brazil has declared three days of national mourning following the death of one of the greatest footballers of all time, pele, who died on thursday aged 82. the premier league fixtures in the coming days will honour him with a minute s applause, whilst the players and match officials will also wear black armbands. pele scored a world record of 1,281 goals in a career that spanned three decades, becoming the only man to win the world cup three times. in his native brazil, where iconic monuments like christ the redeemer in rio were lit up as was the maracana stadium, home of the national football team. fans have also gathered to pay their respects outside the hospital in sao paulo where pele passed away. manchester city manager pep guardiola says the sport has lost an iconic figure. 0ur our biggest condolences for his family and friends and football is football thanks to this type of people, players. ithink
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but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. two premier league games tonight, with football coming together the remember the brazilian legend pele, who died yesterday at the age of 82. players laid flowers at anfield and wore black armbands, whilst a minute s applause is being held at all games this weekend. as for the action, liverpool beat leicester city 2 1 but did it without actually scoring themselves. they went behind on early thanks to kiernan dewsbury hall s effort before leicester defender wout fas had seven minutes he d rather forget. he scored not one but two own goals, becoming only the fourth player in premier league history to do so in the same game. liverpool are up to sixth with four wins in a row, whilst leicester remain four points above the relegation zone. west ham united could slip into the drop zone tomorrow after going down 2 0 at home to brentford, first half goals from ivan toney and josh da
our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. two premier league games tonight, with football coming together to remember the brazilian legend pele, who died yesterday at the age of 82. players laid flowers at anfield and wore black armbands, whilst a minute s applause is being held at all games this weekend. as for the action, liverpool beat leicester city 2 1 but did it without actually scoring themselves. they went behind on early thanks to kiernan dewsbury hall s effort before leicester defender wout fas had seven minutes he d rather forget. he scored not one but two own goals, becoming only the fourth player in premier league history to do so in the same game. liverpool are up to sixth with four wins in a row. leicester remain four points above the relegation zone. west ham united could slip into the drop zone tomorrow after going down 2 0 at home to brentford, first half goals from ivan toney and josh da silva.