Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has rejected suggestions that the club are playing a higher defensive line this campaign amid criticism of their poor performances at the back. The Merseysiders are yet to keep a clean sheet this campaign despite being dominant defensively in the 2018/19 season, while Jamie Carragher […]
Chelsea new boss Frank Lampard is searching for his first win away at Norwich City on Saturday after failing to find a win in his first three competitive matches in charge. Lampard has experimented with both Olivier Giroud and Tammy Abraham upfront, while Batshuayi is being kept at the club after returning […]
N’Golo Kante is a major doubt for Chelsea’s trip to Norwich on Saturday, with head coach Frank Lampard confirming he has been carrying an ankle sprain. The France international is believed to have picked up the injury during last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Leicester. Though he completed the match at Stamford […]
Arsenal manager Unai Emery suggested he is ready to hand their record signing Nicolas Pepe a first Arsenal start in Saturday’s Premier League game with Liverpool. The Ivory Coast winger arrived in a deal that could reach a reported €80 million from Lille in the close season but has been limited to substitute appearances […]
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard is toying with the idea of using Ruben Loftus-Cheek as a forward when he returns from injury, with the England international hoping to be back in training in six weeks. The 23-year-old was expected to miss much of the campaign after rupturing his Achilles in Chelsea’s […]
Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has revealed how a late phone call from Jose Mourinho ensured that he signed for Manchester United and not Chelsea in the summer window of 2017. The Belgian had seemed certain to be returning to Stamford Bridge three years after leaving the club for Everton, only for United […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has heaped praise on Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi after conceding that both of them have benefitted from their long-running rivalry. The Portugal international has been battling it out with the Argentine forward for the crown of the world’s best footballer for over a decade. Both players have shared the […]
There was real shock among the Manchester United team when the boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer announced Paul Pogba was off penalty duties. The France international saw his second-half spot kick saved by Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio on Monday night, as the teams shared a draw at Molyneux. Marcus Rashford had scored from […]
Romelu Lukaku has blasted Manchester United for not doing enough to protect him in the media and said he, Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez were continually made scapegoats by the fans. The Belgium international joined Inter Milan before the close of the Premier League summer transfer window for €80 million, just […]
Ex-Arsenal midfielder, Emmanuel Frimpong, has revealed he and former team-mate, Samir Nasri, did not get on while together at the clubs and says he will never forgive him. Frimpong has now retired from football, but played 16 senior matches for the Gunners between 2011-2013. The midfielder was not so well-liked […]