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  • Fulham condemn Liverpool to sixth consecutive Premier League defeat at Anfield

    Image Source : AP Liverpool’s Xherdan Shaqiri reacts after lacking a scoring probability through the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Fulham at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, March 7
    Liverpool slumped to a sixth straight Anfield loss on Sunday when Fulham’s 1-0 victory deepened the Premier League champions’ struggles.
    Much of the pre-match dialogue had been about Mohamed Salah’s response to being substituted in Thursday’s loss to Chelsea. The week received worse for the striker when he was caught dithering in possession inside his personal penalty space. Mario Lemina seized his probability to drive a shot throughout goalkeeper Alisson Becker and contained in the far publish for his first Fulham purpose within the forty fifth minute.

    Liverpool had been loved a 68-match unbeaten streak at Anfield within the league till shedding to Burnley in January.
    The newest loss left Liverpool in seventh place — 22 factors behind chief Manchester City, which was internet hosting Manchester United later Sunday. Fulham is now solely within the relegation zone on purpose distinction, though having performed a recreation greater than Seventeenth-place Brighton.

  • Southampton finish lengthy winless run in Premier League regardless of Danny Ings damage

    Image Source : AP Southampton’s Danny Ings is handled after getting injured throughout an English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Southampton on the Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield, England, Saturday March 6
    Southampton shrugged off the frustration of dropping Danny Ings to a different damage by beating last-place Sheffield United 2-0 to finish its nine-match winless run within the Premier League on Saturday.
    The England striker walked off the sector within the twelfth minute with an obvious proper leg damage that was sustained off the ball and in seemingly innocuous circumstances at a free kick.
    Southampton overcame Ings’ absence as his alternative, Che Adams, scored from a fierce 25-meter shot within the forty ninth minute so as to add to a penalty transformed by James Ward-Prowse within the thirty second.
    A primary league win in additional than two months moved Southampton 10 factors away from the underside three and can alleviate fears that Ralph Hasenhuttl’s workforce was being dragged right into a relegation battle, regardless of a superb begin to the season that noticed it briefly in first place in November.
    Sheffield United was destined for demotion to the second-tier Championship even earlier than this twenty second lack of the marketing campaign, with the workforce 12 factors from security.

    Ings is about to spend a 3rd spell on the sidelines due to damage this season. He has struggled with health points in recent times, though managed to remain injury-free final season and completed second within the league’s scoring record.
    It stays to be seen how lengthy this newest drawback retains him out, and Hasenhuttl can be blissful fellow striker Adams received again scoring after a 16-match aim drought.
    It was an outstanding strike, too, as Stuart Armstrong chested down the ball after a clearance by Sheffield United was blocked and Adams thrashed a rising shot into the web from exterior the world.
    Southampton had gone in entrance after Ethan Ampadu introduced down Nathan Tella within the space. Ward-Prowse despatched Aaron Ramsdale the flawed manner from the spot.
    The defeat might have been a lot heavier for the hosts, with Ramsdale saving effectively from Adams and Takumi Minamino taking pictures vast when free 10 meters out.

  • Premier League: Granit Xhaka’s blunder prices Arsenal in 1-1 draw with Burnley

    Image Source : AP Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka heads the ball through the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor stadium in Burnley, England, Saturday, March 6
    Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka gifted a weird equalizer to Burnley in a 1-1 draw within the Premier League on Saturday that additional broken his crew’s possibilities of reaching the European qualification positions.
    Xhaka acquired a move from goalkeeper Bernd Leno inside Arsenal’s penalty space and tried a dangerous move round Burnley striker Chris Wood to teammate David Luiz along with his weaker proper foot. The ball went straight to Wood and deflected into the online off the striker’s hip within the thirty ninth minute.

    “There is always risk to play out from the back but this is our style,” Leno said. “I think we have more than enough situations where it works to our advantage.”
    That purpose canceled out a sixth-minute opener by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in a recreation that solely actually got here to life within the ultimate quarter-hour.
    After Arsenal was denied a penalty for an obvious handball towards substitute Erik Pieters, the Burnley defender appeared to present away a spot kick in a separate incident within the 84th when a goal-bound volley from Nicolas Pepe appeared to strike Pieters’ arm and deflect onto the crossbar.
    Pieters was initially proven a purple card, however VAR regarded on the incident and deemed the ball hit his shoulder, so each the awarding of the penalty and the sending-off had been overturned.

    “I’m a fan of VAR,” Burnley manager Sean Dyche said. “We know it has to be streamlined but that is where it’s worth its weight in gold.”
    Burnley additionally got here near snatching victory, with Leno first tipping over a dipping long-range effort from Pieters earlier than saving along with his toes from Wood.
    Then, within the ultimate seconds, Arsenal substitute Dani Ceballos struck the put up following a goalmouth scramble.
    “It’s a really tough place to come on a difficult pitch, but I have to say we should have scored the big chances we had,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. “When you miss the chances we had, and you do not get decisions, it is complicated to win football games.”
    On the primary penalty incident involving Pieters, when the ball struck his outstretched left arm after coming off the boot of Pepe, Arteta mentioned: “If that is not a penalty, then someone needs to explain what one is.”
    Arsenal began the sport 9 factors from the European spots and has solely 11 video games left. This newest setback might even see Arteta focus much more on the Europa League, the place Arsenal is into the final 16 and faces Olympiakos over two legs. The Europa League winner qualifies for the Champions League.
    Burnley moved seven factors away from the relegation zone.

  • Gareth Bale scores twice as Tottenham Hotspur rout Burnley in Premier League

    Image Source : AP Tottenham’s Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring his aspect’s fourth purpose throughout an English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, Sunday, Feb. 28
    Gareth Bale scored twice to carry Tottenham to a 4-0 rout of Burnley on Sunday in a morale-boosting victory for a Tottenham crew which had misplaced 5 of its earlier six Premier League video games.
    Bale gave Tottenham the lead after simply 68 seconds, knocking in a cross from Son Heung-min after defender James Tarkowski missed an opportunity to intercept.

    Bale performed in Harry Kane to make it 2-0 within the fifteenth minute and Tottenham was cruising when Lucas Moura added a 3rd purpose off Sergio Reguilon’s cross.

    Bale scored his second within the fifty fifth when Son noticed the Welsh ahead had been left utterly alone by the Burnley protection on the suitable flank. Bale took one contact to manage the ball and one other to curve it together with his left foot previous goalkeeper Nick Pope.
    It was the type of efficiency Tottenham followers had hoped for when Bale was signed again from Madrid on a season-long mortgage in September. Instead, they needed to watch as Bale was hampered by accidents and Jose Mourinho’s determination to play Bale principally within the cup competitions and Europa League, with Sunday marking solely the third time he had began within the Premier League this season. The final time Bale scored twice in a sport was for Madrid towards Villarreal in 2019. He hasn’t scored for the Spanish membership since.
    After Bale was substituted within the seventieth, Pope stopped Tottenham from scoring a fifth, scooping one highly effective shot from Kane over the bar and palming one other from Son across the publish. Kane missed from shut vary in stoppage time.
    Tottenham moved above Aston Villa to eighth with the win, the crew’s greatest margin of victory within the Premier League since beating Manchester United 6-1 in October. Burnley is fifteenth, 5 factors above the relegation zone, and with one win from its final eight league and cup video games.

  • Manchester City win twentieth straight recreation to steer Premier League by 13 factors

    Image Source : AP Manchester City
    Manchester City received its twentieth straight recreation in all competitions and opened up a 13-point lead within the Premier League by beating West Ham 2-1 due to objectives from heart backs Ruben Dias and John Stones on Saturday.
    Playing lower than 72 hours after a Champions League match in Budapest, City produced one among its sloppiest shows in current months however emerged with its successful run intact as Stones swept within the decisive objective within the 68th minute from Riyad Mahrez’s move.

    Dias, Stones’ accomplice in central protection, put City in entrance off a header from a deep cross by Kevin De Bruyne within the thirtieth just for Pep Guardiola’s group to concede its first dwelling objective in 2½ months when Michail Antonio equalized simply earlier than halftime.
    It was City’s 14th win in a row within the league — solely the sixth time that has been achieved in English top-flight historical past. Three of these have been attained by City below Guardiola since his arrival in 2016.

    Manchester United and Leicester are tied for factors as City’s nearest rivals, and each play Sunday.
    Guardiola rotated his group, as he promised he would, and included file scorer Sergio Aguero within the beginning lineup for the primary time within the league since Oct. 24 — coincidentally towards West Ham, too.
    The injury-plagued Argentina striker lasted solely 60 minutes earlier than being taken off and he appeared off the tempo. He was partially guilty for West Ham’s Forty third-minute objective, too, after dropping possession cheaply inside City’s half earlier than the guests broke ahead rapidly.
    West Ham, within the unusually elevated place of fourth, allowed City few clear-cut alternatives at an empty Etihad Stadium and posed fairly a risk on the different finish.
    Antonio struck the publish earlier than his objective, whereas heart again Issa Diop headed narrowly huge within the third and ultimate minute of stoppage time

  • England plans return of followers in time for Premier League finale in May

    Image Source : GETTY Premier League trophy
    Plans to ease England’s lockdown restrictions will see as much as 10,000 supporters being allowed again into Premier League stadiums for the ultimate day of the season in May forward of Wembley internet hosting European Championship video games.
    Some sports activities in England may see followers return even earlier in April, the federal government stated on Monday, as a part of pilots involving coronavirus testing to evaluate how occasions can happen with none social distancing from later within the yr.

    English soccer authorities hope two showpiece video games at Wembley — the League Cup ultimate on April 25 and the FA Cup ultimate on May 15 — might be check occasions for the return of spectators.
    The authorities’s roadmap out of England’s third lockdown has earmarked May 17 because the earliest day for the implementation of stage three that will see the widescale reopening of sports activities venues to spectators. The Premier League ends on May 23.
    Stadiums with greater than 40,000 seats, together with the house of Premier League chief Manchester City, can be allowed as much as 10,000 followers spaced out. Smaller main venues can be permitted 1 / 4 capability.
    The launch of plans for the reopening of sports activities to followers is a lift to England’s position in staging seven video games on the rescheduled Euro 2020 throughout June and July, together with the semifinals and ultimate.

    “The turnstiles of our sports stadia will once again rotate, subject in all cases to capacity limits depending on the size of the venue,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. “And we will pilot larger events using enhanced testing, with the ambition of further easing of restrictions in the next step.”
    The ultimate stage of the federal government plan, through which all authorized limits on social conduct are eliminated after 15 months of closure, is about for June 21. That is per week earlier than the scheduled begin of Wimbledon, which was canceled final yr because of the pandemic.
    Other main European nations, together with France, Germany, Italy and Spain, are but to announce plans for the return of spectators to sports activities stadiums.
    Britain has had Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, with greater than 120,000 deaths, and the federal government stated the dates for the easing of lockdown might be postponed if infections rise.
    But Britain has had Europe’s quickest inoculation marketing campaign with greater than 17.5 million individuals, a 3rd of the nation’s grownup inhabitants, already given the primary of two doses of vaccine. The authorities intention is to present each grownup a shot of vaccine by July 31.
    All venues have been closed to spectators as sports activities shut down initially of the pandemic in March 2020. While it took three months for occasions to renew, it took longer for stands to be even partly crammed.
    Up to 2,000 followers have been allowed again into some Premier League stadiums in England in December however all venues have been shut once more as coronavirus restrictions have been tightened later within the month because of the unfold of recent variants of COVID-19.

  • West Ham beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 to maneuver into high 4 of Premier League

    Image Source : AP West Ham’s Michail Antonio, third left, scores his aspect’s opening objective in the course of the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Tottenham on the London Stadium in London, Saturday, Feb. 21
    West Ham strengthened its unlikely push for Champions League qualification by beating Tottenham 2-1 to climb into the highest 4 of the Premier League on Sunday.
    Jesse Lingard, rejuvenated after his mortgage transfer from Manchester United final month, scored what proved to be the profitable objective within the forty seventh minute after working onto a go from Pablo Fornals and burying an angled shot along with his left foot.

    Tottenham had additionally conceded a objective early within the first half with fit-again striker Michail Antonio changing a free ball from shut vary after his preliminary glancing effort was stored out by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris within the fifth minute.

    Lucas Moura pulled a objective again for Tottenham within the sixty fourth with a header from a nook by Gareth Bale, whose spectacular efficiency as a second-half substitute additionally noticed him smash a shot towards the crossbar from the sting of the world.
    Son Heung-min additionally struck the objective body in stoppage time with an effort he knew little about that looped up over West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.
    Tottenham dropped 9 factors off the Champions League positions, the fourth and last one at present being occupied by West Ham as David Moyes continues to rebuild his managerial repute at an east London membership that’s extra typically discovered battling towards relegation.
    West Ham has solely misplaced one among its final 9 league video games, whereas Tottenham has misplaced 5 of its final six.

  • Premier League: Jurgen Klopp prepared to show Liverpool’s season round

    Image Source : AP Liverpool’s supervisor Jurgen Klopp watches his gamers throughout heat up previous to the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Liverpool on the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Saturday, Feb. 13
    Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp insisted Monday he’s prepared for the problem of turning his group round after a tricky interval each on and off the sphere.
    Klopp conceded that his group wouldn’t be retaining the Premier League after a 3-1 loss to Leicester on Saturday, which left Liverpool on a run of solely two wins in 10 matches and 13 factors behind first-place Manchester City.

    It additionally has been a tough time for Klopp personally along with his mom, Elisabeth, dying final month on the age of 81 after contracting COVID-19. Klopp was unable to attend the funeral due to journey restrictions.
    Speaking forward of the primary leg of Liverpool’s last-16 match towards Leipzig in Budapest within the Champions League, Klopp stated he was not in want of any “special support.”

    “I don’t need a break,” Klopp stated, dismissing hypothesis he was considering quitting Liverpool.
    “I can split things, I can switch off, one thing and the other thing, I don’t carry things around,” he added. “Of course we are influenced by things that happen around but nobody has to worry about me or whatever. I might not look (fine), because the weather is not cool, the beard gets more and more gray, I don’t sleep a lot, my eyes look like this, but I am full of energy.”
    Addressing Liverpool’s poor kind, which has seen the group lose three straight league video games for the primary time since he joined in 2015, Klopp stated it was an “interesting challenge.”
    “Nobody wrote a book about it, about how you come into a situation like this and how you solve it, but we will sort it,” he stated. “Please, everyone, we will sort it. It could be tricky, but we will sort it by playing football, sort it by sticking even more together, sort it by fighting with all we have. Sort it by learning more than you can learn in each season.”

  • Premier League: Manchester United harm title hope with 1-1 draw at West Brom

    Image Source : AP Manchester United’s Harry Maguire, left, and Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani react through the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United on the Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, England, Sunday, Feb. 14
    Manchester United broken its title hopes after being held 1-1 by West Bromwich Albion in a scrappy Premier League conflict on Sunday.
    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s comeback kings fell brief on the highway and, having been prime simply 19 days in the past, second-place United now trails Manchester City by seven factors. City additionally has a recreation in hand.

    Mbaye Diagne bought West Brom off to a dream begin after simply 80 seconds earlier than United drew stage by way of Bruno Fernandes’ beautiful effort.
    Harry Maguire had a last-gasp header beautifully turned on to a publish by Baggies goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.
    Having gained all of its earlier seven away league matches during which United conceded first, Solskjaer can be annoyed by his facet’s poor response on this expensive draw on the Hawthorns.

  • Premier League: Manchester United concede stoppage-time equalizer in one other blow to title problem

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES In the final play of the sport, a free-kick from Lucas Digne was glanced on and Dominic Calvert-Lewin managed the ball earlier than prodding it previous David De Gea.
    Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalized within the fifth minute of stoppage time for Everton to attract 3-3 at Manchester United, which squandered an opportunity to maneuver stage on factors with first-placed Manchester City within the English Premier League on Saturday.
    It regarded like a goalkeeper error by Robin Olsen, who let a header from Scott McTominay squirm previous him within the seventieth minute, would reward United a victory at Old Trafford.

    However, within the final play of the sport, a free kick from Lucas Digne was glanced on and Calvert-Lewin managed the ball earlier than prodding it previous David De Gea.
    United is 2 factors behind City, which has two video games in hand — the primary approaching Sunday at Liverpool.
    United led 2-0 at halftime because of Edinson Cavani’s header and a nonchalant strike by Bruno Fernandes, who floated a long-range shot over Olsen and into the nook after producing a dummy to create some house outdoors the world.
    Everton responded with two targets in a four-minute span early within the second half, by Abdoulaye Doucoure and James Rodriguez.

    Calvert-Lewin’s objective marked a outstanding finish to an evening that began with either side paying their respects on the 63rd anniversary of the Munich air catastrophe.
    It led to a scoreline that introduced again reminiscences of a 4-4 draw between United and Everton at Old Trafford in 2012 that helped City win the league that season.
    “We performed some good soccer within the second half however conceded three targets from three photographs on the right track. When you try this it’s disappointing,” stated United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose workforce has conceded 30 targets — the very best quantity within the league’s high 10.
    “We reacted effectively after their two targets however then why was there 4 minutes added in? We needed to get the ball within the nook and see it out. Poor targets to concede.”
    Everton supervisor Carlo Ancelotti stated it felt “like a win.”
    “We competed against one of the best in the Premier League,” he stated. “We will not be on the similar stage however we will struggle and compete with our qualities. I’m pleased with my workforce.”