Cesar Azpilicueta played a captain’s role by taking the pressure off Kai Havertz and fooling Palmeiras into thinking he was about to take the penalty in the Club World Cup final. Romelu Lukaku had given them the lead with a bullet header 10 minutes into the second period, but that […]
Premier League
Didier Drogba has backed Romelu Lukaku to ‘come good’ at Chelsea and hopes his goal in the final can kick-start his season. Lukaku has largely underwhelmed for the London side after a £97.5m move from Inter Milan last summer, scoring just five goals in 16 Premier League games. The Belgian […]
Arsenal have added Southampton striker Armando Broja to their list of transfer targets with the club desperate to sign a striker this summer. The Gunners were unable to land Dusan Vlahovic during the January transfer window with the Serbian forward instead leaving Fiorentina to join Juventus. Real Sociedad’s Alexander Isak […]
Gary Neville has criticised Manchester United’s response to losing their lead in the 1-1 draw with Southampton and says the players ‘broke every rule in the book’ when chasing the match. United got in behind the visitors’ defence on numerous occasions in the first half and took the lead in […]
Marcos Alonso says Frank Lampard acted on the wrong information after his bust-up with the former Chelsea manager in 2020. Alonso was substituted at half time during Chelsea’s 3-3 draw with West Brom in September 2020 and the player opted to not sit in the dugout for the second half. […]
As Manchester United continue to struggle, David de Gea has suggested that a curse on the club could be preventing them from hitting top form. The Red Devils are currently sixth in the Premier League after a draw with Burnley last time out, while they were dumped out of the […]
Former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes Andreas Christensen is ‘too much of a good guy’ and needs to be ‘more of a bastard’. The Denmark international has been at the London team since 2012 and has played 150 matches for the club during his time at Stamford Bridge. The 25-year-old’s […]
Ian Wright has hit back at claims Arsenal have a ‘disciplinary problem’ after they beat Wolves, despite Gabriel Martinelli becoming their fourth player sent off in only six matches in the 1-0 victory. Gabriel Magalhaes broke the deadlock in the first half and the visitors survived a barrage of late […]
Luis Diaz’s first Premier League game for Liverpool left a lasting impression on Michael Owen and the rest of the BT Sport pundits. The Colombian winger, who signed from Porto in January, was handed his first league start in the 2-0 victory over Leicester with Mohamed Salah on the bench […]
Wayne Rooney says Sir Alex Ferguson left Manchester United as ‘quick as he could’ once he realised the club was in decline. The Scot retired in 2013 after 27 years at the theatre of dreams and he left a title-winning team for his successor, David Moyes. Rooney famously requested to […]