Pep Guardiola returned to the Allianz Arena to find a shadow of the Bayern Munich team he coached years ago. Manchester City drew 1 – 1 on the night to secure a 4 – 1 aggregate victory and passage to the Champions League semi finals against Real Madrid.  For so long, Bayern Munich have been

Interim Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says he won’t let the players ‘off the hook’ for the rest of the season. The players are getting changed in corridors and completing crowded, haphazard training sessions because there are simply too many of them. They can’t score goals and they’ve just been knocked out of the Champions League

Jurgen Klopp was in bullish form following Liverpool’s 6 -1 dismantling of Leeds at Elland Road on Monday night. Liverpool had taken two points from four league games and crashed out of the Champions League since beating Manchester United 7 – 0 in March. Jurgen Klopp hasn’t had much to be bullish about lately, and

Unai Emery returned to the Premier League with a point to prove and with seven games left, has a chance to do so.  The Aston Villa manager has led his team to seven wins in their last eight games. As a result, Unai Emery could do what he’s done his whole career – qualify for

Frank Lampard says ‘special things can happen at Stamford Bridge’ and at this point, all Chelsea can do is hope that’s still true. Chelsea’s interim manager insists they can still progress in the Champions League despite Wednesday’s 2 – 0 defeat to Real Madrid. Presumably, his history with the club was the main factor in

The Thomas Tuchel factor wasn’t enough for Bayern Munich as they lost 3 – 0 to Manchester City on Tuesday night.  The result makes their Champions League progression unlikely with the return leg in Munich next week. Thomas Tuchel has outdone Pep Guardiola on several previous occasions, most notably the 2021 Champions League final. However,

If Manchester City win all their remaining Premier League games, they will be champions. If Arsenal win all their remaining Premier League games, they will be champions. That’s how finely balanced the title race is following Arsenal’s pulsating 2-2 draw at Anfield on Sunday. The Gunners remain above City by six points, having played a

Don’t be surprised to see Frank Lampard scoring a deflected goal from the edge of the box soon, such is the relentless loop of Chelsea. The new and improved Todd Boehly’s Chelsea have taken the Roman Abramovic method and run with it. Frank Lampard’s second spell as manager, an interim this time, was announced on

Champions League hopefuls Newcastle United are hitting form at just the right time, and annihilated West Ham United on Wednesday. Newcastle capitalised on poor West Ham defending to run out 5-1 winners at the London Stadium.  Thanks to goals from Joelinton and Callum Wilson, Newcastle were 2-0 up within 15 minutes. Kurt Zouma pulled one

Manager Jurgen Klopp says it’s ‘not a quick fix’ on Merseyside after Liverpool slipped further away from fourth place. Tuesday’s 0-0 draw with Chelsea leaves Liverpool eighth in the table, seven points adrift from Champions League qualification.  The conventional wisdom is that his squad needs to be refreshed and move onto the next cycle. Without