Today, we will be taking a comprehensive look at how the COVID-19 pandemic affected football activities globally. (The cancellation of some leagues, the postponement of some matches, footballers’ contracts, who contracted the disease; who passed on, who recovered, new football rules, the forced playoffs, the untimely champions, the premature relegations, the restart, how footballers helped […]
Manchester City this evening put to bed a remarkable, unwanted streak spanning over two decades, after securing a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Huddersfield. Pep Guardiola’s free-scoring Citizens travelled to the Kirklees Stadium on the back of a scintillating run of form, having picked up wins in all but one of their matches across all competitions […]
Liverpool 1 – Chelsea 1 In the end it was honours even at Anfield on Saturday night. After a goalless first half, Liverpool broke the deadlock through their Egyptian star Mohamed Salah. It was Salah’s tenth of the season, and he’s the leading goalscorer in the Premier League. Chelsea snatched a point in the final […]
HUDDERSFIELD, England — Three thoughts on Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Huddersfield, as Raheem Sterling helped the league leaders come from behind. 1. Sterling helps Man City get there in the end Manchester City are laying waste to the Premier League, but they won’t have many tougher nights than this. Trailing Huddersfield at half-time through […]
MILAN (Reuters) – AS Roma were denied their 13th successive away league win after their veteran midfielder Daniele De Rossi gave away a needless penalty and was sent off in a 1-1 draw at Genoa on Sunday. Unbeaten Napoli returned to the top of Serie A with a 1-0 win at Udinese, their 12th win […]
David Unsworth issued an apology to Everton’s fans after Sunday’s woeful 4-1 Premier League loss at Southampton. The Toffees were thrashed 5-1 by Atalanta in the Europa League on Thursday and a bad week got worse at St Mary’s Stadium, where Gylfi Sigurdsson’s stunning equaliser provided a rare bright spot for the visitors. Charlie Austin’s double […]
Maurizio Sarri slammed the pitch at the Dacia Arena, but was pleased Napoli got the win over Udinese by “proving we can win ugly.” Jorginho scored the only goal, on the rebound from a parried penalty, for a 1-0 result that recaptures top spot from Inter. “We used to struggle more in previous years during games like […]
Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane is open to joining Manchester United, according to Don Balon. What’s the word? The France international was linked with a switch to Old Trafford in the summer, but a move failed to materialise. Instead, the 24-year-old’s deal at the Bernabeu was extended by five years. However, Don Balon states that Varane feels under-appreciated […]
The club, from Belarus, won their 12th consecutive league title after an Aguero-like injury time winner on Sunday BATE Borisov have won their 12th consecutive Belarusian league title on Sunday, thanks to a 96th-minute winner! BATE began the day top of the league table by two points but fell 3-1 behind to Gorodeya, giving hope to […]
At some point, their luck was bound to run out. No Premier League team has conceded more shots than Burnley this season, but few have defended their goalmouth better. For more than 90 minutes of this visit from Arsenal, it was much the same story, with Sean Dyche’s side putting in a typical display of dogged but rarely […]