December, 2018

• 31 December

  Wounded Manchester City Is Ready To Combat Liverpool

  

  Vincent Kompany, the Captain of Manchester City have admitted that the pride of the Premier League champion has been wounded by the shock run of 3 loss in 4 matches of Premier League to fall back 7 points behind the Reds, the league leaders. However, prior to the visit of the men of Jurgen Klopp to Eithad, Vincent Kompany had come up with a rallying cry for Manchester City team and also the supporters to keep on fighting in order to be the first side in 10 years to have and retain Premier League. Kompany has told that they shouldn’t …
• 31 December

  Kenny Jacket Targeting January Transfer Window

  

  Portsmouth boss, Kenny Jacket is hoping to strengthen his squad in the transfer window of January while they continue with the promotional push. Heading to the top of Sky Bet League in 2019, Pompey is just 3 points ahead of 2nd place Luton. They are also clear in 3rd position in Sunderland. Jacket, the manager is planning to reinforce for keeping the squad on track to return to Championship. He has stated that they are hoping that they will be able to improve the team and bring in some players who will be beneficial for them. He says that they …
• 31 December

  Fulham To Take Serious Action Against Racial Abuse Of Kamara

  

  Fulham says that they are going to take the strongest action against the racial abuse of Aboubakar Kamara on social media due to his penalty miss against Huddersfield. According to Claudio Ranieri, Kamara had disobeyed the orders of the team and had seized the ball. He had an argument with Aleksandar Mitrovic who is the regular penalty taker of the club. Subsequently, he had missed out on the late kick. Mitrovic is known to have nested within the injury time in order to snap the 6 games run off without a win for Fulham. However, the victory had been marred …
• 30 December

  The Injury Is A Problem For Sarri As Chelsea Defeat Palace

  

  Maurizio Sarri stated that the lengthening injury list of Chelsea is a cause of the concern for the team’s crowded schedule of January. Olivier Giroud, the striker has become Chelsea’s latest casualty as it hobbled out of 1–0 victory secured over Crystal Palace in Premier League. It leaves Selhurst Park limping on crutches. Chelsea didn’t have 5 players when they came into the game. This includes Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Cesc Fabregas, and Danny Drinkwater who had been injured during the training period of the previous day. Pedro and Callum Hudson-Odoi are one of the 6 who had started over half of …
• 30 December

  Cardiff Is The Ideal Place For Camarasa Says Warnock

  

  Neil Warnock, the Cardiff boss has insisted that Victor Camarasa is in the ideal place to thrive. The loanee of Real Betis struck from twenty-five yards even during the time of his injury for earning 1–0 win for the Bluebirds at Leicester. This was the third goal by the midfielder in this season after Neil Etheridge saves the second-half penalty by James Maddison. Warnock has stated that Camarasa is not going to have the loan cut short in the month of January irrespective of the repeated interest shown by the other clubs. He feels that Camarasa will be able to …
• 30 December

  Luke Shaw Is All Praise For Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

  

  Luke Shaw has been showering words of praises for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the caretaker manager of Manchester United. According to him, Solskjaer has brought attacking and positive impetus to the team.   Solskjaer has come as a replacement for Jose Mourinho. He had been sacked eleven days ago after leading Manchester United to the worst start to the season in the era of Premier League. The Portuguese had been criticized extensively because of his defensive and drab style of football in his two-years of reign at Old Trafford. This style was completely unlike the heritage of the club. With the …
• 30 December

  Guardiola, Poor Run Of Man City Will Not Change Principles

  

  According to Pep Guardiola, he is not going to change the principles of football even if the poor run of Manchester City proceeds into the New Year. A run for 3 defeats in 4 matches of Premier League has seen Manchester City slip from 1st t0 3rd position in the table of Premier League. This has greatly damaged their chances of retaining the title which they had won with 100 points in the month of May. Manchester City’s visit to Southampton for a home match against Liverpool, the leaders prior to struggling for the visit of Rotherham United side in …
• 29 December

  Jurgen Klopp Reveals Doubt About Premier League Title Race

  

  Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager has revealed that he is not 100 percent certain that his side is in the title race of the Premier League irrespective of being 6 points clear at the half-way mark. The Boxing Day thrashing by Liverpool of Newcastle along with the loss of Manchester City to Leicester implies that they have gone 7 points ahead of the team of Pep Guardiola in the 20th round of fixtures. However, Tottenham, Spurs have come up as the contender for the title with their own festive demolition by defeating Bournemouth by 5–0. This moved them up into …
• 29 December

  Indian Football Follows Same Fitness Regime Like Arsenal

  

  Danny Deigan, the sports scientist who have played a significant role regards to enhancing the fitness level of Indian football team says that they follow similar methods like the leading club Arsenal. Deigan has stated that after he visited several EPL clubs like Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur, and Arsenal, he can say that the methods used by the Indian team are quite similar to them. It is necessary to note down that the top teams of Asia in order to replicate them and do better in the Asian Cup in near future. He said this during the preparatory camp that …
• 28 December

  Shaka Hislop: The Jose Mourinho Got The Players Depressed

  

  Jose Mourinho had been sacked by Manchester United according to the club. They also said that Paul Merson had been wrong in criticizing the players since they had been in depression under the Portuguese coach. After releasing Mourinho of his managerial duties and bringing in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the interim successor, Manchester United has managed to get a stylish win over Huddersfield and Cardiff. This was after Man United had struggled to put their best under Mourinho who had been usually criticized by the attacking players of the team with the reserved tactics that he used. However, Paul Merson …
• 28 December

  Unai Emery Has Been Charged For Kicking Bottle Towards Fans

  

  Unai Emery, the manager of Arsenal has been charged by Football Association because of his action of kicking the bottle that hit a fan of Brighton the end of the draw game. The Football Association has stated that this can be taken as improper conduct and Emery will have to respond to the charge by 18:00 GMT of 2nd January. He has apologized for the incident that had been included in the match report of the officials. After the match, he said that he has said sorry to them. He immediately went to talk to the home supporter after the …
• 28 December

  Rumors Of Nasri Being Set For £80,000 Per Week At West Ham

  

  The 12-month doping ban of Samir Nasri is coming to an end and he is on his way back to England. According to reports, he has been offered a great 6‑month contract along with a choice that will keep him for longer if everything works out well by West Ham. Nasri had won a title when he was at Manchester City under Manuel Pellegrini, the present manager of West Ham and he will be able to earn £80,000 in one week. West Ham might also move towards Victor Wanyama of Tottenham who might join a mass exodus from fringes of …