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Mathieu, who only represented France on five occasions, stressed as he announced his retirement, that he is going to be 35 in 2018 and that his age is not in his favour.

Molina refused to blame Tiri, whose header changed the trajectory of Mulder's shot from distance to guide the ball to goal, saying it he was plain unfortunate.

Willian and Diego Costa scored twice in six second-half minutes as Chelsea won 2-0 at Hull City to claim a first win in four Premier League games.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said he is open for the England managerial role in the future, but his current focus remains the North London club.

City, the Premier League leaders, return to domestic action at Tottenham on Sunday, but Guardiola admitted thoughts would soon turn to the forthcoming double-header with his old club Barcelona.

Sam Allardyce said it had been a "silly thing" to do but he had been trying to help out someone he had known for 30 years.

Borussia Dortmund's Andre Schuerrle came off the bench to snatch a late goal as they twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with Champions League holders Real Madrid in a compelling Group F encounter on Tuesday.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has suffered another setback after sustaining a groin injury in the League Cup win at Swansea City, the Premier League club said.

Teams from all I-League clubs and two teams from Indian Super League (ISL) franchises along with many academy teams will be fielding their sides for the top honours across 10 zones.

Everton are second in the Premier League standings after winning four of their opening five games.

"We have four days to prepare for the game, let's focus on that now," Wenger

Watford piled on the misery for Jose Mourinho as Manchester United crashed to a third successive defeat in an embarrassing 3-1 loss at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

Atletico strikers Antoine Griezmann, Fernando Torres and Kevin Gameiro all found the net as Diego Simeone's side warmed up for next Wednesday's visit to the Nou Camp.

Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were all on target as Barcelona got back to winning ways in La Liga with a 5-1 thrashing at newly promoted Leganes on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho insists Manchester United will get back on track at Watford in the Premier League on Sunday after successive defeats ruined a promising start to his reign.

Spanish football champions FC Barcelona face a tricky encounter when they travel to the south of Madrid to face newly-promoted Leganes in La Liga on Saturday.