8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (389+ words) Enzo Maresca has reasserted his belief that Chelsea do not have a disciplinary problem. There were another five yellow cards dished out to Chelsea players by referee Stuart Atwell in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa, which Maresca had to watch…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (405+ words) Manchester United interim head coach Michael Carrick has weighed in on the Premier League set-piece debate, saying that jostling and grappling in the box during corners has “gone too far”. An increase in goals from set-pieces has been a major…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (766+ words) Not for the first time this season, Liverpool are left picking up the pieces of another false dawn. After four victories on the spin at the beginning of a favorable run of fixtures, the Reds appeared to have conjured some…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (598+ words) Chelsea’s appointment of Xabi Alonso marks a first for the club in 13 years, with the Spaniard notably given the title of ‘manager’ rather than ‘head coach.’ It’s a subtle difference to every previous appointment in recent years—and there have…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (468+ words) Liverpool manager Arne Slot has admitted last season’s Premier League title victory may have “postponed” the slump most fans were expecting following the end of the Jürgen Klopp era. Backed to oversee a transitional season last year after replacing the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (489+ words) If the FA Cup is traditionally the curtain call for the domestic season, then this year’s final provided a glimpse into Chelsea’s future. Xabi Alonso may not have been in attendance at Wembley, as Antoine Semenyo secured Manchester City’s ninth…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1087+ words) “It was a brilliant advert for the Premier League,” a breathless Pep Guardiola beamed after watching his Manchester City side come from behind to defeat Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. Even the beaten Reds boss, Arne Slot, conceded that…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1288+ words) As tends to be the case with Unai Emery in the Europa League, his team are coming into form at exactly the right time. An often laborious 2026 for Aston Villa has suddenly enjoyed release. Working on limited resources relative to…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (602+ words) Chelsea legend Marcel Desailly has told Xabi Alonso that he must take a philosophy-first approach if he wishes to succeed at Stamford Bridge. The Blues are coming off the back of a miserable season that saw them finish 10th in the…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (826+ words) Arne Slot accepted that Liverpool have dropped too many points in the Premier League after playing in the Champions League as they suffered another blow to their hopes of finishing in the top-five with defeat at Brighton. Danny Welbeck’s double…...