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                           Image from Skysport By Jimoh Bolaji Manchester United claim their first win of the season in an entertaining  game against Brighton & Hove Albion. Brighton open the scoring in the first half through Neil Maupay’s penalty after a clumsy challenge by Bruno Fernandes which brought down Tariq Lamptey in the penalty area at the American Express Community Stadium. Few minutes later, the visitor put one back through Fernandes free kick in which Nemanja Matic directed the ball into the box and Lewis dunk sends the ball into his own net. Shortly after the restart, the home team were awarded a penalty after Midfielder Paul Pogba brought down Aaron Connolly in the penalty area but the referee cancelled the penalty after a lengthy check on the video assistant referee (VAR) monitor to relieve the pressure on the away team. United took the lead early in the second half through a counter which all...

                            picture from Getty image By Jimoh Bolaji L iverpool football club claimed a comfortable win against Chelsea at Stamford bridge through Sadio Mane's  goals on Sunday. The Senegalese forward open the scoring in the second half with a lovely finish after a fine football between Alexander Arnold and Roberto Firmino at the right hand side of the pitch, which the  Brazilian (Firmino) made no mistake by providing an inviting cross into the path of Mane in the 18 yard box and the Senegalese head it into the back of the net. Few minutes later, Mane pressed forward to charge the Chelsea defence and luckily the Blues made a silly mistake through Kepa Arizabalaga who gave the ball to cheaply in a dangerous position which allowed the forward to put the game to bed. The home team were given a glorious opportunity to score a consolation goal after new signing Timo Werner was fouled in the penalt...

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 ...