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Arsenal have recorded three consecutive draws in the PL following their disappointing 3-3 stalemate against the PL's bottom-placed club, Southampton. Like Benfica and Napoli, Arsenal are enduring a poor run of form at the business end of the season, which is the worst time to hit a lean patch.  Although Arsenal lead Man City by five points, City have two games in hand and a face-off against the league leaders at Etihad. It's an advantage to City. Man City's domestic form in the business end of the recent seasons have been tremendous, and no one more than Jurgen Klopp has suffered because of it. If you ask Klopp the question in the title of the article, he would say it's heading towards a heartbreaking end. To make matters worse, Arsenal's last six opponents are Man City, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Brighton, Nottingham Forest, and Wolves. As many as five of the teams have extra motivation to win their match against Arsenal: City for obvious reasons, Newca...

It was always going to be a tall order for Bayern and their boss Tuchel to beat City but on the night City were a class above. Probably Bayern with Nagelsmann still in charge would have been more solid. Anyway credit to City who were just superb. Every player in the sky blue shirt put in a great performance. City finally look like they are determined to make sure that this is the season their hoodoo of not winning the Champions League is broken and this win is a step in that direction for them. An even first half decided by a moment of Real brilliance from Rodri. Given the space and time to shoot, the Spaniard curled an unstoppable shot that found the top corner and gave Sommer no chance. Bayern had done well till then but City found their moment of magic in the first half. A few sighters for ex City man Sane in the first half. In the second half as the minutes wore on it looked like City would take a 1 goal lead to Germany but then they got more goals. First Upamecano was ...

Barcelona drew against Girona in a thrilling match on Monday evening. The match was filled with drama and excitement, keeping the fans on the edge of their seats. Barcelona's star-studded lineup failed to secure a victory, causing them to drop two points in their pursuit of extending the gap at the top of the La Liga.  In the early minutes of the game, Girona looked sharp, with Toni villa and Castellanos combining well each other. Though it didn't lasted long, As Barca found their rhythm and also Girona were poor in building from the back, which created couple of chances for Barcelona. One of which pelted in Lewandowski's feet but his shot went over the bar.  Girona, on the other hand, looked determined not to be overrun by Barcelona's attacking threats. They launched counter-attacks and made good use of their opportunities. The match was now evenly poised, with both teams looking to score. In the second half, Barcelona dominated possession but failed to con...

Real Madrid was stunned at home by Villareal with a 3–2 scoreline, as the gap in the top two increases Vinicius gave an early warning sign of his threat, catching Foyth out of position before sending a shot wide of the post. Eventually, Madrid took the lead when they broke down the left due to the run from Asensio who then fed Vinicius. He then smashed the ball into Torres which resulted in an own goal. Villareal’s goalkeeper then made crucial saves to deny any further lead to Madrid. Chukwueza's constant attacking threat paid off when he received a through ball picked out the bottom left corner to equalize the scoreline. In the second half, Madrid again took the lead when Vinicius took the ball from Ceballos and finished from close range. Vinicius then missed the chance to extend the lead when he received a through ball from Benzema but he could only pull his shot wide of the near post. Villareal equalized the scoreline after it was initially ruled out as offside. The ...

New Manager, Same Old Chelsea!!! Chelsea Football Club suffered another defeat in the Premier League on Saturday, as they were beaten 1-0 by Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. The result, which leaves the Blues in 11th place in the table, seventh points behind Champions league places, was a huge disappointment for Frank Lampard’s team.  The game began with Chelsea seemingly in control. The opening exchanges of a poor first half were dominated by a flurry of corners - 12 within the first 25 minutes - but there was still little goalmouth action. However, it was Wolves who took the lead in the 31th minute, with M. Nunes scoring a superb goal from the edge of the box. The second half began with more energy from Chelsea but the Blues' gung-ho mindset led to two glorious counter-attacks from Wolves, who should have added to their lead but made the wrong decision on both occasions. Chelsea would finish the game with over 60% on target but just Felix's first-half strike i...

Chelsea has sacked head coach Graham Potter on Sunday after less than seven months in charge. Chelsea fell into the bottom half of the Premier League following Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa, Potter's 11th defeat in 31 games since replacing Thomas Tuchel in September. British Government can remove the man (Roman Abramovich), but not the ideology. The decision comes after another PL manager, Brendan Rodgers was sacked by relegation-threatened Leicester City, earlier in the day. Potter failed to weave his magic on the team. Toddy Boehly and Behdad Egbali have confirmed that Bruno Saltor will serve as an interim manager until the end of the season. Chelsea have 10 PL games remaining and play Real Madrid in 10 days in the UCL QF. The sacking was imminent after Bayern’s ex-manager Julian Nagelsmann’s availability on the market and Chelsea dropping to 11th on the PL table, with just the teams battling relegation below them. Nagelsmann is now the favorite to bec...

Barcelona continued their push towards the La Liga title with a comfortable victory over Elche. With the absence of Dembele, Pedri, and Raphinha, Xavi made some unique changes in the lineup. Garcia started as the pivot in CDM with Gavi and Roberto. Araujo, Alonso, Alba, and Kounde are in the defense and Lewandowski, Fati, and Ferran are in the attack. Elche made a bright start but soon reverted to backtracking and sitting deep. In the 20th minute, Barcelona opened the scoreline when Araujo rose to head a free-kick from Alba to Lewandowski who then steered a close range into the bottom left corner. Lewandowski got the chance to double the lead when he received the cross but he sent the ball over the bar. In the second half, Elche had the chance to equalize but their midfielder stumbled and missed the chance to fire at goal. In the 56th minute, Fati doubled the lead with a shot from outside the area into the back of the net. Ten minutes later, Gavi pre...

An emphatic reply from Arsenal after City’s win earlier in the day. Arsenal keep their 8 point lead over Manchester City having played a game more, Points on the board is better than games in hand at this stage.  The Gunners were under pressure to win as Manchester City had won earlier in the day, Saka missed the game due to an illness, Jesus partnered Trossard and Martinelli in attack.  Jesus won a penalty early on to set Arsenal on their way. At halftime it was quite close, Leeds were in the game. Then second half, Arsenal came quickly out of the traps. A low cross into the middle from Martinelli and White arrived at the back post to finish. Jesus got his brace as Trossard pulled the ball back from a tight space into the box and put it on a plate for the Brazilian who couldn’t miss, A striker’s finish. Leeds got a goal back but Arsenal scored their 4th. Odegaard was given lot of space and the Norwegian put his head up and picked out Xhaka with a cross...