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AFCON 2021 QUALIFIERS: Nigeria Trash Lesotho in 4-2 Win                     Image from Getty image By Jimoh Bolaji The Super Eagles of Nigeria put in their best performance on Sunday evening after an easy 4-2 win against Lesotho. The home team open the scoring in the 11th minute through Masoabi Nkoto after a poor defending by the Nigerian defence. Few minutes later, the Super Eagles scored two goals in twelve minute through Alex Iwobi and Samuel Chukwueze to put them on the brink of claiming another three point. After the restart of the second half, the away team were too strong for their opponent as they scored in the 75th and 85th minute through Lille's striker Victor Osimhen to make it 1-4 at the Setsoto Stadium in Maseru. The home team responded in the 90th minute through Chidozie Awaziew's clumsy mistake to make it 2-4 in the closing stage of the match, although the Super Eagles  went on to claim all three point...

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Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga discusses Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea's mood after being dropped Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalagaa has insisted there is a good atmosphere with Spain teammate David de Gea, despite displacing the Manchester United No.1 in the national team. Kepa started in goal for Spain in their 2-1 win over Romania in Bucharest last night (Thursday), making an outstanding last-minute save to deny Goerge Puscas. The Chelsea man has been preferred to  United's keeper  by new Spanish boss Roberto Moreno and made the telling contribution to give Moreno in his first game, since taking over from Luis Enrique. De Gea's form has been mixed for club and country since a difficult time in goal during the 2018 World Cup and he is yet to agree to a new United contract, with his current deal expiring in June 2020. "Whoever plays is the coach’s decision, we always train with three goalkeepers and the atmosphere is very good," Ke...

Former Man Utd coach Eric Steele can see De Gea being succeeded by home-grown goalkeeper Eric Steele, who worked with the Red Devils’ current No.1 when he arrived at Old Trafford, is encouraged by the number of emerging English talents Manchester United  could have a home-grown successor to David de Gea when the time comes to find a new goalkeeper, claims former Red Devils coach Eric Steele. Those at Old Trafford have relied heavily on imports between the sticks in the modern era. Peter Schmeichel set a new standard during an iconic spell, with the likes of Edwin van der Sar and De Gea following in his footsteps. Steele was goalkeeping coach when the latter was brought to the Premier League, but believes the emergence of more English talent means a change of approach could be in the offing. In an interview with  Sky Sports , with De Gea yet to extend a contract due to expire next summer, he stated: "Yeah, I did it [looked abroad]. And as you know, it was at a...

Manchester United's squad for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League group stage has been confirmed. The Red Devils are in Group L, alongside Astana, AZ Alkmaar and Partizan Belgrade, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men enter the competition we won in 2016/17. Due to the tournament rules, the squad is broken down into four sections: A List, Club Trained, Association Trained and B List. Please note that the B List is not presented below, as it may contain an unlimited number of players and is made up of homegrown youngsters who can be called upon during the competition. The B List players are in addition to the following 24 names who have been registered with UEFA by the club: A LIST Eric Bailly, Diogo Dalot, David De Gea, Fred, Daniel James, Matej Kovar, Victor Lindelof, Anthony Martial, Juan Mata, Nemanja Matic, Marcos Rojo, Sergio Romero. CLUB TRAINED Jesse Lingard, Scott McTominay, Andreas Pereira, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Axel Tuanzebe. ASSOCIATION TRAINED ...

Neymar issued Kylian Mbappe warning ahead of PSG return after failed Barcelona transfer Neymar has been warned he is no longer the big star at PSG and will have his work cut out for him when he returns, following his failed move to Barcelona. Neymar  will return to  PSG  following the international break, after his move to  Barcelona  collapsed. The Brazilian forward was desperate to return to Barcelona this summer, just two years after he swapped the Nou Camp for the Parc des Princes. Neymar told PSG that he wanted to leave earlier in the transfer window, but the two clubs failed to reach an agreement. However, PSG demanded that they pay up front, with a reported fee of €170million [£154m] reported. In the end, the two clubs failed to agree on terms, and despite Neymar offering to pay £18m of his own money towards the deal, he was forced to stay at PSG. And Chelsea icon Craig Burley has criticised Neymar for his actions in trying to push thr...

Why Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been a ‘huge surprise’ at Man Utd after £50m summer transfer Wan-Bissaka has left Manchester United legend Denis Irwin impressed after his £50million move to Crystal Palace for one main reason. Denis Irwin has been left astounded by the performances of  Manchester United  right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Former United full-back Irwin was part of an extremely successful United team in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Wan-Bissaka has shown early signs that he will become a mainstay at the club for years to come.  Making the comments to  Sky Sports , he stated: “His positional sense looks really good. “That’s a huge surprise for someone that’s been a winger for years. “He’s got a lot to learn obviously but he’s been a huge plus this year. “We need to start keeping clean sheets again but I think we’ve started making steps in the right direction in helping in our defensive work, I really do.”