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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag bluntly questioned a lack of ‘passion’ and ‘desire’ from his team in their Europa League defeat at the hands of Sevilla on Thursday night. United, having already thrown away a 2-0 lead late in the first leg because of two own goals, made a disastrous start when Youssef En-Nesyri capitalised on a poor pass from David de Gea to Harry Maguire under pressure. Loic Bade scored Sevilla’s second at a corner, before En-Nesyri was gifted his second and Sevilla’s third by a catastrophic mis-control from De Gea miles from goal. But across the 90 minutes at the hostile RamonRead More →

Liverpool can continue their late push for a European place against Nottingham Forest this weekend. The Reds are nearing the end of a terrible season in which they have underperformed in every competition they have partaken in, one year on from nearly winning an unprecedented quadruple. Jurgen Klopp’s team return to Anfield to host a Nottingham Forest side who have won just once on the road all season, sitting bottom of the Premier League away table with six points from 15 games. Steve Cooper’s Forest are back in a rut and have slipped into the bottom three with just seven games remaining. Here’s everything youRead More →

With the bombshell news that Juventus’ 15-point deduction has been overturned, the complexion of the Serie A table has taken a very sudden turn. Napoli are still streaking away to the title, that remains unchanged, but Juventus’ fortunes have been dramatically altered by the decision to reinstate the points deducted after an investigation was launched into financial irregularities. Juve were accused of false corporate communications, false communications to the stock market and obstruction of watchdog agencies, with many leading figures at the club leaving their positions as a result – former president Andrea Agnelli and club legend Pavel Nedved were among those to walk away.Read More →

Manchester United probably wouldn’t have held on against Arsenal last season. In fact, they didn’t, conceding an equaliser from Stina Blackstenius in a WSL clash at Meadow Park with only 11 minutes left to go – the Gunners were also down to 10 players by then too. That was an all too common theme throughout 2021/22 for Marc Skinner’s team, letting leads slip in the closing stages of games. All told, it happened five times – Everton, Tottenham, West Ham, Manchester City and Arsenal all equalised in the final 15 minutes of games United were ahead in. Those results cost United as many as 10Read More →

The Mexican Football Federation and U.S. Soccer Federations have submitted a bid to co-host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.  The two countries plan to organize the women’s edition of the international tournament immediately after hosting the men’s 2026 World Cup across Mexico, Canada and the United States.  “The United States has always been a global leader for the women’s game, and we would be honored to co-host the world’s premier event for women’s soccer along with Mexico,” said U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone.  “Hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup provides us an incredible opportunity to cap off two historic years of World CupRead More →

Following a week in which: – Real Madrid, as expected, beat Chelsea. – Manchester City, as expected, made another UEFA Champions League semi-final. – Ollie Watkins, as expected, continue to score an outrageous number of goals. 90min‘s Sean Walsh and Jack Gallagher sat down to record the second episode of our new podcast series ‘90min’s Definitive European Power Rankings’ and, yep you guessed it, rank the 10 best teams in Europe right now. LISTEN NOW On this edition of 90min’s Definitive European Power Rankings, part of the 90min podcast network, Sean Walsh and Jack Gallagher discuss the top 10 teams from across the continent after a busy week ofRead More →

Mikel Arteta says he will go onto the pitch if he has to ensure Bukayo Saka steps up to take Arsenal’s next penalty. The 21-year-old missed from the spot against West Ham on Sunday, with his side surrendering their 2-1 advantage minutes later to leave the London Stadium with just a point. Saka has enjoyed a superb season in north London, registering 12 goals and ten assists in 31 Premier League appearances, and is seen by many to be in contention for the Premier League Player of the Year award. Even if Saka doesn’t win the main prize, there’s every chance that he’ll scoop theRead More →

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta sounded downbeat about William Saliba’s injury progress during his pre-match press conference before Friday’s game against Southampton. The Frenchman suffered a back injury in the second leg of the Gunners’ Europa League round of 16 tie with Sporting CP and hasn’t been seen since. A timeline has never been put on when Saliba might return to action, though a picture of him sitting on a training bike alongside Mohamed Elneny offered hope to Arsenal supporters desperate to see him return alongside Gabriel. But speaking to the press, just four days after Arsenal blew a two-goal lead at West Ham to allowRead More →

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva has revealed he expects his side to knock Real Madrid out of the UEFA Champions League. The English champions are through to the semi-finals for a third successive season after eliminating Bayern Munich in the last eight, drawing 1-1 at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night to seal a 4-1 aggregate victory. Awaiting Man City are holders Real Madrid in a rematch of last year’s semi-final. Pep Guardiola’s men prevailed 4-3 at the Etihad Stadium, and had led 1-0 in the return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, Rodrygo scored twice in stoppage time to level the aggregate scores, andRead More →

Arsenal kick-off the next round of Premier League fixtures when they welcome struggling Southampton to the Emirates Stadium on Friday night. The Gunners have started dropping points at the worst time, having let 2-0 leads slip in each of their last two games against Liverpool and West Ham. That has allowed Manchester City to cut the gap at the top of the table to just four points with a game in hand. So Arsenal have the chance to extend that to seven until they meet each other at the Etihad Stadium next week – City are in action in the FA Cup semi-finals this weekendRead More →