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Man City vs Chelsea Lampard on Haaland's threat

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  Our caretaker manager also highlighted the threat of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland as a problem we will have to contend with at the Etihad Stadium, outlining the huge respect he has for the Norway international and revealing he attempted sign him during his first spell in the Stamford Bridge dug-out. 'I’ve got huge respect for him, he’s a player I tried to bring to Chelsea the first time I was here. Obviously that couldn’t hapseason game with Salzburg and he was fantastic.  'So credit to him, I love seeing players at that level, I love seeing players with that personality and level of hunger to play and be the best, which he’s proven himself to be. 'In terms of having to deal with him, you need to have a plan and an idea. Players at that level can make something happen at any moment. I’m sure the players have a good awareness of him. You have to be at your best to try to negate the things he does. 'I think he’s special, I knew he’d adapt straight away, just t

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank revealed in his pre-match news conference that he was unsure whether Ivan Toney is banished from the training ground after the striker was banned from football for eight months

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  Brentford   are of course without   Ivan Toney   due to his suspension for brealin FA betting rules.  Our senior reporter  Rob Dorsett explains why such a significant punishment was handed out.

📍Live: Zelensky says G7 summit meetings bring peace 'closer'

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        8:45am: Ukraine's Zelensky arrives in Japan for G7 Summit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Hiroshima, Japan, on Saturday, to attend the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit in the city. Live footage broadcast by multiple media outlets showed Zelensky disembark from a French government aircraft. Japan, this year's G7 chair, earlier on Saturday announced Zelensky's in-person attendance at the meeting in the world's first city attacked by an atomic bomb, as nuclear threats from Russian President  Vladimir Putin  have unsettled the West. 5:33am: Kyiv says repelled new drone attack on Ukraine capital Kyiv's air defences successfully repelled a new Russian drone attack overnight but falling debris caused some damage in the Ukrainian capital, the military said Saturday. "This night, the aggressor again carried out a massive drone attack," the head of  Kyiv 's civil and military administration, Serhiy Popko, said in an update on Tel