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6Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Silva praise ‘outstanding Iwobi’

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 05: Alex Iwobi of Fulham during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC at Craven Cottage on December 5, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images) Marco Silva hailed matchwinner Alex Iwobi’s ‘outstanding’ contribution after the Nigerian international bagged a brace to beat in-form Brighton and Hove Albion at Craven Cottage this evening.Silva told the BBC after the final whistle:“Alex has been outstanding from the first day of pre-season. He is in a happy place and he is a fantastic footballer. Last season was his best season in the Premier League and one or two months ago I said he would be even better in this one. He is really versatile and I can use him in many different positions. He’s...

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6Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Huijsen delivers as Bournemouth outclass Spurs

Bournemouth's Dean Huijsen (centre) celebrates scoring the opening goal with team mates during the Premier League match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth. Picture date: Thursday December 5, 2024. (Photo by Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images) Bournemouth’s 19-year-old defender Dean Huijsen delivered a pivotal moment at the Vitality Stadium, heading in Marcus Tavernier’s curling corner in the 17th minute to seal a 1-0 victory over Tottenham. Left inexplicably unmarked at the back post, Huijsen’s goal exposed Tottenham’s perennial vulnerability at set-pieces, leaving manager Ange Postecoglou shaking his head on the touchline. The result propelled Bournemouth above Tottenham in the Premier League standings and deepened the north London club’s mounting frustrations as their struggle...

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4Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Schar punishes Kelleher blunder as Newcastle hold Liverpool in thriller

Newcastle United's Swiss defender #05 Fabian Schar (R) scores the team's third goal during the English Premier League football match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James' Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, north east England on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Liverpool's seven-game winning run came to a...

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4Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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De Bruyne back to brilliant form as Man City return to winning ways

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 4: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City shouting during the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Nottingham Forest FC at Etihad Stadium on December 4, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Ed Sykes/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images) Kevin De Bruyne starred as Manchester City ended their four-game losing streak in the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest. The Belgium international created the first goal and grabbed the second, and The Citizens’ dominance continued after the break as Jeremy Doku added a third. The result moves Pep Guardiola’s side inro fourth as Forest remain sixth. Manchester City finally ended their seven-game winless run with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the Etihad. The result ends P...

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4Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Guardiola responds to rumours of Man City fall out with De Bruyne

Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola watches the players from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on December 1, 2024. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has rubbished sugg...

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3Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Liverpool left sweating over injury crisis

Ibrahima Konate of Liverpool FC controls the Ball during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD5 match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid C.F. at Anfield on November 27, 2024 in Liverpool, England. After defeating the champions of Europe and England in back-to-back matches last week, Liverpool return to action away at Newcastle United on Wednesday. Now nine points clear at the top of the Premier League table, Arne Slot’s men will be determined to maintain such an advantage at St. James’ Park. The Reds have been stung by injury recently, with Ibrahima Konate, Conor Bradley and Kostas Tsimikas all set to be missing for a few weeks. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen how close Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota and Federico Chiesa are to returning. Slot made four changes against Man City...

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3Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Nistelrooy aims to lift Leicester’s spirits

Leicester City Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy during the Leicester City Training Session at Seagrave Training Complex on December 02, 2024 in Leicester, England. Newly-appointed manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is aiming to bring a sense of positivity to Leicester City and quickly make an impression on the Premier League club's players, as he looks to ensure that they remain in the English top flight. The former Manchester United striker was appointed on Friday to replace Steve Cooper and will need to hit the ground running, with the 16th-placed club hovering just point above the relegation zone after three straight league defeats. Asked if the players needed to be picked up, Van Nistelrooy told reporters: "That is what needed to be done. Sunday was the first time that I was here. Was it yeste...

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2Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Newcastle United Extends Partnership with InPost

General view inside the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Crystal Palace FC and Newcastle United FC at Selhurst Park on November 30, 2024 in London, England. Newcastle United is excited, and proud, to announce the early extension of its partnership with leading parcel delivery service, InPost. This follows a very successful first 12 months of the partnership which has seen a number of community activations reach thousands of fans in the North East. To kick off the partnership, InPost installed bespoke Lockers at St. James’s Park, the first in the country at a Premier League stadium, and has since gone on to form a key part of the club’s newly launched ecommerce offering, giving fans the option of online deliveries to be sent to any InPost Locker across the UK. As well a...

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2Dec By Football FlameNo Comments

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Liverpool beat Man City to take commanding EPL lead

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola holds up six fingers to the fans indicating the number of Premier League titles he has won after the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Manchester City FC at Anfield on December 1, 2024 in Liverpool, England. Liverpool have been used to second best during Pep Guardiola's era at Manchester City, but a 2-0 victory over the crisis-hit champions left little doubt over who are the team to beat in this season's Premier League title race. Goals in either half from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah at Anfield on Sunday did not do justice to the scale of the Reds' domination as City succumbed to a sixth defeat in a seven-game winless run. Arsenal and Chelsea are now Liverpool's closest challengers, nine points behind, with City 11 back and almost cer...

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30Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Kluivert makes history,Brentford thrash Leicester

Justin Kluivert of AFC Bournemouth celebrates scoring his third goal with Dango Ouattara during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and AFC Bournemouth at Molineux on November 30, 2024 in Wolverhampton, England. Justin Kluivert scored the first ever Premier League hat-trick of penalties as Bournemouth won 4-2 at Wolves on Saturday and Kevin Schade also scored three in Brentford's 4-1 victory over Leicester. Arsenal can move into second if they avoid defeat at West Ham later. Kluivert made history at Molineux to curtail Wolves' mini-revival. The Dutchman opened the scoring, Jorgen Strand Larsen replied for Wolves before Milos Kerkez made it 2-1 for the visitors inside eight minutes. Kluivert made it 3-1 just 10 minutes later and completed his hat-trick 16 minutes fro...

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30Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Douglas Luiz tells Villa he’s unhappy at Juve

Douglas Luiz of Juventus FC on warm-up session during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Juventus and VfB Stuttgart at Juventus Stadium on October 22, 2024 in Turin, Italy. Douglas Luiz is unhappy at Juventus, and according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, he confirmed his discontent to Aston Villa players and directors on Wednesday. Douglas Luiz is unhappy at Juventus, and his agent, Kia Joorabchian, is already looking for an escape route during the January transfer window. The 26-year-old has only made nine appearances at Juventus after a €50m summer transfer and hasn’t yet scored or assisted for the Bianconeri. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Douglas Luiz confirmed his displeasure to former Aston Villa teammates on Wednesday. Douglas Luiz was not availa...

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29Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Arteta update on injured star ahead of West Ham clash

LISBON, PORTUGAL - NOVEMBER 26: Gabriel Magalhaes of Arsenal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD5 match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Arsenal FC at Estadio Jose Alvalade on November 26, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) Mikel Arteta played his cards close to his chest when quizzed about Gabriel Magalhaes' fitness ahead of Arsenal's Premier League clash with West Ham.The Gunners' boss was tight-lipped following Gabriel's injury in the dying moments of their 5-1 thrashing of Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday. The centre-back netted a goal in a dazzling display for Arsenal in Portugal but hobbled off in the 84th minute, replaced by Jakob Kiwior due to injury concerns. In his post-match presser, Arteta labelled the proble...

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28Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Liverpool’s Focus Turns to Man City

Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid runs with the ball under pressure from Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson of Liverpool during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD5 match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid C.F. at Anfield on November 27, 2024 in Liverpool, England. Following Wednesday night’s demolition of Real Madrid, a game more lopsided than the final 2-0 scoreline, Liverpool are officially through to the knockout rounds of the new look Champions League with three games to spare. There’s still plenty to play for with the top eight getting a pass to the Round of 16 and a second leg at home once they get there, but there’s only one club that can say they’re through after five league phase matchdays and that side is Liverpool. For the players, though, the first thoughts f...

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27Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Amorim:Rashford ‘has to really want it’ to return to top form

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim with Marcus Rashford during a training session at Carrington Training Centre, Manchester. Picture date: Wednesday November 27, 2024. Ruben Amorim believes Marcus Rashford has to “really want it” if the forward is to recapture his 30-goal Manchester United form of two seasons ago. Rashford scored after two minutes of United’s 1-1 draw at Ipswich on Sunday, Amorim’s first game in charge, but this was only his fifth goal in 19 appearances. Last term Rashford scored only eight goals in 43 games, having registered a career-high 30 in the previous campaign. Amorim was asked what was required for Rashford to return to his best. “He has to be the first one to really want it,” the manager said. “Then, he will have the help of all the staff and fans. He has...

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27Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Tottenham goalkeeper Vicario out for ‘months’ with broken ankle

Guglielmo Vicario of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates the 0-4 win during the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC at Etihad Stadium on November 23, 2024 in Manchester, England. Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario faces "months" on the sidelines after breaking his ankle in Saturday's 4-0 win at Manchester City, Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou said. The Italy international needed treatment after a first-half collision with City winger Savinho at the Etihad but was able to finish the game. The 28-year-old, who had surgery on Monday, has been a virtual ever-present since he signed for Tottenham in 2023 but Postecoglou will now have to turn to veteran back-up Fraser Forster. "It's not going to be weeks, it'll be months," Postecoglou said on Wednesday, adding h...

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26Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Utd’s Onana wins award for humanitarian work

Andre Onana of Manchester United reacts during the Premier League match between Ipswich Town FC and Manchester United FC at Portman Road on November 24, 2024 in Ipswich, England. Manchester United goalkeeper André Onana has been awarded the FIFPRO Player Impact Award for humanitarian work in his home country of Cameroon and across Africa. Onana, 28, has an eponymous foundation which works to provide free healthcare and complex surgeries in underprivileged communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Medical professionals working with the André Onana Foundation have performed over 1,200 surgeries in the past three years, according to FIFPRO's statement. "When I passed through Barcelona, Amsterdam and Milan on my way to Manchester United, I had people who helped me on that journey," Onana said of ...

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25Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Pep Guardiola says age not a factor in Manchester City’s loss of form

Pep Guardiola, Head Coach of Manchester City, reacts during the UEFA Champions League match between Sporting CP and Manchester City at Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 5, 2024. Pep Guardiola has denied that a key factor in Manchester City’s run of five consecutive defeats is that nine of his squad are aged 30 or older, with the manager pointing to how the same players were Premier League champions last season. The 4-0 defeat by Tottenham on Saturday was their second loss in the sequence to Ange Postecoglou’s team, the others coming against Brighton, Sporting and Bournemouth. This is City’s poorest run under Guardiola, and the worst of his 15-year coaching career. Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, John Stones, Ederson, Stefan Ortega, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gündogan,...

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24Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Kyle Walker backs Manchester City to recapture their ‘mojo’ despite slump

Kyle Walker and Erling Haaland of Manchester City during the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC at Etihad Stadium on November 23, 2024 in Manchester, England. Kyle Walker insists Manchester City have not lost confidence despite Saturday’s fifth consecutive defeat to Tottenham, with the captain insisting beating Feyenoord on Tuesday will recapture the champions “mojo”. City were routed 4-0 by Ange Postecoglou’s side at the Etihad Stadium, a third league reverse of the losing sequence. They remain on 23 points, five behind Liverpool, who can extend their advantage to 11 if Arne Slot’s side win at Southampton on Sunday and beat City at Anfield on Sunday-week. Pep Guardiola’s team next face Feyenoord in the Champions League. Walker said: “We’re going t...

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23Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Kasey McAteer makes full Premier League debut but Leicester comfortably beaten by Chelsea

Republic of Ireland international Kasey McAteer made his full Premier League debut but it was Enzo Maresca that enjoyed a winning return to Leicester as Chelsea ran out comfortable 2-1 victors at the King Power Stadium. Maresca led the Foxes to the Championship title in his only season in charge but left for Stamford Bridge in the summer. LEICESTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Kasey McAteer of Leicester City battles for possession with Wout Faes of Leicester City during the Premier League match between Leicester City FC and Chelsea FC at The King Power Stadium on November 23, 2024 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) He was tasked with rebuilding the Blues into a Premier League force and looks like he could be the man to finally make sense of their vast and ...

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22Nov By Football FlameNo Comments

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Ben White ‘out for months’ after knee surgery confirms Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta

Ben White of Arsenal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD4 match between FC Internazionale and Arsenal at Stadio San Siro on November 06, 2024 in Milan, Italy. Arsenal defender Ben White faces "months" on the sidelines, manager Mikel Arteta has revealed. The 27-year-old has undergone surgery on a knee injury and will not be back until well into the new year. "Ben White is going to be out for months, unfortunately," said Arteta. "He's had different kinds of struggles. It's never been the same thing but we had to make a decision. "It hasn't really improved in the last few weeks. We know that Ben is going to push every boundary but it got to a point that we had to protect the player and we decided to do the surgery. "He agreed with that and obviously that's going to ke...

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