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For all the talk of focusing on defending against the brilliance of Kylian Mbappe, it was France’s all-time top goalscorer Olivier Giroud – who spent nine years playing in England’s top-tier – delivering the final blow as Gareth Southgate’s men showed spirit but ultimately crashed out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with a jarring 2-1 defeat by the defending champions. Continue reading “France 2-1 England: Giroud the matchwinner as Kane’s penalty miss sends Southgate’s men out”
Match previews as the Premier League season continues: Manchester United look to put Southampton’s late equaliser behind them in south London against Crystal Palace, a few hours after relegation-threatened Aston Villa hope to spring a surprise against strugglers Everton on Thursday evening. Continue reading “Previews: Plenty to play for as Palace host Man Utd, Everton entertain Aston Villa”
In a week where small-sided group training sessions have been approved and are getting underway across England’s top-flight, managers and players alike are having their say as Project Restart makes a leap forward towards resuming play. Continue reading “Dyche and Klopp satisfied, while Pep’s City side begin group training tomorrow”
Manchester United captain Harry Maguire steered home a second-half header to help Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men to all three points with a 2-0 win over fourth-placed Chelsea. But amid their big win, VAR controversy reared its ugly head as match-defining moments were ruined by poor officiating at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester United have been confined to their worst start to a Premier League season in club history, after being held to a frustrating 1-1 draw against Arsenal in Monday’s featured evening fixture. Continue reading “Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal: 5 Hits and Flops”
Following a fortnight break, the Premier League returns on Saturday. Manchester United host an encouraging Leicester side in one of the weekend’s 3pm kick-offs, eager to arrest a three-match winless run. Read on, for the match preview… Continue reading “Manchester United vs Leicester: Preview, team news, predicted XI | Premier League 2019/20”
Goals from Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling, Mergim Vojvoda’s own goal and a brace for Jadon Sancho helped Gareth Southgate’s England to prevail in an eight-goal thriller against a determined but naive Kosovo display at St. Mary’s. After four Group A fixtures, the Three Lions top their Euro 2020 qualification group. Continue reading “Euro 2020 Qualifiers: 3 reasons why England beat Kosovo 5-3”
Harry Maguire has become the most expensive defender of all-time after Manchester United unveiled the £80m man from Leicester City earlier today.
Continue reading “Manchester United splash world-record £80m for Leicester defender Harry Maguire”
Here’s a look at five talking points, as the Netherlands earned a 3-1 (AET) win over England to book their place in Sunday’s Nations League Final against Portugal…
Continue reading “Netherlands 3-1 England: 5 Talking Points & Tactical Analysis”
Five talking points analysed as Premier League leaders Liverpool dropped their first points of the 18/19 campaign to a team outside the league’s top-six…
Continue reading “Liverpool 1-1 Leicester City: 5 Talking Points”
Diogo Jota’s hat-trick – completed in stoppage-time – helped Wolves snatch an important win against a dismal Leicester defensive display at Molineux, in one of the Premier League’s games of the season so far.
Continue reading “Wolves 4-3 Leicester City: Jota hat-trick secures last-gasp win in epic thriller”
A brace from Harry Kane proved enough for England to scrape all three points against a plucky Tunisia side who were tricky customers and equally found themselves fortunate not to have lost the game by half-time. Continue reading “Tunisia 1-2 England: Kane’s stoppage-time strike spares Three Lions’ blushes”
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