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Even seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi admitted that he needed “more time than expected to recover” after contracting Covid over the winter break.

Footballers suffering from Covid effects after initial recovery

Longer-term effects of the virus are now being seen in the game, with one study suggesting even players’ passing quality can suffer.

Chelsea Manager Frank Lampard applauds the home fans after the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge. (Visionhaus)

Three things we learned from the Premier League

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was firmly back in the spotlight in the Premier League this weekend as Manchester United and Arsenal showed signs they are finding form as the race…

Samuel Eto’o won three Uefa Champions League titles in his time as a player, but never won the Ballon d’Or. (Malcolm Sekgothe/M&G)

African players ‘not respected’ in Ballon d’Or vote, says Eto’o

The Cameroonian insists that players from the continent are not recognised as much as players from western countries

Upsy-daisy! Arsenal’s Nicolas Pépé and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk in action last weekend. The Reds won 3-1. (Phil Noble/Reuters)

Derby holds up a mirror to mediocrity

Arsenal and Spurs are both stuck in the mud and which team beats the other has become arbitrary

Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrate after the match. (Reuters/David Klein)

Aubameyang stars as Arsenal fightback stuns Spurs

Unai Emery has seemingly revived Arsenal since the depressing final years of Arsene Wenger’s reign

Arsenal manager Unai Emery (John Sibley/Reuters)

Aubameyang winner extends Arsenal’s unbeaten run

Emery’s side took the lead through Jefferson Lerma’s bizarre own goal before Josh King equalised on the stroke of half-time at Dean Court on Sunday

Bandit: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is sure to deliver the goals and attention-grabbing antics at Arsenal

Arsenal’s new masked maverick

Wenger’s new striker made it impossible for his previous club Borussia Dortmund to keep him

Coutinho could eventually leave Anfield

Ka-ching! It’s raining cash in the EPL

Records were smashed in the transfer window