan beberapa kesilapan pada separuh masa pertama, jadi kami cuba tenangkan fikiran dan perbaiki kelemahan itu. Penyokong juga banyak membantu kami, tetapi gol pertama merupakan kunci kebangkitan Arsenal,” kata Emery.

Bagaimanapun, pengendali dari Sepanyol itu menegaskan, The Gunners sepatutnya mampu meraih tiga mata penuh di laman sendiri.

“Kami lebih layak untuk memenangi perlawanan ini. Bagaimanapun, saya gembira dengan corak permainan yang ditampilkan kedua-dua pasukan dan saya percaya penonton juga terhibur,” ujarnya.