Football is perhaps the most marketable sport in the world. The players involved become superstars, the jerseys and boots they sport become iconic, and even certain referees find themselves in the spotlight. A crucial aspect of what makes teams tick is the managers, some coaches even hold the capability of transforming a player’s career. Yet, they ...
With the current football season coming to a close soon, football fans would be on the lookout for a change of threads for the new season. There is nothing like the feeling of donning the new home kit of the club one supports. It is a tradition, especially for fans who are geographically distant from ...
A seven-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium was just what the doctor ordered for a Champions League semi-final. A complete end-to-end game saw Manchester City get the better of European royalty, Real Madrid by just a one-goal margin. Down by two goals in the first twenty minutes, Los Blancos were caught off guard by City’s ...
Kits leaks and rumours for plenty of Europe’s top clubs have been out in the wild for quite some time now, including the ones for English Champions Manchester City. Going by these reports, the Cityzens’ home will look to combine the traditional blue with an ‘intense red’ shade. As for the third kit, it will display ...
Following a narrow scoreline in the first leg of the UCL Quarter-Finals, the tie was still up for grabs for both Man City and Atletico Madrid in the second leg on Wednesday. The English side led 1-0 on aggregate after Kevin De Bruyne sent them ahead during the first leg. With Atletico opting to park ...
Sunday night’s blockbuster clash between Liverpool and Manchester City provided further evidence towards its claim atop the list of the fiercest rivalries in Premier League history. An end to end affair, as these games usually are, saw Liverpool equalize twice. City, on the other hand, missed a host of chances, including a last-minute chipped attempt from ...
Liverpool vs Manchester City truly is a one of a kind matchup. Not only do you have two of the best managers in the world at the helm of each side, but also some of the best players in the world. Liverpool are perhaps the only side in world football that can match up to the ...
Air banners have been an attractive part of football fan culture for many years now, which have been used to either express joy or as a sign of protest. In 2007, Jerzy Dudek thanked Liverpool fans for the support following his move to Real Madrid by flying a banner over the red side of Merseyside ...
Sunday night’s blockbuster clash between Man City and Liverpool was undoubtedly the most anticipated tie this season in the Premier League. With just a point separating the two teams, the feeling was that City were the more disadvantaged going into the game. Going into the December break in 2021, it looked like Pep Guardiola’s men ...
Manchester City has been sitting comfortably at the top of the Premier League for some time now, after making the most of Chelsea’s injury crisis in November/December 2021. There are no questions asked about their football skill, having been Premier League champions for the most part of the 2011-2021 decade. With consecutive win counts like ...
Long gone are the days wherein the Manchester Reds would battle it out with the Gunners on the last day of the season to earn the title of ‘the Champions of England’. There are new kings in town, and the status quo has been apparent for the past 3 years at least. Every time Liverpool and ...
When the UCL Quarter Final draws were made, Man City’s pairing with Atletico Madrid anticipated a conflict of styles in many ways. On one hand, there is City who are known for its possession-based game and is coached by Pep Guardiola who popularized the ‘tiki-taka’ system of fast build-up play using the acquired possession. On ...
Much has been said of the latest generation of footballers, mostly along the lines of criticism regarding the time they spend on social media. Commercials, sponsorships, even apology letters, the modern footballer does it all, and the veterans don’t love it. Just look up a classic Roy Keane rant, filled with terms such as “lazy”, “soft”, ...
Jack Grealish signed for Premier League Giants Manchester City at the start of the 2020/21 season for £100 million from his boyhood club Aston Villa, thus making him the most expensive English player in the world. It has been a great 10-12 months for him as Grealish also helped in taking his national team to ...
Friendlies are often fun prospects offering a chance for teams to try out new approaches or throw in some youngsters. Be it at the club or international level, the expectation remains the same, a low-key affair that hopefully doesn’t tread into the mundane territory. However, referees, as they so often do, can play spoilsport and hamper ...
Rarely do fans have the luck of witnessing a title-winning goal right at the death of a match, let alone one that defines a player’s career, and a football club’s future. Such is the case of the iconic ’93:20′ goal scored by Manchester City legend, Sergio Aguero. A mere mention sets the scene, the pass ...
Sunday’s Manchester Derby was always going to be a difficult game for United given the gulf in quality between the two sides. The rivalry between the cross-town neighbours exists now more on paper, as in its barest form the derby is between one side who are the defending champions and league leaders and the other ...
