Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez and five other players were given a humbling as they received no votes at the just concluded 2022 Ballon d’Or awards. Karim Benzema deservedly claimed the grand prize at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris thanks to his outstanding season for Real Madrid. Sports journalists from […]
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Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha believes Erik ten Hag ‘disrespected’ Cristiano Ronaldo after replacing the striker during Sunday’s match against Newcastle United. With Anthony Martial injured, Ronaldo led the line at Old Trafford. After seeing two efforts ruled out, the 37-year-old was replaced by Marcus Rashford with 18 minutes […]
Rio Ferdinand has heaped praise on Arsenal’s ‘fearless’ Bukayo Saka and believes Manchester United’s wingers could learn from his style of play. The 21-year-old attacker has hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks and has been the matchwinner in each of his team’s last three games in all […]
Nick Pope says referee Craig Pawson was right to disallow Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal in Manchester United’s stalemate with Newcastle United on Sunday. Ronaldo felt he had opened the scoring in the second half after Fabian Schar touched the ball back to Pope to take a free kick. But before the […]
Argentina skipper Lionel Messi is most concerned about Brazil and France ruining his World Cup dream in Qatar – not even England. According to the bookies, the Three Lions, Brazil, France and Argentina are the big favourites to win this year’s tournament, which begins on November 18 and ends on […]
Manchester United defender Luke Shaw says he’s grateful that Erik ten Hag only selects in-form players and says his team selections have been a welcome break from the past. The England star started United’s first two games of the campaign, where they were beaten by Brentford and Brighton. He was […]
Manchester United full-back Diogo Dalot is not interested in a move to Barcelona and wants to sign a new contract to remain at Old Trafford. The Portugal international has cemented his spot as a starter since Erik ten Hag’s arrival at the club, which has limited Aaron Wan-Bissaka to just […]
Manchester City are unhappy with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s comments in the build-up to Sunday’s game and feel he ‘unnecessarily and irresponsibly inflamed tensions’. The Merseysiders secured a 1-0 win over the reigning champions at Anfield but the game was overshadowed by bad behaviour from both sets of fans. Pep […]
Rafa Benitez has revealed how Mikel Arteta did everything he could to help Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before the player left Arsenal. Earlier this month a video emerged of Aubameyang criticising Arteta’s management at the Emirates in which he claimed the Spaniard did not know how to handle ‘big players’. During their […]
Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer accused Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho of diving after the 0-0 draw at Old Trafford. Eddie Howe’s side survived a late onslaught to earn a share of the spoils against United but they rode their luck at times. While Newcastle may have had a penalty in […]