This is what Liverpool have endured in the five previous seasons that left them with just one Premier League title despite being so good and recording over 90 points in more than three seasons or so in that time.Mikel Arteta had been on the other side of things as the assistant to Pep Guardiola in Manchester City, but the Spaniard could be about to find himself in a similar situation to that of Jürgen Klopp.Well, it’s a good problem to have but it is never a good feeling falling the victim in such circumstance. In the wake of the draw…
Author: Kehinde-Hassan Afolabi
It looked Manchester United were on their way to a first ever win over Sevilla after three previous failed attempts following a two goal cushion established earlier on at Old Trafford.Marcel Sabitzer scored two goals inside the opening 21 minutes to give Erik Ten Hag’s side the sense of victory, which was to be a platform on adding another Spanish team to the list of their conquest in Europa League this season.Bruno Fernandes and Anthony Martial were creator of the goals, and the Austrian midfielder, currently on loan from Bayern Munich made no mistake beating the Goalkeeper, each time with…
A fallout with his teammate left a good percentage of the squad puzzled of his actions since securing a move to the German giants just last summer.Sadio Mané was well received when he completed his move to Bayern Munich from Liverpool last summer. After the Senegalese decided not to continue with the Reds that never walk alone due to the handling of his contract in recent years.Also wanting to take up a different challenge in the later stages of his career, the Bavarians, one of the best and most reputable club in Europe gave him the opportunity to achieve that.Not…
Chelsea again resume the search for a new head coach following the end of Graham Potter’s six disastrous months at the helm.The club paid a record fee to Brighton to secure the services of the Englishman in September but unfortunately, things never go as planned, with Potter not even seeing out a year of the five signed.Potter, had a record of twelve wins, eleven defeats in eight draws in his 31 games in charge, a 38 per cent win rate which saw him left as the worst manager Chelsea has had in recent time.In the wake of his departure, the…
The new project, under Todd Boehly started at the wrong time but for Chelsea, no time can ever be right to part ways with the era that has brought them unprecedented success.A good part of their 19 years with Roman Abramovic was a match made in heaven and boy did it deliver the turning point in the club’s history as good memories and trophies decorate the tenure.Aside his urge to take the club to that top level, things also seemed to always go the way of Chelsea in the era of the Russian billionaire in a way that the club…
Palmeiras manager, Abel Ferreira has responds to Erik Ten Hag’s endless complains of the club’s congested fixtures, by telling the Dutchman to shut up.The Manchester United boss did not hide his displeasure after Marcus Rashford limped off the field in a 2-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford in the early Premier League kickoff on Saturday.Rashford hobbled off less than ten minutes from time, minutes after assisting Anthony Martial for the second goal of the game, and Ten Hag has blamed the occurrence on the hectic fixtures, challenging the Premier League to make amendments.It was United’s third game already in…
Seven straight Premier League wins achieved following their 4-1 humbling of Leeds United at the Emirates last week’s Saturday evening.Just the perfect response from Mikel Arteta’s side after watching Manchester City thrash Liverpool by the same score line just before kickoff in London on the day.A five point advantage maintained after City beat Southampton this weekend, though City have a game in hand, but this is the position Arsenal would rather be, because games in hand can be very tricky. They might be worth nothing in the end.But with considerably tougher games on the horizon, the Gunners will have to…
The Premier League season is slowly but surely coming to an end, with certain teams having ten games at most before calling time on their campaign.There have been a lot of surprises right from the season kickoff in August that nothing seems so surprising again, less than two months before the curtain drawer.The massive drop-off Liverpool have experienced all season is one thing that came as a surprise at the start but since the Reds have been unable to overcome this in months, it has become less of surprise.Arsenal on the other hand became a team on the rise at…
Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has been announced winner of the Premier League Manager of the month award for March after his Arsenal side won all four games during the month.The result means Arteta, who had already won the award three times this season, having claimed the August, November/ December and January editions, has now won it four times this season.Meanwhile Liverpool’s Jugen Klopps holds the record for most Premier League Manager of the month awards won in a season when he claimed it five times in Liverpool’s title winning campaign of 2019/20 season.With two more editions to go, Arteta will…
It was always meant to go down to the wire in different races on the Premier League standing and the ranking of the difficulty of each teams’ remaining games just affirms that fact.Title contenders, Arsenal and Manchester City are a place ahead of each other as Mikel Arteta’s side ranks eleventh, which makes them have the tougher fixtures compared to City in twelve.The Gunners’ fixtures is well-balanced. Five each of teams in either half of the table. Though City play more of this teams in their eleven games to go but having to play Liverpool, Chelsea, and even Arsenal at…