Analysing Man Utd’s Champions League record since Ferguson left
Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League following a disastrous defensive display at RB Leipzig this week, a 3-2 defeat to the Bundesliga…
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Champions League Team of the Week
We’ve reached the conclusion of the Champions League group stages with the line-up for the last 16 now complete, Real Madrid booking their place…
Ten of the greatest goalkeepers in Champions League history
Gianluigi Buffon rolled back the years during Juventus’ impressive 3-0 win at Barcelona this week, the veteran goalkeeper making seven saves as the Italian…
Ranking the six Premier League players with the most goal involvements so far this season
Premier League sides have scored with welcome regularity over the opening months of the campaign with the goals having flowed across the division, a…
Muppets! Picking an XI of footballers who royally pissed off their own fans
Paul Pogba has found himself in the headlines once again this week following the latest ill-advised comments from agent Mino Raiola, who bizarrely decided…
MVPs: The player each ‘top six’ side just can’t do without
Bruno Fernandes’ importance to Manchester United was once again underlined with his impact as a substitute last weekend, coming off the bench to inspire…
Donkeys: Six Premier League players who ‘had a mare’ this weekend
We once again revisit the Premier League’s weekend action in the column no player wants to find themselves featuring in, overlooking the poorest performers…
Ranking the five sides with the most consecutive wins in Champions League history
Bayern Munich cruised to Champions League success in record-breaking style last season, winning a sixth European crown following a flawless campaign to create competition…
Premier League Weekly Awards: Vardy’s scorn for Sheffield Utd, Son-sational Spurs, super Zaha
Every gameweek we like to reward the best – and worst – of the Premier League action with our weekly awards. This week’s column…
The best Premier League stats of the week: Spurs conquer North London Derby with Mourinho masterclass
The standout statistics from gameweek 11 of the Premier League, featuring Jose Mourinho doing Jose Mourinho things, the inhuman numbers behind Spurs’ strike partnership,…
Star Turns: Eight Premier League players who shone in gameweek 11
Some of the Premier League’s biggest names produced star performances during the latest round of fascinating fixtures, the headline result seeing league leaders Tottenham…
Premier League Team of the Week for Gameweek 11
Tottenham remain top of the Premier League following another weekend of entertaining action across the division, a Mourinho masterclass of dogged defending and clinical…
Racism isn’t just a Millwall problem, it goes far deeper than that
Have you heard the one about the Marxist organisation plotting to implement a new world order in the name of black power and anti…
Appreciating the four players to score four UCL goals after their 30th birthday
Olivier Giroud wrote himself into the history books last week with a four-goal haul in Chelsea’s 4-0 thrashing of Sevilla, eclipsing Cristiano Ronaldo to…
Tactical Analysis: Why Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal struggle to find the net
After the chaos and misdirection of the Unai Emery era, Mikel Arteta’s arrival ushered a new wave of hope for Arsenal. Here was a…
Tweets of the Week: Solskjaer’s not-so-super subs, football’s weirdest ad, and Millwall’s shame
The best and funniest tweets from the world of football this week, featuring the Manchester United manager’s allergy to good substitutions, the weirdest football…
Oasis, the Pope and Sheffield United: Seven things you probably didn’t know about Diego Maradona
As the late, great sportswriter Hugh McIlvanney once said, “Maradona was a maker of worlds, certainly a shaper of World Cups.” In the few…
Five big name players whose Premier League form has dropped off massively this season
There’s an old age saying in football that form is temporary and class is permanent, a notion that this list of Premier League stars…