Pep Guardiola was eulogised on Monday for his relentless hunger for success that propelled Manchester City to a second consecutive Premier League title after a titanic battle with Liverpool. Guardiola claimed his eighth league title in 10 seasons as a coach in charge of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City as the English champions followed up their record 100-point campaign last season with another stunning 98-point season thanks to a 4-1 victory at Brighton.

It will not be a cause of too much concern at Manchester City, as its players and fans and executives celebrate another Premier League title, another almost perfect season, another step on the road to its ambition of becoming the world s foremost club, but there is one curious exception to its dominance. Manchester City s players, as a rule, tend not to win individual awards. Over the last two years — two years in which Pep Guardiola s team has won the Premier League, two years in which it has recorded the highest points totals in English soccer history, the latest secured with a 4-1 win at Brighton on Sunday — England s professionals have chosen a player who won nothing as the player of the year: Liverpool s Mohamed Salah last year, and his teammate Virgil van Dijk this season.

Unlikely Champions League hopefuls Getafe will visit Barcelona in La Liga this weekend hoping to further compound the Catalan outfit s misery following their shock exit from Europe at the hands of Liverpool. The Madrid outfit would have been content with a mid-table finish this season but are guaranteed European football next season come what may following a campaign that has exceeded all expectations.

Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history to beat Barcelona 4-0 on Tuesday, overturning a three-goal first-leg deficit and advancing to the final with a 4-3 aggregate victory. Liverpool will play the winner of Wednesday s other semi-final between Ajax Amsterdam and Tottenham Hotspur with the Dutch side leading 1-0 from the first-leg in London.

Egypt s Zamalek will be hoping to have goalkeeper Mahmoud Gennesh available for the first leg of the Confederation Cup final after appealing against the red card shown to him in the semi-final second leg at Tunisia s Etoile Sahel. In a dramatic finale to the game in Sousse, Gennesh, who was earlier booked for what the referee deemed his time-wasting antics after he fell on the ground for several minutes, received his marching orders in stoppage time after appearing to handle the ball just outside the area as he chased it on the left.

Liverpool s Egyptian winger is confirmed to miss Tuesday s anticipated Champions league match against Barcelona due to injury according to coach Jurgen Klopp. “It s a concussion so it s a case of him not even being allowed to play,” Klopp said in the pre-match press conference on Monday.

Egypt s Zamalek qualified for the African Confederation Cup final for the first time after holding Etoile Sahel to a 0-0 draw in a dramatic affair in Sousse that saw the visitors play with a striker as a goalkeeper in a frantic finale. Zamalek s goalkeeper Mahmoud Gennesh, who was earlier booked for what the referee deemed his time-wasting tactics after he fell on the ground for several minutes, received his marching orders in stoppage time after handling the ball just outside the area as he chased it on the right.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp believes his team can put their 3-0 Champions League defeat to Barcelona out of mind and focus on winning Saturday s crucial Premier League trip to Newcastle. Liverpool trail leaders Manchester City by a point heading into the final two games of the Premier League season and the German said there was no need for him to boost his players morale after the loss in Spain, in the semi-final, first leg.

Facing Barcelona and Argentinean star Lionel Messi in the UEFA Champions League semifinal is something special for Liverpools star winger Mohamed Salah. "It is something very, very huge to play against Barcelona in Champions League," the Egyptian international told Bleacher Report. Liverpool, who lost last years Champions League final to Real Madrid, will be hosted by Barca in the first leg of the prestigious tournament semis on Wednesday.

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp denied rumors that Mohamed Salah would be leaving following a falling out between them, saying: “I had no argument with Mo especially after the Chelsea game”, according to a Reuters report. Before the Huddersfield match rumors of an argument between Salah and Klopp spread after the Chelsea match, against the backdrop of an alleged request by Salah to leave the Reds which Klopp has categorically denied.

Pyramids FC defender Ali Gabr takes the centre stage against former club Zamalek after scoring the winner 1-0 on Tuesday to fire his team to the top of the Egyptian Premier League table. Gabr s 24th minute goal dropped Zamalek off the top and could stand between the Whites and their first league title since 2015.

A french report has said that Egyptian football superstar Mohamed Salah is unhappy at Liverpool, with France s Telefoot reporting that the situation did not seem good for his stay in Liverpool and that he might try to leave by summer. Another report by Spanish newspaper Diario AS a few days ago pointed to a dispute between the player and his coach, Jurgen Klopp, after which Salah demanded to leave the team, though this was refuted by Salah s agent, Rami Abbas.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is bemused by his team s fans attitude towards Gareth Bale after they booed the Welsh forward during Saturday s 3-0 La Liga victory over Athletic Bilbao. When quizzed on why a player who has won four Champions Leagues in five seasons in Madrid – including scoring decisive goals in two of the finals – is given such a hostile reception by fans Zidane said; “I don t know. Honestly, I don t understand it.”

In an interview with TIME, the Red s legendary striker Mohamed Salah expressed his strong belief in the importance of gender equality in the Middle East, calling on men to treat women respectfully. “I think we need to change the way we treat women in our culture,” Salah said, insisting this change is not something “optional.”

Egypt and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has been included in the list of Time s Most Influential People in 2019, unveiled Wednesday. The 26-year-old forward was named under the “Titans” label and is the only footballer on the list. Salah has been a phenomenon in the English Premier League since joining Liverpool in summer of 2017.

Manchester United fans touched down in Barcelona on Tuesday dreaming of another miracle at Camp Nou. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer completed the club s most famous comeback there in 1999 and hopes to see a repeat on the same turf, this time against Barca in the Champions League quarter-finals. Solskjaer s 93rd-minute winner 20 years ago lives on in United folklore as they came from 1-0 down to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 and clinch Europe s premier prize.

A second-half goal from winger Ibrahim Hassan lifted Zamalek to the CAF Confederation Cup semi-final with a nervy 1-0 victory over Morocco s Hassania Agadir in Suez on Sunday. Hassan s smartly-taken volley from a tight angle four minutes into the second half separated both sides after the first leg ended in a 0-0 draw.

A spectacular strike from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool maintain their two point lead over Manchester City in the Premier League title race with a 2-0 win over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday. City won 3-1 at Crystal Palace earlier on Sunday meaning Liverpool have 85 points with four games to go and City are on 83 with an additional match to play.

Zamalek slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Masry in an Egyptian league game at Suez stadium on Thursday, making way for archrivals Ahly to advance into the league summit with nine games left for the Cairo giants in the season After the defeat, the white Knights sit second on the league table with 57 points, just one point behind Ahly who are now leading the table with 58 points after claiming a 2-1 win over Maqassa on Wednesday.

Tottenham face an anxious wait to discover the full extent of Harry Kane s latest ankle injury after manager Mauricio Pochettino voiced concerns the forward could be out for the rest of the season. Kane limped off the pitch after a challenge with England teammate Fabian Delph during Tuesday s Champions League quarter-final first-leg win over Manchester City at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.