Jorginho continues to make the headlines for all the right reasons, in what has been an extraordinary year for him with both club and country. Fresh off being crowned as the UEFA Best Player in Europe for being an integral part of Chelsea’s dominant Champions League win as well as Italy’s EURO 2020 success, the ...
Arsenal laid waste to a West Bromwich Albion XI that had six academy players starting for them with a 6-0 trouncing as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his third hat-trick in the Gunners shirt. Besides the Gabonese’s treble, Bukayo Saka, Nicolas Pepe, and Alexandre Lacazette also found the back of the net in a much-needed result for ...
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting turned up with a seven-goal contribution display as the former Stoke City star scored four and provided three assists in Bayern Munich’s 12-0 thumping of Bremer SV in DFB Pokal. Robert Lewandowski wasn’t playing but that didn’t stop Die Rotten from dismantling their fifth-tier opponents, as Jamal Musiala (brace), Malik Tillman, Leroy ...
The ugly side of football fandom on Twitter reared its ugly head again as Trevoh Chalobah was forced to delete his tweet complimenting Declan Rice following West Ham star’s performance during Hammers’ 4-1 win against Leicester City last night. The 22-year-old Chelsea defender had quoted a tweet from Rice by writing ‘big player’ as the ...
Liverpool fans were left frustrated with Gary Neville comparing Jurgen Klopp’s first 3 years with the Reds to Ole Gunnar Solskajer’s reign at Manchester United on Monday Night Football. The opening segment of the Sky Sports programme measured both the manager’s achievement after 99 games in the Premier League, with the net spend figure towards ...
Manchester United fans reckon there are more pressing needs than buying a £150m striker as Gary Neville urged his former side to acquire the services of the Tottenham Hotspur player instead of City. While speaking on Monday Night Football, Neville suggested that United need to be going the ‘extra mile’ in the transfer window by ...
It was a scene of pure mayhem at the Allianz Riviera last night as Nice fans invaded the pitch after Marseille players retaliated to being hit by water bottles and other objects. The commotion started when Dimitri Payet was hurt by a missile from fans. The former West Ham star went down to the ground ...
It is certainly not a good time to be an Arsenal fan. The club has spent more than £100m on transfers this summer already but the team continues to falter on the field. The Gunners opened the league with two defeats and no goals for the first time in their history as Mikel Arteta’s side ...
One doesn’t very often get to see a referee acknowledge his mistake during the match, at least not in top-level football. But a Danish referee seemingly went against the grain and has perhaps delivered the most wholesome moment we’ll see this season. A match official became visibly distraught as he sank to the ground after ...
It turned out to be one of if not the moment of the match as Kostas Tsimikas battled two Burnley players and came out with the ball in the 89th minute of Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Burnley. The Greek left-back had Anfield on its feet with his battling display and was soon given a standing ...
It’s beyond frustrating when one of your favourite footballers leaves the club. The frustration becomes even more painful when you find out that the old kit with the said player’s name has now been rendered obsolete. Lots of Aston Villa fans suffered the same fate when Jack Grealish moved to Manchester City in a £100m ...
Huddersfield Town fans have taken their rivalry with Leeds United to a new low as they sang an anti-Marcelo Bielsa song last night. A group of Terriers supporters indulged themselves in some petty nastiness, as they were caught on camera calling Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa a ‘paedo’ in a sickening new chant. The incident ...
Two of the greatest tacticians of their generation locked horns as the new Premier League season saw its first end-to-end game during the 2-2 draw between Leeds United and Everton. Both sets of players showed passion and desire to get all 3 points as the game was in full battle mode since the first whistle, ...
Memphis Depay showed raw hunger for goals as he slammed a close-range missile to put Barcelona level in their 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao. Already a key man for Barca, Depay drove with intent after collecting a pass from Sergi Roberto and smashed a left-footed shot past Julen Agirrezabala in the Bilbao net. The Dutchman’s ...
Football fans who tuned in to watch the Sky Sports programme Gillette Soccer Saturday were in for a surprise as Michael Dawson called one of Leeds United’s fan-favourites a Liverpool player during the show. Former-footballer-turned-pundit Dawson had a huge brain fart moment live on air as he said – ‘Raphinha for Liverpool is a joy ...
It was a pulsating encounter at Elland Road as Leeds United came back from behind twice in the game to make it 2-2 against Everton. With 17 shots attempted each, it was perhaps the game of the season so far as Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s penalty opened the scoring before Mateusz Klich levelled in the first half. ...
Danny Ings produced an early ‘goal of the season contender’ with a sensational bicycle kick goal against Newcastle United. It was a reasonably comfortable win for Aston Villa as they defeated Newcastle 2-0 after Anwar El Ghazi added a second from the spot in the second half. Though, it was Danny Ings’ overhead kick goal ...
