Daily Archives: May 20, 2023

  Roberto Firmino kept Liverpool’s bid for Champions League football next season hanging by a thread as the Brazilian waved goodbye to Anfield with a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa on Saturday. The Brazilian netted his 110th Liverpool goal a minute from time in his final […]

An injury time goal from Bochum’s Keven Schlotterbeck sent Hertha Berlin back to the second division, with a 1-1 draw in the German capital on Saturday. Dead last coming into the weekend, Hertha appeared poised to delay relegation for at least another week when Lucas Tousart headed in a second-half […]

  Luciano Spalletti insisted Saturday he was not “looking for another team” amid speculation the Napoli coach was set to exit after leading the club to their first Serie A title in 33 years. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis fuelled speculation on Friday when he said he did not want […]

  Tottenham’s season to forget hit a new low with a 3-1 home defeat against Brentford on Saturday, while Arsenal look to delay the Premier League title party for champions-elect Manchester City. An Arsenal defeat at Nottingham Forest in Saturday’s late match would hand City their fifth title in six […]

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has officially won the Premier League’s Golden Glove award for 2022/23. De Gea went into the Bournemouth game with two more clean sheets than his closest competitor, Alisson, who needed to shut out Liverpool’s opponents in their final two fixtures to even have a […]

Four Wrexham Women players made the Adran North Team of the Season, while the club completed a clean sweep of individual awards. Wrexham won the Adran League North title at a canter, winning all 12 of their games, scoring 70 goals and conceding just six.  They finished eight points clear […]

Casemiro scored an outrageous scissor-kick to give Manchester United an early lead against Bournemouth on Saturday. Casemiro opened the scoring with an absolutely superb finish. With his back to goal, the ex-Real Madrid midfielder capitalised after Bournemouth failed to clear a Christian Eriksen lob into the box, and smashed the […]

  Antonio Cassano has continued his war of words with Jose Mourinho, claiming his Roma side were ‘lucky’ to see off Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League semi-finals. The self-proclaimed Special One and the former Italy striker have been trading verbal blows for some time, most recently when Cassano accused […]

  Ronaldinho never lived the quiet life as a footballer, and it was never likely that he was going to live in the shadows when he retired either.  The Brazilian superstar famously ended up in a Paraguayan prison, after Ronaldinho tried to fake his identity at the border – his […]