Alphonse Areola: Last News

Erling Haaland would have "punched a team-mate in the face" if they tried to take the ball off him for his penalty on Sunday, according to Pep Guardiola.The Norwegian striker opened his Manchester City account in the Premier League champions' opening weekend victory away to West Ham United. After being fouled inside the penalty area by Alphonse Areola, Haaland dusted himself off before slotting the resulting spot-kick into the bottom corner from 12 yards.According to manager Pep Guardiola, Haaland was so desperate to score on his league debut for City, that he would have punched one of his teammates if they attempted to take the penalty instead of him.READ MORE: Win 2 tickets to watch England vs Germany in Nations League action at Wembley StadiumSpeaking in his post-match press conference, Guardiola admitted: "Listen, I don't know him much but we are two weeks, no one month together, three weeks or one month together, so we need time in the good moments and bad moments to see how we react."In the situations and how he handles, I know how he handled a lot of criticism this week and he was really calm, trained really well."We will see, it's an incredible compliment to how he reacted, we will see.

West Ham in the Europa Conference League on Thursday evening. However, the clash quickly turned sour as violence erupted and rows of officers stood between fans of the two clubs as they fought in the stands.One video shared on social media showed flares being launched from the away end towards the Hammers fans.

Erling Haaland's Premier League career got off to a flying start on Sunday afternoon when he scored to give Manchester City the lead at West Ham.

West Ham United will play Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League semi-finals after thrashing Lyon 3-0 on Thursday night.The Hammers came into the second leg of their quarter-final in France level at 1-1 and had to weather some early pressure from the home team. But they took control by scoring twice in six minutes towards the end of the first half.Craig Dawson headed in Pablo Fornals' corner at the near post before Declan Rice’s deflected shot found the bottom corner following a poor clearance from the Lyon defence.

West Ham’s co-owner David Gold made a Twitter blunder during his latest post on social media.The 84-year-old has enjoyed a successful summer, seeing his team sit second in the Premier League after going unbeaten in their first three games with 10 goals.While they have also strengthened ahead of the Europa League campaign, spending more than £60m on three players as well as securing two loans.But Gold’s post intended to welcome four of those players ended up with him making an awkward gaffe. The Hammers co-owner shared a graphic with centre-back Kurt Zouma, deadline-day transfer Nikola Vlasic, Spartak Moscow loanee Alex Kral and PSG shot-stopper Alphonse Areola.

West Ham have completed the signing of PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Areola on a season long loan with an option to buy for £15million next summer.The 28-year-old's move to the London Stadium was announced after completing his medical ahead in the capital.David Moyes had also been looking at West Brom keeper Sam Johnstone, but opted to go with the Frenchman, who will now provide competition for Lukasz Fabianski.Areola spent last season on loan with Fulham, and despite relegation, he was able to impress between the sticks.In 36 Premier League appearances he kept nine clean sheets.Meanwhile, Fabianski made one less appearance for the Hammers but had one more clean sheet than his incoming team mate.Areola was certainly the busier of the two keepers,

Chelsea are just £8million apart in their valuation of Kurt Zouma - with the defender keen to join David Moyes' side.Moyes is targeting an ambitious double swoop to boost his defence after signing Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Alphonse Areola on loan for next season.Chelsea are willing to sell Zouma, but want £28m for the France international - while the Hammers are hoping to land him for £20m.But Moyes' side could face competition for the 26-year-old, with their London rivals having offered Zouma to Sevilla as part of a bid to prise Jules Kounde away from the La Liga club.However, West Ham could have an advantage in the race for the defender's signature, with Zouma settled in the capital after arriving at Stamford Bridge from

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straight to your inboxPep Guardiola had a message of positivity for his Manchester City players to inspire a 13-minute goal rush that proved enough to beat Fulham.Guardiola had made seven changes at Craven Cottage with a new, unfamiliar 3-4-3 formation on show. The first half was underwhelming, with only three tame shots testing the Fulham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

Premier League goal - and he missed a glorious chance to end his dry spell.After coming on as a late sub, the German striker was clean through on Cottagers keeper Alphonse Areola as Chelsea counter-attacked late on, but fired his shot wide.Werner did score in last weekend's FA Cup win over Morecambe, and Lampard backed his £47million summer signing to find his shooting boots in the top flight before too long.Asked if the 24-year-old was short of confidence, Lampard said: “I don’t know.

Gary Lineker declared Mason Mount is Chelsea"s "best player" after the midfielder struck the winner against Fulham.

Liverpool stars has been caught on camera during the draw against Fulham on Saturday.

straight to your inboxManchester City star Raheem Sterling has set a new Premier League record after his involvement in Kevin De Bruyne's first-half goal against Fulham.Sterling handed City an early lead at the Etihad Stadium, after being played through via a wonderful De Bruyne through ball. The England winger then showed his calmness and composure to slot the ball past Alphonse Areola.

Chelsea after a number of errors. The Spain international has had a tough second season in England.