Month: January 2018

Lionel Messi’s 366th goal at Anoeta on Sunday means the Barcelona talisman has now scored more league goals for a single club than any other player in European history after overtaking Gerd Muller’s record on Sunday evening.

Messi netted the Catalans’ fourth and final goal in a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Real Sociedad, taking his La Liga tally for the Catalan club to 366. The strike takes Messi’s goal tally to 17 for the season, while he has also laid on eight assists, and means he has now scored over four times as many La Liga goals this season as arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo (4).

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That surpasses former Bayern Munich star Muller’s long-standing record, which is across the top five divisions in Europe – England, France, Italy, Spain and Germany – and has stood since 1979.

Messi had equalled the record in his 400th league outing for Barca and broke it against Sociedad with a stunning free-kick from 25 yards. Muller had scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga matches between 1964 and 1979.

Sunday’s result means Barca are now 19 points clear of Atletico Madrid in second-place, while Real are, incredibly, 19 points further back.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed his thought on Liverpool clash at Anfield on Sunday.
Cityzen whitewashed Jurgen Klopp men 5-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium in September and leading The Reds with 18 points in the Premier League table ahead of his trip to Merseyside.

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Guardiola told Sky Sports News that this weekend’s meeting will be a different kind of challenge but the Spaniard is expecting a stern test from their opponents on Sunday.

“We know how complicated it is to go to Anfield, but hopefully we can show who we are. That’s all I want to fight for with my players during the game,” he told reporters.

“Of course they are challenger, going to Liverpool away is always tough. It is always a big challenge to improve and see on the bigger stages if we can handle the way we are. I love Anfield. For managers to play in these kinds of games on the big stages, I’ll love to be there on Sunday.

“In football, when I win enough, perhaps the title, then two, three days or one week later, we’re thinking of the next one. When you lose, one week later, there is another game so in football, it never stops.”

Manchester City hopes to extend their unbeaten run to 23 before a home game to Newcastle United next Saturday.

Arda Turan has sent an emotional message to Barcelona supporters after the La Liga leaders confirmed they had agreed a loan deal with Super Lig side Basaksehir on Saturday.

The Turkish International leaves the Club after two and a half seasons in which he has won everything there is to win domestically with the Blaugrana.

A confirmation by Barcelona read: “FC Barcelona and Istanbul Basaksehir FK agree on a loan deal for the Turkish player for the remainder of the season and two more.”

Turan who has played a total of 55 games for Barça, scoring 15 goals in his two and a half years at Camp Nou took to Twitter after his move was confirmed and left Barca fans a lengthy farewell message with the caption “Time to say goodbye”

Time to say goodbye. pic.twitter.com/JEuiz97uO3

— Arda Turan (@ArdaTuran) January 13, 2018

During his time at the club, the Turkey international won 6 trophies – one league championship, two Copa del Rey, one Spanish Super Cup, one Club World Cup and one European Super Cup.

As such the Turk who came to FC Barcelona in the summer of 2015 from Atlético Madrid but due to a FIFA transfer ban was unable to make his debut until January 2016 leaves after completing a clean sweep of domestic trophies.