English Premier League
Predicted Liverpool starting XI: Klopp to make three changes, 25-year-old dropped
Liverpool will face West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on Sunday, and you can watch this and other Premier League games live online. Kick-off: 4:30 pm on Sunday, December 27. TV channel: The match will be televised on Sky Sports. The Reds are heading into this game on the back of a 7-0 victory against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, and they will be looking to stretch their unbeaten run at home to 67 games when they face the Baggies. Jurgen Klopp’s side have won all of their home matches in the Premier League thus far, and the squad has been boosted by the return to training of several first-team players this week. This is the team we expect Klopp to field against West Brom: Goalkeeper: Alisson, the first-choice keeper, is set to keep his place in goal. De...
Tottenham star’s brilliant response when asked if Spurs can win the PL title this season
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-Min has claimed that Spurs can win the Premier League this season. However, he feels that such talks are a bit premature. In an interview with Sky Sports, Son was asked to comment on whether Spurs can win the title, to which he replied: “Obviously. Nothing is impossible. At the moment, it looks quite tight. There’s a long way to go. We have to be focussed, we have to be ready, fight every single point. This is our aim, we’ll see.” When further asked about whether he feels this is Tottenham’s best chance this season to win the trophy given the ‘crazy’ nature of the season, Son added: “That’s why everyone loves the Premier League. There are no free points. Every single game, every single week, it’s a hard day. We have been contenders before when Leicester ...
Opinion: Liverpool must take Carragher’s transfer advice and sign 22-yr-old in January
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher recently urged the club to spend big on a centre back. The Reds are struggling with an injury crisis at the back and the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez have been ruled out for several months. It will be interesting to see if Liverpool dip into the transfer market next month to sign a centre back. The Reds have been linked with a move for the RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano recently and Carragher claimed in October that Liverpool should pay extra money and bring the player in on the 1st of January. Carragher said (via Liverpool Echo): “There is a young man everyone was talking about at Leipzig, Dayot Upamecano, there is talk of him. Whether he has the profile of Van Dijk, I think he is only 6’1″ or 6’2”, so he is maybe not that aerial, b...
Atletico Madrid interested in signing Arsenal’s Maitland-Niles
Atletico Madrid are preparing to submit a bid for Ainsley Maitland-Niles in the January transfer window, according to Sky Sports. The Spanish giants will be without Kieran Trippier for 13 games after he received a ten week ban for breaching betting rules by the English FA. Initially, Atletico were set to still play the former Tottenham Hotspur defender as they were unsure if the ban would be upheld outside of England. FIFA have since confirmed that the player’s ban will be implemented worldwide. As a result of Trippier missing a large chunk of the second half of the season, the Madrid-based club are set to test Arsenal’s resolve by making an offer for Maitland-Niles. They have been keeping tabs on the player for the last twelve months and rate him highly. Diego Simeone’s side are on ...
Arsenal in talks over Eriksen but PSG could hijack the deal
Inter Milan and Arsenal have been in talks for several days over a deal that would see Christian Eriksen head to the Emirates but Paris Saint-Germain could enter the race for the Denmark international, according to Italian media outlet Calciomercato. The Italian club’s CEO Giuseppe Marotta recently made it clear that Eriksen is not in their plans and will leave Milan in the January transfer window, according to Sky Sports Italy via Fabrizio Romano. Inter CEO Marotta to @SkySport: “Yes, I can confirm that Christian Eriksen is on the transfer list. He’s gonna leave in January. He’s not functional to our plans and he had difficulty here at Inter. I think it’s right that Christian goes away to find more space”. 🇩🇰 #Eriksen — Fabrizio Romano (@Fabri...
BBC pundit delivers honest verdict on Leeds man who is ‘still learning’
Leeds United will take on Burnley at Elland Road Sunday, and Mark Lawrenson has predicted a victory for the home side on BBC Sport. The Whites are heading into this game on the back of a 6-2 defeat against bitter rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford. Ahead of the match, Bielsa has spoken in length about the media’s inaccurate narrative regarding Leeds’ preference to ‘style over results’, but Lawrenson has harped on the same topic claiming the Whites won’t change their style against the Clarets. Leeds have been an entertaining side to watch this season. They are brilliant going forward and can play scintillating attacking football at times. However, they have been very poor at the back. The Whites are conceding goals easily, and they are giving the impression of a team that are not lear...
Predicted Chelsea starting Line-up vs Arsenal
Chelsea travel to the Emirates on Boxing Day where Frank Lampard’s men will aim to heap more misery on their London rivals. The Gunners have won only one of their last 10 league games and they currently sit four points above the drop zone going into today’s derby. This is the first meeting between both sides since the FA Cup final in August and given Arsenal’s current form, the Blues have a perfect opportunity to exact revenge. It seems like a long time ago when Lampard declared his side injury-free in his pre-match conference for the game against Leeds. Since then, a good number of Chelsea players have been sidelined and will miss the heavyweight clash tonight. Hakim Ziyech pulled up less than 15 minutes into the Leeds game and hasn’t played since then. As confirmed by his manager, he is ...
Report: NUFC admire Everton midfielder as Bruce eyes potential January move
According to The Athletic’s Chris Waugh, Everton midfielder Tom Davies is admired on Tyneside, and Newcastle United could make a move in January as head coach Steve Bruce looks to bolster his midfield. The department is the club’s weakest area, and the Magpies boss privately bemoaned his side’s failure to make quality additions during the summer transfer window in November. Newcastle have identified a couple of potential targets in the domestic and foreign markets as they prepare for next month’s transfer business, but Bruce prefers players with Premier League experience. It’s not the first time that the Toons have been linked with Davies, and a move could be sealed this time with the Everton academy graduate currently struggling for game time under manager Carlo Ancelotti at Goodison Park...
Manchester Rising: United and Solksjaer’s moment of reckoning
Less than halfway through the season and in a cramped top 10 (six points separate #2 from #10), Manchester United are the form team and emerging as possible title contenders as we exit 2020. It’s not the game in hand, and it’s not Liverpool’s injury crisis. It’s not the unbelievable Bruno Fernandes, not the magnificent Edinson Cavani, not the brilliant Marcus Rashford, and it’s definitely not Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. It’s the winning, stupid. It’s always the results that matter and change the culture around the club (and Pogba’s mind about staying at Old Trafford). First, it was the good run when Solskjaer was the caretaker manager that lead to him getting the job. Then, it was the Fernandes-inspired run United went on at end of last season to sneak into third place. And now we have this curr...
‘Definitely’: Both Carragher and Neville make same bold predictions about Man Utd
Both Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville have predicted that Liverpool will retain their Premier League title this season. The Reds are leading the Premier League table after 14 games, and both the Sky Sports pundits feel that Jurgen Klopp’s side would run away with the title once again. However, the race for the top four is extremely competitive this season, with at least eight teams fighting to force their way. The likes of Leicester, Everton, Southampton, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, and Aston Villa are all separated by fine point margins. Carragher and Neville have predicted that both the Manchester clubs – Manchester City and Manchester United – will ‘definitely’ finish within the top three. Neville feels that the fourth place is up for grabs, and there could be a strong competition betwe...
Boxing Day preview: Chelsea and Manchester United expected to keep up the pressure on Klopp’s men
Liverpool extended their advantage at the top of the table to four points on Matchday 14 after a stunning 7-0 triumph over Crystal Palace on the road. It was the first time that the Merseyside giants had won a top-flight game by a seven-goal margin in their long and illustrious history. Matchday 15 will begin with an early kick-off between Leicester City and Manchester United at the King Power Stadium on Boxing Day. It is definitely one of the English Premier League fixtures to watch out for alongside the London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium Premier League predictions for Matchday 15: Leicester City vs Manchester United – November 26: The Foxes are coming off an impressive away win at Tottenham Hotspur, but their record against United has been poor with just thr...
Klopp claims Liverpool man ‘really good’ in training, hints one player could miss out v WBA
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed in the press conference that Thiago Alcantara is progressing well in training, but the West Brom game on Sunday may have come too soon for him. The Reds boss has also suggested that the likes of James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri have also returned to full training, with the Swiss international being ‘really good’. Klopp says the visit of West Brom will come too soon for Thiago to make his eagerly-awaited comeback. #LFC — James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) December 24, 2020 Thiago didn’t play a single game since picking up a knee injury during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw against Everton back in October. The former Bayern Munich midfielder took to Twitter yesterday to confirm that he has returned to training, while the club posted some of his training pictures o...
