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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Man Utd: Player ratings as awful Red Devils fall back into crisis

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Manchester United tumbled right back into chaos on Saturday evening with an abysmal 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest. With fans cautiously optimistic after the comeback win over Aston Villa, United put on an attacking disasterclass which saw them struggle to get shots on goal and they deservedly fell behind to a strike from Nicolas Dominguez after the break. A mistake from Forest goalkeeper Matt Turner handed Marcus Rashford an equaliser but parity would not last long as Morgan Gibbs-White pounced on some poor defending to secure a well-earned three points for Nuno Espirito Santo's men. How the game unfolded Dominguez saw a strike blocked inside the opening minute as Forest made a bright start to proceedings, while an uncomfortable clearance from Raphael Varane gave goalkeeper Andre Onana a huge scare when the ball ricocheted perilously across his goal line. United's first actual shot came in the 33rd minute as Aaron Wan-Bissaka's strike from outside the box was blocked and...

Napoli 2-3 Real Madrid: Player ratings as Bellingham stars in Champions League win

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Jude Bellingham bagged another goal and an assist in a crucial away win for Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday evening. A thoroughly entertaining clash between Madrid and Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona was won by the visitors 3-2 thanks to goals from Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and an unfortunate own goal from Alex Meret late in the Game . How the game unfolded As expected, it was Real Madrid who came closest to scoring in the early exchanges. The chance would, as expected too, be created by Jude Bellingham who played a lovely through ball into the path of Rodrygo. After racing into the box, however, Rodrygo saw his effort on goal palmed clear of danger by Alex Meret. Despite largely dominating the opening 20 minutes, Madrid would find themselves behind thanks to some laughably poor goalkeeping from Kepa Arrizabalaga. The loanee completely missed an attempted punch clearance of a corner kick to allow Natan to head off the crossbar. After the ball bounced...