Football Blog (Page 206)

[ad_1] Promoted Bournemouth host Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. Both clubs come into the contest deflated by distant officials. West Ham consigned Bournemouth to a second consecutive defeat on Monday night which left Gary O’Neil bemoaning the ten VAR decisions – by his count – which have gone against the Cherries during his interim reign. Spurs were denied a dramatic stoppage-time winner from Harry Kane by the referee’s video-aided assistant late on Wednesday evening. Tottenham’s home draw with Sporting CP halted a sequence of consecutive defeats but leaves their Champions League future hanging in the balance. Here’s everything you need toRead More →

[ad_1] Former Chelsea and Birmingham winger Karen Carney MBE is the first 2022 inductee into the Barclays Women’s Super League Hall of Fame. The 35-year-old is the fifth WSL legend to join the Hall of Fame, following in the footsteps of former England teammates Kelly Smith, Fara Williams and Rachel Yankey, as well as Emma Hayes, her former manager at Chelsea. Carney began her senior career at Birmingham at the age of just 14 and was later part of the Arsenal side that won an unprecedented quadruple in 2007. Following a spell in the United States with Chicago Red Stars, she returned to Birmingham forRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United rejected a request from Ralf Rangnick to sign six players, including Erling Haaland and Luis Diaz, back in January. The club sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after a poor start to the 2021/22 campaign and hired Rangnick to serve as interim manager until the end of the season, at which point he would move into a consultancy role. The Austrian failed to improve the club’s fortunes though, suffering a number of poor results and eventually guiding Man Utd to their worst ever Premier League points tally. He often stated that the squad needed ‘open heart surgery’ and that serious investment on the transferRead More →

[ad_1] 90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… After coming out and denying interest back in the summer, Napoli have once more played down links with want-away Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. (DAZN) Liverpool have joined Chelsea and Real Madrid in the race to sign Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United, though the midfielder is happy on Tyneside and is likely to be offered a new contract to fend off suitors. (TNT Sports) Arsenal will reignite their interest in Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhaylo Mudryk and Villarreal forward Yeremy Pino in the January window as Mikel Arteta looks to bolsterRead More →

[ad_1] Matchday five is in the books, and what a matchday it was: – Barcelona were eliminated thanks to Inter being, well, better than them. – Liverpool put three past Ajax but Darwin Nunez still managed to miss an open net. – And Napoli continued to score goals at an alarming rate. Here’s a recap of all of the action. The current best team in Europe scored their 18th, 19th and 20th goals of the Champions League group stages in yet another comfortable win on Wednesday evening. Two first half goals from Giovanni Simeone and a wonderful header from Leo Ostigard in the 80th minuteRead More →

[ad_1] From Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – Tottenham were held to a 1-1 draw by Sporting CP on Wednesday evening, missing the chance to secure qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League. A win would have sent Spurs through to the last 16, while Eintracht Frankfurt’s win against Marseille meant a victory would have allowed them to top the group, but qualification now rolls over to matchday six with Antonio Conte’s men one point clear in first. Tottenham very nearly found a clear sight of goal early on when Eric Dier’s searching ball over the top reached Lucas Moura, but the Brazilian was unableRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester City have been one of the most dominant teams in world football over the last decade. They’ve won nearly every trophy available to them, have torn apart every team they’ve come across, and yet they still don’t know how to score a bleedin’ penalty. Pep Guardiola must be pulling his hair out (y’know, metaphorically) over such a torrid streak. What more can he do to help his players score from 12 yards. Well, he could stop letting those with poor records step up for a start. Here’s Manchester City’s statistically best penalty takers – ranked. Congratulations to these 13 players who are allRead More →

[ad_1] The Portland Timbers have signed head coach Giovanni Savarese to a contract extension, keeping him at the club through the 2025 MLS season, with an option year in 2026. Should the Venezuelan stay put until 2026, it’ll be his ninth year in charge of the Western Conference side. “Gio has a proven track record of success in MLS, and we are excited to officially announce his extension as the head coach of the Portland Timbers,” technical director Ned Grabavoy said in a release. Savarese joined the Timbers in 2018, inspiring the team to the MLS Cup final during his debut season. He led theRead More →

[ad_1] One point will do the job for Arsenal as they travel to face PSV Eindhoven on Thursday looking to cement their spot as group winners. With a five-point lead over their opponents, Arsenal are obvious favourites to get top spot but proved at the weekend that they are not infallible as they fell to a 1-1 draw with Southampton, so they cannot afford to take their foot off the gas here. With that in mind, here’s how Mikel Arteta could set up. Nketiah is the Europa League starter / Craig Mercer/MB Media/GettyImages GK: Matt Turner – Turner is the Europa League goalkeeper and willRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea are keen to sign a new right-back to improve their depth in the position following the injury to Reece James, 90min understands, with Inter’s Denzel Dumfries a key target. James is Chelsea’s undisputed starter and the 22-year-old was recently awarded a massive six-year contract as a sign of the faith in him from new co-owner Todd Boehly, but there are concerns about the depth behind him. With James facing up to eight weeks on the sidelines, manager Graham Potter has used the likes of Cesar Azpilicueta and Raheem Sterling but has failed to replicate the impact had by James, who was among Chelsea’sRead More →