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Fireworks Expected when On-form Harry Kane and Bayern Meet Exciting Frankfurt

Bayern's Harry Kane, right, with teammates applaud their fans after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Pafos FC and FC Bayern Munich at Alphamega stadium in Limassol, Cyprus, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Bayern's Harry Kane, right, with teammates applaud their fans after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Pafos FC and FC Bayern Munich at Alphamega stadium in Limassol, Cyprus, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Fireworks Expected when On-form Harry Kane and Bayern Meet Exciting Frankfurt

Bayern's Harry Kane, right, with teammates applaud their fans after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Pafos FC and FC Bayern Munich at Alphamega stadium in Limassol, Cyprus, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Bayern's Harry Kane, right, with teammates applaud their fans after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Pafos FC and FC Bayern Munich at Alphamega stadium in Limassol, Cyprus, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Expect goals when the most on-form striker in European soccer meets an opponent whose every game is a goal-fest.

Bayern Munich and Harry Kane — who has 17 goals in nine club games this season — take on Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday in the Bundesliga.

Second-placed Borussia Dortmund faces third-placed Leipzig as they compete to be Bayern's closest rival, The Associated Press reported.

Key matchups Bayern has won every game it's played this season but hasn't won in Frankfurt since 2022. Win or lose, Frankfurt is always entertaining. Its eight games in all competitions have yielded a total of 47 goals — almost six per game — after a 6-4 win last week over Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Dortmund is two points off the top and the only undefeated team except for Bayern as it prepares to host Leipzig on Saturday. Leipzig has recovered from losing 6-0 to Bayern on the opening day and won four in a row since.

Kasper Hjulmand hasn't lost any of his first five games as coach of Bayer Leverkusen but the team still hasn't found its rhythm. Tightening up a defense which has conceded in each of those games could be key against Union Berlin on Saturday.

Players to watch Kane's goals grab the attention but Michael Olise's contribution to Bayern has been almost as important. A goal and two assists in Bayern's 5-1 win over Pafos on Tuesday kept up Olise's run of either scoring or setting up a goal in each of his Bundesliga and Champions League games this season.

Nicolas Jackson finally scored in his fifth game for Bayern on Tuesday, his first goal since arriving from Chelsea on loan. With Kane in such strong form, the Senegal striker's chances to make an impact have been limited.

Can Uzun is Frankfurt's key player with five goals and three assists in five Bundesliga games as the 19-year-old attacking midfielder starts to fulfil his potential.

Who’s out Leverkusen will be without striker Patrik Schick for the first time in the Bundesliga this season. He has a hamstring injury and missed Wednesday's 1-1 draw with PSV Eindhoven.

Mainz goalkeeper Robin Zentner misses his team's game with Hamburger SV on Sunday as he serves the first game of a two-game ban. Zentner was red-carded for a reckless foul on Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi last week.

Off the field Last-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach is winless and drifting. Caretaker coach Eugen Polanski is heading into his third game in charge on Sunday against Freiburg. That's as many as Gerardo Seoane managed before he was fired last month.

Gladbach sporting director Roland Virkus resigned on Tuesday and the club has said it will sort out the director role before appointing a coach.

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Bellingham and Foden Back in England Squad 

Football - Euro 2024 - Round of 16 - England v Slovakia - Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany - June 30, 2024 England's Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham in action. (Reuters)
Football - Euro 2024 - Round of 16 - England v Slovakia - Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany - June 30, 2024 England's Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham in action. (Reuters)
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Bellingham and Foden Back in England Squad 

Football - Euro 2024 - Round of 16 - England v Slovakia - Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany - June 30, 2024 England's Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham in action. (Reuters)
Football - Euro 2024 - Round of 16 - England v Slovakia - Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany - June 30, 2024 England's Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham in action. (Reuters)

England head coach Thomas Tuchel recalled Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham and Manchester City's Phil Foden when naming his squad on Friday for next week's World Cup qualifiers at home to Serbia and away against Albania.

Both players missed out last time as England sealed their passage to next year's finals in North America with two games to spare following a 5-0 victory over Latvia.

There was no place once again for Everton winger Jack Grealish despite his impressive start to the season and Tuchel also overlooked Brighton & Hove Albion's veteran striker Danny Welbeck who has scored six Premier League goals this season.

In all, Tuchel has made six changes to his last squad in October with Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly and Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins the most notable absentees.

There was a first call-up for Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott, while Manchester City full back Nico O'Reilly, who replaced the injured Reece James in the last squad, retains his place. Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton also returns.

The 22-year-old Bellingham's absence from the last squad was a major talking point as Tuchel said he wanted to reward the players who had impressed him in qualifying wins against Andorra and Serbia in September.

Bellingham struggled with injuries at the start of the campaign and was only just back from a shoulder problem when Tuchel named his last squad. He has scored three goals in his last four appearances for Real Madrid though.

Foden has also returned to form with Manchester City after struggling last season and scored twice in the Champions League win against Borussia Dortmund this week.

Bournemouth's Channel Islands-born Scott has been one of the stand-out players in the south-coast club's great start to the season and was selected ahead of the likes of Morgan Gibbs-White and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

England have a 100% record in Group K and face third-placed Serbia on Thursday and then Albania, who are second, on Sunday.

Squad: Goalkeepers - Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle United)

Defenders - Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City)

Midfielders - Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Alex Scott (Bournemouth), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace) Forwards - Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

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Slot Urges Patience as Isak Returns to Training with Liverpool

Liverpool's manager Arne Slot brings in Milos Kerkez during the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Liverpool's manager Arne Slot brings in Milos Kerkez during the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Slot Urges Patience as Isak Returns to Training with Liverpool

Liverpool's manager Arne Slot brings in Milos Kerkez during the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Liverpool's manager Arne Slot brings in Milos Kerkez during the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Alexander Isak will return to Liverpool training on Friday ahead of this weekend's showdown against Manchester City but manager Arne Slot has pleaded for patience with the club's record signing.

Isak, who signed in September from Newcastle for a British-record fee of £125 million ($164 million), has not played since coming off at half-time of the Champions League win in Frankfurt last month.

"He will train for the first time today with the team again, after being three weeks out," Slot said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

"I know that I said three weeks ago that his pre-season has ended so now it's time for us to see where he is.

"But I have to come back to those words, because if you are three weeks only with the rehab, that doesn't bring you back to the levels he was three weeks ago."

Swedish international Isak has played just eight games for his new club since arriving at Anfield on transfer deadline day, and is yet to score a Premier League goal.

Slot said Isak, 26, would need time to get match fit.

"You cannot compare rehab with games of football or training sessions with the team," said the Dutchman.

"As much as we try to replicate it, that's simply not possible. So, again I have to say, give him some time."

Slot also said he expects goalkeeper Alisson Becker to be available again immediately after the international window that follows the match with City.

City and Liverpool have dominated English football over the past decade but this year both clubs are playing catch-up with Arsenal, who are six points clear of Pep Guardiola's second-placed team.

Champions Liverpool are a further point behind after a win against Aston Villa last week ended a four-match losing run.

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Manchester United Out for Redemption in Clash with Tottenham, Says Yoro 

Leny Yoro. (Getty Images)
Leny Yoro. (Getty Images)
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Manchester United Out for Redemption in Clash with Tottenham, Says Yoro 

Leny Yoro. (Getty Images)
Leny Yoro. (Getty Images)

For Leny Yoro and his teammates, Manchester United's game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday will not just be another Premier League fixture -- it’s a chance to rewrite the narrative that began with heartbreak in last season’s Europa League final.

United's season, already their worst in the Premier League, hit a new low with their 1-0 defeat to Spurs in that final in Bilbao that denied them a spot in this season's Champions League.

"Everyone knows what happened in the final, so I think this game can be a good game for us to prove that maybe the final (could have had) another result," Yoro told reporters.

The 19-year-old center-back, who joined United amid high expectations, admitted the loss was a bitter pill to swallow, but added that it had a faint silver lining in that their lighter schedule has allowed much-needed training time.

"Of course everyone wants to play Champions League," Yoro said. "(But) we have one game a week now, so I think it helped us a little bit to work more on the things that were not good last year. We have more time to work now."

United head into the weekend unbeaten in four consecutive games and sit eighth, two points behind second-placed Manchester City, in a congested Premier League table.

"We’re still in good momentum," Yoro said. "This game against Tottenham will be important for us... to be (around) the top of the league."

Despite the sting of last season’s 15th-place finish, Yoro said he never doubted his decision to join United from French club Lille in the 2024 close season. "I never had this feeling of regret," he said.

The extra training time this season has included adapting to tactical tweaks under manager Ruben Amorim, who frequently rotates his center-backs.

"We get used to it now," Yoro said. "It’s not a problem for us."

He has also taken on extra defensive responsibility, with the attack-minded Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo in front of him on the right-hand side.

"When I play with Amad and Bryan, I know that Amad likes to attack a lot," Yoro said. "It's good for me also to have two guys in front that can really attack. I'm here also to help them to have the freedom to attack and stay at the back to protect."

Yoro credited the club’s culture shift for helping foster a more unified dressing room.

"We don’t want any bad things in the team," he said. "So, be focused on the team, don't do any drama. Speak with everyone, have a good relation. We cannot build something with bad energy or bad atmosphere or bad characters. I think the club is doing well with this."

The defender is determined to help guide United back into Europe this season.

"When you’re in Manchester United, you need to play in Europe," he said. "It’s really important for us this year to achieve this, and this is in the mind of everyone."