Skinner responded that his side should have gone a little deeper to prevent Harder from scoring. “We made two mistakes there,” he said. “If you put pressure on the ball, you can’t play the long ball. He tried to do that a few times and played the ball out of play. “It worked out for…
Premier League leaders Arsenal are in a strong position. Premier League leaders Arsenal are in a strong position internationally and are nine points ahead of second-placed Manchester City, although they have played one game more than Pep Guardiola’s side. But their next league match is not until April 11, when they host Bournemouth – plenty…
Bayern Munich could hand 16-year-old goalkeeper Leonard Prescott his first-team debut in the Champions League on Wednesday. The German giants have three goalkeepers struggling with injuries and Prescott will play in the second leg of their last 16 tie against Atalanta if Jonas Erbig fails to recover from injury, head coach Vincent Kompany said. Arbig…
Liverpool manager Arne Slot says it is too early to “jump”. Liverpool manager Arne Slot says it is too early to “jump to conclusions” about why Premier League clubs have struggled in the Champions League this week. The first leg of their last-16 fixtures saw none of the six English clubs secure a victory, with…
armoury. They have now been firmly projected as the villains of the Premier League title race – but on this crazy night brighton Maybe that’s what ultimately makes them the winners. The Gunners, in all likelihood, will end up as unpopular, unloved champions as their heavy-handed approach comes under increasingly ineffective scrutiny, especially given the…
Chelsea will play Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16. while Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the knockout stages for the fifth consecutive season. Although six Premier League clubs have qualified for the last 16, there will be no all-English tie, with leaders Arsenal facing Bayer Leverkusen. Newcastle United will face…
Moyes’ assessment came partly because of an attractive save by Lammens to deny Michael Keane’s long-range effort, which was headed into the top corner at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. But this was mainly down to the £18.1 million summer signing from Royal Antwerp’s plain manner of consistently firing corners into his six-yard box. The trust…
