Former Juventus forward, Daniele Adani, has said that Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo should be content with a substitute role after his side's 6-1 World Cup last-16 win over Switzerland on Tuesday.
Since then, he has featured only as a substitute in the first two matches, playing 23 minutes Crystal Palace and for the final moments against Brighton.
But Toulouse substitute Frank Magri's 76th-minute goal proved to be the winner after Cristian Casseres' own goal in the 74th minute had halved the French side's lead following strikes by Aron Donnum (36) and Thijs Dallinga (58).
Al Nassr crushed Inter Miami 6-0 as injury ruled Cristiano Ronaldo out of a much-hyped showdown with Lionel Messi, who was limited to a late substitute appearance in Thursday's friendly in Riyadh.
He last featured as a 57th-minute substitute for Willian in the Blues 3-1 defeat of BATE Borisov in a Europa League game on October 25 at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea's celebrations looked set to dampened when Hornets substitute Stefano Okaka converted from close range. But substitute Cesc Fabregas scuffed in a late winner to spark joyous scenes among the home fans.
While with the Eagles, the 25-year-old made two substitute appearances in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Osimhen came off the bench to score the second goal as Nigeria beat Benin Republic 3-0.
But despite their dominance at the City Ground, with Mikel Arteta's side having 74 per cent possession and 19 shots, Forest forced a nervy finish as substitute Taiwo Awoniyi pulled one back in the 89th minute.
However, Sergio Ramos' penalty (42) restored the visitors' advantage before substitute Gareth Bale rounded off the victory after the break (74) - with Teye Thomas then seeing red for a second bookable offence (80).
The 1-1 draw led both sides to a penalty shoot-out, only for former Poland skipper Jakob Blaszczykowski to see his effort saved with Portugal advancing courtesy of a 5-3 success as substitute Ricardo Quaresma struck the winning penalty.
Substitute Giroud sealed victory late on with a header. Stoke, who have not won at Arsenal since 1981, rarely looked like scoring, Joselu going closest with a shot at Petr Cech.
Struggling Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for a 2-2 home draw against a revived Wolverhampton Wanderers side after a late strike by substitute Jørgen Strand Larsen in an entertaining Premier League clash on Sunday.
Twenty-two years to the day since substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored a late winner to seal a United comeback that beat Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth round, the now-manager watched as substitute Bruno Fernandes scored a late winner to seal
Senegal midfielder Gueye fired home from just outside the box at a packed Parc des Princes and substitute Julian Draxler wrapped it up late to put the capital side on 24 points, 10 ahead of second-placed Marseille who host Lens on Sunday and
Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick has defended his decision to substitute Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese showed his disappointment at being hauled off during his side's 3-1 win at Brentford.