Kick Off: Man City beat Arsenal; Messi breaks Pele's record

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Match Report

Valladolid 0-3 Barcelona: Messi & Lenglet score as Barca cruise to victory

Barcelona made it four games without defeat on Tuesday evening as they comfortably defeated Real Valladolid 3-0. Goals from Clement Lenglet, Martin Braithwaite, and Lionel Messi secured all three points as the Blaugrana moved up to fifth, one point adrift of the top four.

Arsenal 1-4 Man City: Jesus, Mahrez, Foden & Laporte pile misery on Gunners

MAN City are on course for a Carabao Cup semi-final place. Arsenal had cancelled out Gabriel Jesus' early strike with a header from Alexandre Lacazette before goals from Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte in the second half.

Juventus 0-3 Fiorentina: Visitors on fire as 10-man Juventus suffer 1st defeat

JUVENTUS have been hammered 3-0 by Fiorentina on a night where everything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong. Dusan Vlahovic gave the visitors the lead after three minutes before Juan Cuadrado was sent off.

Top Headlines

Lionel Messi breaks all-time one-club goalscoring record

Lionel Messi has broken Pele's all-time one-club goalscoring record after netting Barcelona's third in their 3-0 LaLiga victory against Real Valladolid on Tuesday night.

Barca DESPERATE to sell Coutinho because they will have to pay Liverpool £18m

Barcelona are desperate to sell Philippe Coutinho with Liverpool in line for another £18million if he plays another 10 games with the Spanish club.

Hazard RETURNS to Real Madrid squad for LaLiga against Granada

Eden Hazard has returned to the Real Madrid squad after nearly a month out with a thigh strain.

Messi would trade another top scorer award for Barcelona LaLiga title

Lionel Messi was awarded a record seventh Pichichi Trophy on Monday - but says he would sacrifice an eighth if Barcelona could regain their LaLiga title this season.

These things happen

Liverpool 'CERTAIN to offer Salah an improvement on his £200k-a-week contract'

Liverpool are 'certain' to offer Mohamed Salah an improved contract after the forward refused to rule out a move to Barcelona or Real Madrid last week.

David Alaba's move to Real Madrid is in the oven

David Alaba's move to Real Madrid is in the oven, as if it were a cake like the ones the Austrian has made for some orphans in Munich. 

Arsenal 'looking at' swoop to sign former Tottenham star Eriksen from Inter

Arsenal are reportedly considering whether to make an audacious move for Christian Erikesen in January to ease their creative woes.

Ed Woodward raises £30m by clearing out Man Utd deadwood in transfer window

Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward could fund as much as £30million in January by clearing out the club's deadwood.

Capello the only other coach to bench Marcelo as much as Zidane

Zinedine Zidane has always said that one of the most difficult decisions for him was to leave out Marcelo from his starting line-up. The Brazilian is and has been an essential part of the team, most notably during Real Madrid's golden era in the Champions League between 2014 and 2018.

Rooney plotting January transfer swoop on Old Trafford for ex-Man Utd teammate

Wayne Rooney is reportedly looking to take his former Man Utd teammate Phil Jones to Derby in January.

OFFICIAL: Napoli win appeal over abandoned Juventus game

Napoli have won their appeal against the decision to hand them a 3-0 defeat and deduct one point for failing to play their Serie A match at Juventus in October amid confusion over Italian soccer's COVID-19 rules.

Man Utd transfer round-up: Utd target Yves Bissouma and forgotten man nears exit

Manchester United hit Leeds for six with an entertaining victory over their old enemy on Sunday evening.

Messi to leave Valladolid on private plane to begin his Christmas holidays early

Lionel Messi will not travel back to Barcelona with the rest of his teammates following Tuesday night's match at Real Valladolid.

What they say

Xavi WILL be Barcelona's next manager, claims presidential candidate Font

Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font has once again insisted club legend Xavi will return to the club if he is elected following January's election.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United 'desperate' to win trophies

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United are "desperate" to win trophies this season ahead of Wednesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final against Everton.

In depth

Jamie Carragher Time has gone for Salah to join Barcelona or Real Madrid

Jamie Carragher believes it would take "massive money" to prise Mohamed Salah away from Liverpool, but admits it may already be "a year or two too late" for the Egyptian to fulfil a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona. 

Have we ever seen an 18-year-old Spaniard play like Pedri?

Finally, Barcelona had a quiet night on the road, picking up a comfortable victory at Real Valladolid. That in itself is news, although it really shouldn't be.

FIXTURES OF THE DAY

EFL Cup

Stoke vs Tottenham UTC 2020/12/23 17:30

Everton vs Man Utd UTC 2020/12/23 20:00

La Liga

Real Madrid vs Granada UTC 2020/12/23 18:45