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No penalty call, no review despite clear Barcelona foul in 1-0 win over Valencia

Despite playing down a man for over 30 minutes after Ronald Araújo's red card, Barcelona escaped with a 1-0 victory over Valencia at the Camp Nou on Sunday to keep second-place Real Madrid at a comfortable distance.  

Valencia, mired in 19th and desperate for every point, were left fuming at referee Javier Alberola Rojas for his decision to look the other way when Franck Kessié clearly fouled Fran Pérez in the area in the 85th minute.

Mbappé breaks PSG’s scoring record while Messi scores 799th career goal in win vs. Nantes

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé both got on the scoresheet Saturday for Paris Saint-Germain as the Ligue 1 leaders defeated Nantes 4-2. Mbappé sealed the victory in the 92nd minute to give PSG a two-goal advantage and make himself the club’s all-time leading goal scorer.

At just 24 years old the Frenchman has scored 201 goals for PSG passing Edinson Cavani’s previous record.

Erling Haaland's perfect time-wasting earns Manchester City four corner kicks in one minute

Manchester City sealed an important home victory against fifth-placed Newcastle United in yet another matchday of the Premier League. A pair of Phil Foden and Bernando Silva goals – both worthy of replays – sealed the three points for the Citizens.

Wesley Fofana cleans out steward who then accidentally kicks other steward in face

Chelsea did the unthinkable on Saturday and actually won a game. The Blues defeated Leeds United 1-0 with center back Wesley Fofana scoring the game’s lone goal.

Fofana had another highlight — or lowlight in this case — during the game when he took out a steward on the sideline after receiving a shove from Leeds forward Wilfried Gnoto. 

Bournemouth score second-fastest goal in EPL history but Arsenal get last laugh with 97th minute winner

Bournemouth stunned the fans inside Emirates Stadium on Saturday with a goal straight from kickoff to take a 1-0 lead. Philip Billing scored just nine seconds into the game for the second-fastest goal in league history.

Arsenal would rally from 2-0 down in the second half and grab all three points with a 97th minute Reiss Nelson goal to win 3-2. What a game.

First, let’s look at how the game started.

Leeds United fined over $40,000 for Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie fight vs. Everton

Everton and Leeds United have been fined after a mass confrontation between players in their Premier League clash on Feb. 18, the Football Association said on Friday.

Everton were hit with a $66,022 fine and Leeds a $42,106 fine following the incident in the 42nd minute of Everton's 1-0 win, where Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight Mcneil received yellow cards.

PSG and Morocco star Achraf Hakimi under investigation for alleged rape

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain right back Achraf Hakimi is facing a criminal investigation in France after an allegation of rape was made against him, an official from the Nanterre prosecution office said on Friday.

Hakimi, a Morocco international, firmly denied the allegation, according to his lawyer. PSG did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.

The Nanterre prosecution office said Hakimi has been placed under police monitoring and was banned from contact with the alleged victim.

Una volea exquisita de Jorge Sánchez pone al Ajax en semifinales de la Copa de los Países Bajos

Después de un par de pasos en falso, Jorge Sánchez estaba medio olvidado en el Ajax. Sin embargo, el técnico John Heitinga decidió darle una nueva oportunidad y el mexicano no la desperdició.

El ex América comenzó como titular en el duelo de cuartos de final de la Copa KNVB ante el De Graafschap y apenas 12 minutos después convirtió el gol que guió el camino del multicampeón neerlandés a las semifinales de la competencia.

Ansu Fati provides a fantastic goal-saving clearance in El Clásico… against his own team

Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 on Thursday at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first of two legs of their Copa del Rey semifinal. The victory came as a surprise to some as Barça were without star players Robert Lewandowski, Pedri and Ousmane Dembélé.

Last Sunday, Almería defeated Barcelona 1-0 in LaLiga for a shock result. Following back-to-back losses (the other to Manchester United) and with a less than ideal starting XI, Real Madrid seemed destined to win the first leg at home. That wasn’t the case, and it should’ve been a 2-0 win for Barcelona.

We created an EPL table of results since the World Cup — here were the biggest surprises

Having the World Cup in the middle of the English Premier League season has split the campaign into two chapters. Heading into Matchday 26, The18 created an EPL table that only consists of results since the World Cup break.

The updated table shows how in form some teams are and accurately depicts how poor other teams have performed.

Here’s the table and some of the biggest surprises.

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