Aaron Rodgers believes his budding chemistry with Garrett Wilson can transpire into something special after he led the New York Jets to victory on Thursday.

After suffering a ruptured Achilles at the start of last season, Rodgers orchestrated a commanding 24-3 triumph over the New England Patriots in his first home start since the injury.

The 40-year-old ended the contest at MetLife Stadium with an impressive stat line of 27 completions on 35 attempts, yielding 281 yards and two touchdowns, one of which went to Wilson in the third quarter.

Rodgers back-shoulder throw was perfectly delivered into the hands of Wilson, whose game had been subdued until then.

And speaking after the game, Rodgers was excited about what the future may bring for his improving re…

Manchester United winger Ashley Young believes England have what it takes to be successful at Euro 2012.

The former Aston Villa man pointed to England s excellent record in qualifying as reason to be confident going into the tournament in Ukraine and Poland.

He told talkSPORT: If you look at the way we qualified out of the group it wasn’t an easy group but we qualified in some style.

Some of the football we played and some of the wins we had were fantastic and I think when the tournament comes around everyone is going to be fully fit, prepared in the right way and I think we can do really well.

As long as everyone is going to be at it and everyone is pulling in the right direction like we were during qualification it will be a fantastic tournament. <…

Mauricio Pochettino has warned his Chelsea players that Luton will get the better of them at Stamford Bridge on Friday night if they fail to match the desire to win of Rob Edwards’ newly promoted side.

The manager recalled one of his early games in charge of Espanyol when he took his team to the Nou Camp and staged a famous victory against Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona en route to masterminding the team’s La Liga survival.

That 2-1 win in February 2009, earned thanks to two goals from midfielder Ivan de la Pena as Espanyol ended a 27-year wait for a victory at the home of their city rivals, announced Pochettino’s arrival as a coach and was a springboard for dragging his new team out of the relegation zone to safety.

It went down as one of the shocks of the La…

Marcos Llorente scored a fine individual effort as Atletico Madrid claimed their first LaLiga victory of the season with a 3-0 win over Girona.

Antoine Griezmann and substitute Koke were also on target for Diego Simeone s side at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano.

Atletico, who handed a debut to new signing Conor Gallagher later on, broke the deadlock six minutes before half-time.

Griezmann stepped up and drilled a fierce 18-yard free-kick beyond Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who had been penalised for handball just outside his own penalty area.

Gazzaniga was helpless again within three minutes of the restart, as Llorente embarked on a powerful solo run from just inside his own half, before rifling into the roof of the net from 20 yards.

And Los …

Manchester United are interested in signing Leon Goretzka from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2025, according to . The report has noted that Goretzka’s role for Bayern under manager Vincent Kompany has diminished, and that United are keen on securing his services.

Goretzka has been on the books of Bayern since 2018 when he joined from Schalke. The Germany international midfielder has won the Bundesliga give times, the UEFA Champions League once, and the DFB-Pokal twice with Bayern so far in his career.

The 29-year-old midfielder has played one minute in the Bundesliga and has scored one goal in two substitute appearances in the UEFA Champions League for Bayern so far this season. During the 2023-24 campaign, Goretzka scored six goals and gave seven assists in 25 start…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is braced for Bayern Munich setting aside their Bundesliga struggles to produce their best possible performance in the Champions League quarter-finals.

The six-time European champions have endured a disappointing domestic campaign and travel to Emirates Stadium for Tuesday’s first leg on the cusp of relinquishing the German title for the first time in 12 years.

Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel is poised to depart his role at the end of the season, with his team currently 16 points adrift of leaders Bayer Leverkusen following four defeats in their last eight league outings.

We have prepared very well, and we have to take our game where we want it. If we do that, we have a chance to win.

Mikel looks forward to the challenge of Bay…

Cristiano Ronaldo s €112million transfer to Juventus caused plenty of shock waves but, given the rumours about his growing unhappiness with life at Real Madrid, it was not a monumental surprise.

The same could not be said about Luka Modric. Inter are said to have enquired about the midfielder and, more surprisingly still, it is claimed he is interested in a switch to Serie A.

Florentino Perez has already proclaimed they would need to match Modric s €750m release clause to get him, but it is likely an offer 10 times lower than that figure would tempt Madrid if the player starts agitating for a move.

That might sound unthinkable to some. Modric, after all, has won three consecutive Champions Leagues in the Spanish capital and was just named the best player at …

This match sees two teams finally feeling a little freedom after being under pressure from fans and media alike for months.

Liverpool made progress in the Europa League in midweek and will hope that this form continues through into the weekend. Rafa Benitez seems a different character to that of a month or two ago. After solidifying his team and making them incredibly hard to beat in the last few weeks, the midweek match saw Liverpool score more than two goals for the first time in months. Now that the terrible run of form is behind them we can expect to start seeing a slightly more expansive style of play with more verve and attack. Injuries are few for a change, and the pressure should not be too great with bottom half of the table team Blackburn Rovers the visiting side.

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Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City s critics want to see them wiped off the face of the Earth as the hearing into their 115 charges relating to alleged breaches of Premier League rules continues.

In February 2023, City were charged with breaching the Premier League s financial rules 115 times over a nine-year period between 2009 and 2018.

The club, who have strongly denied all the charges and say they have irrefutable evidence of their innocence, were referred to an independent commission, and their long-awaited hearing began last week.

City, who have won an unprecedented four straight English top-flight titles, could in theory be expelled from the Premier League or handed a huge points deduction if found guilty.

While addressing criticism of teams ea…

Few players in Europe had a more successful season during the 2018/19 campaign than Sporting CP star Bruno Fernandes. The talented playmaker was the undisputed leader of a Lisbon side that reached a UEFA Europa League berth, and he quickly became one of the most prized transfer assets heading into the current 2019/20 campaign.

Fernandes was quickly linked with a move to some of Europe’s best sides. Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal and Real Madrid were all expected to engage in a bidding war for the Portugal international. However, there is no certainty on whether there was an official bid for Fernandes or not. The reality is that he didn’t move anywhere, and remained as a Sporting player for the current term.

Many believed his 2018/19 …