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Shakhtar forward Olarenwaju Kayode: We think about Desna Shakhtar forward Olarenwaju Kayode answered the questions from reporters ahead of the match vs Desna - Larry, this coming Tuesday, Shakhtar will meet with Manchester City, with you having spent some time with the Citizens. Do you keep in touch with your former teammates or coaches of the English team? - First of all, we should think about our Premier League game on Friday against Desna. These days, it’s the most important point. And after the game, we could well talk about Man. City. - You’ve done some exercises with Moraes, you both seemed to be quite friendly. Don’t you envy Junior due to the fact that he appears in the line-up more frequently than you do? - There can’t be any envy, because Moraes proves himself and deserves this place. I was injured and he played really well. For me, the most important thing is to benefit the club, because we win all together. Any kind of jealousy or envy is out of the question. Junior

Report: Southampton 0 Chelsea 3 Eden Hazard’s eighth goal of the season, Ross Barkley’s first in a Chelsea shirt and Alvaro Morata's second strike in four days secured a comfortable victory at St Mary’s this afternoon. The Blues were mostly dominant on the South Coast, but it might have been a different story had Danny Ings converted a golden opportunity when the game was goalless. The league’s topscorer Hazard made the Saints pay on the half-hour after fine work from Barkley, and it was the recently called-up England man who doubled our advantage shortly before the hour to open his Chelsea account. A stunning fingertip save from Kepa Arrizabalaga late on preserved the clean sheet, our fourth of the league campaign, before sub Morata dinked home from Hazard's pass. It rounded off a very successful day indeed ahead of the international break. Maurizio Sarri made a solitary change to the side that started against Liverpool last weekend, bringing in Barkley for Mateo Ko

Hoffenheim 1-2 City: Match Highlights Hoffenheim 1 Man City 2: Match report What happened? What a start. The game had barely started when Hoffenheim carved an opening as Belfodil found space between Aymeric Laporte and Nicolas Otamendi to fire a low shot past Ederson with just 44 seconds on the clock. City’s response was superb. First Raheem Sterling set off on a mesmerising dribble that took him past the last defender only for the England winger to lose his footing as he was about to enter the box – what a goal it would have been. With Hoffenheim giving the Blues acres of space, it looked just a matter of time before City levelled and the only surprise was that it took seven minutes. David Silva, given the sort of freedom he must only dream of, set Leroy Sane clear on the left and though his pass didn’t immediately find Aguero, the Argentine beat two defenders as he poked home the equaliser. Not long after, the majestic Silva played an inch-perfect pass into the path of St

Hector Bellerin: «We must take the chains off and start talking» When Hector Bellerin saw Danny Rose recently open up about his battle with depression, he could only applaud the England international's honesty and bravery. Our right-back feels that footballers need to start speaking out more and push the issues that most affect them, and this is what he told Arsenal Media: on why more footballers don’t speak out… There’s all sorts of issues. I feel like the football industry is an industry where we have to be really quiet and play. I think the code around it is that footballers can’t really do anything else other than kick a ball. This is kind of the stereotype, so when there’s a footballer who’s stepping out of the box he’s always seen as someone that is not focused enough on football because he’s doing this, he’s doing that. As I always say, we have so much time and we’re humans so we have issues and worries. We should push these things. I think in America they’re more a

Bayern’s next CL opponents Ajax On Tuesday night, FC Bayern entertain Dutch league runners-up Ajax in the first home game of the new Champions League group stage. The two teams have faced each other eight times and the record to date could not be more evenly balanced with three wins each and two draws. The last game between the two teams was in the group stage in 2004. A 4-0 home win for Bayern was followed by a 2-2 draw in Amsterdam. fcbayern introduces the next opponents for FCB. History: Record champions, record cup winners, European Cup winners – Ajax have become the most successful club in the Netherlands both on the domestic and international stages since their foundation in 1883. With 33 league titles and 18 cup triumphs, Ajax are the undisputed number one ahead of great rivals PSV Eindhoven (24/9) and Feyenoord (15/13). However, the last top-flight title wins are quite a while ago. The previous number one finish in the Eredivisie was in 2014 (after a run of three title wi