Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham (Chalobah 24’, Jackson 72’) STAMFORD BRIDGE – Ange Postecoglou, almost hoarse, has rarely been such a ball of blistering fury. Given the number of avid Harry Potter fans in the Tottenham dressing room, perhaps it might be time to employ a Defence against the Dark Arts teacher. Or at the very least, … Read more
The Metropolitan Police arrived too late to stop the “carnage and chaos” that marred the Euro 2020 final at Wembley, a new Netflix documentary claims. The Final: Attack on Wembley is the inside story of how “mayhem took over with scenes of drunkenness and drug-taking” before, during and after England’s defeat to Italy in 2021, … Read more
Ten Hag watched his side struggle to beat lowly Sheffield United on Wednesday (Photo: AFP) Four goals, three points, move on. If only it were that straightforward for Erik ten Hag and Manchester United. It suited Ten Hag to reduce another complicated 90 minutes for his team to a simple abstraction and allow Bruno Fernandes … Read more
EMIRATES STADIUM — At last, with his sixth created chance of Tuesday night, Martin Odegaard finally got the assist a majestic individual performance warranted to put Arsenal 3-0 up against Chelsea. It would have been a travesty if the 25-year-old had ended the Gunners’ 5-0 thrashing of their hapless London rivals without one. Ultimately, he … Read more
Burnley’s chances of Premier League survival have taken a huge boost as they thrashed bottom side Sheffield United 4-1 at Bramall Lane. Meanwhile, Luton were eviscerated 5-1 by a clinical Brentford side as the Hatters missed a massive opportunity to temporarily escape the relegation zone. This weekend may well be the season’s most imporant in … Read more
When Trent Alexander-Arnold noticed the entire Barcelona defence had switched off, darted to the corner and quickly swept in a delivery that Divock Origi converted, it went down in football folklore. In one fleeting moment, it completed one of the greatest Champions League comebacks, one of the great corner-kick assists, one of the most important … Read more
Opinion Chief Sports Correspondent This season’s Champions League winners won’t be the best team in Europe April 18, 2024 4:15 pm(Updated 4:22 pm) City boss Guardiola reacts to defeat at the Etihad (Photo: Getty) No English teams in the Champions League last four. Whilst this will prompt vicarious salutations across Europe, the exit of Manchester … Read more
Both Gilchrist’s father and grandfather have had Chelsea season tickets (Photo: Getty) When it actually happened, any best laid plans Alfie Gilchrist had made to celebrate his first senior Chelsea goal went flying out the window. Considering half his life had been building up to this moment, you might have assumed there would be some … Read more
Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool (Fernandes 50’, Mainoo 67’ | Diaz 23’, Salah 84′ pen) Mohamed Salah rescued a point for Liverpool at Manchester United as Jurgen Klopp’s side wasted a hatful of chances at Old Trafford to relinquish their grip in this Premier League title race. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time through Luis Diaz after … Read more
All strikers are judged on their volume of goals, but few in the Premier League are critiqued more closely than Gabriel Jesus. Jesus, who turns 27 this week, has had a puzzling career in England. On the one hand, he has won more Premier League titles than Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer and Harry Kane combined, … Read more
