Sunday’s visit of Burnley remains key to Premier League safety with Forest having navigated three of their potentially season-defining games in the past seven days. Pereira showed his hand both in his team selection and post-match comments after the first leg draw at Porto last week. A much-changed side, including young defender Zach Abbott, Morato […]
Emery replaced Steven Gerrard as Villa manager in October 2022 with Villa hovering just above the relegation zone on goal difference. The former Arsenal and Villarreal boss brought with him his own backroom staff, with many of the old guard departing. Former Sevilla goalkeeper Monchi also joined as Villa’s president of football operations in June […]
Despite being debutants, Palace were installed as favourites to win the Conference League at the start of the season. It took a while for them to live up to that tag, with many of their performances in Europe looking somewhat turgid. But their 3-0 win against Fiorentina – two-time finalists in the Conference League – […]
Why is a Europa League place given up? This is all about applying the EPS after all other factors. So in this example, Aston Villa have earned a place in the Champions League but finished in a league position that qualifies them for the Europa League. Uefa rules state that the berth in the lower […]
Few European ties have been as emotionally charged as the 2005 Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool. Just under two years after Roman Abramovich’s takeover, Chelsea were assembling a star-studded squad under Jose Mourinho, while the Reds were seeking a return to the top of continental football after two decades. The two-legged tie was […]
Barcelona say refereeing “errors” cost them a place in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and have caused “significant sporting and financial harm to the club”. As a result, the Spanish giants have made a second complaint to Uefa about officiating across both legs of the tie. Barca had a player sent off in each […]
When Silva arrived at City in 2017, he joined a side that had won the Premier League only twice, with the most recent success coming three years earlier. Nine years on, though, Silva – now the second-longest serving player at the club – has helped transform City into a dominant force in the English game […]
Arriving at his training session, Cole was all business, talking mostly in English while throwing in Italian phrases. One local staff member was impressed by his willingness to tidy up the equipment, which he said was uncommon for a player who had enjoyed such a successful playing career. To Cole, a former schoolboy from east […]
Messi left Argentina for Spain when he was 13 and made his first-team debut for Barcelona aged 17 in October 2004. He went on to score a club record 672 goals in 778 games before he left for Paris St-Germain in 2021, and he then moved to Inter Miami in 2023. Messi’s former Real Madrid […]
Meanwhile, the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust has questioned the vision of the club’s hierarchy and criticised the lack of response to previous fan unrest. “This is not a reaction to a single result or a run of form,” the trust said. “It reflects a deeper and more sustained concern about the direction of Chelsea Football Club, […]