Olivier Giroud, Alex Iwobi and Aaron Ramsey to Starts: Arsenal vs Southampton Predicted Line-up Arsenal will play host to Southampton during the mid-week at Emirate Stadium in the EFL Cup quarter-final clash. Having won their last EPL game against AFC Bournemouth by 3-1, nothing but a win will be expected from Arsene Wenger's men, if they are to remain in the competition. Key changes are expected from the team that defeated Bournemouth over the weekend. While Spanish duos Santi Cazorla and Right-back Hector Bellerin still struggling for fitness we however expect young Nigerian star Alex Iwobi to start after missing last game. Key players like Ozil, Alexes Sanchez, Petr Cech and Laurent Koscielny will be likely to take a rest while goalie David Ospina … [Read more...]
Victor Moses To Sign New Deal In January – Conte Despirate To Seal Deal
Following various rumours linking resurgent Victor Moses to La Liga giants Barcelona, the Blues are set to offer the star a lucrative deal that will see him remain at Stamford Bridge. According to report from Sky Sport, Chelsea are making plans to offer the former Wigan man a new contract and will hold talk with the player in the new year. The Nigerian international has been on scintillating form for the Blues in recent weeks. He scored the winning goal in the London derby between his team and Tottenham Hotspurs over the weekend. Although the star signed a new contract worth £45,000 a week last year, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is however willing to increase his weekly wages, in order to fend off interest from Barcelona. Speaking after the Blues’ victory … [Read more...]
Player Revealed Secrete Behind Chelsea’s Victory Over Spurs, Conte Is Certainly a Genius
The Blues had a tough game over the weekend when they took on London rival Tottenham Hotspur. Although they won the game by 2-1 at full-time, they were however held at 1-1 before the break (continue reading). Chelsea goal scorer Pedro who netted the equalizer before the break, has revealed what Italian tactician Antonio Conte told them before the commencement of the second half. ‘He told us to press high and concentrate between the lines,’ Pedro said to Chelsea’s official site. ‘He told us to mark more aggressively and that was the most important thing. It was a good game for us and the supporters.’ The Spaniard has been having a good game since he replaced Brazilian attacking midfielder Willian in the starting eleven. His outstanding performances have left … [Read more...]
Good News: Chelsea Midfield Target speaks on EPL move – Abramovich could sanction £47m Deal
Atletico Madrid star player Antoine Griezman has once again been linked to Chelsea, following his recent claim that he would love to play in the Premier League rather than French Ligue 1 in the future. The highly rated goal poacher helped his national team side to reach the Europe Cup final in which they lost to Portugal few months ago. The sensational goal poacher won the Golden Boot as the tournament’s top scorer, with six goals while also named as the tournament best player. Speaking to French publication Telefoot, via Metro, the attacking midfielder said: ‘I am in Madrid, we have a good team, I want to win titles,’ Said Griezmann - ‘PSG is an interesting project but I don’t want to move to Ligue 1 now. ‘I prefer to stay in La Liga or the Premier … [Read more...]
Manchester United unable to break draw streak
For the first time in over 30years Manchester United have been unable to break their streak of winless games at Old Trafford. In a game very typical of the Manchester United team at Old Trafford this season they were only able to secure a draw with about 8 shots on target. A very frustrated Ander Herrera bore his heart out and showed his frustration against Randolph recalling the brilliance of the keeper for denying the team the three points. “We suffered the same thing against Stoke City, Burnley, Arsenal and now West Ham where we control the game, we dictated the tempo, we created the chances and we retained possession yet we were unable to win, I don’t know what to tell the fans, I feel incredibly frustrated right now, I don’t know what else we can … [Read more...]
Star Player To Replace Fabregas In January? Conte Could Make Offer
Chelsea will continue business in the January transfer window despite their current form, which have seen them leading Premier League table with 31 points from 13 games. According to report from The Express, the Blues have reignited their interest in signing Real Madrid attacking midfielder James Rodriguez in the winter transfer. The 25 years old Colombian star has fallen down the pecking order with Zinedine Zidane’s starting eleven. The talented star has been forced to watch some of the season matches from the bench. Chelsea creative midfielder Cesc Fabregas is facing a similar case at Stamford Bridge and rumours have it that the Spaniard could be shown the exit down to Stamford Bridge in January. Italian tactician Antonio Conte is thought to be a big … [Read more...]
Liverpool player gives out Klopp training tactics
23-year-old Kelvin Stewarts came back to Liverpool after spending part of last season at Swindon to gain match experience with limited chances at the Reds. He's been trying to break into Klopps starting XI and talked up training at the club with the former Borrusia Dortmund manager. Discussing the development of players at Anfield, he said: "We don't have intense talks every day. Speaking of Klopp's approach to player development, he said: "We don't have intense talks every day. "We'll have talks and then he gives me time to work on it, and then maybe in a week or two weeks he'll come back again and talk about how things have been going and what he wants me to change or improve on. "The main thing is for me to show what I'm good at – I don't try to be … [Read more...]
Good News: Star player likely to return to United squad Vs West Ham
Schweinsteiger to return to United squad Vs West Ham West Ham who are on a really bad run this season will have an uphill battle to stop a Man United side which has just received a confidence boost following a 4 goal win against Feyenoord. The Slaven Bilic side are billed to go to Old Trafford on Sunday evening and veteran German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is expected to return to the first team set up after being banished to the reserves this season. West Ham who are searching for their third victory since August will face a United team with stability in midfield after Coach Jose Mourinho seems to have found his best combination in the midfield with the likes of Michael Carrick, Paul Pogba and Ander Herrera. German newspaper Bild has reported … [Read more...]
See why Klopp insists atmosphere is very important to win games
Off the back of 2-0 win against a resilient Sunderland side, German coach Jurgen Klopp has praised the Anfield atmosphere for being responsible for the team nicking the game so late. The Anfield faithful were already silenced by a very defensive Moyes side while they were frustrated at the showing of their team being unable to break the deadlock after the 1st half and were anticipating another replica of the Southampton match going into halftime. Jurgen Klopp had to rally around the team and support started to increase behind their team, he was quoted as saying “In a game like this, with the quality we have and the skills the players show, we force teams into defence. So that means then you cannot come through all the time, that's how it is. I think we all … [Read more...]
Revealed: Why Arsenal must win the game against Bournemouth
Manchester City won a hard-fought game against Burnley to keep themselves in the title race, Liverpool stunned a very defensive Sunderland side and Chelsea overturned a goal deficit to beat Tottenham 2-1. The summary of the battle for 2016/2017 EPL title race and the only team left out of the equation is Arsenal, with more of the top 4 teams playing on Saturday it gives the squad and coach a better perspective as they know exactly what they need to do which is to beat Bournemouth. Anything short of a win will mean a winless 3 games for Arsenal which will do very little to dispel the superstitions of November being a boogey month for the team, a win will close down the league leaders Chelsea, take Arsenal a step farther than Tottenham and rejuvenate their … [Read more...]
Liverpool win despite Moyes double Decker, update on Coutinho Injury scare.
Liverpool win despite Moyes double Decker, update on Coutinho Injury scare Liverpool had to labor to win a very defensively set up David Moyes Sunderland team after a 75 minute stalemate. Jurgen Klopp had to sweat his side against a Moyes side which was going to park the double Decker evidently as he said in the press conference a day before. Liverpool coach admitted in his post match press conference that he had never seen a more defensively set up team in his entire life while David Moyes moaned about the concentration of his team losing despite keeping a stalemate for 75 minutes. Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho suffered an injury scare after evidently hurting his ankle, the player was stretched off and seen wearing protected boots but Coach … [Read more...]
Star Player issues warning to teammates: We must take chances
Spaniard Ander Herrera whose United side just came off a convincing win against dutch side Feyenoord has issued a warning to his side that they must begin to take chances starting from their match against West Ham. The tireless midfielder who has been very key to Jose Mourinho’s side this season after making the role of box to box his own, insisted that his team had half of the job done because creating chances was one of the hardest things in football and his Manchester United side were effortlessly creating chances but were being let down by their conversion rate. Herrera told United Review: 'In football I think the most difficult thing is to create chances. To be in the third part of the pitch and getting good shots away and we are doing that. 'So the … [Read more...]
Pochettino insists this is why Tottenham deserved to win and were the better team.
Pochettino insists Tottenham deserved to win and were the better team Surprisingly despite losing a goal lead to Chelsea and leaving with no points Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino has insisted that Tottenham outplayed Chelsea and deserved to win. Pochettino was quoted in his post match interview as saying "I think, if you analyze today’s game, we have better possession, more attempts. But football is not just a stat." "I think, comparing the two teams, we were better today. I think we need to be pleased with the performance." After slipping further down on the table with a match against Man United on the horizon it remains to be seen whether coach Pochetttino was genuinely pleased with the team’s second consecutive loss in a week and the end of their … [Read more...]
Confirmed by Boss: The most defensive team Klopp has ever played
Liverpool scored two late goals to see off Sunderland in a Premier league match that saw Firmino pick a knock and Coutinho an injury. The latter was substitute by Origi who opened the scoring. Klopp described Sunderland as the most defensive team he has ever seen. He said: "I was not in doubt about the result, I just tried to fix a few things like using space better. It was an intense game for us and a deserved win at the end. "There is a lot to analyse. This was the most defensive team [Sunderland] I ever saw in my life. "Sunderland always play a defensive style and that is okay. We forced them to be that. It is the most difficult thing in world football to come through but we stayed concentrated, worked for the moment and found a way." The former … [Read more...]
Mourinho issues warning to this United star player, he might need to change is style of play
Jose Mourinho has warned Anthony Martial he needs to take his chances as he is running out , in a press conference ahead of the match against West Ham Mourinho said that Anthony Martial had a decent game against Feyenoord but suggested that he was fighting for a place with members of the team and time was running out for him to impress. Mourinho was quoted as saying ‘The players have to win their positions. They are friends, they are colleagues who work together every day but in the end they compete between themselves to have more chance to play. Anthony played against Arsenal. Thursday was a moment to give Mkhitaryan a chance to start.’ Mourinho also suggested the player was probably more used to Louis Van Gaal’s pattern and yet to adjust to his ‘The way … [Read more...]
Explained: This is how Chelsea overturn a goal deficit to remain top
It was an eventful day at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea fans as they overturned a Christian Eriksen goal to come back and win 2-1. It started on a bad note at Stamford Bridge as Tottenham held on to possession to make sure they denied Chelsea the ability to create chances or even get a goal with long spells on the ball until Pedro Rodriguez scored with a wonderful turn and a curling shot to restore parity in the 45th minute to preserve their unbeaten run. With a better showing in the dying minutes of the 1st half and a more motivated Chelsea in the second have the home team took the game to Totttenham as they had figured out how to break their hold and utilize the wings to exploit Pochettino’s boys. The renewed enthusiasm was rewarded when a wonderful drive … [Read more...]
Manager admits Liverpool target can leave in January
Moyes has admitted that holding onto his 22-year-old goalkeeper if the big clubs come with deep pockets for Pickford. Pickford is seen as Joe Hart's successor as England's number one. So it's no surprise that he is seen to be worth about £20m or there about. Neither is it a secret that the amount won't deter English big teams should they be interested in the 22-year-old. Sunderland's opponent today -Liverpool- is believed to be an interested party. And Moyes admitted there isn't much he can do: "If he keeps performing at the level he is, I’m sure he’s going to draw attention from big clubs” Memories of the deal that took Rooney to Manchester United are still fresh in The black cat bosses mind as he feels Pickford's case can easily go same way. “I hope … [Read more...]
“He is brilliant” Man U star praises Manager
Manchester United has had a difficult start to the season under Mourinho that has seen United lie sixth in the premier league, nine points below leaders Chelsea. The Red boss has been shuffling his back line in bid of finding a partnership that is better suited to serve him as he tries to mold the club into a side capable of competing for titles. Luke Shaw, a player Mourinho had tried signing while at Chelsea but who had eventually signed for the Reds was criticized by Mourinho earlier this season about his position. And Phil Jones says Mourinho's approach is ok by him. He said: “He's honest. That's all you can ask as a player, for a manager to be honest. “He's the manager, the players need to know when they've done right and when they've done wrong and … [Read more...]
“Good one dude” Arne Semundseth laughs at ex-Liverpool star
Former Liverpool player El Hadji Diouf spoke in the aftermath of Steven Gerald's retirement from football, talking about the Liverpool legend being scared of him. The Liverpool legend Steven Gerald put an end to his career and it has been topic of much discussion as players and managers have been having their say on it. El Hadji Diouf was at Liverpool for two years and had been known to be critical of Gerald in the past. "When I arrived, I showed him that he was nothing," he told SFR Sport. "I asked him, 'What great competition have you played and where do people remember you?' It wasn't [Zinedine] Zidane. "The player, I respect him. He's a great player. But the man and the person not. I let him know. "For me, he was a player like everyone else. He … [Read more...]
This is why we can win the EPL, Mourinho speaks ahead of clash against West Ham
The Red Devils may be sixth on the Premier League table with few points behind Chelsea but the Red Devils boss remains adamant that they are still in the Premier League race. Mourinho has won three Premier League trophies, all at Chelsea. Two he won at his first stint and one in his second stint which ended as Chelsea players struggled for form and fitness. United will clash with West Ham this weekend in the Premier League and the Red Devils boss has hinted on changes. Also pointing out his time at Chelsea as proof that United are in the title race, at same time throwing sublime jibes at Arsene Wenger. The united boss said: “When I won the last title 18 years ago - sorry, 18 months ago - I had 10 points advantage and then in one month I had the same … [Read more...]
United target to remain at Chelsea
Willian has not been a starter at Chelsea in recent weeks and Pedro has been a preferred option, pushing Willian down the pecking order. But Conte, the Blues boss has stressed that the Brazilian attacker is important and still very much part of his plans as he shed light on the players situation. "He's come back and now it's important to find good form because, in this period, he was unlucky," he told the press at a pre-match conference "You know why [he was initially missing]. But it is important now to be focused on work and find continuity in training. Willy is an important player for us and I count upon him a lot.” He said amid news of United's interest in the player. When most of Mourinho's trusted soldiers faltered last season, Willian didn't. The … [Read more...]
“One of the best” Conte praises Spurs boss
Tottenham will clash with Chelsea at the Stamford bridge on Saturday. The last time the two met, Chelsea drew with Tottenham, stopping their title challenge when it was most feasible. The clash heated tempers up as Leicester went on to be crowned English Champions. The newly appointed Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has revealed a meeting he had with his North London counterpart whom he sees in a very positive light. While still a coach of the Italian national team, the former Juventus manager visited West Ham, Tottenham and Chelsea in bid to know the English culture and also learn from Sam Allardyce, Pochettino and Jose Mourinho as he looked forward to taking over the reigns at Stamford Bridge. Speaking at the Tottenham clash pre-conference, Conte had … [Read more...]
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