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West Ham boss, Sam Allardyce, has hit out at Louis van Gaal and claims Manchester United should have backed David Moyes like the Dutchman. United let slip a two-goal lead for the first time in Premier League when they lost 5-3 to Leicester and recorded the worst Premier League start with only five points in five games under Van Gaal. "A normal United would have regrouped and won 5-3 at Leicester, not lost. You don't expect them to go under like that. Apparently they are in transition," Allardyce told The Sun.

Frank Lampard scored another two goals for Manchester City as his new side disembowelled

Arturo Vidal struck twice as Juventus beat Cesena 3-0 to maintain their impressive start to the new Serie A campaign in a match played at the Juventus Stadium on Wednesday night .

Roma maintained their 100 percent win record in the Italian Serie A, but relinquished their place at the top of the table to Juventus on Wednesday night. It was a busy night in the Italian top flight with eight games and 24 goals scored as Roma, Juventus, Internazionale, Sampdoria and Torino all won.

It was a rather dull Wednesday night in the Spanish La Liga with only eight goals scored across six games that saw Atletico Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Sevilla and Levante pick up wins.

Capital One Cup holders, Manchester City will play Newcastle United in an all-Premier League affair in the fourth round of this season’s League Cup.