A Premier League season with no proper title race or relegation battle is being saved by what could turn out to be the greatest Champions League race of all time. Aston Villa, Brighton, Bournemouth and Fulham all played on Tuesday night, kicking off 45 minutes before fellow Champions League qualification contender Chelsea, who hosted bottom-club Southampton. … Read more
Not many Premier League weekends that go absolutely perfectly for as many clubs as this one did. We’re pretty sure that Liverpool, Newcastle, Villa, Spurs and Wolves wouldn’t change a single thing about it. Winners LiverpoolThe crisis – and let’s be honest it was a crisis largely contained within the Mailbox and The Sun, … Read more
It’s been an unusual Premier League season in a lot of ways, but we put it to you that Marco Asensio popping up with a matchwinning double in a game between Aston Villa and Chelsea, and those goals being against Chelsea is right up there. Asensio being in the Barclays just doesn’t feel right, somehow. … Read more
Liverpool have been tipped as the favourites to win the Champions League despite being handed a nightmare draw, according to Opta’s supercomputer. The draw for the last-16 stage took place on Friday morning with the eight teams who won their knockout play-off ties joining the top eight sides from the league phase table. Those teams … Read more
Liverpool have been drawn against Paris St Germain (PSG) in the last 16 of the Champions League, after the draw was held in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday morning. The Reds topped the league phase of the competition with seven wins from their eight matches, and must now topple the French champions to progress. Arsenal will … Read more
Mohamed Salah has become the first player to score and assist in 10 games in one of Europe’s big five leagues since Lionel Messi in 2014/15. Article continues below Article continues below Article continues below Salah scored and assisted against Villa Equalled Messi’s record His 29th goal of the season Source link
The three English teams left in the Champions League are one step closer towards learning their last-16 opponents. For Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa, they are down to two potential opponents each following the completion of the knockout round play-offs. Manchester City will not be involved after they were dumped out of the competition by … Read more
Salah stars as Trent equaliser helps Liverpool draw at Aston Villa … Source link
Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Wolves, in which they endured a nail-biting last 25 minutes after the visitors scored, was the sixth match the Premier League leaders have won by the margin of one goal. The Dutchman has his own experience of winning a title with Feyenoord two years ago but inherited a dressing room full … Read more
Manchester City have broken their over-reliance on Erling Haaland and Ange Postecoglou has some respite – but what is the point of Ruben Amorim, Leicester or Raheem Sterling? Premier League winners Omar Marmoush and Manchester City’s returning goalscorer varietyOmar Marmoush completed his first senior hat-trick 33 minutes into a 4-0 win over Newcastle, and … Read more