Category: Football
Slot took off Konaté to avoid ‘soft’ red card in Liverpool win against Wolves
Arne Slot admitted he withdrew Ibrahima Konaté at half-time against Wolves to save the Liverpool defender from a second yellow card, as the Premier League [more…]
Ruben Amorim takes responsibility for big job cuts at Manchester United
Ruben Amorim has acknowledged he and the first team must shoulder the blame for Manchester United’s failings as a football club that have resulted in [more…]
What is the big idea? Levy’s second-class Tottenham Women mired in mediocrity | Jonathan Liew
A couple of years ago it was reported that Daniel Levy, the man in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, was lobbying to abolish promotion and relegation [more…]
Big No 9s are back: high-risk playing out from the back is at the tactical crossroads | Jonathan Wilson
In 2021, I tried to take advantage of the October international break to go to a game as a fan. No sooner had I booked [more…]
Omar Marmoush’s rapid Manchester City hat-trick demolishes Newcastle
Omar Marmoush arrived in the winter window as a 20-goal forward for Eintracht Frankfurt and against Newcastle emphatically showed why, via a scintillating 14-minute first-half [more…]
Emergency striker Merino rescues Arsenal with double to sink Leicester
Mikel Arteta challenged his Arsenal squad to bare their teeth and prove they have the tools to fight for the title despite stomaching a significant [more…]
Arsenal accused of snub to DRC minister over ‘bloodstained’ Visit Rwanda deal
Arsenal Football Club has been accused of delivering an “outrageous” snub to the Congolese government by not meeting the foreign minister to discuss its sponsorship [more…]
Mitoma and Minteh’s magic inspires Brighton to emphatic win over Chelsea
Enzo Maresca must be sick of the sight of Kaoru Mitoma. A week after he sent them tumbling out of the FA Cup, a breathtaking [more…]
Manchester United to brief staff on ‘media reports’ of redundancies
Manchester United will hold a meeting on 24 February with staff to discuss “media reports”, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s new round of up to 200 [more…]
Premier League sponsorship rules declared void in win for Manchester City
Manchester City have struck a substantial blow in their battle against the Premier League, after a tribunal ruled that the entirety of the original rules [more…]
