‘Take the ball, pass the ball’ is not just the name of the Netflix documentary dedicated to Barcelona’s explosive 4 years under Pep Guardiola but also the ethos which identify their playing style. The same characteristics were on full display as Barca scored their 4th goal against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final …
Lionel Messi waited for the opposition players to get tired in the second half before he started his usual routine and scored two goals as Barcelona won the Copa Del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao. His first on the night was just pure art. The only way to describe it would be that it was …
Harry Kane took full advantage of Everton’s costly mistakes at the back as Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 at Goodison Park. The centre-back duo of Michael Keane and Mason Holgate produced horrible defensive errors on either side of Gylfi Sigurdsson’s brace as it turned to be another night of lost causes for both sides. The Icelandic …
Everyone loves a class act in the beautiful game. Football is played by most professional footballers to help earn a living for their families at any cost, but the odd story of a brilliant gesture ends up stealing the world’s attention and respect. Such an instance of a class act has cropped up of late …
When Manchester United signed Paul Pogba for a record transfer fee for any player in football history back in 2016, the return of the prodigal son was supposed to be celebratory and successful. The Frenchman was returning to the club from Juventus in exchange for a fee of £89m after leaving on a free five …
Footballers have been taking a knee before every match as a gesture of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, but there has been a fair share of controversy around the gesture over recent months. Crystal Palace forward Wilfred Zaha has refused to take a knee before games any longer, and the controversy tipped over …
It has been nothing short of an excellent start to life at West Ham United for Jesse Lingard. The midfielder on loan from Manchester United has scored eight times and recorded three assists in his first nine games for the East London outfit, a major contrast from the form that the Englishman was in for …
Manchester United qualified to the UEFA Europa League semi-finals on aggregate after they emerged 2-0 winners against Granada in the second leg of their quarter-final tie. An Edinson Cavani strike and a Jesus Vallejo own goal confirmed qualification for Man Utd at Old Trafford, progressing to the next stage of the competition after a 2-0 …
Racially abused Glen Kamara took to Twitter to show his appreciation for the defeat that Arsenal had managed to inflict on Slavia Prague as the Rangers player hit the heart icon on a tweet from the official Gunners account following the Europa League fixture last night. With Glen Kamara being a former Gooner, one could …
Tottenham Hotspur’s partnership with Dulux got off to a rough start as the official Twitter account for the paints company trolled the club within half an hour of the announcement. Spurs revealed on Thursday morning about a new sponsorship the club had achieved with paints giant Dulux as the north London outfit exhibited their first-ever …
Liverpool midfielder Gini Wijnaldum became the latest black footballer to get racially abused on social media. A frustrated minority vented their anger following the second leg quarter-final match against Real Madrid. Liverpool bowed out of the Champions League as a goalless draw at Anfield meant that Los Blancos progressed to the tournament’s semi-final stage due …
Real Madrid progressed to the semi-finals of this season’s edition of the UEFA Champions League, after they played out a stalemate against Liverpool in the second leg of the quarter-final tie at Anfield last night. The match finished goalless on the night, but it was the thirteen-time champions of Europe’s elite continental competition who progressed …
What happens when a €222 million-worth unstoppable force meets an €80 million-worth immovable object? Well, there’s a good chance that you end up getting a contest of epic proportions. And that’s exactly what fans witnessed as Neymar and Lucas Hernandez battled it out in one of the most exciting games of football this season. It …
In a largely uneventful match, Mehdi Taremi scored a stunning overhead kick goal but it was Chelsea who advanced to the semi-finals of the 20/21 edition of the UEFA Champions League courtesy of their first-leg win at Porto. It was a feisty affair at the Bridge last night with a whopping 34 fouls taking place …
A trio of Liverpool players feature in a new advertisement for Egypt-based Bank of Alexandria (AlexBank) and it might just be the best thing you see on the internet today. Reds forward Mohamed Salah along with midfielders Jordan Henderson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can be seen showing off their best acting skills in a new Egyptian …
Granit Xhaka showed his immense leadership qualities as the official Arsenal YouTube channel dropped some new footage from the 3-0 win against Sheffield United on Sunday. Tainted history It was back in October 2019 when Granit Xhaka’s relationship with the Arsenal faithful reached an all-time low. The Swiss was booed off the pitch as Unai …
Cameras caught Son Heung-min blanking out Jose Mourinho as the Spurs forward gave his manager silent treatment after the full-time whistle at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tottenham’s woes under Jose Mourinho continue to rise as the north London outfit failed to hold on to an early lead and lost 3-1 against Manchester United. Luck (read: VAR) …