Arsenal wary of Leicester-like failings in crucial Europa League tie

Arsenal wary of Leicester-like failings in crucial Europa League tie – originally posted on Sportslens.com Slavia Praha set themselves nicely for the return leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie against Arsenal with a keenly-contested 1-1 draw in London. Tomas Holes powered in a header late into the added-time to cancel out Nicolas Pepe’s 86th-minute […]

Read More… from Arsenal wary of Leicester-like failings in crucial Europa League tie

injuries, suspensions and Granada unlikely to stop Manchester United from Europa League progress

injuries, suspensions and Granada unlikely to stop Manchester United from Europa League progress – originally posted on Sportslens.com Manchester United are in a powerful position to axe European debutants Granada in their Europa League quarter-final tie after securing a 2-0 first-leg victory in Spain. Goals from Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes in the first leg […]

Read More… from injuries, suspensions and Granada unlikely to stop Manchester United from Europa League progress

Roma vs Ajax – Europa League Preview, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

Roma vs Ajax – Europa League Preview, Team News & Predicted Line-ups – originally posted on Sportslens.com Roma and Ajax will square off at the Stadio Olimpico in the return leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie on Thursday. Despite leading 1-0 at half-time, Erik ten Hag’s men found themselves on the wrong end of […]

Read More… from Roma vs Ajax – Europa League Preview, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

Villarreal vs Dinamo Zagreb – Europa League Preview, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

Villarreal vs Dinamo Zagreb – Europa League Preview, Team News & Predicted Line-ups – originally posted on Sportslens.com The Europa League returns to action on Thursday as Villarreal entertain Dinamo Zagreb at the Estadio de la Ceramica in the return leg of their quarter-final tie. Gerard Moreno converted a spot-kick in Zagreb last week to […]

Read More… from Villarreal vs Dinamo Zagreb – Europa League Preview, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

Solskjaer and Fletcher praise Mason Greenwood’s attitude

Solskjaer and Fletcher praise Mason Greenwood’s attitude – originally posted on Sportslens.com Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Darren Fletcher have singled out Mason Greenwood for praise, lauding the teenager’s attitude. Greenwood made his breakthrough during the 2019/20 season, netting 17 goals in 49 appearances, with many of those coming off the bench. This form earned him […]

Read More… from Solskjaer and Fletcher praise Mason Greenwood’s attitude

Lingard and Garner steal the headlines, but how are the rest of Man Utd’s loanees doing this season?

Lingard and Garner steal the headlines, but how are the rest of Man Utd’s loanees doing this season? – originally posted on Sportslens.com Manchester United’s link with their academy is synonymous and the list of talent which has come through the ranks onto the pitch at Old Trafford is endless. However, progression into the first […]

Read More… from Lingard and Garner steal the headlines, but how are the rest of Man Utd’s loanees doing this season?

‘Not good enough’, ‘Poor’: Some Arsenal fans slam 29-year-old’s display vs Slavia Prague

‘Not good enough’, ‘Poor’: Some Arsenal fans slam 29-year-old’s display vs Slavia Prague – originally posted on Sportslens.com A selection of Arsenal fans were critical over Alexandre Lacazette’s display during last night’s Europa League clash against Slavia Prague. The Gunners hosted the Czech champions in the first leg of the quarter-final, and they were far […]

Read More… from ‘Not good enough’, ‘Poor’: Some Arsenal fans slam 29-year-old’s display vs Slavia Prague

Europa League round-up: Roma fight back to beat Ajax

The away teams fared well in the Europa League on Thursday night as Man United, Roma and Villarreal all picked up victories. Marcus Rashford put 2017 winners United ahead in the 31st minute against Granada in Spain before Bruno Fernandes secured a 2-0 victory with a late penalty. Roma also earned a first-leg lead on […]

Read More… from Europa League round-up: Roma fight back to beat Ajax

Granada 0-2 Man United: A comfortable night for Ole’s men

Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes got on the scoresheet to help Man United to victory against Granada. Having overcome Real Sociedad and AC Milan after dropping out of the Champions League, the road to May’s Gdansk finale continued with what was the biggest match in the Andalusian hosts’ 90-year history. Rashford’s role against European debutants […]

Read More… from Granada 0-2 Man United: A comfortable night for Ole’s men

Rashford provides the spark to lift a low-key European night

For Manchester United, that’ll do. This was, in truth, a pretty rubbish game and United weren’t all that much better than a desperately tame and fearful Granada side who have doomed themselves to die wondering having fallen to a tie-killing 2-0 defeat without ever really laying a glove on a United side who managed only […]

Read More… from Rashford provides the spark to lift a low-key European night