Dele Alli has backed world class Tottenham to turn around their struggling season after a disappointing 1-1 draw against Watford on Saturday.

Spurs needed a dramatic 86th-minute equaliser from midfielder Alli to scrape a point against the Premier League s bottom side.

With just one win in six games in all competitions the result placed extra scrutiny on Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino.

But England international Alli, on his first start of the campaign, believes it is only a matter of time before Spurs rediscover their best form.

We know we have a world-class team, Alli said. 

So it s about showing what we can do when things don t go our way.

We made it difficult for ourselves against Watford. We controlled the game and bossed…

Catalan giants Barcelona have replaced head coach Ernesto Valverde with former Real Betis boss Quique Setien. Valverde is the first boss that Barcelona have fired in 17 years, with Louis van Gaal the last boss to be fired by the reigning La Liga champions in 2003.

The move is maybe not a surprising one, as Barcelona are certainly not enjoying the best of campaigns. The Blaugrana are still top of the Spanish top-flight table, but Real Madrid have accrued the same amount of points.

Some disappointing defeats

Last week Barcelona suffered a 3-2 Spanish Super Cup semi-final defeat against Atletico Madrid. The loss was disappointing. However, it is not the first disappointing result for the reigning champions this season. The Catalan giants have now won just one of their las…

Alvaro Morata celebrates against Leganes. Image via Getty

Morata stars as Madrid stay top

Leaders Madrid travelled to Leganes without Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale and with Karim Benzema only on the bench but still managed to score four and bring home all three points. James Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata sent the visitors on their way but they were stunned when the Liga strugglers hauled themselves back into it with two goals in three minutes to make it 3-2. Morata’s deflected header off Martin Mantovani then sealed victory for Real and made the striker the first Spanish player to score a Liga hat-trick for Madrid since Raul in 2009.

Brilliant Barca see off Sevilla

Barcelona made light work of Sevilla at Camp Nou in a dazzling performance from the hosts. Luis Enri…

Tim Cahill spent eight years at Everton, between 2004 and 2012, during which he scored 68 goals in 278 games in all competitions for the Merseyside Blues.

Here s a brilliant video of him explaining how he played, and why he played that way.

https://twitter.com/CoachesVoice/status/1215671642124210176

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Robert Lewandowski has pulled level with Claudio Pizarro as the Bundesliga s top foreign scorer of all time.

The Polish international took his tally to 195 goals with a brace in Bayern s 5-1 thumping of Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday – a result that moves them level on points with Borussia Dortmund at the Bundesliga summit.

Lewandowski s first was a superb swivel and finish at the start of the second half to put Niko Kovac s side 3-1 up and he then added a fifth in stoppage time from the penalty spot.

The 30-year-old scored 74 league goals for Dortmund after joining them in 2010 from Lech Poznan before making the controversial switch to the Allianz Arena in 2014.

He still has some way to go to catch the Bundesliga s all-time top scorer, Gerd Mulle…

According to a recent report from Marca, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is convinced that his side must attempt to sign Paul Pogba either during the January transfer window or next summer. The club will be demanding a fee believed to be worth around £130 million if they are to sell the midfielder, who has clearly been unhappy with his role at Old Trafford for quite some time now. 

It couldn’t be any more obvious that Zidane is a huge admirer of Pogba’s work, and it’s not exactly hard to see or understand why. The World Cup winner seems to fit into his style of play perfectly, with one of the keys behind this deal being Zidane’s ability to get Pogba passionate about playing again. 

Returning to Juventus is also a distinct possibility for the midfielder, b…

Neil Lennon described this season as his toughest task in management after Celtic clinched their eighth consecutive Scottish Premiership title with a 3-0 win over Aberdeen.

Goals from Mikael Lustig, Jozo Simunovic and Odsonne Edouard ensured Lennon s men made light work of the Dons at Pittodrie to seal a 50th overall league title for the club, but the  interim manager said getting there had been harder than it looked.

After taking over from Brendan Rodgers in February on a deal to the end of the season, Lennon embarked upon an unbeaten run that remains intact going into the final two league games of the season and the Scottish Cup final on May 25.

It s 11 games unbeaten but it doesn t feel like it at times, with some of the criticism that comes at us, Lennon to…

Niklas Sule is likely to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season on a free transfer, with Chelsea interested in the central defender, according to . It has been reported that talks between Sule and Bayern over a new deal are not going well, and it is likely that the 26-year-old will leave the German and European powerhouse for free.

Premier League club Chelsea, who won the Champions League last season, are interested in bringing Sule to Stamford Bridge on a free transfer for next season and bound. Antonio Rudiger is out of contract at Chelsea at the end of the season and has been linked with a move to Bayern.

Sule has been on the books of Bayern since 2017 when he joined after leaving Hoffenheim. The 26-year-old has made six starts and one substitute appearance n t…

Mesut Ozil led the calls for Joachim Low to bring back Jerome Boateng after Germany were thrashed 6-0 by Spain on Tuesday.

The 2014 World Cup winners suffered the biggest competitive defeat in their history as they missed out on a place in the Nations League Finals.

Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick and there were further goals from Alvaro Morata, Rodri and Mikel Oyarzabal in Seville as Spain produced their finest performance under Luis Enrique.

Germany managed just two shots, neither of which were on target, and had only 30 per cent of the ball as they were led a merry dance by a home side who lost captain Sergio Ramos and Sergio Canales to hamstring injuries in the first half.

The manner of defeat will see Low s position as head coach come under more scr…

Harry Kane looks set to be available for England s next World Cup encounter with the United States after Jordan Pickford confirmed the Three Lions captain had trained with the rest of the squad.

The Three Lions star striker was replaced by Callum Wilson during the 6-2 opening win against Iran on Monday and was subsequently sent for a scan on his ankle.

Kane s importance to Gareth Southgate s set-up has been illustrated over back-to-back tournaments, having won the Golden Boot at Russia 2018 and helped lead England to the Euro 2020 final last year.

Fears that he could miss Friday s Group B encounter with the USA look to have been dispelled by Pickford, however, who confirmed the Tottenham forward had been going through drills with his team-mates.

I think …