England 3 USA 0 Lingard 25 Alexander-Arnold 27 Wilson 77 ——————— Jadon Sancho’s assist on England’s second goal was classy and just what I wanted to see. He rolled a sweet little pass into his right back’s overlap and there…
Gareth Southgate says England were 15th in the world a year ago. Now we are fifth. “We want to be No.1,” he says. But Gareth admits that the journey from fifth to top will be harder than that from 15th…
I’ve heard that Barcelona have struggled to replace Raul Sanllehi. But Barca are still top of La Liga. After 12 games, Messi, Luis Suarez and company have 24 points, Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Alaves have 23 points and Barcelona’s second…
Chelsea couldn’t score but didn’t concede. Arsenal conceded early (18) and equalised late (80). Chelsea’s 0-0 against Everton was a fiercely-contested game and I thought they might win it after Pedro came on. It’s becoming hard to watch 90 minutes…
Mahrez now has to become a big player in big games. Like Paul Pogba already is. Leicester City played big games in 2006, and even bigger ones in the Champions League, But this is mega, it’s electric, it’s nothing like…
Sporting? I don’t think so. Sporting Lisbon parked the bus. Plenty of strategic fouling and time-wasting. They executed a plan of damage limitation in a match that was always gonna be Much Ado About 0-0. Sporting have only won twice…
Ronaldo 1 Manchester United 2 Ronaldo 65 Mata 86 Alex Sandro o.g 91 ————————————————- The first half was a very gutsy performance by United, who knew they were in danger of being outclassed. It was 0-0 at half-time and still…
From Martin Hi Myles, Have heard from friends who support other clubs that they can see little change at Arsenal.They think it’s basically the same Arsenal and I get that, as you tend to skip the details when watching other…
Unai Emery is Mr Fixit. He can fix a squad, fix a defence, deliver a sequence. If you can build a sequence, you will build a top team. Not always, but often enough. Results give you belief and Arsenal fought…
From Michael Budgen Evening all, so what have we learned today ? Klopp’s wannabe champions aren’t good enough to beat Unai’s wannabe top 4’s. Virgil was good, Allison was not. Laca & PEA are dangerous, hats off to Hector for…