Chelsea pair Diego Costa and Eden Hazard have been in top form this season and have helped the Blues to their current position in the table
On Monday night Premier League leaders Chelsea re-established a ten-point lead at the top of the table with a 2-1 win at West Ham.
The scorers of the Blues two goals were not much of a surprise as both Diego Costa and Eden Hazard got on the scoresheet.
The pair have been two of the key reasons for the Blues good form this season.
Antonio Conte’s side have struggled to keep clean sheets in recent games, so their attacking players’ producing is even more vital to the wannabe champions.
Bang in form once again this season
Last season Chelsea struggled to beat an egg, despite being reigning champions.…
Champions League quarter-final draw / Image by SoccerNews.com
The football world stood in anticipation as the Champions League quarter-final draw unfolded.
Europe’s top eight clubs have learned their faith as the draw had its say on matching up some of the mouth-watering duels in this stage of the competition.
Last season’s finalists Atletico Madrid have been pitted against this season’s biggest surprise Leicester City, whereas Borussia Dortmund will play electrifying AS Monaco. As for the reigning European champions, Real Madrid travel to Munich, whereas another Spanish side Barcelona takes on Juventus. Once again.
With all four first legs scheduled to be played on 11th and 12th April and rematches a week later, here are the five th…
Harry Maguire is co-operating with Greek authorities following an alleged incident in Mykonos, Manchester United have confirmed.
The Red Devils captain has been on holiday on the island after United s 2019-20 season ended with a 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League semi-final.
In a statement released on Friday, United said: The club is aware of an alleged incident involving Harry Maguire in Mykonos last night.
Contact has been made with Harry, and he is fully co-operating with the Greek authorities.
At this time we will be making no further comment.
Maguire was made captain by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in January, just five months on from transferring from Leicester City for a reported £80million fee.
The 27-year-old Engla…
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho conceded he felt he was the worst manager in the world during a gruelling campaign, which was capped off by Europa League victory and Champions League qualification.
Mourinho masterminded United s return to the Champions League after Wednesday s 2-0 victory over Dutch giants Ajax in Stockholm.
Following a sixth-place finish in the Premier League amid crippling injuries to stars Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcos Rojo and Luke Shaw, everything hinged on the Europa League result at Friends Arena, and Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan ensured United ended the season with a third trophy, having claimed silverware in the Community Shield and EFL Cup.
As Mourinho celebrated a fourth European title from four finals, the Portuguese tactician …
Manchester City s spending spree on players and salaries have led to record losses of 121.3 million pounds (191.9 million dollars), the club s annual report revealed on Friday.
Although City s turnover increased by 40 percent to 125 million pounds, this has been swamped by salary costs of 133.3 million, a 50 million rise on a year ago.
That puts City bankrolled by Abu Dhabi-based owner Sheikh Mansour behind Chelsea, whose wage bill is 142 million pounds, but ahead of Manchester United (123m) and Arsenal (110m).
City chief executive Garry Cook said the losses should come as no surprise but that the club would now scale back on new signings.
He said: It is safe to say that player acquisitions on the scale we have seen in recent transfer windows will no lon…
Brighton’s European adventure turned into a nightmare after they were blown away by Roma to suffer a 4-0 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico.
Roberto De Zerbi had guided the Seagulls through to the Europa League last-16 with a four-match winning run in the competition, but first-half goals by Paulo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku put the visitors on the ropes in Rome.
Worse was to follow after the break with Gianluca Mancini and Bryan Cristante able to score in quick succession to essentially kill the tie.
Defeat at Stadio Olimpico.
— Brighton Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC)
The Premier League outfit did have their chances with Danny Welbeck denied on several occasions, but injury-hit Brighton need a miracle to overturn a four-goal deficit in next week’s …
Barcelona s transfer ban could scupper any potential move for Borussia Monchengladbach goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
On Wednesday, FIFA hit the Liga champions with an embargo for the next two transfer windows due to irregularities with their dealings over youth transfers, although the club have since announced their intention to appeal the decision.
Ter Stegen s agent Gerd von Bruch initially moved to allay fears that Barca s ban could hinder any agreement being reached between the two clubs amid intense speculation that the 21-year-old is on his way to Spain.
But a spokesperson for world football s governing body has cast doubt on the prospective deal.
A statement released to Perform read: In principle, the transfer ban prevents the club from registering any…
Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has paid tribute to departing coach Antonio Conte, thanking him for masterminding a successful era.
Conte took Juve to three consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2014 their first league trophies since the Calciopoli scandal and also oversaw two Supercoppa Italiana wins.
The 44-year-old exited the Turin club by mutual consent on Tuesday and has been linked with the vacant Italy coaching job.
Agnelli hailed Conte s contribution to the club since May 2011as significant.
You have been a great leader for our team and today s news saddens me immensely, Agnelli wrote in an open letter addressed to Conte published on Juve s official website.
I think about the three years we spent together, the three years in which w…
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman will star in Taylor Sheridan’s new CIA TV show, Lioness, which also features Laysla De Oliveira and Zoe Saldana. The show is called Lioness, and it’s based on a real-world CIA unit.
De Oliveira plays Cruz Manuelos, a “rough-around-the-edges” young Marine who joins the Lioness Engagement Team at the CIA to take down a terrorist group. Saldana plays the station chief, Joe, and Kidman portrays Kaitlyn Meade, a CIA senior supervisor.
“She must juggle the trappings of being a woman in the high-ranking intelligence community, a wife who longs for the attention she herself can’t even give, and a mentor to someone veering suspiciously close to the same rocky road she’s found herself on,” reads a line from the show’s description, as shared by The…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola praised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s incredible start as caretaker manager at Manchester United.
Solskjaer has won his opening five matches after replacing Jose Mourinho in December – equalling Matt Busby s record in a 2-0 FA Cup victory against Reading last week.
The 45-year-old Norwegian – appointed until the end of the season – could surpass Busby s record with victory against Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.
Asked about Solskjaer following Manchester City s 9-0 humiliation of Burton Albion in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals on Wednesday, Guardiola reporters: His start is much better than mine, I lost my first game and drew the second [after being appointed in 2016].
He won all the games. He is a y…