أحرز كينجسلي كومان، الهدف الرابع لفريقه بايرن ميونخ، أمام أتلتيكو مدريد، في دوري أبطال أوروبا.
وجاء هدف كومان في الدقيقة 72 من عمر المباراة، لتصبح النتيجة (4-0) لصالح بايرن ميونخ.
وسجل كومان هدف بايرن ميونخ الأول ثم أضاف جورتيسكا وتوليسو الهدفين الثاني والثالث.
ويحل أتلتيكو مدريد ضيفًا على بايرن ميونخ في الجولة الأولى لدور مجموعات دوري أبطال أوروبا. شاهد هدف كومان الثاني
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Sunderland fans have been reacting on Twitter to a bizarre story involving some sausages, their manager and a selection of players ahead of the Checkatrade Trophy final on Sunday.
This came after Sky Sports journalist Keith Downie revealed that Black Cats boss Jack Ross is planning to take some of his stars to a butcher’s in Sunderland.
Stirks Butchers in the city has been selling sausages inspired by the Scot and his stars, and they will visit the family-run establishment before vying for silverware against Portsmouth at the weekend.
Ross himself has had a sausage comprised of sweet chilli and Irn Bru created and some of his players have enjoyed the same honour.
Examples include captain George Honeyman and his Honeyman and mustard sausage, Will Grigg and his Will Grigg’s on fire sausage and Aiden McGeady and his McGeady Guinness and blackpudding sausage.
The story has been met by mixed reaction from the club’s fan base, some supporters are “horrified” while others seem amused.
You can check out the best of the reactions below…
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Liverpool have recently been linked with a potential move for Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski in this summer’s transfer window.
Lewandowski is enjoying another fine campaign for Bayern, finding the back of the net on 35 occasions in 39 appearances in all competitions.
Since arriving at the Allianz Arena from Borussia Dortmund in 2014, the striker has actually managed 186 goals in 234 appearances, which is a stunning record.
Lewandowski will turn 31 in August, but will certainly feel that he has another three or four years left in a top European league.
Liverpool have been credited with an interest in the Poland international.
However, it would be fair to say that the majority of the Merseyside club’s supporters are not interested in a swoop for the prolific forward.
Their reaction is a touch surprising, but a number have urged their team to look elsewhere in this summer’s transfer window.
A selection of the Twitter reaction can be seen below:
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Wolves’ three-man defence has been a key system deployed by Nuno Santo since he arrived at the club and the formation has served particularly well in the Premier League.
Conor Coady and Willy Boly have been superb as part of that defensive shape but the club have encountered a dilemma when it comes to Ryan Bennett.
Bennett was excellent during the Championship winning season but has sometimes struggled for consistency stepping up a level.
The central defender missed two matches through suspension recently for collecting ten yellow cards but returned to the starting XI against Manchester United. However, despite winning 2-1, his performance was one of the worst from a Wolves perspective and only flags up his consistency in 2018/19.
During the game, he won just one of his four aerial duels and completed a solitary tackle.
So how do you solve the problem? Starting Romain Saiss over him would be the perfect answer.
Nuno has played the Moroccan in central midfield and defence this term, but the 29-year-old has flourished as part of the back three.
The Midlands club may have tasted defeat against Burnley last week but Saiss still performed admirably in place of Bennett at centre half. He won a remarkable 10 aerial duels and completed five tackles.
It was a brilliant display from the 6 ft 1 man who after recent events simply has to play against Watford.
The Hornets play an attractive brand of football under Javi Gracia but they still have the physical presence of Troy Deeney. His performances have been severely underrated this term but by playing someone with the aerial prowess that Saiss possesses they’ll stand a better chance of nullifying that particular threat.
Bennett has been a reliable figure in the past, but the Morocco international must now overtake him in the defensive pecking order.
Liverpool have been handed a huge boost in the title race with defender Virgil van Dijk expected to return for the Reds clash against Southampton on Friday night.
Needless to say, there is one player Liverpool cannot afford to lose at this stage in the season, and only one that fans would surely kiss goodbye to their title hopes in his absence, and that is Netherlands international Virgil van Dijk.
After an impressive game, summarised by an excellent piece of defending at the end of the contest to deny the onrushing lummox Moussa Sissoko and help Liverpool secure a dramatic 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur, Van Dijk needed treatment on a supposed ankle injury. And Liverpool fans were surely thrown into meltdown when he appeared with an icepack strapped to his leg during post-match interviews.
Though the defender reassured supporters that nothing was wrong at the time, sometimes the wishful words of a player aren’t enough to convince the more pessimistic individuals.
All concerns have now happily been dispelled following the positive news that he has returned to training this week, with the Liverpool Echo posting an image of the Dutchman flying through the air as a temporary keeper (just in case there were any doubters).
Van Dijk is primed to continue his remarkable record of appearing in every single Premier League game this campaign – the first player, alongside Salah, to achieve this feat since Martin Skrtel in 2011.
Liverpool fans, just how important is Virgil van Dijk to your title hopes this season? Let us know in the comments below…
تعرض عمر جابر مدافع فريق بيراميدز، لشرخ في شظية القدم، بعدما خرج مصابا في مباراة نهضة بركان في نهائي كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية.
وخرج عمر جابر مستبدلا في نهاية الشوط الثاني من اللقاء بسبب تدخل عنيف من جانب لاعب نهضة بركان بكر الهلالي ورغم عنف اللقطة لم يرها الحكم، قبل أن يراجعه “الفار” ويؤكد ضرورة طرده من اللقاء.
وأكد الجهاز الطبي خلال تصريحات عبر المركز الإعلامي لنادي بيراميدز، أنه تم وضع قدم عمر جابر في جبيرة بسبب شرخ في شظية القدم، على أن يخضع لآشعة في القاهرة.
طالع | طرد بكر الهلالي بعد تدخل عنيف علي عمر جابر في مباراة بيراميدز ونهضة بركان
وخسر بيراميدز من نهضة بركان بهدف دون رد، في المباراة النهائية لكأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية، التي أقيمت اليوم الأحد بالمغرب.
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Outspoken Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has made a prediction about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of Manchester United vs Manchester City in the Premier League on Wednesday evening.
What’s he said, then?
The Red Devils face the might of their bitter rivals off the back of a humiliating defeat at Everton on Sunday afternoon and four losses in their last six in all competitions.
Meanwhile, their opponents at Old Trafford under Pep Guardiola can go back to the top of the Premier League with three points and into the driving seat in their bid for back-to-back titles with a trio of matches remaining.
And Merson had this to say to Sky Sports on what kind of performance he expects from United:
“They will park the bus.
“You will be watching a Jose Mourinho team. After he has gone, it’s one massive swing around, it’s taken six months to swing it all the way round to see them play the way that Mourinho got hammered for.”
Well wide of the mark, Paul – completely wrong
The former England international couldn’t be further wide of the mark or more completely wrong with these pre-match comments – this really is poor punditry.
You won’t believe who Flying Pig United has named as Man Utd’s player of the season in the video below…
You have to question whether at all Merson has watched Man United under Solskjaer in any great detail if he’s saying stuff like that.
The former Red Devil has injected the kind of football fans have been wanting to see for a long time into the club, a free-flowing and attacking style, and he’s not going to abandon that for the methods of Jose Mourinho even if the going has gotten a little tough of late in Manchester. Never in a million years.
Since Simon Grayson left in 2012 Leeds United have gorged through ten different managers. Some were average, some were downright awful. Uwe Rosler falls neatly in the latter of the two.
Uwe Rosler learned his trade in the Norwegian first division. Not exactly the most prestigious of competitions, but a fairly firm basis from which he could build a career in the lower tiers of English football. Brentford came calling first, and after two prosperous years, the German managed to haul them into the Championship. Rumours were spreading: Uwe Rosler was ‘the man’.
Wigan were the next to enjoy the fruits of his tactical ‘genius’. After dropping from the Premier League the year before with an FA Cup title in the bag – thanks to Ben Watson, hopes were high that Rosler could swoop in and guide them to European and domestic glory. But it was not to be. The Tics were dumped out of Europe by Slovenian powerhouses NK Maribor and failed secure promotion later that year. He was sacked the following season. Cracks were showing.
So, how you might ask, did he land the Leeds United job? One of the most iconic clubs in the land, who were in desperate need of someone really special to lift them from their doldrums. Indeed, anyone with a brain may have looked at Rosler’s record and thought better of it. But that is the thing. Massimo Cellino did not have one of those.
The Italian made Rosler his fifth head coach appointment in a year when he recruited him in July 2015, replacing the outbound Neil Redfearn. Bizarre numbers, they really are.
It did not take long for Rosler to sprinkle some of his trademark mediocrity on the side. A draw against Burnley on matchday one was quickly followed by a 5-3 pasting at the hands of Doncaster Rovers in the League Cup. Leeds United managed just one win in the proceeding five matches, losing three and drawing another. They needed a boost. Anything to get them playing again. Rosler sprung into action, and in one huge morale-crushing blow he announced to the world that promotion was not on his agenda and he did not see any chance of securing it that season – he simply wanted top ten (as per BBC Sport).
Rosler was sacked a game later.
Uwe Rosler spent time managing Fleetwood after his time in West Yorkshire, and though things improved (they were hard not to) he met the same sticky end in February 2018 after leading the club on a seven-game losing streak.
He now manages Malmo in Sweden. Though, with the club winless in 2019, we doubt he will be there for long.
Leeds fans, what are some of your standout memories? Join the discussion by commenting below…
Celtic are in an unusual position going into this weekend’s Old Firm clash, having lost the last game between the pair — their first defeat in the fixture since March 2012, a run of 15 games.
With one hand already on the title trophy — a win this weekend will see them have a 13 point lead with only 21 available — so beating Rangers is, in many ways, the only unfinished business remaining in the league this season.
Rangers have enjoyed their December victory for the last few weeks, and Celtic will be looking to set the record straight against the blue half of Glasgow on Sunday.
Revenge will be uppermost in the minds of Neil Lennon’s side, according to former Celtic striker, Charlie Nicholas, as they try to expel the hurt they feel from losing the last one.
He told Sky Sports: “This is a very special football match.
“Celtic are hurting after Rangers finally got that win over them but it was the manner of the win. Rangers looked like challengers then. Unfortunately for Rangers, that’s disappeared and it’s falling apart.
“Celtic will be hurting from the defeat. The way that Rangers celebrated after waiting so long to get a victory – I can understand that. But revenge is in the air. Celtic will want to cement this title. The gap and the merit is there, Celtic have earned the right to go and bully Rangers a little bit.”
Nicholas, no stranger to big derby matches, having played in both the Old Firm and North London varieties, believes that a win will “go a long way” towards Lennon being given the Celtic hot-seat on a permanent basis for a second time.
“They haven’t done spectacularly well but they’ve been winning games
“Neil [Lennon] is a bright guy – he won’t panic. People are jumping on his case for his over the top celebrations but why wouldn’t he react like that? He wants the Celtic job and this game on Sunday – if he wins it – will go a long way on him getting the job.”
It promises to be an exciting game at Celtic Park on Sunday. The added ingredient of Rangers having won the previous meeting will ramp the atmosphere up, and is likely to spice things up on the pitch too, if it needed anything extra anyway.
Celtic will go into the game as odds-on favourites, and rightly so.
Rangers still have to cast a cautious eye behind them, while Celtic’s dominant position atop the table means they will be playing with less pressure looming over them than Steven Gerrard’s team.
Three points will see the title retained for Celtic — realistically, even if not mathematically — and that incentive, along with the revenge factor will lead to a comfortbale win for Lennon and Co.
What are your thoughts ahead of the Old Firm game this weekend, Celtic fans? Do you see any way your team can slip up? Let us know below…
It has been quite a few weeks for Sheffield Wednesday supporters hasn’t it?
The Owls moved within just three points of the play-off positions following their 4-2 victory over Blackburn Rovers as Steve Bruce’s side allowed the Hillsborough faithful to dream of a top-six finish.
However, after drawing 0-0 at Stoke City last week, Wednesday fell to 11th in the Championship and knew that they would have to pick up all three points against Aston Villa on Saturday to remain in contention this season.
Despite taking the lead in the first-half of their clash with the Lions, the Yorkshire-based outfit were pegged back by a strike by Lions midfielder John McGinn. Steven Fletcher then spurned a great chance to put his side back ahead by missing a penalty and was made to suffer by Albert Adomah and Tammy Abraham who both scored in second-half injury time for Villa to break Wednesday’s hearts.
Although they now find themselves six points behind the play-off positions and in need of a miracle to extend their season beyond the usual 46 game mark in the Championship, it is overwhelmingly clear that Bruce is the right man for the job at Hillsborough.
The 58-year-old has transformed the club’s fortunes since taking over in February and could very easily lead them to an immensely successful season next year if given the chance to bring in his own players in the transfer window. With no fewer than four promotions from the second tier on his resume already, Bruce will be confident that he can be the man to secure a top-flight return for the Owls.
If Wednesday can replicate the form that they have produced under their new manager over an entire campaign, they should emerge as one of the favourites to secure promotion in 2019/20, especially if they can keep a hold of their best players in the summer.
Whereas there have been periods of uncertainty at the club in the previous decade, the future suddenly looks a lot brighter for the Owls under the management of Bruce.
What do you think Wednesday fans? Are your hopes of reaching the play-offs all-but over for this season? How impressed have you been with Bruce since he took over at the club? Get in touch below.