Arsenal, for the first time in a very long time will have all their first team members available for a matchday following the recovery of Emile Smith Rowe, Takehiro Tomiyasu and summer signing, Fabio Vieira.The trio were pictured in full training on Tuesday having missed the preseason games as well as the opening weekend win at Crystal Palace, albeit Emile Smith Rowe did feature against Nuremberg in Germany, he was also sidelined in their tour of the US.This is a really big boost for the Gunners heading into not only the gameweek but the season given the poor injury record…
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Desperate, Manchester United travel to the Community Stadium in Brentford on the back of a humiliating defeat in the opening weekend at home to Brighton, extending their number of consecutive losses in the league to three.The atmosphere around the Theater of dreams is not encouraging as the fans have also started a movement to boycott their next home game against Liverpool later in the month.Despite their poor end to last season, fans have become optimistic following the arrival of Dutch manager, Erik Ten Hag but so far, the former Ajax man has not done much to impress the fans safe…
It was a diverse fortune for the two Premier League heavyweights in the opening weekend as both kicked off the new campaign away from home with Liverpool picking up a point in a frustrating draw against newcomers, Fulham in London on Saturday.City on Sunday kicked off in London against West Ham United and ended the match with a 2-0 win thanks to Erling Haaland’s brace on a ground they lost two valuable points in last season’s run in.Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City side return home on Saturday afternoon to take on newly promoted Bournemouth, who started the season with…
Manchester City stormed to a winning start in the Premier League this season thanks to Erling Haaland’s brace on his league debut sealing a 2-0 win for Pep Guardiola’s side on Sunday.Beating at home by Tottheham Hotspur in the opening weekend of last season, Pep Guardiola field a fairly chanced side from the team that started the 3-1 loss to Liverpool in the Community Shield last the previous weekend.Kevin De Bruyne gave City the lead moments before the half hour mark but unfortunately, Ilkay Gundogan, who teed him up was offside in the buildup.Making his Premier League debut, Erlin Haaland…
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…
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…