Weekender Alicante South Issue 108

32 FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2019
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KLOPP
GOES
FOR
FIVE
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool
will be first out of the traps
as the Premier League returns
this weekend after
the international break.
The Reds will go for five
straight wins as they play
Newcastle United at Anfield
tomorrow lunchtime
Liverpool is the only
team that have a 100 per
cent record in the Premier
League, and will fancy
their chances against Steve
Bruce’s Newcastle United.
Having said that, the last
road-trip for Newcastle produced
a one-nil win at Spurs,
though most suspect the Geordies
will be fighting a long
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battle against relegation.
Champions Manchester
City are two points behind
Liverpool, and they go to
early strugglers Norwich for
the Saturday evening clash.
Leicester City have started
well and have a Saturday
afternoon trip to Manchester
United to look forward
to, with the home side still
smarting from all the costly
missed penalties they have
had this season, plus that late
late show by Crystal Palace.
Roy Hodgson’s side are
fourth in an unfamiliarlooking
table, and they
have a London derby clash
at Tottenham tomorrow.
Frank Lampard has
quickly discovered that
high profile Premier League
management is a different
kettle of fish from running
a Championship team, and
you sense that defeat at
Sheffield United, who have
easily looked the best of the
promoted sides, will get the
early panic button pressed
at Stamford Bridge.
Sunday sees Quique return
as boss of bottom side
Watford, and the Vicarage
Road outfit will be looking
for an immediate bounce as
they entertain Arsenal.
Fantastic final
Rafa Nadal won his 19th by Alex Trelinski
Slam victories.
Grand Slam title on Sunday
"It has been one of the
night, after holding
off Russian Daniil Medvedev's
exhilarating fightback
Open final.
His victory moves him
within one of Swiss rival
most emotional nights in
my tennis career," Nadal
said. "It has been an amaz-
in one of the greatest Roger Federer's all-time ing final. It has been a crazy
US Open finals.
leading tally of men's Grand match."
The Spanish star won 7-5
6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the
fifth seed in New York.
Nadal, seeded second, was
cruising at two sets and a
break up, only for Medvedev
to force a decider.
But Nadal stopped his
momentum to clinch a thrilling
win in four hours and 50
minutes - just four minutes
shorter than the longest US
No deal Neymar
Barcelona will not make a
move for Paris St-Germain
forward Neymar in January,
says Barca club president
Josep Maria Bartomeu.
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The La Liga champìons
spent all summer trying to
negotiate a deal to re-sign
the Brazilian, who moved
to France for a world record
220 million euros in 2017.
However, the two clubs
were ultimately unable to
agree a deal.
Asked whether it was possible
for Barca to sign Neymar
in January, Bartomeu
said:"No. Right now, no."