Tag: Premier League
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Premier League club apply for visa for Ahmed Musa
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa is keen on a return to England this month. The Daily Mail says Leicester flop Musa claims he has ‘unfinished business’ in the Premier League amid links with West Brom. The 28-year-old is a free agent after leaving Al-Nasar in November and Sam Allardyce is set to get a look…
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[Watch] Ndidi ends Premier League goal drought
Wilfred Ndidi ended his Premier League goal drought as Leicester City defeated Chelsea 2-0 on Tuesday evening. The Foxes went into the clash hoping to extend their winning streak to three consecutive English elite division games following their 2-0 triumph over Southampton last time out. Six minutes into the game, James Maddison worked a short…
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Premier League records 40 positive COVID-19 tests
The Premier League says 40 players and club staff have tested positive for coronavirus over the past week – more than double the previous weekly high, BBC reports. After previously testing once a week, the Premier League conducted 2,295 tests across two rounds over the past week. Between 28 and 31 December, there were 28…
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Tottenham beat Arsenal to go top of Premier League
Tottenham returned to the top of the Premier League table with a comfortable victory over arch-rivals Arsenal as Harry Kane became the north London derby’s highest goalscorer. The deadly double act of Kane and Son Heung-min were at the heart of another impressive Spurs win and both were on the scoresheet as Spurs took control…
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Wolves condemn Arsenal to worst league start
Wolves recovered from a nasty head injury to top scorer Raul Jimenez to secure their first win at Arsenal since 1979 and condemn their hosts to their worst Premier League start after 10 games. Mexico striker Jimenez had come off worse in a sickening clash of heads with Gunners defender David Luiz after an Arsenal…
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Liverpool boss Klopp blasts Premier League
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has hit out at the Premier League over their substitutes rule. Klopp has been vocal in his criticism of the Premier League’s decision not to stick with last year’s temporary rule allowing five instead of three substitutions. Premier League clubs voted against continuing with the five substitutions rule, which remains in…
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Arteta reacts after Ozil’s Premier League snub
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has no problems with leaving Mesut Ozil out of his Premier League squad. The 31-year-old’s Arsenal career is effectively over after he was also left out of their Europa League squad. Ozil responded furiously to the decision, accusing Arsenal of a lack of loyalty. “Everybody is free to express their feelings,”…
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Ozil hits out at Arsenal after Premier League snub
Mesut Ozil has hit out at Arsenal after being left out of Arsenal’s Premier League squad. The German playmaker hasn’t played for the club since March, but still has one year left on his contract. In a statement on social media he wrote: “This is a difficult message to write to the Arsenal fans that…
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Werner reveals Premier League coach who gave him headstart
Chelsea star Timo Werner has said that Ralph Hasenhuttl helped develop him into the world-class forward he is today and is looking forward to a reunion with the Southampton boss. Both forward and coach arrived at RB Leipzig in the summer of 2016, and while Werner remained for four years, Hasenhuttl departed after just a…
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EPL: Everton’s renaissance set for ultimate derby test
Tough COVID-19 restrictions have cast a pre-winter gloom across Merseyside, but at least Everton supporters have something to lift their spirits after their side’s storming start to the Premier League season. On Saturday Carlo Ancelotti’s table-toppers host champions Liverpool at Goodison Park flushed with a rare sense of superiority over their Mersey rivals. Everton boast…