Trevor Steven: Why Mohamed Salah deserves PFA Player of the Year award ahead of Kevin De Bruyne – and what next for Manchester City? April 17, 2018 Like the debate over the relative merits of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, there is little to choose between Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne, the two favourites to receive the PFA Player of the Year award on Sunday, and to an extent it is a question of personal preference. But my vote would go [...]
West Ham United 1, Stoke City 1: David Moyes in confident mood after Andy Carroll nets late leveller for Hammers April 16, 2018 West Ham boss David Moyes cut a serene figure after a last-gasp leveller from substitute Andy Carroll boosted his side’s Premier League survival chances and deepened the relegation worries of opponents Stoke. The Potters had looked on course for a priceless victory in their battle against the drop when former England hitman Peter Crouch climbed [...]
Sergio Aguero challenges champions Manchester City to eclipse Chelsea’s Premier League record and smash 100-point barrier April 16, 2018 Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has challenged the Premier League champions to keep their foot on the accelerator and win their remaining five games of the season. City sealed their fifth top-flight title on Sunday when rivals Manchester United, needing to avoid defeat to prolong the inevitable, slipped to a shock 1-0 defeat to Championship-bound [...]
Newcastle United 2, Arsenal 1: Arsene Wenger admits Gunners have an away day problem as Rafa Benitez hails Newcastle’s survival April 15, 2018 Newcastle United 2, Arsenal 1 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits his team are in a “negative spiral” after they lost a fifth consecutive Premier League away game at resurgent Newcastle. The Gunners took an early lead through Alexandre Lacazette but Ayoze Perez equalised before half-time and Matt Ritchie completed the hosts’ comeback midway through the [...]
Disney forced to bid for Sky: How Britain’s takeover umpire has just thickened the plot April 13, 2018 As corporate stories go, this one has more plot twists than Game of Thrones. Sky investors were buoyed at the end of February as Comcast attempted to hijack Rupert Murdoch’s painfully slow takeover of the chunk of Sky he doesn’t already own. Shares hit levels last witnessed during the dotcom bubble – climbing above the [...]
Premier League Golden Boot: Harry Kane boosted in pursuit of Mohamed Salah after Tottenham striker is credited with goal against Stoke April 11, 2018 Tottenham striker Harry Kane’s hopes of finishing as the Premier League’s top scorer for a third year in a row have received a boost after he was credited with an extra goal. Kane has been awarded Spurs’ second goal from their 2-1 win at Stoke on Saturday after persuading league chiefs that he got a [...]
Manchester City 1, Liverpool 2: Reds see off City comeback to reach Champions League semi-finals for first time in 10 years April 11, 2018 Manchester City 1, Liverpool 2 (Liverpool win 5-1 on aggregate) Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp saluted his team’s less celebrated fighting qualities after they scuppered a Manchester City comeback to reach their first Champions League semi-final for a decade. City shook the visitors with a goal after 117 seconds from Gabriel Jesus and believed they had [...]
Manchester City v Liverpool: Is Pep Guardiola’s domestic dominance hurting his Champions League chances? April 9, 2018 Manchester City must do something only two teams have done before them if they are to progress in the Champions League this week – and halt a run of heartaches suffered by Pep Guardiola’s domestically dominant teams in Europe. While they may have one hand on the Premier League title, despite a weekend derby defeat [...]
Manchester City: How Pep Guardiola’s side compare against Fergie’s Manchester United Fledglings, Wenger’s Arsenal Invincibles, Mourinho’s Chelsea April 5, 2018 Manchester City’s Champions League hopes may have been severely dented by a heavy loss at Liverpool this week but with attention returning to the Premier League, they need not have such worries. City host fierce local rivals Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, when a win would see them clinch the Premier League [...]
Liverpool 3, Manchester City 0: Reds stun City with first-half blitz but Jurgen Klopp rues failure to go for jugular April 4, 2018 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp felt his side missed an opportunity to floor a dazed Manchester City despite the Reds seizing control of their Champions League quarter-final clash with a swashbuckling first-half showing. Five-time conquerors of Europe Liverpool stunned the Premier League champions-in-waiting thanks to 19-minute blitz which saw the Merseysiders strike through Mohamed Salah, Alex [...]