Premier League

Marcus Rashford’s renaissance performance for Barcelona vs. Newcastle on Thursday stunned fans and has continued to raise eyebrows due to the statistics that followed.

Rashford bagged a beautiful brace for Barcelona with a precise header and then a GOLAZO from distance.

Marcus Rashford scores his first goal for Barcelona

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Jack Grealish has rediscovered his old form with Everton and earned himself an award that previously evaded him in his career. Grealish was named the Premier League Player of the Month for August.

After struggling for minutes on Manchester City’s bench for the past few years, Grealish has sprung to life on loan with the Toffies. In two league starts he recorded FOUR assists.

Let’s take a look at the four assists that earned Grealish his Player of the Month award.

Jack Grealish Everton assists

MANCHESTER — If Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim sounded on the brink of resignation after their shock League Cup loss to fourth-tier Grimsby Town on Wednesday, he clarified his comments on Friday saying emotions got the better of him.

"Sometimes I want to quit, sometimes I want to be here for 20 years," Amorim told reporters ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash against Burnley. "Sometimes I love to be with my players, sometimes I don't want to be with them."

Amorim interview

LIVERPOOL, England, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Everton kicked off a new era at gleaming Hill Dickinson Stadium with fireworks and towering blue plumes of smoke on Sunday, 133 years to the day since Goodison Park had opened.

Although the fans had bid an emotional farewell to the ground affectionately known as "The Grand Old Lady" at the end of last season, the mood ahead of their Premier League game against Brighton & Hove Albion at the new 52,888-seat stadium was buoyant.

Aug. 18 (Reuters) - Joy turned to pain in an instant for Nottingham Forest goalkeeping coach Rui Barbosa, whose celebration of Chris Wood's opener against Brentford ended with six stitches and a dizzy spell for him in their first Premier League game of the new season.

Wood's fifth-minute goal, poked home following a corner, sparked jubilant scenes in the Forest dugout at the City Ground. However, Barbosa's enthusiasm turned painful when he smacked his head on the dugout during the celebrations.

Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo thanked his teammates, Liverpool, match officials and the "entire football family" for their support after the Ghana international reported racist abuse during Friday's Premier League season opener at Anfield.

Semenyo was targeted by a man in the crowd during the first half, with referee Anthony Taylor stopping play to address the incident. Taylor spoke to both managers and captains before play resumed.

Liverpool talisman Mo Salah and fellow forward Federico Chiesa struck late goals as the Premier League champions began the defense of their title by beating Bournemouth 4-2 in a thriller on the opening night of the season at Anfield on Friday.

Liverpool vs Bournemouth highlights

On a bittersweet evening charged with emotion after the July death of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, newcomer Hugo Ekitike bagged a goal on his league debut to put the hosts ahead after 37 minutes and Cody Gakpo doubled the lead in the 49th.

Manchester United's exiled forward Marcus Rashford has delivered a scathing assessment of the Premier League side's struggles, saying the club remains stuck in "no man's land" due to constantly changing coaches with different philosophies.

Rashford has not played for United since December after a fallout with coach Ruben Amorim, with the England international spending the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa before joining Barcelona on another loan deal last month.