Month: September 2018

Rafael benitez hail his players for their effort against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.Manchester City thrashed Newcastle united 2-1 this evening thanks to goals from Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker. DeAndre Yedlin was on target for Benitez's side, who are now 18th in the Premier League. Newcastle fought back after going behind early on, Yedlin cancelled out Sterling's strike and the game was decided by a second-half goal from Walker.Newcastle United manager Benitez said : I was pleased with some things, but disappointed in the end because we want to get a result. The team effort was there and the mentality. The players were fighting for each other. I was really pleased with that, but disappointed.

Liverpool thrash Leicester 2-1 to maintain their 100 per cent record, Sadio mane and Roberto Firmino scored in the first half to put Liverpool on top at the King Power Stadium before the hosts hit back thanks to Alisson.His blunders, which saw him robbed of possession by Kelechi Iheanacho and resulted in Rachid Ghezzal slotting home, was the first goal the Brazilian has conceded since his £67million summer move from Roma.But Liverpool survived to record their fourth straight win and continue their flying start to the campaign. Leicester battled well and worried the visitors but failed to win.

BRIGHTON LINE-UPLast weekend brighton setup defensively for their trip to Anfield last Saturday, Brighton manager Chris Hughton could revert to the same side that saw off Manchester United at the Amex a fortnight ago.This means Pascal Gross coming back into the starting line-up in place of Yves Bissouma, who has performed well in the brighton past two matches.Bruno Saltor Grau returned to training this week and could come back into contention. Lewis Dunk was set to train yesterday but is again likely to miss out. Florin Andone and Jose Izquierdo have again been ruled out.Line-up: Ryan, Montoya, Duffy, Balogun, Bong, Knockaert, Stephens, Propper, March, Gross, Murray. Substitute (from): Button, Bruno, Bernardo, Suttner, Kayal, Bissouma, Jahanbakhsh, Locadia.FULHAM LINE-UPFulham thrashed&nbs...