Author: Silver Emmanuel

25Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

NEWS

Arsenal thrashed Sporting CP 1-0 to top their Europa League group

Danny Welbeck strike gave Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Sporting CP in 77th-minute to make it Arsenal 11 wins in a row and move three points clear at the top of their Europa League group.The first half featured little in the way of attacking action, Nani coming close with a long range effort while Sokratis Papastathopoulos was lucky to stay on the pitch after dragging down Fredy Montero as he moved through on goal.Arsenal appeared to be strong after the break as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missing good chance before Welbeck eventually broke the deadlock.

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25Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

NEWS

Former Arsenal Player Robin Van Persie disclose plans to retire at the end of the season

Robin Van Persie has returned to Feyenoord, the club which he started his youth career before moving to Arsenal in 2004.Van Persie won the FA Cup with Arsenal before exiting to join Manchester United. He then assisted  Sir Alex Ferguson team to the 2012-13 Premier League title.Van Persie moved from Manchester United to Fenerbahce in Turkey in July 2015 before returning to his homeland in January and helping Feyenoord win the KNVB Cup.In an interview with Dutch media outlet AD, Van Persie confirmed his plans to make the current campaign his last as a player.Van Persie said:“When do I have to stop? That is normally at the end of this season, I will be 36 years old, i have been a professional for 18 years and from the age of five, I have only been involved in football.”Van ...

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25Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

Jadon Sancho scores his first ever Champions League goal as Borussia Dortmund grab a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid

Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho scored his first Champions League goal as Borussia Dortmund thrashed Atletico Madrid 4-0 at Signal Iduna Park.The Winger came off the bench late in the match to give home Dortmund’s third of the night and seal all three points against a surprisingly fallible Diego Simeone team. It was Atletico Madrid biggest defeat under the Argentine, after Raphael Guerreiro added another late goal to give Dortmund a deserving 4-0 win.

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25Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

LALIGA

Lopetegui: I'm optimistic Marcelo could recover in time ahead of El Clasico

Real Madrid defender Marcelo was forced out in Madrid match against Viktoria Plzen with what look like an ankle injury. The left-back was visibly in pain and his feature for Sunday’s El Clasico against Barcelona was uncertain.Although, Madrid madrid Julen Lopetegui stated during the press conference that he might have time to recover and play in that crucial match.Lopettegui said:“He has a strong knock and we will see how he goes from there, I am optimistic and he could recover in time for El Clasico if it all goes well,”

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24Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Marcos Alonso penned New contract with Chelsea till 2023

Chelsea left back Marcos Alonso has penned a new contract with Chelsea till 2023, the Premier League club announced Wednesday.The spain  defender joined Chelsea in August 2016, assisted them to win the Premier League in 2016-17 and claim the FA Cup last season.Alonso stated on the club website:"I am so happy to stay here longer and to keep playing for one of the best teams in the world, It is been a very good two seasons and I am looking forward to more."Alonso has made 92 appearances and scored 15 goals for Chelsea since being signed from Fiorentina.Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia said: "We are delighted to be extending Marcos contract, In the past two seasons he has developed into an important player for the club, demonstrating his outstanding ability and a fantas...

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24Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

NEWS

Europa League : Arsenal set for Sporting Lisbon clash

Arsenal will move to Estadio Jose Alvalade to face Sporting Lisbon to continue their Europa League campaign on Thursday, when Manchester city rivals Chelsea will host BATE Borisov of Belarus.Arsenal and Sporting sit on six points apiece after two games, with Azerbaijan's Qarabag and fellow strugglers Vorskla of Ukraine still pointless.Sporting are fifth in Portugal's top flight, four points off the top with former Manchester United star Nani having scored three goals from seven league outings.If Arsenal needed more reason to believe in their chances of going all the way, they need not look far. As coach of Sevilla in 2013-2016, Emery led the Spaniards to three consecutive Europa League titles.Emery stated after a 3-1 win over Leicester City on Monday in which Mesut Ozil scored and provided...

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24Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

2018 UEFA Champions League: Barcelona vs Inter milan, Predicted Lineup

Barcelona displayed a solid performance in spain by topping the La Liga table against Sevilla but the match was damaged by Lionel Messi injury, Barcelona now start a three week life without their best player, and the first two games will be real tests.There is El Clasico on Sunday, and it doesn’t matter how good or bad Real Madrid are playing. That will be a tough match, especially without Messi.Before that Barcelona will welcome Inter Milan at Camp Nou on wednesday in the Champions League, a matchup between the two perfect leaders of Group B.Barca and inter will face each other twice in a row, which will most likely determine the winner of the group. Inter are on fire, winning seven consecutive games in Italy and Europe and having just beaten their biggest rivals, AC Milan, with a la...

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23Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

Real madrid thrashed Viktoria Plzen 2-1 to earn their second win in 2018 champions League group game

Real Madrid grab their second win in Group G of the 2018 UEFA Champions League after thrashing Viktoria Plzen 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday night.Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid the lead before Marcelo scored, but Plzen got a goal in  12 minutes remaining through Patrik Hrosovsky.Plzen midfielder Milan Petrzela missed  two excellent opportunity before Benzema opener, with the second a particularly glaring miss. On both occasions, Plzen had carved a hole in the right side of Real madrid back four where winger Lucas Vazquez was playing as an auxiliary full-back.Real Madrid held on to offer a temporary relief for their manager Julen Lopetegui before Sunday El Clasico against  rivals Barcelona.

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23Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

Thierry Henry believes Champions League is a dream as Monaco face Club Bruges on Wednesday

Monaco boss Thierry Henry admit the Champion League is dream for his club as Monaco travel to Jan Breydel Stadium to play Club Bruges on wednesday.Henry stated in press conference:“We are not in a situation that allows us to laugh but we work in humility, respect and joy. We produced a game in Strasbourg but that did not turn in our favor with the injury of Falcao, the red card of Grandsir, We seek a victory to seek more confidence. We are here to work.“Club Brugge is a team that fights from beginning to end. They defend together, they attack together. We will try to block them. After Strasbourg it’s good to play again quickly. The Champions League is a dream, we must take this competition as a chance to regain confidence.”

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23Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

Paul Pogba is set for Juventus emotional reunion at Old Trafford

Paul Pogba has revealed he is set for an emotional reunion with Juventus in the Champions League as Manchester United welcome the Serie A champions on Tuesday at Old Trafford, which means Pogba will play the club he left in a then world record deal in 2016.Pogba started his career at Manchester United but initially didn't achieve a breakthrough at Old Trafford before rejoining the club after winning four trophy for Juventus.The French international, who has been linked with a return to Juventus following rumours over his relationship with Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, has revealed he is settled in Manchester. Pogba stataed in a UEFA interview:"I have spoken to my brother about it, And we said: 'Can you imagine what it will be like if we are drawn i...

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23Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford as Juventus face United in Champions league group game

Cristiano Ronaldo established himself in Manchester United, scoring 118 goals, winning three Premier League titles and the first of his five Champions Leagues before a then world record move to Real in 2009. On Saturday, he scored against Genoa in Serie A to become the first player to net 400 goals across Europe’s top five leagues.Tuesday is Ronaldo second trip back to Manchester United, the first being with Real in 2012-13, and Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny believes it will be another special occasion for the Portugal star.Szczesny said :“We all know how important things he has done there, but he is now a Juventus player and we are also really appreciating what he is doing here, It will be a great Champions League night, United are strong, and like us they will...

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22Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

Alexis Sanchez absent in Manchester United training session at Carrington ahead of Champions League clash against Juventus

Alexis Sanchez is among the five players left out in Manchester United open training session at Carrington ahead of their Champions League group stage clash with Juventus at Old Trafford on Tuesday.Jesse Lingard, Marouane Fellaini, Phil Jones and Diogo Dalot are also uncertain to feature, but Sanchez's absence made fans worry following speculation about his happiness at United amid a prolonged slump in form intensifies.Sanchez has netted three goals in 19 Premier League appearances for Manchester United, was left out of Jose Mourinho starting XI for Saturday match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, coming on for Marcus Rashford in the 85th minute as the two teams played out an entertaining 2-2 draw. Mourinho afterward explained that he decided to put Sanchez on the be...

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22Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Maurizio Sarri cautioned Chelsea Fans to Respect Jose Mourinho

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has warned fans to respect manager Jose Mourinho. After the fans made their hatred at their former manager clear, Mourinho responded in kind. He held up three fingers, for the three titles he had won with them. It is not the first time Chelsea and Mourinho have clashed. However, Sarri is making sure it is the last.According to report, Sarri backed Mourinho saying: “Yes. Mourinho here has won. So I think that we need to respect him and to respect everybody who has won a trophy for the club."

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22Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Arsenal boss Unai Emery disclose injury update ahead of Leicester City clash

Arsenal captain and centre back Laurent Koscielny has been out of action for several months with Achilles injury and has not feature under new manager Unai Emery. The centre back is  back in training with Arsenal and should be able to return after the international break next month.Emery believes Koscielny’s comeback will be big for the club but says the 33-year-old must be eased back in.Emery said:“He is very important for us because he is our captain, He is starting this week to do some training with us together and it is very, very good news for us.“I think we need also to give confidence to him, to be close with us, because it was a big injury.“But now he is getting better, he is training with us in some things and this is very positive.“We need to be calm with him. Cal...

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21Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Everton record their third Premier league successive win after thrashing Crystal palace 2-0

Everton record their third successive Premier League victory by thrashing Crystal Palace 2-0 at Goodison Park. Late goals from substitutes Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Cenk Tosun, Calvert-Lewin headed in from an Ademola Lookman delivery in the 87th minute, five minutes after both players had come off the bench. Tosun, who had come on midway through the second half, then added an 89th-minute strike.Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford had earlier kept the score at 0-0 by saving a Luka Milivojevic penalty on the hour mark. Crystal Palace, who have scored only five goals in nine league matches this term, went close in the first half when Cheikhou Kouyate’s header hit the bar.Everton, having built on wins over Fulham and Leicester, are now up to eighth in the table, while...

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21Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Newcastle United and Leicester City keep tabs on Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers

Newcastle United and Leicester City target Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers,According to report, the Premier League club would have to pay huge sum of £9million compensation fee to move him away from Celtic.The former Swansea City boss has endured a difficult start to the season north of the border, saying this weekend that he believed Celtic had "stood still" this summer in the transfer market. Speculation about his future at Celtic has led to Premier League sides monitoring his situation.He was recently linked with the Aston Villa job, and his response to rumours was non-committal .Rodgers said:“I have been linked with a number of things and I am sure that when clubs need a manager there is always a raft of names mentioned. “It is a huge club, a Premier League club, g...

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21Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Arsenal boss Unai Emery his happy with Alexandre Lacazette form

Arsenal manager Unai Emery believes Alexandre Lacazette has adapted to English Football. Lacazette has scored 14 goals in his last 24 games for the Gunners, including a brace in a 5-1 win at Fulham before the international break. He joined the Gunners from Lyon in the summer of 2017  having scored 60 times in his last two campaigns in France, that attracted the attention of Emery, who was then in charge of rivals PSG.Emery was working with the likes of Edinson Cavani and Neymar at PSG, with Kylian Mbappe also moving to the French capital last year.Despite admiring Lacazette good form, Emery is calling for further improvement from the forward now he has adapted to English football.Emery said:"For him, last year, his first year in the Premier League, it was...

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21Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

SERIE A

AC Milan manager Gattuso reveals squad for Inter Milan clash

AC Milan manager Gennaro Gattuso has called 24 players for today game against Inter milan at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district with kick-off scheduled for 19:30 GMT.It is an expected squad that the Rossoneri coach has selected to play against rivals Inter, Uruguay international Diego Laxalt, has also been called up as has summer signing Mattia Caldara who arrived from Juventus.Riccardo Montolivo, Ivan Strinic, Stefan Simic and long term injured Italian full-back Andrea Conti have all not been called up as expected.AC Milan complete squad:Goalkeepers: Antonio Donnarumma, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Jose Manuel Reina.Defenders: Ignazio Abate, Davide Calabria, Mattia Caldara, Diego Laxalt, Mateo Musacchio, Ricardo Rodriguez, Alessio Romagnoli, Cristian Zapata.Midfielders: Tie...

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20Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

LALIGA

Lionel Messi forced out by injury in Barcelona match against Sevilla

Barcelona star Lionel Messi left game against Sevilla in the first half because of a right arm injury.Messi was trying to collect the ball when he ran into the back of a defender, fell, and bent his right elbow badly.He was in visible pain and had to be treated by team doctors after the 17th minute injury at Camp Nou Stadium on Saturday. The doctors wrapped his elbow with bandages and the playmaker tried to continue, but he eventually left the pitch.Messi scored the Barca second goal with a shot from outside the area in the 12th minute. Barcelona next match is on Wednesday against Inter Milan in the Champions League, and then it hosts Real Madrid in the clasico next weekend.

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20Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

SERIE A

Juventus winning run halted by 1-1 draw with Genoa

Juventus perfect start to the season has been abrupted by Genoa, who grabbed a point on their visit to Allianz Stadium on Saturday evening. Despite appearing set for a comfortable win, especially after a dominant first half, Juventus failed to press home their advantage and were punished for their lack of ruthlessness. Daniel Bessa struck after the interval to cancel out Ronaldo’s first-half strike, ending Juventus winning run. Juventus dominated the match in the early stages, playing football that was both pleasing on the eye and effective. Cristiano Ronaldo was at his best form, going close with only a few minutes played, controlling Miralem Pjanic ball perfectly but failing to hit the target. The Portuguese striker then hit the woodwork just before the 15-minute mark, head...

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