Bale visited his former side and chatted with Ancelotti during their pre-season training session in LA
Arsenal beat Leicester at home to make it two wins from two in the Prem and Mikel Arteta reacted by lauding Gabriel Jesus, as well as sending a message to Gunners supporters.
"I thought after the 1-1 especially we were a bit too emotional and lost control of the game."
A goal-free afternoon in the burning sun, then. Such paucity of riches wasn’t, though, for the want of trying.
West Ham first-team coach Billy McKinlay is desperate for the squad to pick up their first win of the season ahead of the match against Albion.
The Whites let a two-goal lead slip against Southampton last weekend as they picked up their fourth point of the new Premier League season. Leeds are currently without Patrick Bamford who is on the sidelines with an abductor injury. While Marsch made be short of options, he is happy with the transfer business already done.
Forest have already brought 14 players to the City Ground this summer
Robert Lewandowski and company were unable to provide the difference in a tame performance at Camp Nou on the opening weekend.
Erling Haaland’s ‘passing map’ for his home debut at the Etihad Stadium was not exactly the scattered patterns of his team-mates.
Sa saved Aleksandar Mitrovic’s late spot-kick to earn his side a point against Fulham.
Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte have both given their take on a fiery London derby that saw both men sent off in a 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham. The first flare-up came after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s shot from long range put Spurs level early in the second half, which earned both coaches and a couple of assistants yellow cards. At full time, following Tottenham’s second equaliser via Harry Kane, Tuchel and Conte were again sent off after the Chelsea boss took exception to the manner of his counterpart’s handshake.
A post-match dismissal was the icing on the cake for Thomas Tuchel's anger with Anthony Taylor's performance in the London derby.
SAINTS Women completed their pre-season schedule with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Super League outfit Leicester City.
The striker's curling effort from outside the box squirmed under Cologne goalkeeper Marvin Schwabe.
AFC Totton overcame stubborn newcomers Bishops Cleeve in a feisty opening-day Southern League Division One South encounter, writes Doug Webber.
England assistant coach Paul Collingwood is confident that his team can recover from a difficult first day against South Africa and fight back to set up an exciting Test match on a spicy Lord’s pitch. Just 32 overs were possible before the rain arrived in London and England, having been asked to bowl first by South Africa, managed just 116 for six, with Ollie Pope the bright note on 61 not out. While England played with attacking intent and still scored at 3.6 an over, only Alex Lees could truly be accused of giving his wicket away, with South Africa’s classy pace attack causing trouble.
United are screwed for as long as the Glazers stick around. But Joel and Avram weren't phoning it in at Brentford. These players must go too...
Manchester United were absolutely hammered by Brentford. You'll be hearing plenty more about this one.
Argentina have moved top of the Rugby Championship table after two rounds with a crushing win over Australia in San Juan.
Sports scientists might disagree with his method but a visit to the red zone is one of too few sticks in Erik ten Hag's armoury at Man Utd....
Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool's injury issues have changed the situation, and doubled down on his plans for a new midfielder.
Yahoo Sport
