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With half a season played, red-hot Omar Marmoush (25) has put Eintracht Frankfurt on course for a first top-four finish in over 30 years and placed Europe's elite clubs on high alert. The Egyptian's stunning 2024-25 - he sits one behind top scorer Harry Kane in the Bundesliga with 15 goals, along with 10 assists, in 17 league games - has led to speculation of a winter move to faltering English champions Manchester City.

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Joshua Zirkzee scored the winning penalty for 10-man Manchester United against Arsenal after their hectic FA Cup third round tie finished 1-1 after extra time at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

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Real Madrid booked a date with rivals Barcelona in Sunday’s Spanish Super Cup final after Jude Bellingham’s (21) second-half strike helped them to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Mallorca - a seventh triumph in nine meetings for Carlo Ancelotti’s side.

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Manchester United have secured the long-term future of winger Amad Diallo (22), tying him down to a new five-and-a-half-year contract that will keep him at Old Trafford until June 2030.

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Newcastle United earned a 2-0 advantage over Arsenal to take into the second leg of their EFL Cup semi-final, while also recording a first win in 14 away H2Hs against the Gunners. The opening 10 minutes were anything but cagey, with Joelinton blazing his strike over the crossbar and Martin Dúbravka smothering Kai Havertz’s effort after Gabriel Martinelli and William Saliba had seen a shot apiece blocked.

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Real Sociedad’s run without conceding at the Reale Arena stretched to more than 10 hours after Takefusa Kubo’s (23) solo strike earned a vital 1-0 win to go within two points of opponents Villarreal, who have now lost three of their last four matches on the road.