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[ad_1] Constantine Hatzidakis, the assistant referee who was briefly stood down from duty for an alleged elbow on Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson, will be back assisting VAR on Saturday. Hatzidakis was accused of striking Robertson as he shrugged off being confronted by the Liverpool player as both were walking off the pitch at half-time during the Premier League clash between the Reds and Arsenal at Anfield earlier this month. The FA investigated the matter, with Hatzidakis cleared of wrongdoing. He has also since apologised directly to Robertson for what happened. But rather than be thrown straight into a Premier League game, where the spotlight isRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester City’s resurgence this season has proven that Gareth Taylor and his side are capable of overseeing a re-build on the job. Coming into this season, City undertook some drastic changes. The departures of Keira Walsh, Caroline Weir and Georgia Stanway to Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively gutted their midfield. Lucy Bronze went to Barcelona, while Ellen White, Jill Scott and Karen Bardsley retired. The massive overhaul came with a lot of questions. After all, City were losing many key players in the dressing room and most of the seven new arrivals had come from overseas league and were playing in EnglandRead More →

[ad_1] The Portland Timbers grabbed just their second win of the season with a 4-1 thumping over rival Seattle Sounders at Providence Park as goals by Dairon Asprilla, Nathan Fogaca, Jaroslaw Niezgoda, and Juan Mosquera gave the Timbers all three points.  Head coach Gio Savarese was excited about his team’s performance during his postmatch conference, hailing Asprilla’s goal specifically. “The energy that we got after Asprilla’s amazing goal – that was I think the moment that took the team to a different level,” Savarese said. “And then we finished very, very strong. Very good. I mean, one of the best finishes I would say thatRead More →

[ad_1] Gameweek 31 in the Premier League season felt like a rather important one. Arsenal dropped points in the title race. Leeds United continued to sink like a stone. And Aston Villa proved themselves to be genuine top four contenders. After all that fun, here’s 90min’s team of the week: Current Premier League table, top scorers & upcoming fixtures Eberechi Eze is in superb form for Crystal Palace / Sebastian Frej/MB Media/GettyImages GK – Emiliano Martinez – The World Cup winner was once again in top form at the weekend, keeping a clean sheet against high-flying Newcastle United thanks to a few great saves. RBRead More →

[ad_1] Another week, another football club in crisis. This time, however, we’ve decided to scour the continent instead of just the Premier League for the ‘crisis club’. The club we found? Punch-drunk Bayern Munich: What’s the crisis? Out of DFB-Pokal at the hands of Frieburg. Thumped by Manchester City 3-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final. Trying their very best to not win the Bundesliga with a rather disastrous draw with Hoffenheim at the weekend. Read the latest Champions League news here Oh, and their big-money replacement for Robert Lewandowski was suspended by the club for literally punching another player afterRead More →

[ad_1] Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has called on the Reds to follow up Monday night’s 6-1 thrashing of Leeds in the Premier League with a consistent run of performances and results that could still give them a chance of finishing the season in the top four. Jurgen Klopp’s side stayed eighth after the win, their first since hammering Manchester United 7-0 at the start of March, and are nine points behind fourth place Newcastle with eight games left. On only one occasion this season have Liverpool put together more than two Premier League wins in a row. Even then, their four successive wins in NovemberRead More →

[ad_1] Real Madrid have released an extraordinary video attempting to disarm claims from Barcelona president Joan Laporta that they were ‘the club of the regime’. Laporta hit out at Los Blancos during Monday’s press conference to explain Barça’s involvement in the Negreira case. Barcelona are alleged to have paid former referee chief Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira for analysis and information on match officials, with Spanish authorities charging the club with ‘continuous sporting corruption’. UEFA have also opened an investigation of their own and could ban Barça from entering the Champions League. But at a long-awaited press conference, Laporta suggested that it was Real Madrid whoRead More →

[ad_1] 90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… Declan Rice has his eyes set on a move to Arsenal this summer. The West Ham captain has most recently been linked with Newcastle, while the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United have held an interest in recent years. (TalkSPORT) Another midfielder likely to be on the move this summer is out-of-contract Manchester City star Ilkay Gundogan, with Barcelona confident of bringing him to Camp Nou on a free transfer. (The Times) Kyle Walker could also be on his way out of Manchester City, with Aston Villa lining up aRead More →

[ad_1] Trent Alexander-Arnold registered the 50th Premier League assist of his career during Liverpool’s 6-1 victory over Leeds on Monday night. The England right back, known as one of the most creative players in world football, has endured a difficult season alongside most of his Reds teammates but was on top form for the trip to Elland Road. Alexander-Arnold teed up Cody Gakpo for his first assist of the night and brought up his half century in second half injury time, sending a lob over the top for substitute Darwin Nunez to convert. Those were the first and last goals of the night, with DiogoRead More →

[ad_1] MLS week eight was filled to the brim with lopsided blowouts and exciting stoppage time goals. Teams and players finally get settled into the weekly grind of the season; The defending is more intense and the attacking play is much more fluid. The five players on the list represent the fruits of that week-to-week grind. Their performances on the pitch show that they stood head and toes above the rest. Here are the top five players from week eight… Jeremy Ebobisse’s two goals led the San Jose Earthquakes to victory over Sporting KC. / Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports San Jose Earthquakes forward Jeremy EbobisseRead More →