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Stunning Son Heung-min hat-trick puts him top-four "Tripple Scorer" in the English Premier League 

South Korean star Son Heung Min joined a unique list with his hat trick against Leicester City from the bench during the current season, after he scored a “triple” against Leicester City, in the match that Spurs won 6-2, in the EPL eighth round. With his hat-trick against Leicester City, Son Heung became the fourth in the Premier League this season, he scored in just 13 minutes, against Leicester City in the 73rd, 84th, and 86th minutes of the match. South Korean superstar Son Heung Min came off the bench to completely blow away Leicester City with a 13-minute hat trick, as he added his in the 73rd, 84th, and 86th minutes of the match. The North London club won 6-2 to keep up with table toppers Manchester City. The South Korean star became the third player to score a "hat-trick" this season, after Manchester City star Erling Haaland scored 2 "hat-trick" against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, in addition to Brentford striker Evan Toni against Leeds United. Man City striker Haaland is the top scorer in the English Premier League this season with 11 goals, followed by Harry Kane, the Tottenham star, and Aleksandar Mitrovic, the top scorer of Fulham with 6 goals.

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Santos: Ronaldo is among Portugal's squad to face the Czech and Spain in the UEFA League

The Portuguese coach, Fernando Santos, announces the squad for the last two matches of the preparatory phase prior FIFA World Cup in Qatar between the Czech Republic and Spain, which will be held during the international break in September in the European Nations League. Portugal will face the Czech Republic in Prague, on September 24, then close the Nations League qualifying phase on September 27, against Spain, in a match that will be played in Braga. Coach Fernando Santos on Thursday recalls 26 players for the Portugal national team, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandez, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, and Jota. The Portugal squad list is as follows: Goalkeepers: Diego Costa, Jose Sa, and Rui Patricio. Defenders: Dalot, Cancelo, Danilo Pereira, Pepe, Ruben Diaz, Nuno Mendes, Rafael Guerrero.

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Guardiola breaks another UEFA Champions League record after securing the 150th win –as a Manager

Pep Guardiola takes charge of his 150th UEFA Champions League game on Wednesday, becoming the fifth manager to reach the milestone in the competition and run the rule over his record with the help of Opta network. The Man City boss celebrated the achievement with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund which saw two wonder goals from John Stones and Erling Haaland. Pep Guardiola is one of the most outstanding football managers of all time who’s led some of the biggest names to major trophies. He’s won 95 of his 150 so far, with only Alex Ferguson (102) and Carlo Ancelotti (100) ever winning more. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola played his 150th game in his coaching career in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola's managerial record in the UCL is: ▪️150 games ▪️ 95 wins

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PSG equals Real Madrid's scoring record in the Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain now equals the Champions League goalscoring record set by Madrid for consecutive matches in the history of the Champions League. Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi combined superbly as Paris Saint-Germain's near-perfect start to the season continued with a 3-1 win at Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League on Wednesday. According to Opta, which specializes in statistics, the capital club finally won 3-1 and thus chained a 40th consecutive match in the Champions League group stage by scoring at least one goal. Enough to allow him to equal the record in this area, held by Real Madrid with 40 matches chained between November 2008 and September 2015. Paris Saint-Germain raised its score to the sixth point, in second place in the group, while Maccabi Haifa's balance stopped without points in the last place.

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Allegri refutes sacking fears and demands Juve's response after Benfica's loss

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted he has no fears for his Juventus job as he urged the Bianconeri to put worries aside to respond to their Champions League defeat to Benfica. Juventus, however, did not find the late goals it needed against Benfica and fell to a second straight 2-1 loss, after defeating in Paris last week; Juve fell in their stronghold at Allianz Stadium, as part of the second round of matches of UEFA Champions League group stage. “It is difficult to explain what happened but after going 2-1 down, the match is over. The performance would have been bad too [even if we got] a draw,” he told Sky Sport Italia. Allegri continued his statements, saying, "I have no criticism of my team because I understand the psychological difficulty period we went through some harsh conditions within 4 days." He further added: "We suffer from absences; we have to take this into account."

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Messi breaks Ronaldo’s record in the Champions League

Argentine star Lionel Messi, the French player of Paris Saint-Germain, added a new team to the list of his victims in the Champions League during. The Argentine superstar and PSG striker, Lionel Messi, added a new team to the list of clubs he has victimized in Europe’s premier competition and his exceptional career in the most prestigious continental competition in the world, with the Israeli side becoming the 39th team to be on the wrong end of one of his goals. Lionel Messi created Champions League history by scoring for the 18th consecutive season in the competition. He was on target as Paris St Germain came from behind to win 3-1 at Maccabi Haifa to make it two victories from two games, as part of the second round of the group stage meetings of the European Champions League. Messi equalized before the break, scoring against a 39th different opponent in the competition – another record, to surpass the Portuguese and Man United star Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 38 different teams in the European competition. Lionel Messi has now scored a Champions League goal against a record 39 different teams 39 - Lionel Messi 38 - Cristiano Ronaldo

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Guardiola: “We played in the wrong gear.. Haaland's winner reminds me of Cruyff ”

Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola believes the hard-fought victory was similar to the last time City played Dortmund in the Champions League – with both legs of the quarter-final ending in 2-1 wins for the Blues. Guardiola told reporters about the match, saying: “We played in the wrong gear today. No aggression. We were passive. The moment we changed rhythm with Phil (Foden), Bernardo (Silva), and Julian (Alvarez), we changed our pace and scored two excellent goals,” he said. “It was quite similar two years ago in the quarter-final when Phil scored in the last few minutes,” he said. “We had a lot of problems getting a rhythm and were so passive in transition. “We struggled, we played in the wrong gear and we are who we are, we can win or lose, when we play the last 35 minutes we realized, okay we are 1-0 down and subs come on and gave us a new rhythm. "Yeah maybe the people who know me, maybe you know the influence Johan Cruyff had in my life as a person - education, manager and mentor and everything. Johan Cruyff, years ago, years ago, scored in the Camp Nou, an incredible goal against Atletico Madrid. It was quite, quite, quite similar to Erling Haaland's goal, and the moment he scored the goal, I thought 'oh Johan Cruyff.' It was quite similar; it was a really good one." Said, Pep Guardiola.

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Ancelotti: "We deservedly won. We won't take any risks with Benzema”

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that his team deservedly defeated its guest, Leipzig in the match that brought them on Wednesday in Madrid. Ancelotti spoke after his team’s 2-0 victory over RB Leipzig at the Santiago Bernabeu in the second round of the Champions League group stage. In a press interview, Ancelotti said: “The game wasn’t good, we wanted to play to win, and the defensive awareness was good, so I didn’t push the midfielders much forward.” He added: “The fatigue that gripped the opposition allowed us to put more pressure on us and we deserved to win. I have players who are smart enough to win matches.” "We hope to get ahead of the opponent before the match is almost over. Leipzig has had a morale boost since Sunday after beating Dortmund with a very good performance, so we had some worries about this match, but we got over it." On Benzema and the possibility of his participation in the derby, he concluded: “We still don’t know about [Benzema], as he has been working individually. He is feeling good and we’ll decide after training, but we won’t take any risks, and if he is not in the best shape, he will not play.”

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After Barcelona's double, Bayern equals Madrid's Records in the Champions League

Bayern Munich Germany's record champions have not lost in 30 group games in Europe's most prestigious club competition. It's an achievement matched only by Real Madrid (2012 to 2017). Bayern has recorded 27 wins in that time, whilst drawing three, and have now won their last nine group matches in a row - seven clean sheets among them. What's more, Bayern has started a Champions League campaign with two successive wins for the 14th time - a competition first.   Bayern Munich beat Barcelona with a clean double, scored by Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sani in the 50th and 54th minutes of the match. Bayern Munich's official website confirmed that the team had not lost in 30 consecutive matches in the C