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  • EPL: Neville knocks Bruno Fernandez for Man Utd’s 7-0 defeat to Liverpool

    EPL: Neville knocks Bruno Fernandez for Man Utd’s 7-0 defeat to Liverpool

    Former Manchester United player, Gary Neville has knocked one of the club’s midfielders, Bruno Fernandez accusing the Portuguese of being ‘disgraceful’ and ’embarassing’ following the 7-0 thumping in the hands of Liverpool on Sunday night.

    Manchester United suffered their biggest ever Premier League defeat, with goals from Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo and Roberto Firmino.

    Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw and Antony were all guilty of losing their composure during the game.

    But Fernandes appeared to be the worst of all as the Portugal international spent most of the second half making petulant challenges, arguing with officials and losing possession.

     

    “Bruno Fernandes stood in the centre circle with his arms raised asking: ‘Why is it me not coming off?” said Neville on Sky Sports.

    “Honestly, I have to say some of his behaviour in the second half has been a disgrace.”

    He said Fernandes was ’embarassing’, adding that “second half has been an absolute disgrace, a shambles.”

     

  • Mane ignores Salah, names Origi best finisher at Liverpool

    Mane ignores Salah, names Origi best finisher at Liverpool

    Former Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane, has revealed the best finisher he has ever played with, snubbing Egyptian Mo Salah.

    Recall that Mane moved from the English side Liverpool last season to Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga.

    The Senegalese international formed part of a lethal forward line that also included Salah and Roberto Firmino as the three players fired Liverpool to Premier League, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup glory during that period.

    Salah, in particular, has grabbed a host of headlines after scoring 174 goals for the Reds and not many would have argued if the Egyptian international was the man picked by his former partner Mane.

    However, after being asked by 1teamsports on TikTok to name his best finisher, Mane took a while to come up with an answer that surprised everyone.

    The 30-year-old named ‘Divock Origi,’ a striker who also left Liverpool before this season started after eight years there.

  • EPL: Gary Neville tips Liverpool to make top four

    EPL: Gary Neville tips Liverpool to make top four

    Manchester United legend, Gary Neville has tipped Liverpool to make top four following the Reds 2-0 win over neighbours Everton on Monday night.

    Neville said Liverpool will still have a major say in the fight to finish in the Premier League top four.

    Neville made this remark after watching Liverpool’s performance against the Toffees yesterday night.

    Goals from Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo saw Liverpool claim their first win of 2023.

    Jurgen Klopp’s men will now travel to Newcastle United this weekend for their next fixture.

    A win at St James’ Park would reduce the gap between Liverpool and the last Champions League qualifying spot to six points.

    And with some of their important players close to returning from injury, Neville feels you cannot write off the Anfield club with so many games remaining.

    “You put Van Dijk in that team, Jota on the bench along with Diaz potentially coming back, Firmino as well then it’s a completely different story.

    “All of a sudden when you look at that league table it doesn’t look like they’re out of that reckoning for the top four.

    “The reality is they will come again this season and will go on a run if they can the players into the team,” Neville said.

    Liverpool still have 17 games to secure a top 4 finish this season.

    The Reds have practically struggled this current season and presently occupy the 9th position on the English Premier League Log.

  • Ligue 1: Salah picked as Lionel Messi’s replacement at PSG

    Ligue 1: Salah picked as Lionel Messi’s replacement at PSG

    Liverpool Egyptian forward Mohammed Salah has been proposed to be Lionel Messi’s ideal replacement at Paris Saint Germain (PSG).

    According to the formation, Egyptian football icon will partner Kylian Mbappe and Neymar in PSG’s attack,  El Nacional reports.

    Although, Messi’s current deal will run out at the end of the current season and nothing has been finalized on a new contract.

    However, another report says the Argentine could get another short term deal but no new duscussion has taken place between Messi and the club for now.

    Additional reports say the  Argentine is looking at some jaw-dropping offers from Saudi Arabia and Major League Soccer and could be on his way out of PSG.

    The PSG President for this reason is said to have identified the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations finalist as a potential replacement for the football king.

    Salah has scored 17 goals and has provided seven assists in 31 games across competitions for the Red this season despite Jurgen Klopp’s side struggles.

    The Egyptian forward, who moved to Anfield in 2017, has scored 173 goals in 285 games and provided 70 assists for the Reds, helping them win the Champions League and the Premier League.

    Salah has only spent half a season in his renewed three-years contract at Anfield.

  • EPL: Van Dijk explains how Liverpool stopped Haaland

    EPL: Van Dijk explains how Liverpool stopped Haaland

    Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk has explained how the Reds stopped Haaland from scoring in the match against City at Anfield.

    Van Dijk added that they try to prevent the Norwegian from getting the balls and try to close him up in the match.

    Haaland has scored 15 Premier League goals in nine games in his first season with Manchester City.

    Although the Reds is just about the first team to stop Halaand from scoring against them twice.

    Van Dijk was at the heart of Liverpool’s defense, with Joe Gomez and James Milner both starting.

    “That’s what defenders have to do, try it, yeah carry on. That’s what you have to do every game, you drop off a slight percentage, they will punish you.

    “We did very well, important to get the clean sheet and move on so we’re focusing on West Ham,” Van Dijk told Sky Sports.

    Manchester City succumbed to their first EPL defeat of the season to Liverpool after Mo Salah scored in the 73rf minute and it proved to be the only goal of the encounter.

  • EPL: Arsenal, Chelsea secure maximum points, Liverpool draw

    EPL: Arsenal, Chelsea secure maximum points, Liverpool draw

    Arsenal secured three maximum points after defeating   Tottenham 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Emirate.

    Arsenal have been unbeaten at the Emirate against Tottenham since 2010.

    Mikel Arteta’s men’s early dominance was rewarded in the first half as Thomas Partey curled in a sublime effort from outside the box.

    The visitors drew level  15 minutes after when  Gabriel Magalhaes fouled Richarlison inside the box.

    Harry Kane stepped out and slammed his effort past Aaron Ramsdale.

    Arsenal regained their advantage after the break after Gabriel Jesus pounced on uncertainty inside the box to poke home.

    Emerson Royal was sent off before Granit Xhaka added a third.

    Similarly, Chelsea came back from a goal down to defeat Crystal Palace by 2-1 at Selhurst park in Graham Potter’s first EPL Match in charge of the Blues.

    Palace’s  forward Eduardo scored in the 7th minute to give the host the lead before Gabon import Aubameyang equalized on the 38th minute for Chelsea.

    Conor Gallaher scored a screamer on the 90th minute to put chelsea ahead in the game.

    Meanwhile Liverpool drew 3-3 with visiting Brighton football club in another  thrilling encounter.

    Leandro Trossard scored in the 4 and 18th minute to put Brighton 2 goals up before  Brazillian forward, Roberto Firminio scored two goals for Liverpool to level things up.

    Liverpool took the lead via an own goal from Brighthon’s defender Adrian Webster  before Trossard scored another goal in the 83rd minute to put the scoreline at 3-3.

     

  • EPL: Owen predicts two teams that will fight for the title

    EPL: Owen predicts two teams that will fight for the title

    Former Liverpool striker, Michael Owen has tipped the Reds  to challenge Manchester City for the title again this season despite the club’s  poor run of form so far in the new season.

    Owen made this prediction after Liverpool’s 2-1 over Ajax in Tuesday night champions league encounter.

    Liverpool pushed champions Manchester City all the way in 2021-2022, only missing out on the top spot by a point after a dramatic final day.

    However, after six matches of the new season, the Reds are already five points behind Pep Guardiola’s side and six behind early leaders Arsenal.

    Owen said the Reds will bounce back and push Manchester City to the Limit in this season’s pursuit of English Premier League title.

    “They have had an average start,” Owen said on BT Sport. “In the league, you don’t want to be giving Manchester City a head start, but it is nothing they cannot recover from.

    “You don’t turn into a bad team overnight. They will be back but need to do it before teams get away from them.”

    Liverpool are currently occupying the 7th position on the English Premier League log and five points behind Manchester City who are occupying the second position.

  • UCL: Liverpool thrashed, Bayern, Barcelona grab three points

    UCL: Liverpool thrashed, Bayern, Barcelona grab three points

    Robert Lewandowski scored a hattrick in Barcelona’s 5-1 demolition of Viktoria Plzen of Czech Republic on Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League night.

    The Poland international struck three times against Viktoria Plzen to continue his fine form since joining the club and also etch his name into the history books in Europe’s top competition.

    Goals from Franck Kessie and Ferran Torres completed the rout but Jan Sykorra pulled one back for the visitors.

    Lewandowski is the first player in Champions League history to net hat-tricks with three different clubs.

    Meanwhile, Liverpool were thrashed by Napoli in their first Champions League Group A game on a night to forget in Italy.

    Napoli scored two goals inside 21st minute of the encounter and scored the third on the stroke of half time to put the game beyond Liverpool.

    Piotr Zielinski put Napoli ahead from the spot in the fifth minute after Victor Osimhen had hit the post.

    Andre-Frank Anguissa and Giovanni Simeone extended Napoli’s lead, before Zielinski scored again after the break.

    Bayern’s Leroy Sane helped himself to a brace as the German side  defeated  Inter Milan 2-0.

    Another English representative, Tottenham Hotspurs won its first game upon return to the UEFA Champions League.

    Richarlison scored twice as Tottenham beat 10-man Marseille 2-0 to continue their impressive season.

  • EPL: Klopp heapes praises on two Liverpool’s youngsters after 2-1 win against Newcastle

    EPL: Klopp heapes praises on two Liverpool’s youngsters after 2-1 win against Newcastle

    Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has heaped praises on two young players in the team following a controversial win over Newcastle on Wednesday night.

    The Liverpool gaffer said Harvey Elliot and Fabio Carvalho were the two game changers in the match.

    Klopp named youngster, Harvey Elliott as ‘the best player on the pitch during the dramatic victory.

    The referee added 5 minutes of stoppage time but didn’t end the match until the 99th minute of the crunchy encounter.

    The Red looked set to drop at least two points at home to Newcastle after new £60m striker Alexander Isak put the visitors ahead shortly before half-time.

    But Roberto Firmino scored his third goal of the season to equalize at Anfield and Fabio Carvalho’s 98th-minute effort gave the home side all three points.

    “This is the best way to win a football game. I think that we scored after 90+8 is the perfect response. I’m really happy about that,” Klopp told reporters after the match.

    On Elliott and Carvalho, Klopp added: “Harvey was the best player on the pitch, without a shadow of a doubt. It was nice to see him pick up from where he was before the bad injury.

    “Fabio, what a boy. What a player. I am pretty sure he will want to have that feeling more often and I am pretty sure if he keeps working, he will have it more.”

  • Real Madrid, Liverpool know opponents as UEFA holds Champions League draws today

    Real Madrid, Liverpool know opponents as UEFA holds Champions League draws today

    The winner and the runners -up will proceed to the second round while the third placed team will graduate to the Europa league.

    Since UEFA changed the criteria for seeding, champions of the highest-ranked European leagues are guaranteed to be in the main pot. Therefore, the Champions League winners and La Liga Real Madrid will be accompanied in pot 1 by Eintracht Frankfurt, the champions of the Europa League.

    Pots 2, 3 and 4 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.

    In pot 2 includes, Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig and Tottenham Hotspur.

    RB Salzburg, Shaktar Donetsk, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and Bayer Leverkusen are the other teams that make up pot 3.

    The fourth – and yet to be concluded pot – will have the weakest teams, although it contains some tough teams like Marseille. The French side finished second in Ligue 1 last season.

    Others in pot 4 include Club Brugge, Celtic, Viktoria Plzen, Maccabi Haifa and the three winners of the playoff rounds: Dinamo Zagreb-Bodo Glimt, PSV-Rangers and Trabzonspor-Copenhagen, yet to be decided.

    Title holders Real Madrid and the rest of Europe’s elite clubs will be able to start plotting their route to Champions League glory when the draw for this season’s group stage is made in Istanbul on Thursday from 1600 GMT.
    All going to plan, the journey will end back in the Turkish city on June 10 next year for the final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, the same venue where Liverpool defeated AC Milan on penalties in 2005.
    Another late change was required last season, with Saint-Petersburg being stripped of the final after Russia invaded Ukraine, and Paris instead stepping in to host Madrid’s 1-0 victory over Liverpool.
    The Spanish giants have now been crowned kings of Europe 14 times, twice as many times as the competition’s next most successful club, AC Milan, and they started this season by defeating Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt in Helsinki to lift the UEFA Super Cup.