Adama Traore scored two goals to help Wolves beat Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium – a result that leaves the Champions eight points behind Liverpool at the Premier League summit.The loss is Man City's second of the season and is also the second time they would be dropping points at home in a season with just eight games played.It [...]
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Liverpool, UEFA Champions League title holders, will begin their quest to win the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup title at the newly-built 40,000-capacity Education City Stadium in Doha, Qatar.This was revealed by FIFA on Monday as part of the draws ceremony for the annual intercontinental competition that brings together Champions League winners from each continent.Aside hosting Liverpool’s semi-final encounter on [...]
Liverpool proved their title credential with a deserved 2-1 away win over Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge to maintain their 100% start to the season.Goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino ensured Jurgen Klopp’s Reds made it six wins from six.The win means Jurgen Klopp’s juggernauts have won 15 league games on the bounce. They also became the first team [...]
Virgil van Dijk beat Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the men’s UEFA Player of the Year award.The winner was announced on Thursday night during the Champions League draw ceremony in Monaco.The talismanic centre-back helped guide the Reds to European Cup glory, keeping a clean sheet as Jurgen Klopp’s men defeated Tottenham 2-0 in Madrid.Messi, the top scorer in [...]
Manchester City defeated Liverpool 5-4 on penalties after both sides played out an entertaining 1-1 at Wembley stadium to retain the FA Community Shield. Raheem Sterling gave the Premier League winners the lead but Liverpool’s Joel Matip cancelled the advantage 13 minutes from time to force penalty shootout. It was City’s sixth triumph from their thirteenth appearance in the traditional curtain raiser [...]
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Africa's trio of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are all English Premier League Golden Boot winners for the 2018/19 campaign season.The trio netted 22 times in the EPL with Manchester City's Sergio Aguero just missing out on the party with 21 goals for the season.Salah won the Golden Boot during his first campaign at Anfield in the 2017/18 [...]
Manchester City has been crowned champions of the 2018/19 English Premier League season, clinching back-to-back titles.Pep Guardiola's men clinched the EPL title with a 4-1 victory over Brighton at the Amex stadium on Sunday in an unprecedented title race.Man City now becomes the first team to retain the title back-to-back since Manchester United a decade ago.Glenn Murray's header in the [...]
Liverpool produced arguably the greatest comeback in their history, defeating Barcelona 4-0 to overturn a 3-0 first leg defeat to qualify for the Uefa Champions League final.It was history all over again as Liverpool conjured up the spirits of the 2005 side that won the UCL from three goals down.It was, however, the demons of Rome that came back [...]
Lionel Messi came off the bench to hand Barcelona its fourth La Liga title in five years in a 1-0 defeat of Levante.Messi broke Andre Iniesta's record as the player with the most La Liga titles with Barcelona, setting a new record at 10 titles, one title ahead of the Spanish midfielder.Messi broke the deadlock in the 61st minute when he picked up [...]
Liverpool and Manchester City players dominate Professional Footballers Association (PFA) 2018/19 season Team of the Year for England's top flight.Despite Liverpool's strong presence, one of its top men, Mo Salah, is missing from the star-studded team of the year.Both title-chasing teams are neck-to-neck at the top of the English Premier League standings– one point apart– in a season where they [...]
Sadio Mane scored twice to lead Liverpool into the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win at Bayern Munich.In the game played at Bayern's Alianz arena stadium, Jurgen Klopp's men reigned supreme, and their prolific Senegalese was the star of the show.The 26-year-old has been attracting interest from Real Madrid in recent days and showed has shown why in the 17th minute.Latching [...]
Liverpool played out a 0-0 draw at home against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie -- no thanks to a wasteful attack.The Merseyside club's major worry before this encounter was the absence of centre back pairings, Virgil van Dijk and Dejan Lovren, due to injuries, but Jurgen Klopp would need to work out [...]
Chelsea suffered their biggest defeat of the season with a 0-4 humiliation at Bournemouth while Liverpool failed to fully capitalise on Man City's loss, only managing a 1-1 draw at Anfield to go five points clear.Gonzalo Higuain made his first Premier League start for Chelsea but the Argentine striker failed to have a shot on target in his 65-minute baptism [...]
Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-0 at the Emirates thanks to first half goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny.Arsenal had won just two in six, and coupled with uncertainty surrounding Mesut Ozil and Manchester United's resurgence, the Gunners needed a win to keep up in the race for a top four finish.Still waiting for the arrival of Gonzalo Higuain, Chelsea coach [...]
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