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The road to Budapest is mapped out after last month’s draw for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League league phase, a path that contains fireworks for England’s six representatives. Both Liverpool and Manchester City will face 15-time winners Real Madrid, while holders Paris Saint-Germain were paired with Tottenham and Newcastle in heavyweight clashes that headline the […]

Golden Eaglets head coach, Manu Garba has expressed confidence in his team’s preparedness for the upcoming 2025 WAFU B U17 Cup. The tournament also serves as a qualifier for the 2026 U17 Africa Cup of Nations. Garba, who previously led the Eaglets to glory, stated that he is proud of the players at his disposal. […]

Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko has said that the future of Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, will be determined solely by the NFF. Chelle, who took charge of the national team during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, has come under increasing criticism following Nigeria’s stuttering campaign. There have been […]

It was the Gameweek 4 of the English Premier League this weekend and this means the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has once again caused ruckus and debate on whether the system is serving the game fairly. From Brentford’s stoppage-time equaliser against Chelsea to Tottenham’s disallowed strike at West Ham, and Wolves escaping a potential red […]

Based on the underlying numbers, Liverpool created enough against a Burnley side that packed all ten outfield players behind the ball that they should have been up two or three to nil long before stoppage time arrived. As the game played out, though, it was still somehow a scoreless draw heading into the final minutes. […]

On Sunday against Burnley, Liverpool left back Milos Kerkez found himself on a yellow card in the first half with the home fans trying to convince the referee to give him a second any time he even looked at an opponent and the player himself seemingly happy to flirt with just that by continuing to […]

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister was slightly fortunate to finish the first half of Sunday’s game against Burnley following an ugly studs-to-ankle tackle by Lesley Ugochukwu that somehow only saw the Burnley man assessed a yellow card. Having played on until the break, though, manager Arne Slot then decided to remove the player as a […]

The Labour government today announced the implementation of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill — commonly known as the Hillsborough Law — aimed to force all public officials to tell the full truth in the event of any investigations into major disasters. Campaigners had feared both that the law was not the priority of the government, and […]

It can take some time for new signings to settle into their new club, and it’s looking like that will be the case for German wonderkind Florian Wirtz. While I wouldn’t call his initial appearances poor per se, it has been telling that he hasn’t been able to impose himself for long stretches in any […]

BURNLEY VS. LIVERPOOL | Sunday, September 14th |Premier League | Turf Moor2PM BST/9AM EST Liverpool somehow avoided playing the early Saturday kickoff away from home immediately after an international break this time out, but do have to play away at Burnley nonetheless. Turf Moor has often been a tricky ground for Liverpool over the years, […]

BURNLEY 0 – 1 LIVERPOOL Liverpool: Salah 90+4’ (pen) Pre-Match The most important part of today is that this is the end of the international break for Liverpool and boy is it welcome. Jeremie Frimpong is back from his short injury spell, and although Curtis Jones will miss out after getting injured against Arsenal, and […]

Everyone knew Scott Parker would set up Burnley in a low block and look to frustrate Liverpool with a suffocating lack of space in the defensive third. Liverpool created plenty of shooting opportunities, but struggled to find clean looks throughout the first half. Arne Slot made some personnel changes that saw the Reds up the […]