Pascal Gross’s double showed the Theater of dreams how quick dreams could crumble as they were brought down to earth and to the fact that Erik Ten Hag is but human and no messiah.How difficult it is to expect different result when you continuously make use of the same tools branded not good enough and has failed you time and again.Towards the end of the last campaign, former boss Ralf Rangnick promised the club’s faithful to expect mass exodus and at the same time expect massive arrivals in the summer, stating the fans should expect upto nine to ten new…
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Jorginho scored the only goal from 12 yards deep into added time in the first half to give Chelsea a 1-0 win away to Everton, their first at the Goodison Park since April 2017.An early injury to Ben Godfrey saw a lot of minutes run down hence nine minutes in the least was added at the end of the first 45 minutes. And in the final minute of the added time, Abdoulaye Doucoure brought down Ben Chilwell in the box, and Jorginho converts from 12 yards, sending Jordan Pickford the wrong way.Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella all make…
Liverpool failed to win on opening weekend for the first time since the 2017/18 season following a stalemate at the Craven Cottage against newly promoted Fulham.A surprising start to the season for Marco Silva’s side as they fully matched Liverpool’s tempo in the opening exchanges before taking a deserved lead two minutes after the half hour mark thanks to an Aleksandra Mitrovic’s scrumptious header from a Kenny Tete’s cross.The lead was nearly doubled just after the restart as Neekens Kebano hit the woodwork before substitute, Darwin Nuñez equalized for Liverpool 13 minutes after coming on for his Premier League debut,…
When you can’t win being sexy, it’s okay to just grind out the result and that was the case of Arsenal at the Selhurst Park in the first game of the Premier League 2022/23 season.Palace, who boast a good record against Arsenal, most especially at home had lost only once at home to the Gunners in their last four meetings and never failed to score in a home game against Arsenal since losing 2-0 in October 2013.Moreso, they were unbeaten in six straight home games, keeping five clean sheets in the process and on Friday night against Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal,…
The Ligue 1 kickoff tonight with Lyon taking on newly promoted Ajaccio at the Groupama stadium.Peter Bosz side have had a busy summer where they’ve resigned both Alexander Lacazette and Corentin Tolisso on free transfer five years after both left the club in big money moves.They’ve also signed Nicolas Tagliafico, Tete, Johann Lepenant and Remy Riou as they compete to dethrone PSG of the league title and compete in other domestic cup.Defending Champion, Paris Saint-Germain will be in action on Saturday evening away to Clermont.Les Paris, under new manager, Christophe Galtier started the new season with a 4-0 win over…
Bayern Munich kickoff the new Bundesliga season on Friday with a late trip to Frankfurt where they’ve lost two and won one in their last three visits.Looking to defend the league title for the eleventh season in a row, they will have to start without striker, Robert Lewandowski, who in the summer becomes the first player in history to join Barcelona from Bayern Munich.The loss has not been replaced by a big name striker but Bayern did sign Senegalese forward, Sadio Mané from Liverpool while youngster Mathys Tel remains the only striker signed this summer.Matthijs de Ligt, Ryan Gravenberch and…
The Premier League returns this weekend with Arsenal and Crystal Palace kicking off the new season in a London derby at the Selhurst Park.After over a month preparing for the 2022/23 season, we access the opening fixtures and each teams chances of making a perfect start to the new season, starting from Arsenal’s trip to Palace on Friday to Manchester City’s trip to the Olympic Stadium on Sunday evening.Crystal Palace vs ArsenalCrystal Palace have a growing reputation against Arsenal, losing only four of their last 13 games against the Gunners.Their most recent meeting was not one of the matches Mikel…
The Lioness of England have conquered all in their path on their way to winning a maiden UEFA Women’s European Championship on home soil.Sarina Wiegman’s side defeated record winners, Germany in Sunday’s final by a score-line of 2-1 after the end of an intense 120 minutes of football action in Wembley.A contest, which was a repetition of the 2009 final, when England lost to Germany in a completely on sided affair that ended 6-2 to the Germans at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.That was the second time England had reached the final of the Women’s Euro, after also reaching the…
Another impressive win over Sevilla in the Emirates Cup on Saturday afternoon cements what has been a wonderful summer for the Gunners as they prepare the take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League curtain raiser on Friday night.Six massive goals without reply, four in the last nine of the first twenty minutes, Arsenal blew away their Spanish opposition who are also in full strength to claim the Emirates Cup.Playing in an Arsenal shirt for the first time at the Emirates, Gabriel Jesus bagged a hat-trick, Bukayo Saka hit a brace and substitute Eddie Nketiah completed what was a remarkable…
Latest Arsenal signing, Oleksandr Zinchenko has revealed the exchange of nicknames between himself and new teammate and goalkeeper, Aaron Ramsdale.25-year-old Zinchenko moved to the Emirates this summer in a £32 million deal from Manchester City and has seemingly settled well given the updates from the club since his arrival.In his latest interview, the Ukraine international said in response to reports goalkeeper, Aaron Ramsdale has given him the nickname ‘Zinky Winky’, that he in return calls him Boris Johnson because the Goalkeeper looks like the British Prime Minister.Ramsdale and Zinchenko both featured in Arsenal’s 4-0 preseason win over Chelsea with the…