The 2023 finalists both won back-to-back league titles last season and are currently ranked first and third in the world in the Opta Power Rankings: We’re told that games like this on Matchday 1 of the brand new Champions League make Manchester City’s later clashes with Sparta Prague and Slovan Bratislava worth their inevitable futility. […]

Brazilian international Neymar has reportedly sent a letter to his “friends” at Real Madrid to warn them that playing with Kylian Mbappe is “hell”. Neymar and Mbappe previously played together at Paris Saint-Germain and were part of a star-studded attack alongside Lionel Messi. These three players were expected to lead PSG to their long-awaited Champions […]

Matthijs de Ligt thanked Andre Onana for turning the game around as Man Utd beat Southampton 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. De Ligt and Marcus Rashford scored shortly after Onana saved a penalty, putting Erik ten Hag’s Man Utd on course for a much-needed win at newly promoted Southampton. Both teams returned from […]

Let’s face it: Manchester United played miserably in the first 35 minutes in Southampton, which was reflected in Matthijs de Ligt’s remorse when Kyle Walker-Peters talked him into an easy feint before Diogo Dalot made a mistake that really should have given Southampton the lead. United were panicking and just plain shit, once again their […]

With two outstanding finishes, Harry Kane put his recent sluggish performances behind him and celebrated his 100th international golden boot appearance as well as his 67th and 68th goals for England. The poor performance of their opponents – a Finnish side that conceded four goals against Wales earlier this year – cannot be ignored, but […]