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A report revealed Barcelona is carrying a stunning $1.5 billion in debt, which could put the club in a dangerous spot going forward.

The win moves Mikel Arteta's side above Southampton and up to eighth in the standings, just five points behind London rival West Ham, which occupies fourth place after a win at Crystal Palace earlier Tuesday. Arteta was still unable to call on captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who remains absent due to a personal matter, but he made five changes from Saturday as Saka and Lacazette scored on their recalls.

Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League for the first time this season after thrashing West Bromwich Albion 5-0 on Tuesday. The in-form Ilkay Gundogan scored twice while Joao Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling also netted for City in an inspired attacking display at The Hawthorns. City climbed a point above Manchester United - which can reclaim first place by beating Sheffield United on Wednesday - after an 11th straight victory in all competitions and seventh in a row in the league.

Real Betis came from behind to beat Real Sociedad 3-1 in extra time on Tuesday, reaching the Copa del Rey quarterfinals for the second time in three seasons. Forward Borja Iglesias scored twice in extra time after Sergio Canales equalized late in regulation in a round of 16 match played under heavy fog in Seville. Iglesias netted with a left-footed shot from close range six minutes into extra time and then sealed the victory with a header in the 111th minute of the game.

Soufiane Rahimi scored twice for African Nations Championship title-holders Morocco as they came from behind to trounce Uganda 5-2 in Douala Tuesday and reach the quarter-finals.

Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette set each other up for goals after Granit Xhaka assisted Nicolas Pepe's eighth-minute equalizer for Mikel Arteta's men.

Christian Eriksen scored a last-gasp winner as Inter Milan advanced to the Italian Cup semi-finals on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over 10-man AC Milan in a fiery derby clash.

Fueled by a sparkling attacking display, Manchester City's players powered to the top of the Premier League for the first time this season — and even the opposition are stopping to admire their work. In a comical exhibit for VAR's ever-lengthening highlights reel, West Bromwich Albion's defenders virtually stopped in their tracks and looked on as Joao Cancelo curled a shot into the top corner for the second of City's goals in a 5-0 rout on Tuesday. After all, the assistant referee had raised the flag for offside moments earlier but City, unlike West Brom, played on as Bernardo Silva collected the ball and fed Cancelo, who — unchallenged — picked his spot from the edge of the area.

The Gunners roared back against Southampton after falling behind early to reenter the top half of the table with their fifth win in their last six league matches.

Manchester City thrashed West Brom 5-0 to move back top of the Premier League on Tuesday as Arsenal aided their push towards the European places with a 3-1 win at Southampton.

Ilkay Gundogan's brace paced his side as City schooled West Brom at The Hawthorns to reclaim the Premier League summit.

Manchester City stormed to the top of the Premier League on Tuesday with a 5-0 demolition of West Brom to extend their winning streak to 11 games.

Mikel Arteta hailed Arsenal's resilience as they avenged their FA Cup exit against Southampton with a 3-1 win in the Premier League rematch on Tuesday.

Man City is the first Premier League team to 41 points this season, one more than Manchester United and three clear of Leicester City after 19 games each.

MADRID (AP) -- Sevilla signed Argentine attacking midfielder Alejandro ''Papu'' Gomez from Atalanta on Tuesday.

Alexandre Lacazette applies the finishing touch after two wonderful passes by Cedric Soares and Bukayo Saka set him up with a tap-in at the far post.

Rodri, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling link up for a magical team goal, as Sterling finishes off a series of one-touch passing for Manchester City's fifth goal against West Brom.

Steve Bruce has had plenty of dire slumps in his long managerial career, but 11 without a win (and growing) at Newcastle is his nadir.

Jack Harrison consigned under-pressure Newcastle manager Steve Bruce to fresh misery by scoring the winning goal as Leeds ended its three-game losing streak in all competitions with a 2-1 victory in the Premier League on Tuesday. The midfielder clinched three points with a swerving 61st-minute strike with the outside of his left foot, four minutes after Miguel Almiron canceled out Raphinha's first-half opener for Leeds. It left the beleaguered Bruce without a win in 11 games in all competitions, with Newcastle having taken only two points from the last 27 in the league.

Riyad Mahrez scores a signature left-foot curler cutting in from the right side to cap Manchester City's first-half romp against West Brom.

Rome (AP) -- Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was reported to an Italian soccer federation court on Tuesday for allegedly using a blasphemous expression.

Alex McCarthy strands himself in no-man's-land, and Bukayo Saka rounds the Southampton goalkeeper and taps into an open goal to put Arsenal in front.

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Ilkay Gundogan steals the ball off X's foot and slots in with ease to pad Manchester City's lead with his second goal of the Match against West Brom.

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West Brom stop playing assuming Manchester City are offside, and Joao Cancelo finds the net with a sublime finish to double the visitors' lead upon VAR review.

Granit Xhaka threads through an incisive pass to Nicolas Pepe, who slots past Alex McCarthy to net Arsenal's equalizer at St. Mary's.

An end-to-end, tight clash saw the visitors win 2-1 to pile more pressure on Steve Bruce.

Southampton execute a training-ground corner to perfection, as Stuart Armstrong sweeps James Ward-Prowse's cross past Bernd Leno to give the Saints an early lead over Arsenal.

Ilkay Gundogan finds the bottom corner with a shot from the top drawer to get Manchester City off to a flying start against West Brom.

Barcelona rescheduled its presidential elections to March 7 and members will be allowed to vote by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic, the club said Tuesday. The elections had been originally scheduled for Jan. 24 but Barcelona was forced to delay the vote because of mobility restrictions imposed by the Catalan government during the pandemic. Voting will take place at six polling stations and by mail after the Catalan government made a change in the legislation ''to allow for postal voting for sporting bodies,'' Barcelona said.

Tomas Soucek scored twice to lead West Ham to a 3-2 win at Crystal Palace and fourth place in the Premier League on Tuesday. The Czech Republic international is proving a solid source of goals for West Ham, having scored seven times in his last 13 league matches despite playing as a defensive central midfielder.

The Hammers recorded a convincing win, as David Moyes has West Ham in the top four.

Leeds claimed victory at St. James' Park, as Raphinha and Jack Harrison found the net to sink Newcastle.

West Ham moved into the Premier League's top four as Tomas Soucek scored twice in a 3-2 win at Crystal Palace, while Leeds inflicted more misery on Newcastle with a 2-1 victory at St James' Park on Tuesday.

West Ham edged London rivals Crystal Palace in a five-goal thriller behind Tomas Soucek's brace and Craig Dawson's header.

Jordan Ayew's clever backheel plays in Michy Batshuayi, who slides his shot into the far corner to pull Crystal Palace within one goal of West Ham with the final kick of the game.

Craig Dawson rises high to head home Jarrod Bowen's corner and stake West Ham a two-goal cushion against Crystal Palace.

Jack Harrison brilliantly curls home Raphinha's cross to put Leeds back ahead minutes after Newcastle's equalizer.

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This should be a comfortable win for the away side but when they met in December, the Baggies left the Etihad Stadium with an unexpected point.

Callum Wilson plays Miguel Almiron clean through on goal, and the Paraguayan sneaks his shot through Illan Meslier to pull Newcastle level with Leeds.

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Thomas Tuchel was relaxed and charming at his unveiling as Paris Saint-Germain coach in 2018, having been identified by the club's Qatari owners as the man to finally deliver success in Europe.

Tomas Soucek brings down Aaron Cresswell's free kick beautifully and touches past Vicente Guaita to turn the tables at Selhurst Park and give West Ham a 2-1 edge against Crystal Palace.

Thomas Tuchel has been appointed the new manager of Chelsea, as the German head coach took charge of his first training session just one day after Frank Lampard was fired.

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo is anticipating a tough test against Chelsea despite the managerial upheaval at Stamford Bridge in the lead up to the game. Chelsea parted company with club legend Frank Lampard on Monday following a run of five defeats in eight Premier League matches. Thomas Tuchel was officially appointed as Lampard's successor on Tuesday, less than 24 hours ahead of the visit of Wolves.

Chelsea hired Thomas Tuchel as manager on Tuesday on an 18-month contract to replace the fired Frank Lampard. Tuchel, a 47-year-old German, is back in work a month after losing his job at Paris Saint-Germain following a power struggle with the club. In his 2 1/2 years in Paris, he led the team to back-to-back French league titles and the Champions League final last season.

Leeds United burn Newcastle on the counter, as Raphinha slides home a cool finish to give the visitors a deserved lead at St. James' Park.

Tomas Soucek heads home a clever flick from Michail Antonio to draw West Ham level minutes after falling behind to Crystal Palace.

Wilfried Zaha slashes a low shot past Lukasz Fabianski to give Crystal Palace an early advantage over West Ham.