January 2018 – Football Flame

31Jan

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TOTTENHAM STUNNED MANCHESTER UNITED AT WEMBLEY WITH 2-0 VICTORY

Tottenham returned back into contention for a top-four finish and made Alexis Sanchez adapt to a miserable return to North London with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Manchester United at Wembley.Sanchez, making his Premier League debut for United following his recent transfer from Arsenal, suffered frustration as Spurs coasted to the points after taking the lead through Christian Eriksen's goal on 11 seconds. An own goal by Phil Jones on 28 minutes extended Tottenham's lead and United were fortunate not to concede a 31st minute penalty after Antonio Valencia fouled Dele Alli 12 yards from goal.But while Tottenham were hugely impressive, United produced arguably their worst performance of the season, prompting Jose Mourinho to substitute Paul Pogba after 62 minutes following the &#...

31Jan

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CHELSEA WAS THRASHED AT STAMFORD BRIDGE TODAY BY BOURNEMOUTH 0-3

Chelsea was defeated by Bournemouth 0-3 at Stamford Bridge this evening. The Blues never got going and Bournemouth opened the scoring shortly after half-time when Callum Wilson raced behind the Chelsea defence to slot past Thibaut Courtois for 0-1 in the 51st minute.The visitors doubled their lead just over ten minutes later when Junior Stanislas poked home from a tight angle to make it 0-2 – although Courtois may feel he should have done better.Chelsea’s night went from bad to worse as Bournemouth made it 3-0 in the 67th minute when former defender Nathan Ake turned home Stanislas’ shot following a corner.There was no way back for Chelsea so they slumped to a shocking home defeat which leaves them three points behind Man Utd in the table while they slip beind Liverpool to fourth pla...

28Jan

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FORMER INTER ALLIES DEFENDER PLAN FOR MLS MOVE

Ex Inter Allies defender Wahab Akwei has been connected with a move to the United States, after ending his stay with the La based Club. The 23 year old had an impressive season in the last campaign, helping the Capelli Boys stay in the league. He scored three times from 23 appearances.The player who left Inter Allies after three seasons is in search for a new club, and was reported to be on the radar of Accra Hearts of Oak. However, the move has not seen the light of the day, with the player now linked with a move to the United States to feature for a Major League Soccer side. The club has not been revealed yet, but Akwei is believed to be preparing to leave the country to complete a move to the MLS in the coming days. Several Ghanaian players have been playing in the United States with es...

27Jan

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LA LIGA: VALENCIA VS REAL MADRID, 1-4

Real Madrid surprised Valencia by having 4-1 away win at the Mestalla, Valencia were no pushovers and battled Madrid all evening. It was Marcelo and Toni Kroos ’s late goals that sentenced Valencia to defeat. It was an encouraging game for Madridistas with great individual performances from the likes of Keylor Navas, Marcelo, Modric, and Ronaldo. What did transpire at the Mestalla was a comprehensive scoreline but a far less convincing performance as a pair of Ronaldo penalties in the first half put the game out of Valencia's reach before the break despite their second half push for parity. Martín Montoya lunged at Cristiano Ronaldo in the penalty area after a slick counter that saw Marcelo and Karim Benzema combine to tee up the Portuguese. The referee pointed for the penalty spot and Ron...

26Jan

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PEP GUARDIOLA UNWILLING TO COMMENT ON MANCHESTER CITY CHASE FOR AYMERIC LAPORTE FROM ATHLETIC BILBAO

Pep Guardiola is calm about Manchester City's hopes of signing Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao in a club record £57million deal.Man City have agreed to Laporte's contract and are expected to land the 23-year-old French defender before the transfer window closes next week.Guardiola was reluctant to be drawn on the issue, saying: 'He's a player for Bilbao. It's the same as other players in the clubs, I didn't speak about previous players. If it happens, it happens, if not then it doesn't.'There are players in the past who are interesting, in the present there will be and in the future. Always we try to do our best for the squad, knowing the players we have.'I said in the past we are trying to do the best for the squad for now, six months, years. If we are going to do something interesti...

25Jan

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MANCHESTER UNITED: JOSE MOURINHO DISCLOSE WHERE ALEXIS SANCHEZ WILL PLAY

Man United fans have been asking questions this week about where should Alexis Sanchez slot into the team.There are different alternatives for Sanchez to play on the right, left, in a number 10 role or even up front.But in his Thursday presser before Friday’s FA Cup tie at Yeovil, Jose Mourinho gave more details on how he will deploy Alexis in his team.Man United seem to have three clear options of how to line up with Alexis. In the first option, Sanchez could be deployed in a wide left role in a 4-2-3-1 formation. The big losers in that formation are the likes of Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford. A second option is to play Sanchez alongside Jesse Lingard in a 4-3-2-1 setup.But again that means there’s no room for Martial or Rashford in Mourinho’s side. The third alternative is for Unit...

10Jan

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Sheffield United have signed Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder and James Wilson the Manchester United centre-forward

Sheffield United have signed Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder and James Wilson, the Manchester United centre-forward.Evans made his club and Football League debut on 3 August 2013 in a goalless draw against Preston North End.[9] He scored his first goal for the club a week later when he netted against Gillingham,[10] as the team went on to win the League One title.While James Wilson made a three league appearances for his team during the 2010–11 season, scoring in the third, a 2–1 home defeat to Everton. After scoring twice in the 2011 Milk Cup, in which Manchester United finished runners-up, Wilson suffered a broken ankle in the second game of the 2011–12 season that kept him out for nearly five months.Evans, who has represented Wales at international level, arrive...