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[ad_1] Liverpool will look to build on their emphatic win against Manchester United last weekend when they take on a struggling Bournemouth side in the Premier League on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side are enjoying a return to Premier League form recently and many feel that they still have a great chance of making it into the top four at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United. Bournemouth come into this one bottom of the Premier League table pn goal difference and they are many people’s favourites to stay there, or at least to remain in the bottom three. Here is all you need toRead More →

[ad_1] The 2023 Leagues Cup tournament will see 15 groups with Major League Soccer and Liga MX teams compete in a ‘World Cup-style’ competition from July 21 to August 19.  For the first time ever, all teams from both leagues will compete in the month-long event.  The groups each contain three teams, and stand divided by four different regions: West (three groups), Central (four groups), South (four groups) and East (four groups). The reigning MLS and Liga MX champions will not participate in the group stage and advance directly to the knockout round of 32. The competition’s top three finishers will qualify for the 2024Read More →

[ad_1] Bayern Munich youngster Jamal Musiala thought he was going to land himself a match-worn Lionel Messi shirt following Wednesday’s Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain. Musiala impressed in the match at the Allianz Arena as Bayern won 2-0 on the night, progressing 3-0 on aggregate after also winning the first leg in Paris and getting into the quarter-finals for the 11th time in 12 seasons. But the 20-year-old, who had seen teammate Alphonso Davies come away with Messi’s shirt in the reverse fixture, wanted an additional souvenir. Having been replaced before the end, Musiala was seen at the final whistle gesturing to the seven-timeRead More →

[ad_1] Arsenal found it tough going against Sporting CP in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie on Thursday night – giving up a first half lead and then having to equalise themselves. The Gunners will remain narrow favourites to progress to the last eight of the competition thanks to home advantage in the second leg, which effectively now makes the tie a one-off game. The Europa League could provde Arsenal with their first European trophy in 29 years, but there remains so much else also to play for this season with a first Premier League title in 19 years also veryRead More →

[ad_1] Kieran Tierney has become a target for a number of Premier League clubs in recent weeks, with 90min reporting that Newcastle United and Leicester City are both keen admirers of the player. With play time being limited by the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko in the summer, it may be the right time for the full-back to leave the Emirates Stadium. But what do Arsenal fans think of the rumours? Well, we’ve enlisted Harry Symeou, host of 90min’s ‘The Chronicles of a Gooner‘ podcast to give his thoughts. On this edition of The Chronicles of a Gooner, part of the 90min podcast network, Harry Symeou discusses theRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has described centre-back Lisandro Martinez as ‘sublime’ in the way that he defends and is keen to continue working with the Argentine for a ‘long time’. Ten Hag has already managed Martinez for nearly four years, having been in charge at Ajax when the Dutch giants paid €7m to Argentine club Defensa y Justicia in the summer of 2019. Martinez quickly became a regular for Ajax, playing extensively in the Champions League during his time in Amsterdam, and was sold on to United in a deal worth up to £57m just two months after Ten Hag swapped theRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea will face Leicester on Saturday afternoon full of a new feeling – optimism. The Blues have won two games in a row for the first time in five months, with that second victory coming in emphatic fashion against a high-flying Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek. Their positivity isn’t shared by Leicester, whose recent defeat to fellow strugglers Southampton has ramped up the pressure on Brendan Rodgers. The Foxes are just two points and one bad set of results away from dropping back into the relegation zone. Here’s all you need to know about this one. Leicester vs Chelsea H2H ResultsRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea right-back Reece James has confessed he was nearly let go by the Blues as a teenager. James, now 23, rose through the ranks at Chelsea and, after a sensational loan spell with Wigan during the 2018/19 Championship season, was promoted to the senior team by then manager Frank Lampard as the club attempted to cope with a transfer ban. Since then, James has not looked back. He is widely recognised as one of the best in the world in his position and is a key part of Chelsea’s first-team, although it could have all been so different had he actually been released fromRead More →

[ad_1] There appears to be an inevitability about Antonio Conte no longer being the Tottenham Hotspur manager when the first game of the 2023/24 season rolls around. The manner in which Spurs were dumped out of the Champions League against AC Milan left a whole lot to be desired. Despite being 1-0 down from the first leg, Spurs were limp and never took the game to their opponents in attack as the Rossoneri progressed to the next round with a goalless draw. Conte was asked about his future after the game, to which he responded: “At the end of the season we will meet andRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United find themselves up against Spanish opposition for the third time this season as they get ready to take on Real B*tis in the Europa League round of 16. United lost one group game against Real Sociedad and won the other before dispatching Barcelona in the knockout round playoff. The Red Devils are favourites for the tie though any lingering effects of the 7-0 defeat against Liverpool are yet to be seen on the pitch. Real B*tis are fifth in La Liga and right in the hunt to finish in the top four. They are the lowest in La Liga of the SpanishRead More →