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Zinedine Zidane has insisted that his Real Madrid players are “okay physically” and that their hectic schedule will not affect them against Liverpool. Madrid are in control heading into Wednesday night’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at Anfield. Vinicius Junior scored either side of a Marco Asensio goal to earn the hosts a 3-1 first […]
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists his side can not take another Champions League comeback for granted as they look to overturn a two-goal deficit against Real Madrid. The Reds, who memorably stunned Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield having lost the first leg of their 2019 semi-final 3-0 at the Nou Camp, have another tough task on […]
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Andy Robertson thinks Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold should take it as a “compliment” that “so much noise” has been made about his England axing after he scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa over the weekend. After six-successive defeats, Jurgen Klopp’s side registered their first home Premier League win in four […]
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It has gone, the game. Football. The game. Our game. The one we loved. The one we grew up watching. It has gone. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really cant believe this. @. So who’s this week’s prick then? Anyone who used the phrase “the game’s gone” unironically in response to a thing that happened on a […]
Pundit Jamie Carragher has sung the praises of Brighton star Yves Bissouma and thinks the midfielder will leave for ‘top dollar’. He joined the Seagulls from Lille in 2018 for a £15.2million fee. Bissouma has since become a standout performer at the Amex Stadium under Graham Potter. OPINION: VAR sideshow detracts, distracts from moments of […]
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Liverpool won’t be one of the clubs to try and sign Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland this summer as the club’s owners are “more interested in bottom lines than trophies”, according to a football finance expert. Haaland has scored an incredible 78 goals in his last 79 matches for Borussia Dortmund and former club RB […]
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Midfield decision for Chelsea boss to ponder, tough tests in store for other EPL duo – originally posted on Sportslens.com The Champions League takes centre stage this week as the second leg of the quarter-final ties are played across Europe. The action gets underway on Tuesday, with reigning champions Bayern Munich in danger of being […]
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Jose Mourinho’s powers of misdirection seem to be on the wane if his attempt to shift the focus to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer parenting skills is anything to go by. But it did get us wondering: which Premier League manager would starve their kids for diving or committing other such minor footballing offences? 20) Nuno: The […]
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Racial abuse online is “spiralling out of control”, a leading cyber-bullying charity has said. Championship sides Swansea and Birmingham are taking part in a week-long boycott of social platforms in protest at what they see as the companies’ failure to tackle abuse, while players and staff at Scottish side Rangers are doing the same. A […]
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Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett thinks the offside calls from VAR are “ruining the game” after Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino had a goal ruled out in their 2-1 win over Aston Villa. The incident left Liverpool fans scratching their heads with Diogo Jota ruled offside by the smallest of fractions after the VAR got […]
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