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BARCELONA: The La Liga game against Las Palmas went ahead, and won 3-0 by Barcelona, but was played behind closed doors after there were calls for it to be postponed because of the political climate in Catalonia on Sunday.

- Gerard Pique described Barcelona's 3-0 win over Las Palmas as the "worst experience" of his professional career after the decision was taken to play the game behind closed doors -- and he says he is prepared to quit national team duty with Spain, while Pep Guardiola says the game should never have been allowed to go ahead.

- Neymar's father has said that his son's decision to quit Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain "took me by surprise," but he left the Camp Nou to get out of his comfort zone.

REAL MADRID: Zinedine Zidane hailed "street player" Isco after the playmaker's double strike in Sunday evening's 2-0 La Liga win over Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu.

- Zidane said he was "a bit disappointed" for Cristiano Ronaldo after his wait for a league goal this season went on.

LIVERPOOL: Jurgen Klopp insists he will not "avoid" wastefulness in front of goal after his team drew 1-1 with Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.

MAN UNITED: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been warned against making an early comeback by surgeon Dr Freddie Fu, who operated on his knee in May.

- Jose Mourinho insists it is "too early" to tell if United are capable of winning the Premier League title this season.

- Mourinho wants Luke Shaw to fight for his place and is "testing" him, former United defender Rio Ferdinand has said.

ARSENAL: Arsene Wenger challenged Alex Iwobi to provide 10 goals and 10 assists this season after the forward scored his first of the campaign in Sunday's 2-0 home win over Brighton.

- Petr Cech believes Arsenal have "won the fans back" after their strong response to the 4-0 thrashing at Liverpool.

CHELSEA: Antonio Conte admitted that winning the Premier League title again with Chelsea this season will be harder than retaining Serie A with Juventus after watching his team lose 1-0 at home to rivals Manchester City.

MAN CITY: Kevin De Bruyne has no regrets about leaving Chelsea after hitting the winner in Manchester City's 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

ENGLAND: Tottenham striker Harry Kane says he wants to succeed Wayne Rooney as the next permanent England captain.

SPAIN: The team will be without Chelsea's Alvaro Morata, Barcelona's Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal for their final two World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Israel.

BAYERN MUNICH: Mats Hummels has refuted suggestions he is a "king slayer" after it was reported he was one of five players who had turned against former boss Carlo Ancelotti.

- Interim coach Willy Sagnol said Bayern are no longer Germany's strongest team after giving away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Hertha Berlin on Sunday.

BORUSSIA DORTMUND: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has said that playing in the English Premier League has never appealed to him.

AC MILAN: Coach Vincenzo Montella has been given a vote of confidence by sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli following the 2-0 home defeat to Roma on Sunday.

UNITED STATES: With the United States in a precarious position in 2018 World Cup qualifying, manager Bruce Arena has named a 26-man squad with familiar faces for the final two games against Panama and Trinidad and Tobago.

MLS: Roland Alberg scored in the 88th minute and Andre Blake had his ninth shutout of the season as the Philadelphia Union beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0 on Sunday.