Tottenham midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojberg has, in an understated way, responded to Antonio Conte’s now-eternal post-Southampton rant about the players. “Tottenham’s story is this – 20 years there is this owner and they never won something. Why?” Conte said. “If they want to continue in this way, they can change the manager, a lot of managers,
Mesut Ozil was a ‘blink and you’ll miss him’ type of player, and that’s how the news of his retirement feels. The former Germany, Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder announced his retirement from professional football on Wednesday. He does so as one of the greats, but also with a sense of unfulfilled potential, frustration almost.
New/old Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson says the fans will rally around them as they pursue Premier League safety. Roy Hodgson will dearly hope they do, because everybody else is tutting disapprovingly in their direction. In an industry of bad guys, Palace are apparently the baddest following their decision to sack Patrick Viera. Considering he
If Antonio Conte is still Tottenham Hotspur manager after the international break, it will be a miracle. Especially when you consider how very hard he is trying to get sacked. Antonio Conte is a bad loser who was already inclined towards outbursts of emotion. The former Inter and Chelsea coach has had a torrid year
Liverpool didn’t blitz their opponents on Wednesday night. They didn’t produce a classic European performance. They didn’t come back against all the odds. Instead, Liverpool went out of the Champions League to a Real Madrid side who already killed them three weeks ago. A three-goal deficit was always going to be tough to overturn at
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne says the overall quality of Premier League teams is increasing year after year. Manchester City currently sit in second place in the league, five points behind surprise challengers Arsenal. The prevailing narrative is that City haven’t been as impressive this season as they have been previously. Kevin De Bruyne,
Since losing to City, Arsenal have won five consecutive league games to stay in first place in the Premier League The five-point gap opened up when City drew with Forest immediately after their victory at the Emirates. Far from capitulating after defeat to their rivals, Arsenal have found themselves again. This is an interesting point
When Tottenham are bad they’re really bad and when you’re really bad in the Champions League you get knocked out. So it proved on Wednesday night as Tottenham laboured towards a 0 – 0 draw with A.C Milan at home. With a 1-0 first leg deficit to overturn, Tottenham didn’t have a shot on target
At times it’s too obvious to describe one good result for an under-pressure manager as a ‘turning point’. However for Chelsea manager Graham Potter it most certainly is. Graham Potter described Chelsea’s 2 – 0 win over Dortmund as ‘up there with the best wins in my career.’ Following a rotten run in 2023, Chelsea
Chelsea manager Graham Potter likely won’t be sacked as a result of Champions League elimination to Dortmund on Tuesday night. However he, and Chelsea, could desperately use a win. The Blues grabbed their first win in seven games 1 – 0 against Leeds on Saturday. A boost, but not consequential as Chelsea looked destined for
