Premier League, the most prophesied league in the world has seen some of the young talents in football make it recently that one tends to forget the age of this players due to their intelligence performances. But not to be gone unrecognized, we take a look at the best players under the age of 23 who have been impressive in the league as we approach the first half of the season.Reece James and Mason Mount have had a good start to the season. (Photo by James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images)12. Marc CucurellaThe Spanish left winger arrived from Getafe in the…
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Real Madrid extended their unbeaten run in the Madrid derby to eight with a comprehensive 2-0 win over their city rivals to establish an eight points gap lead at the top of the La Liga table with Sevilla, the closest team to Los Blancos.Karim Benzema celebrates with Vinicius Junior against Sevilla. (Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images)Goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio helped the Carlo Ancelotti side make it ten consecutive wins in all competitions which takes them 13 points clear of defending Champions, Atletico Madrid and 18 ahead of their arch rivals, Barcelona.Carlo Ancelotti side have now scored…
Six league wins on the bounce after the weekend win over Wolverhampton Wonderers, Manchester City maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League summit right after the result that saw them leapfrog Chelsea.Raheem Sterling’s penalty helped City to a 1-0 win over Wolves and extend their winning run in the league to six games. (Photo by Matt McNulty – Manchester City/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)The starting eleven at the Ethiad in the Saturday’s early kickoff missed the likes of Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker and others, but City never looked like slowing down, even…
Southampton have been allowed to sign 39 year old Argentine Goalkeeper Willy Caballero from Chelsea and he will make his debut for the Saints when they travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal in the Premier League this weekend.Martin Odegaard celebrates scoring a goal for Arsenal with Gabriel Martinelli during the Premier League match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park on December 06, 2021 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)The former Manchester City man made just 11 league appearances for Chelsea since joining in the summer of 2017. He moves to Southampton on…
It’s been long coming and finally, reality has caught up on Barcelona, who will now be playing in the Europa League for the first time since 2003-04 after finishing below Bayern Munich and Benfica in group E of this season’s Champions League.Ronald Araujo of FC Barcelona Gerard Pique of FC Barcelona Luuk de Jong of FC Barcelona during the La Liga Santander match between FC Barcelona and Real Betis Balompie at Camp Nou Stadium on December 04, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Xavier Bonilla/NurPhoto via Getty Images)The Catalan giants, after finishing third in the league last season, their lowest…
Bayern Munich were not to be beaten by this Barcelona side as Xavi’s men endured another humbling at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday. A 3-0 loss condemned them to group elimination in the Champion League after Benfica’s win over Dynamo Kiev.UEFA Europa League playoffs will be played between third placed champions league groups and second placed teams in Europa league group stages. (Photo Credits: Twitter/ UEFA Europa League)The results means Barcelona finished third in their group and along with other third placed teams in the Champions League groups like Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Sevilla, Zenit St. Petersburg, Sheriff Tiraspol, FC…
Despite been capped as a flop, Nicolas Pepe towards the ending of last season was very impressive in the league for the Gunners, impressive enough to get a nomination for the Premier League player of the month of May.Nicolas Pepe of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Arsenal at The King Power Stadium on October 30, 2021 in Leicester, England. (Photo by James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images)Overall in the league last season, he was able to produce ten goals, same number managed by club captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the league for Mikel Arteta’s side despite the…
Manchester United have been drawn against Aston Villa in the round three of the Emirates FA Cup in the draw made on Monday evening.Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea all get fairly easy draw compared to United who will be hosting Steven Gerrard’s Villain at the Theatre of dreams.Here’s the full list of the draw:FA Cup round three draw: photo Credits: Facebook/ Emirates FA Cup.The round will be played in the weekend of the seventh next month, January.Author: Afolabi Kehinde Hassan
The final group games of the Champions League season takes centre stage today and tomorrow as teams head into the games with different mindset and goals.UEFA Champions League final group games preview.Eleven teams, including all four Premier League teams have sealed qualification into the round of 16 while big teams like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid still have their fate hanging in the balance.The Spanish giants need to beat Bayern Munich in Germany to seal progress, while they could also earn a ticket if Benfica fail to beat Dynamo Kiev in Portugal.For Atletico, an away win at Porto and they will…
Chelsea surrendered their position on the Premier League summit after Liverpool and City win to capitalize on the Thomas Tuchel side failure in the London Derby at the Olympic Stadium, whereas Rangnick win on his United first assignment.David De Gea of Manchester United in discussion with Ralf Rangnick, Manager of Manchester United after the Premier League match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on December 05, 2021 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)We take a look at some of the biggest highlights of Premier League game-week 13 games played so far.1. West Ham United ends…