Author: Tolu Adedayo
Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has warned that Liverpool’s season is now going to get even harder.
Super Eagles right-back Shehu Abdullahi scores his first goal for Bursaspor in the 3-2 over Sivasspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday afternoon at the Bursa Büyüksehir Belediyesi Stadium. The 25-year-old has been sidelined for more than three months after suffering a thigh muscle rupture while playing for Nigeria in the 4-0 win over in the 2019 AFCON qualifier against Libya at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on October 13. Abdullahi returned to action last month but open his goals account after he equalizes with thump header for Bursaspor in the 19th minutes with Emre Kilinc has taken the lead for Sivasspor. Henri Saivet put the…
Maurizio Sarri insisted that Kepa Arrizabalaga will remain Chelsea’s first-choice goalkeeper despite dropping the Spaniard to the bench for Wednesday’s 2-0 victory over Tottenham. Willy Caballero was handed his first Premier League start of the season by Sarri at the expense of Kepa, who was fined one week’s wages by Chelsea on Tuesday for refusing to be substituted in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City. Chelsea vindicated Sarri’s decision by keeping a clean sheet against Spurs, who failed to even register a shot on target against Caballero. But after the match, the Italian revealed there will be no lasting ramifications for his…
The Premier League’s top battle of Matchday 28 takes place at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday as Chelsea welcomes Tottenham. The Blues are coming off that tough defeat to Manchester City in the EFL Cup final on Sunday, and Maurizio Sarri’s team finds itself in sixth place with a 15-5-6 record and 50 points. The Blues are three points back of the top four. Meanwhile, Tottenham is in third place with a 20-0-7 record and 60 points, six points back of league-leader Liverpool. Here’s how you can watch the match and what to know: Premier League: Chelsea vs.…
Manchester United shot-stopper David De Gea has been locked in negotiations with the club with a view to extending his contract for a while now – but it only gets tougher from here.
FORMER France and Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby announced his retirement from football on Monday citing injury problems which have followed him throughout his career.
Chelsea have fined goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for refusing to be substituted during the closing stages of extra-time in last Sunday’s Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City.
Victor Moses finds himself at a familiar territory. Like much of his Chelsea career, the Nigerian is at a crossroad without a definite direction. As a matter of urgency, he must take an exit route out of Stamford Bridge. Whether loan or permanent. A new sigh of fresh air accompanied Maurizio Sarri’sappointment as Chelsea boss last summer. Antonio Conte’s pragmatic, negative defensive brand had gloomed the atmosphere. He was even branded an ‘anti-football’ manager. The Blues lacked everything: flair, drive and bite. They simply played for the sake of it. It wasn’t the case in his maiden foray.…
On a day when the focus should have been on Manchester City retaining the League Cup and the Premier League title race taking another twist with Liverpool’s stalemate with Manchester United, all the chatter was about the bare-faced defiance, humiliation, and farce that has seen Chelsea plumb new depths in embarrassment.
Nigerian International Moses Daddy-Ajala Simon has backed his Spanish club Levante to bounce back stronger from Sunday’s 2-1 home loss to Real Madrid.
