After his howlers in goal arguably cost Liverpool the Champions League crown in May, goalkeeper Loris Karius wanted to get as far away from Anfield as possible. He’s essentially done that, although officially the German is still playing in Europe.
On August 25, the slippery-handed netminder agreed to a two-year loan switch to Istanbul giants Besiktas. According to his Twitter feed, he was welcomed with open arms.
Chelsea kept pact with Liverpool and Watford at the top of the Premier League table by defeating Newcastle United 2-1 Sunday after an entirely forgettable opening 75 minutes sprang into life over the final quarter-hour.
For Newcastle supporters, the approach from Rafa Benitez harkened back to last December’s visit of Manchester City. The Magpies sat inordinately deep and ceded 81 percent of possession to the visitors while playing with five at the back and an incredibly grafting midfield pairing of Mohamed Diame and Ki Sung-Yueng.
The main talking point from yesterday’s Premier League encounter between Liverpool and Brighton — outside of further confirmation that Trent Alexander-Arnold is one of the brightest young full backs in world football and Mohamed Salah’s finely taken goal — was undoubtedly Alisson’s flick over Anthony Knockaert at the edge of his own box in the 69th minute with the Reds nursing a slender one-goal advantage.
After a 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, the Liverpool is the only team with three wins from three in the Premier League, though a couple teams could join the Reds in the coming days. A highlight of Liverpool’s win was a five-second display of sublime skill highlighted by a Trent Alexander-Arnold pass, which shows why the Reds might just win the league.
According to a number of reports in England, the cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour made a world-record bid to takeover City’s Premier League rival Liverpool but was turned down.
Footballers using social media is a blessing and a curse that keeps on giving. Thanks to some questionable use of Instagram stories by Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, fans received some insider info on who the tourtoises and the hares are at the London club. According to a leaderboard listing the team’s fastest players based on the categories of “Max Speed” and “% Max Speed,” the Gabon striker is the speediest Gunner of them all.
The Arsenal U18 team took on Aston Villa’s U18 in the first game of the Premier League U18 competition. But it wasn’t the game itself that brought all the headlines but rather the 14-year-old who played the full 90 minutes for Arsenal: Remy Mitchell.
Remy Mitchell played 90 minutes for Arsenal U18s at the weekend as they won 4-2 against Aston Villa.
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If one were asked to sum up Manchester United right now using just an emoji, it’s probably:
How fast is Sadio Mané? The Senegalese winger has harnessed his blistering pace to increasingly devastating levels while rising from France’s third division in 2012 to the heights of the Champions League final with Liverpool in 2018. His record of 10 goals from 13 appearances in the world’s premier club competition last season tells you everything you need to know about the 26-year-old: He’s now one of most feared wide men on the planet, and his pace has a lot to do with that.