Jiwa Torres hanya untuk Atletico – Guardiola

MADRID – Bekas jurulatih Barcelona, Pep Guardiola percaya Atletico Madrid sangat beruntung apabila berjaya mendapatkan semula khidmat Fernando Torres yang telah kembali ke Vicente Calderon.

Jurulatih tersebut memuji keputusan yang dibuat oleh pengendali Atletico, Diego Simeone untuk membawa balik bekas kapten kelab itu dan percaya Atletico bakal menjadi salah satu pasukan yang mampu mengancam misi Bayern Munich yang dibimbingnya ketika ini untuk menjulang Liga Juara-Juara musim ini.

Torres meninggalkan La Liga pada 2007 untuk menyertai Liverpool dan kini kembali semula ke Sepa­nyol dengan status sebagai pemain pinjaman dari AC Milan selepas gagal menyer­lah di San Siro dan Chelsea sebelum ini.

 TORRES berjaya menjaringkan dua gol ketika Atletico menyingkirkan Real Madrid dengan aggregat 4-2 pada aksi Piala Raja Sepanyol, kelmarin.

Para pemerhati dan peminat Atletico sendiri pada awalnya meragui kemampuan Torres dan bimbang dia bakal menjadi beban kepada kelab tersebut namun, dua gol ketika menyingkirkan Real Madrid pada aksi Piala Raja Sepanyol mengejutkan ramai pihak.

“Torres merupakan pemain yang sangat baik, dia tahu Atletico adalah kelab yang sangat dekat di hatinya dan dia akan memberikan yang terbaik. Simeone gemar untuk menggunakan taktikal serangan balas pantas dan Torres adalah sangat sesuai dengan corak permainan tersebut,” katanya.

Guardiola turut menamakan Atletico sebagai salah satu daripada lima pasukan yang mampu untuk menjulang kejuaraan Liga Juara-Juara musim ini bersama Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea dan gergasi Perancis, Paris Saint-Germain. – Agensi

Yaya Sanogo completes loan move to Crystal Palace

Yaya Sanogo completes loan move to Crystal Palace as Arsenal striker joins for rest of the Premier League season

• Yaya Sanogo will play for Crystal Palace for the rest of the season
• Arsene Wenger wants Sanogo to gain Premier League experience
• Wenger believes Alan Pardew can help Sanogo mature as a player
• Pardew: 'He's a young player with tremendous promise'
• 'I want to play more games,' Sanogo said as he headed to Selhurst Park

Arsenal striker Yaya Sanogo has completed his loan move to Crystal Palace for the rest of the Barclays Premier League season.

Arsene Wenger turned down Ligue 1 club Bordeaux to let the 21-year-old move to Selhurst Park, while Hull City and Queens Park Rangers were also interested in the France Under 21 international.

Wenger hopes Sanogo can gain the Premier League experience he needs after becoming new Palace manager Alan Pardew's first signing since leaving Newcastle United.

Pardew told Palace's official website: 'He's a young player with tremendous promise, somebody that I have tracked personally and this club has too so that fitted well.

'We have given him an opportunity, he needs to play more games and I think he's ready for that and he proved that at Arsenal. 

'It's tough to get in their team but he's closer to the starting action with us.'

Sanogo has made six appearances for Arsenal this season in all competitions with his only goal coming against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.

BPL : MAN UTD 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON

Substitute Dusan Tadic hits the winner for high-flying Saints as they overtake United and move up to third in the Premier League table

• Southampton stifled Manchester United's attack in the first half and neither side managed a shot on target
• United failed to have any extra joy in the second half and Southampton continued to grow into the game 
• Dusan Tadic gave Southampton the three points on 69 after Graziano Pelle hit the post from inside the area 

 Southampton captain Jose Fonte led from the back for Southampton and kept Robin van Persie from having any impact on the game
 Koeman gives instructions to his team during the victory against United

 The result means United have dropped into fourth place and are only a point higher than Arsenal

BPL : ARSENAL 3 STOKE 0

• Laurent Koscielny gives Gunners early lead with sixth minute header
• Alexis Sanchez doubles Arsenal's lead after Mathieu Debuchy is forced off with shoulder injury
• Debuchy suffers suspected dislocated shoulder after being pushed into advertising boards by Marko Arnautovic
• Sanchez grabs 18th goal of the season with second half free-kick to give Arsenal 3-0 lead 
• Mesut Ozil makes first appearance for three months with 15 minute cameo 

Alexis Sanchez scored twice to help Arsenal to a 3-0 Premier League victory against Stoke on Sunday

The French defender wheels away in celebration of his early goal which gave Arsenal a 1-0 lead after six minutes

FA Cup : ARSENAL 2-0 Hull City

Arsenal 2-0 Hull City : Per Mertesacker and Alexis Sanchez provide the long and short of it in repeat of last season's FA Cup final

• Arsenal defeated Hull City 2-0 in a third round repeat of the 2014 FA Cup final at the Emirates Stadium
• Joel Campbell and Alexis Sanchez came close for the hosts during a dominant opening performance 
• Gunners captain Per Mertesacker opened the scoring with a towering header from a first-half corner
• Sanchez capped another impressive performance with his 16th goal of the season on 82minutes 

 Per Mertesacker opened the scoring as Arsenal cruised to victory vs. Hull.

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LA LIGA : Real Sociedad 1 - 0 Barcelona

Moyes 1 Messi 0: Former United boss masterminds shock win over Barcelona as Sociedad celebrate La Liga upset after Alba own goal

REAL SOCIEDAD 1-0 BARCELONA - PETE JENSON IN SAN SEBASTIAN: It was almost as if David Moyes had borrowed some of the magic of the FA Cup at Anoeta as his Real Sociedad played at being giant-killers and took the scalp of Barcelona. On one of the greatest nights of his managerial career Moyes masterminded a 1-0 win with the side he took over last November seeing off Leo Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar in style.

Luis Suarez was the only member of Barcelona's star attacking trio to start the game, and his chances were limited until Lionel Messi and Neymar were introduced in the second half.

Lukas Podolski thanks Arsenal fans ahead of move to Inter Milan... as forward poses for photo with new boss Roberto Mancini

• Lukas Podolski set to sign a loan deal with Inter until the end of the season
• Posts picture on Instagram thanking fans and says he hopes to meet again 
• The deal would cost Roberto Mancini's Inter Milan £1.5million 

Lukas Podolski has paid tribute to Arsenal fans in a heartfelt Instagram post ahead of his proposed loan move to Inter Milan.

The German international arrived at Inter's training ground on Saturday, and is expected to sign for Roberto Mancini's side until the end of the season in a deal which will cost the Italians £1.5million.

And Podolski, who has emerged as a fan favourite in north London, says he can't thank Arsenal fans enough for all they have done for him and hopes to meet them again.

 

 The 29-year-old has spent much of the season on the bench, making just 13 appearances for Arsenal