Former Everton and West Bromwich Albion star Salomon Rondon scored a clutch goal in Venezuela’s 2024 Copa America quarterfinal matchup against Canada in Arlington, Texas, on Friday night.

Canada took the 1-0 lead in the first half and came close to taking a 2-0 advantage at various points in the matchup. However, Rondon’s scoring from near the halfway mark on the pitch beat Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau, who was off his line, resulting in the 1-1 score midway through the second half.

SALOMÓN RONDON JUST SCORED THIS AMAZING GOAL FOR VENEZUELA AGAINST CANADA??????

QUE GOLAZOOOO ?????? pic.twitter.com/FK4e1d2XXi

— Roberto Rojas (@RobertoRojas97) July 6, 2024

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When facing a Pep Guardiola side, you can expect that you will spend a lot of the game chasing shadows. Historically he has introduced a possession-based style of play at the sides that he has managed. At City it has been no different, his side have averaged 58% possession in their Premier League games so far – the highest in the division.

Against West Brom they took that to another level, obtaining 70% of the possession throughout the game. They made good use of it too, scoring four goals with no reply from the home side. It affirmed their position at the top of the table.

The West Brom faithful saw the funny side of their mauling. A group of their fans were videoed singing “we’ve got the ball” when they did and “we’ve lost the ball” when they didn’t. Tony Pulis’ side are not necessarily known for creativity on the field, but their fans certainly can’t be accused of lacking it.

Brilliant from the WBA fans. Singing “we’ve got the ball” when in possession then switching to “we’ve lost the ball” when City have it. #WBAFC

A video posted by The Away Fans (@theawayfans) on Oct 29, 2016 at 10:32am PDT

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West Brom want £25m. 

Unsettled West Brom striker Saido Berahino looks increasingly likely to exit the club in the summer, and according to the Daily Mail, Tottenham are in pole position to land the forward – but he’ll cost a whopping £25m.

Spurs and Liverpool have been monitoring the 21-year-old for a while, and were set to battle it out in the January transfer window with offers of around £15m mooted, yet the asking-price has been ramped up by the Baggies.

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The England U21 international has had an unsettled season so far and is fed-up of life in the West Midlands.

Most recently, the 21-year-old has been fined by the club for giving an unauthorised interview last week in which he expressed his yearning to move onto “bigger things”.

This appears to be the final straw for the Albion, with the striker now heading towards a £25m exit from the club in the summer.

With Danny Ings as Liverpool’s primary target at the end of the season, who will demand a significantly lower fee with just one year left on his contract at Burnley, Tottenham can pounce on the West Brom attacker.

The possibility of Berahino lining up alongside Harry Kane is enough to have Spurs believing such a partnership could fire the club to Champions League football.

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Ivorian dup battle for top spot…

In light of the African Cup of Nations semi-final, EuroSport asked Opta to find out who the best African player embrace the Premier League was – with Chelsea striker Didier Drogba beating Yaya Toure to top spot.

There are certainly some blasts from the past on the list…

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10. Joseph Yobo – Everton & Norwich City

The former captain of Nigeria is the country’s record appearance holder, and was David Moyes’ first signing at Everton – remaining at Goodison Park for a decade.

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We take a look at the 10 most boring sides to ever grace the Premier League

With the likes of QPR and Aston Villa uninspiring through their lack of goals each week, here’s a list of the most boring teams to play in the Premier League, as reported by the Telegraph.

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Scoring goals is rather important in football as the following teams found out…

Queens Park Rangers – 2012/13

Loic Remy impressed after he arrived at Loftus Road in 2013 – earning himself a move to Newcastle United and then Chelsea – yet the 28 year old’s goals were too little too late.

Goals scored: 30
Goals per game: 0.79
Top scorer: Loic Rémy – 6
League position: 20th

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The 2014/15 season has seen some hit and miss transfers – the likes of Cesc Fabregas signing for Chelsea and Alexis Sanchez for Arsenal have excelled at their new clubs – yet there have been some shockers…

Now the January transfer window has opened, Premier League clubs are looking to bring in reinforcements and some are in need more than others of some serious new signings.

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Here’s a list of the biggest transfer flops so far in the 2014/15 season featuring some huge disappointments:

Jack Rodwell – Sunderland

Jack Rodwell signed for Sunderland from Manchester City in a £10m move after struggling to even get a place on the bench with the Manchester club. The 23 year-old lost his place in the starting line-up after six games with The Black Cats and has struggled to get in the side since. Gus Poyet now wants Rodwell to step up and prove his worth.

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