Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal secured an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan that puts them on track for the Europa League last eight. Arsenal seized control of their Europa League last-16 tie with AC Milan courtesy of a 2-0 win at San Siro on Thursday, easing the pressure on Arsene Wenger. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, his first for the club, and Aaron Ramsey were enough to give the Gunners a valuable first-leg advantage and bring an end to their four-game losing run. Questions over the future of manager Wenger had dominated the pre-match talk, but the 68-year-old will have been…
Mohamed Elyounoussi scored and set up another as Basel beat Manchester City, who progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Manchester City cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite falling to a 2-1 loss at home by Basel, Pep Guardiola’s men progressing 5-2 on aggregate. A comprehensive 4-0 win in Switzerland three weeks ago gave City a foot in the last eight and the chance of a Basel comeback was always extremely remote, but the hosts struggled for cohesion after nine changes and slipped to a first home defeat in any competition since December 2016. Guardiola…
Two goals in three minutes from Juventus’ Argentinian attacking duo saw them knock Tottenham out of the Champions League in the last 16. Juventus came from a goal down to beat Tottenham 2-1 at Wembley on Wednesday and secure a 4-3 aggregate victory in their Champions League last-16 tie. Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala each scored in the space of three minutes in the second half to send the Serie A champions into the quarter-finals. Spurs became the first team ever to overturn a two-goal deficit at the Allianz Stadium in the first leg and picked up where they…
Cristiano Ronaldo kept up his record of scoring in every Champions League game this season to send Real Madrid into the last eight. Real Madrid secured their place in the Champions League quarter-finals as a 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday gave them a 5-2 aggregate victory. Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half header and a deflected strike from Casemiro were enough to keep the holders on track for a third trophy in a row, either side of a goal from Edinson Cavani. PSG’s frustrations were compounded when Marco Verratti was sent off after picking up a second yellow card for dissent.…
Arsenal have made three changes to their side that were beaten by City during the week. Chambers, Wilshere and Iwobi come into the fold as Bellerin and Welbeck drop to the bench, while Aaron Ramsey is rested ahead of the Europa League contest against AC Milan next week.
Chelsea are without N’Golo Kante this afternoon, with Fabregas coming into the team to replace him from the side that was beaten by United last week. Morata also drops to the bench from that team as Pedro replaces his compatriot in the line-up. City have made two changes to their side that beat Arsenal during the week. Zinchenko and Laporte come into the fold this afternoon as Danilo and Kompany drop to the bench. Fernandinho is out due to injury, leaving Gundogan in the holding role once again. Chelsea subs: Willy Caballero, Alvaro Morata, Olivier Giroud, Davide Zappacosta, Gary Cahill,…
Carlos Queiroz, the head coach of the Iran National Team, has called on the authorities of FIFA to ban the barcelona forward from football, because he is too good at it. Portuguese Queiroz insists the Argentine magician should be suspended by Fifa until he can prove he is not an extra-terrestrial! The former Real Madrid coach remembers all too well how Messi broke Iranian hearts with a stunning stoppage time winner for Argentina during the group stages of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. And ahead of the 2018 World Cup where Iran have been drawn alongside heavyweights Spain and…
Manchester City delivered another sublime show of attacking brilliance as Pep Guardiola’s side marked the manager’s 100th game in charge with a 3-0 demolition of hapless Arsenal. City beat Arsenal by the same scoreline in Sunday’s EFL Cup final win at Wembley, giving Guardiola a first trophy after 18 months in English football. And the runaway Premier League leaders – now 16 points clear of rivals Manchester United – blew Arsenal away before the break, becoming the first team to score three goals away to the Gunners in the first half of a Premier League match. Arsenal made a decent…
Leaders Barcelona opened the door for Atletico Madrid in the LaLiga title race as they were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw away at relegation-threatened Las Palmas. After Antoine Griezmann inspired Atletico to a 4-0 win on Wednesday, Ernesto Valverde’s side knew a win would restore their seven-point cushion before they face their nearest rivals at the Camp Nou on Sunday. Lionel Messi thundered in a 21st-minute free-kick to put Barcelona in front and, in the process, score for the first time at the Estadio Gran Canaria. However, the struggling hosts were gifted the chance to equalise straight after the…
Espanyol 1 – 0 Real Madrid Spanish Giants Real Madrid rested Cristiano Ronaldo and suffered a fifth Liga defeat of the season as Espanyol’s Gerard Moreno struck an injury-time winner. Catalan forward Moreno wasted a number of chances but his last-minute volley took a wicked deflection off defender Raphael Varane to secure Espanyol’s first victory over Real Madrid in a decade. Real Madrid struggled without the rested Cristiano Ronaldo as they were beaten 1-0 away at lowly Espanyol on Tuesday. Zinedine Zidane’s decision to rest Cristiano Ronaldo backfired as Real Madrid suffered a shock 1-0 loss away at Espanyol on Tuesday DOWNLOAD VIDEO HERE
Video Manchester United vs Chelsea 2-1 Highlights Manchester United vs Chelsea 2-1 Highlights Download 25 February 2018 Premier League Conte has also made two changes to his side that drew against Barcelona. Drinkwater gets the start ahead of Fabregas in the middle of the park, while Morata returns to spearhead the attack as Pedro drops to the bench. United have made two changes from their draw against Sevilla during the week. Pogba is restored to the starting line-up. Whether the Frenchman would have started if Ander Herrera had been fit is anyone’s guess, but he has been given the nod…
Casemiro made one and scored another before Sergio Ramos wrapped up a hard-earned victory for Real Madrid at Leganes from the penalty spot. Real Madrid overcame an early blow and were made to toil after half-time for a 3-1 LaLiga win at Leganes.
DStv Nigeria have confirmed that they will not show the Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City this Sunday. According to the cable TV network, they do not have the rights to air the clash which will be played at Wembley Stadium.
Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has named an unchanged side to the one that featured in their last outing, with Messi and Suarez once again starting as a front two with Paulinho just behind. There’s no place in the squad for Philippe Coutinho, who is cup tied, but Dembele is fit again and available if needed. Antonio Conte has decided to make seven changes to the Chelsea side that started the win against Hull in the FA Cup, with Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Moses, Kante, Alonso and Hazard all returning to the starting line-up after being rested. The latter is set to…
It is hard to quantify what constitutes the biggest cup upset, but this has to rank among them. It even has the right to be debated as the greatest ever, given what a brilliant team Manchester City are, how they have dominated and where Wigan are right now. Manchester City’s hopes of an unprecedented quadruple have gone up in flames. “Will Grigg’s on fire,” was the anthem of Northern Ireland’s Euro 2016 campaign, but the striker did not feature for his country during that tournament. His contribution for Wigan, though, was immense.
Chinedu Udoji Involved In Fatal Car Crash Kano Pillars defender and former Enyimba Captain, Uche Udoji has passed on in a fatal car crash… Udoji was in action on Sunday as Pillars played out a 1-1 draw with Enyimba in one of the NPFL Match Day 9 games played across the country. The defender was involved in an auto crash on his way home. Already condolences have been pouring in for the late defender with Enyimba leading the list.