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Having played under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Molde, Erling Haaland continues to be linked with a move to Manchester United. Haaland is one of the most coveted young players in the world right now, but United will hope that his relationship with Solskjaer will give them an advantage over other clubs looking to sign the […]
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A silver lining can be defined as a ‘comforting or hopeful aspect of an otherwise unenviable situation’. One of the silver linings of lockdown has been avoiding the hellish commute into the office and feeling your life ebb away on an overcrowded train carriage. For supporters of West Ham, a team traditionally preoccupied with shooting […]
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Look away, Andrea Agnelli. Dinamo Zagreb’s Mislav Orsic served us all a reminder that European football is about sporting competition, not cold heartless business. It was inevitable, and understandable, that much of the focus in the English media would be on Tottenham‘s shock capitulation as they squandered a 2-0 first-leg lead, exiting the Europa League […]
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Liverpool once again face a huge European clash against a giant of Spanish football, this time drawing Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals. A convincing 4-0 aggregate win against RB Leipzig has proven a welcome distraction to their continuing league deterioration under Jurgen Klopp, with the Reds sat five points outside the top four. […]
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Bordeaux, March 19, 1996. AC Milan’s players could not have looked more casual when they arrived at the Parc Lescure. Two-nil up from the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-final, they barely even warmed up. The ability of Fabio Capello’s side in 1996 was enormous – similar to Barcelona today, they were the team […]
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As Hakan Calhanoglu’s looping cross carved through the Milan sky, Luke Shaw tussled desperately with Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the back post, while Dean Henderson took a couple of deep breaths and readied himself. The first leg of this Europa League last-16 clash had ended in bitter disappointment for Manchester United and Henderson himself. Amad Diallo […]
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The quarter-finals of the Europa League await for Manchester United after a 1-0 win against AC Milan in the San Siro saw them qualify 2-1 on aggregate. A near-post strike from Paul Pogba, dripping in audacity, was the difference on the night as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men stifled their opponents impressively. Even the second-half introduction […]
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During his second spell as Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho tipped three promising young players for a bright future at club and international level. “My conscience tells me that if, for example, Baker, Brown, and Solanke are not national team players in a few years, I should blame myself,” Mourinho said on Chelsea’s pre-season tour in […]
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Kemar Roofe received a straight red card after doing his best Conor McGregor impression during Rangers‘ 2-0 defeat to Slavia Prague in the Europa League. With Steven Gerrard’s side trailing 1-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate, Roofe replaced Scott Arfield in the 55th minute. Just seven minutes after coming on, he tried to reach the ball […]
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Think about the last time you went for a run. The process of putting your trainers on, trying to maintain a steady pace throughout while turning puce and the utter exhaustion at the end despite only running for 20 minutes. Lockdown hasn’t been kind to our fitness levels. That makes N’Golo Kante’s injury-time sprint during Chelsea‘s […]
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