Zlatan Ibrahimovic warned Milan still have not won anything as the Rossoneri star urged the Serie A leaders to remain focused.
Milan – without a Scudetto since 2011 – are four points clear atop the table ahead of Sunday s clash against Parma at San Siro.
Stefano Pioli s Milan have earned 26 points in the league this season, setting a record after their first 10 Serie A games played in the three points for a win era – they only gained more points in 2003-04 (27) and in 2005-06 (28).
Milan are also unbeaten in Serie A after 10 rounds – in the last three seasons when the Italian giants have not lost any of their first 11 league matches (1991-92, 1992-93 and 2003-04) they won the Scudetto.
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Chelsea and Liverpool never take each other lightly and on Sunday both sides will attempt to put Champions League defeats behind them.
Liverpool s winning start to the season came to an abrupt half in a 2-0 defeat at Napoli, while Chelsea suffered their first home reverse of the season when Valencia won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
It is little over a month since Tammy Abraham s penalty miss handed Liverpool a 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory after a 2-2 draw in the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul, and Frank Lampard will be desperate for revenge now he has settled into his role as head coach.
Lampard is a central figure in the rivalry between Liverpool and Chelsea, having faced the Reds in three Champions League semi-finals and helped the Blues to 15 victories and four draws…
Manchester United were fortunate to leave Stamford Bridge with a 1-1 draw on Sunday as a dominant Chelsea squandered a host of chances against Michael Carrick s men.
The Blues are now winless in their past eight Premier League games against the Red Devils (D5 L3), only once enduring a longer such run (10 games between 1938 and 1950).
Elsewhere, Manchester City edged past West Ham 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium to keep the pressure on Thomas Tuchel s table-topping side, and Leicester City beat Watford 4-2.
Everton s dismal run continued with a 1-0 defeat at Brentford, while Tottenham s trip to Burnley was postponed amid heavy snow in Lancashire.
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Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel revelled in the club s Champions League semi-final berth after surviving a tense last-eight tie with Porto.
Porto claimed a last-gasp 1-0 win on Tuesday thanks to Mehdi Taremi s stunning acrobatic stoppage-time strike, but the Premier League side still advanced to the final four 2-1 on aggregate.
It was a tough battle at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan – the same venue as last week s opening leg due to coronavirus protocols – with only three shots on target (one for Chelsea) throughout the return fixture.
But Chelsea saw off the Portuguese visitors over two legs to reach the semi-finals for the eighth time, more than any other English side in Champions League history.
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Zinedine Zidane does not think 2020-21 will automatically be considered a bad season if Real Madrid fail to successfully defend their LaLiga title.
A 2-2 draw at home to Sevilla at the weekend left Madrid two points adrift of leaders Atletico Madrid with three games to go, the stalemate meaning title success was no longer in their hands.
They go to Granada on Thursday having beaten the Nazaries in 17 of their 18 LaLiga meetings, that sole defeat coming in 2013 as a result of the only own goal Cristiano Ronaldo has ever scored in Europe s top five leagues.
Their run of 11 successive league wins over Granada is their best current winning streak over a single opponent in LaLiga.
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Nottingham Forest s impressive victory over Sheffield United has put them in a strong position to secure Premier League survival, with potentially just one point needed from their game against Chelsea, scheduled for Saturday at the City Ground. On the other hand, Chelsea s dominant 5-0 win over West Ham United has kept them in control of their fate in the top-seven race.
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Once hailed as the shining star of Chelsea s academy, Callum Hudson-Odoi s journey in West London took an unexpected turn in the wrong direction. However, the English forward has found new life wearing the Forest jersey, delivering a standout performance at Bramall Lane last weekend.
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Freiburg have confirmed the signing of Germany defender Matthias Ginter, who will join from Borussia Monchengladbach at the end of the season.
Ginter came through the Freiburg academy and made his Bundesliga bow for the club at the age of 18 in January 2012, scoring the winner against Augsburg.
He went on to make 81 appearances for Freiburg before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2014 and played 102 times across three seasons, helping them to a DFB-Pokal triumph in 2017.
Ginter switched to Gladbach ahead of the 2017-18 season and established himself as a key player in defence, and has made 46 appearances for Germany.
However, it was confirmed earlier in the season that the 28-year-old would not be signing a new deal with Gladbach, and Freiburg announced on W…
Arsenal made a convincing start to the new Premier League season as debutants Willian and Gabriel impressed in a 3-0 win at Fulham.
Willian set up Gabriel and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to score second-half goals after helping to force Alexandre Lacazette s unmissable opener.
Mikel Arteta s side lost their final two away league games of 2019-20 to Tottenham and Aston Villa, but victory at Craven Cottage was comfortably in their grasp as soon as Lacazette struck eight minutes in to become the first player to score the first goal of a Premier League season on two occasions.
Scott Parker s men enjoyed nearly half of the possession but offered scant threat to the Gunners goal as the challenge facing last season s Championship play-off winners was laid bare.
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Juventus will be able to call on Paul Pogba for the first time this season against Monza, with Dusan Vlahovic also fit again, though Weston McKennie is set to leave the club.
Pogba returned to Juve from Manchester United at the start of the season, having previously signed for the Bianconeri after leaving Old Trafford the first time in 2012.
But France s World Cup-winning midfielder sustained a knee injury in pre-season and later required surgery, missing the entire season so far and Qatar 2022.
Finally, on Saturday, coach Massimiliano Allegri was able to confirm Pogba s imminent return to action, while Vlahovic is also set to feature for the first time since the World Cup following a groin complaint.
He added of the pair s status ahead of Juve s home mat…
Frank Lampard says Billy Gilmour is looking spot on and poised to get his first minutes of the season against Sevilla in the Champions League, a game which he insists has high stakes.
Chelsea and Sevilla are already through to the last 16 with 10 points from their first four games ahead of Wednesday s match in Spain, which will determine top spot in Group E.
But Lampard is not yet satisfied, with first place his target even if he makes a few changes to his team amid a busy fixture schedule.
Victory would give Chelsea four straight Champions League wins and Lampard was in the Blues team the last time they did that in 2012, going on to win that year s competition.
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