Football Blog (Page 136)

[ad_1] Ben Godfrey has discussed his clash with Erling Haaland during Everton’s match with Manchester City, which saw the Norwegian lose his cool. Godfrey started just his second match of the season against Man City, being played alongside James Tarkowski and Conor Coady in a back three. Their efforts were largely focused on containing Haaland, and while the striker scored one goal, he wasn’t able to add to his tally and grew frustrated with his opponents. Godrey in particular seemed to anger Haaland with the Man City player losing his head at one point, directing an outburst at his opposite number. After the match, whichRead More →

[ad_1] The Premier League fixture bandwagon rolls into west London on Monday evening as Brentford host Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium. Thomas Frank’s Bees have picked up where they left off prior to the World Cup, extending their unbeaten run with a point against Tottenham on Boxing Day before downing struggling West Ham at the London Stadium. Liverpool have also hit the ground running, first dispatching Aston Villa on their own turf before earning an unconvincing win over Leicester at Anfield, courtesy of two Wout Faes own goals. Here’s 90min’s preview of their New Year clash. United Kingdom United States Canada Brentford team newsRead More →

[ad_1] Barcelona manager Xavi has insisted he is not concerned by Ansu Fati’s continued struggles for La Blaugrana. The 20-year-old suffered a knee injury in November 2020 and then did not manage a constant run of games until April 2022 after setbacks and further fitness issues continued to plague his young career. Since returning, Fati has bagged nine goals and four assists in 36 games, although he has still faced plenty of criticism for a number of below-average performances this season, the latest of which came in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Espanyol. Fati started the game but was hauled off after a frustrating hour inRead More →

[ad_1] La Liga have rejected criticism from Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior over an alleged lack of protection from racism. Vinicius called out the Spanish officials after Saturday’s victory over Real Valladolid, in which racist chants could be heard from the Valladolid fans, as he argued not enough was being done to punish fans who are found guilty of racism. In response, La Liga president Javier Tebas openly rejected Vinicius’ complaints and put together a lengthy list of evidence of the league’s responses to previous examples of racist abuse. “At La Liga, we have been fighting racism for years,” Tebas wrote. “Vinicius is very unfortunateRead More →

[ad_1] Every completed WSL transfer in the 2023 January window. Credit: 90min.com[ad_2]Read More →

[ad_1] From the AMEX – Arsenal staved off a second-half comeback from Brighton to edge a New Year’s Eve classic and go seven points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table. Bukayo Saka pounced barely a minute into proceedings by lifting into the top corner from close range before Martin Odegaard sent the Gunners into the break with a two-goal advantage, converting from a Saka corner. Eddie Ntekiah had the visitors 3-0 up with a tap in during the 47th minute before Kaoru Mitoma offered Brighton a route back into the game with a calm finish. Gabriel Martinelli shot throughRead More →

[ad_1] Luis Suarez has moved to the fifth different country of his glittering career by signing for Brazilian club Gremio on a two-year contract until the end of 2024. The former Liverpool, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid star will turn 36 next month and endured a disappointing World Cup with Uruguay during which he seemed off the pace and over the hill. But Suarez, who left Europe during the summer of 2022 to return to boyhood club Nacional in Uruguay, has now embarked on a fresh chapter elsewhere in South America. Earlier on Friday, Suarez posted a farewell message to Nacional on social media. “It wasRead More →

[ad_1] Controversial World Cup referee Mateu Lahoz provided more entertainment in his first game back in Spain by presiding over Barcelona’s fiery 1-1 derby draw with Espanyol on Saturday afternoon. Lahoz took charge of three games in Qatar, most notably Argentina’s penalty shootout victory over the Netherlands in the quarter finals, after which he was criticised by Lionel Messi who urged FIFA not to appoint him again because “You can’t use a referee like him for these matches”. He gave out 15 yellow cards and sent off Denzel Dumfries in that World Cup game and he wasted little time in resorting to his pocket inRead More →

[ad_1] When the contract of every current Man City player expires – including Lauren Hemp, Khadija Shaw, Steph Houghton & more. Credit: 90min.com[ad_2]Read More →

[ad_1] Leeds United are close to finalising a deal to sign Maximilian Wober from Red Bull Salzburg, 90min understands. Jesse Marsch first brought Wober to Salzburg back in 2019 on a €12m deal from Sevilla, and the centre-back has gone on to win three Austrian Bundesliga titles at the heart of their defence. Sources have told 90min that Wober is set to undergo a medical with Leeds ahead of a transfer worth roughly £14m. Leeds have one of the Premier League’s worst defensive records this season, while only 20th-placed Norwich City shipped more than them last term. The Whites once again find themselves embroiled inRead More →