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Following their recent win over Crystal Palace, next month’s meeting against Liverpool will be Chelsea’s 26th cup final in just 18 seasons. That means that Thomas Tuchel’s side and Jurgen Klopp’s team will become just the second set of clubs, after Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday in 1993, to contest both of England’s domestic cup finals […] READ MORE
Manchester City and Liverpool played out their second 2-2 thriller of the Premier League campaign on Sunday in the first instalment of a potential three-part season finale to “English football’s greatest ever rivalry”. This claim, made most notably by Jamie Carragher in the build-up to the clash, sparked widespread debate throughout the weekend. One of […] READ MORE
European club football’s top table was once again missing one of its oldest guests this week with no Italian football clubs in the last eight of the European Cup for the second year in a row. In the backwaters of the Europa and Europa Conference leagues, there are just two sides: Atalanta and Roma. The […] READ MORE
After the final international break of the season, the Premier League returns this weekend and with it, the run-in, crunch-time, squeaky bum-time or any other term used for the final furlong of the English football’s centre-piece. Manchester City and Liverpool are locked in a battle for the title (and everything else), the top four race […] READ MORE
The Republic of Ireland will be looking to continue their recent upturn in fortunes against Belgium and Lithuania this week but just one look at the squad named by Stephen Kenny and the sheer lack of goals in the current Irish ranks is glaringly obvious. James McClean with 11 is the sole player in double […] READ MORE
The latest instalment of the soap opera we call football 2022 had once again a seven days to rival that of Craig David with a Champions League love affair on Tuesday and Wednesday, before a chilled Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick on Saturday. Off the pitch, Chelsea were reduced from roubles to rubble (for now at least) […] READ MORE
Another weekend, another damning indictment of modern-day Manchester United. It was less so the scoreline, a 4-1 Manchester derby defeat, but more so the manner in which they lost. The players simply packed it in. The second half stats said it all; 14-0 shots, 79-21 per cent possession. At one point, Manchester City had a […] READ MORE
Football, and the controversies involved, such as transfers, for the foreseeable will take a back seat but last weekend showed it can act as somewhat of an escape from the grim reality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Liverpool defeated Chelsea on penalties to win the League Cup after the best 0-0 draw in recent memory. […] READ MORE
The League Cup final on Sunday sees the first piece of domestic silverware up for grabs but also the true reignition of one of the most intense rivalries in English football of the 21st century – Chelsea and Liverpool. While there’s been league battles between the pair, none better than their pulsating 2-2 draw at […] READ MORE
The buildup and backdrop to last week’s Champions League last 16 tie between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid was dominated by one player; Kylian Mbappe. The fact that this game also featured the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, Karim Benzema et al. speaks volumes for the importance of the player’s decision next summer. Will the […] READ MORE
