Defeats are so rare for Manchester City these days that when one comes around, it invites scrutiny. Inquests were held after Leicester City’s 5-2 win at the Etihad back in September, then again after the 2-0 defeat away at Tottenham, each of...
The Premier League may not have much of a title race to speak of this season but the battle to finish in the top four and earn a place in next year’s Champions League has a large field of contenders once again....
James Ward-Prowse will not be part of England’s squad to face Poland in tonight’s World Cup Qualifying match at Wembley Stadium, with the FA saying the 26-year-old is being rested as a “fitness precaution”. The Southampton midfielder has returned to his...
Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka will miss England’s World Cup qualifier with San Marino on Thursday night. Manchester United forward Rashford missed his club’s FA Cup defeat to Leicester City on Sunday with a foot injury while Saka is yet to join up with the rest...
Manchester United have drawn Spanish side Granada in the Europa League quarter-finals. United edged out AC Milan in the last round, with Paul Pogba coming off the bench to score a vital winner in the second leg at the San Siro. Granada saw off...
Liverpool will face Real Madrid in the Champions League last eight in a rematch of their acrimonious 2018 final. It was Madrid who triumphed in a bitter clash three years ago in Kyiv when Mohamed Salah was forced off in the early stages owing to...
Manchester United’s Premier League meeting with Newcastle will go ahead on Sunday despite a Covid-19 outbreak forcing members of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s coaching staff to self-isolate. A club statement released on Sunday morning confirmed that the match would go ahead at the scheduled...
The purity of Kylian Mbappe’s crowning goal at Camp Nou should bring clarity to a lot of wider questions. That is the persuasive force of such preternatural finesse. For one, any club thinking about investing fortunes in Lionel Messi should instead be investigating...
It is a mark of how well things are going for Manchester City at the moment that the most pressing issue at the Etihad is which of their winning streaks should be recognised as a record. The FA Cup fifth round victory...
Liverpool now have a mountain to climb in the title race following their 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday with Ilkay Gundogan once again the star of the show for Pep Guardiola's side. Attention may now need to already turn to next...
