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Seems the storm is never getting over for Mauricio Pochettino's side as they sufferer a 4-1 defeat to an impressive Eddie Howe's Newcastle United on Saturday evening. Headed into the game on the back of a 4-Star performance at the Tottenham stadium and the stellar performance against defending champions Manchester City, The blues thought they could have a proper redemption against the Magpies. Alexandar Isak drew the first blood at the 13th minute, then Raheem Sterling responded with a spectacular free kick to draw the visitors level just 10 minutes after going behind. He became the first Chelsea player to score a free-kick in the Premier League since Mason Mount in October 2022 against Aston Villa. At the start of the second half, Chelsea had hoped to hit the front foot but things went the other way as Jamal Lascelles gave the home team the lead for the second time in the match, heading home an Anthony Gordon's cross from the left to make it 2-1. There was no respite for C

They've created a rivalry of their own, and albeit Manchester City has been more consistent, Liverpool have surely returned to the good days since the start of the season. Now first and second in the league, City and Liverpool resume hostility in the early kickoff on Saturday. In recent times, the meetings between these two have been the most anticipated in the Premier League not only because of the club but the rivalry that has also risen between the manager of each team. Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have come a long way and have both become two of the best in the job. Their rivalry started far back decades ago when Pep Guardiola joined Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga while Klopp was in charge at Dortmund. Aside from the two managers, the players in these teams also stand out in English football. In the last six seasons, winners of the Player of the Season in the Premier League have come from either club. Till date, they still maintain the status as even so far this campaign, Al

Gavi has torn his Anterior cruciate ligaments in Spain's final group game of the European Championship qualifiers against Georgia. It was a game only for the culture as Spain had already secured a place in the finals, and even securing top spot was not so risky because they have the advantage over Scotland, who eventually failed to beat Norway. Gavi, who had started six of the seven games before last night was again in the starting XI, making him the only player to feature in all of the country's eight game of the qualification campaign. At 19, he has been exposed to too much and unnecessary appearances whilst occupying a position where Spain has lot of alternatives, many of them even better players yet have not enjoyed minutes with the National Team. Martin Zubimendi, Oihan Sancet, Aleix Garcia and Mikel Merino were all named on the bench against Georgia, while Rodrigo Riquelme, who made his debut as a substitute against Cyprus could have also been handed a first start. Howeve

Brazil coach Fernando Diniz has backed his decision to invite Gabriel Jesus to the national team camp for the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers despite amidst recovery from injury. A lot must have gone on behind the scenes between Diniz and Mikel Arteta due to the decision to call up the striker, who has sit out of Arsenal's five previous games before the international break. Jesus picked up a hamstring injury in the final minutes of Arsenal's UEFA Champions League win away in Seville and Arteta never declared a date he is expected to return. Speaking ahead of the club's 5-0 win over Sheffield United late October, Arteta said he does not know when the Brazilian will return as he had once predicted in the past but things went wrong. When asked if Jesus should play in Brazil's upcoming World Cup Qualifiers: ‘I don’t know. I’m going to talk to the doctors and Gabriel because he didn’t do any training with us.  ‘He’s far from working with the team, but it’s an internal com

Former Ghanaian winger Raphael Dwamena has lost his life on Saturday due to heart failure during a match between his Albanian club, KS Egnatia and Partizani. Raphael Dwamena dies aged 28 while playing for his Albanian club KS Egnatia.  The 28-year-old collapsed in the 24th minute of the match and was rushed the hospital, where he eventually gave up the ghost en route. Dwamena had been a very vital player for Egnatia this season having joined on a free transfer in December 2022. In ten league games he has played a direct involvement in as many goals, nine goals and one assist. Raphael Dwamena’s battles with heart conditions In the summer of 2017, Dwamena was set to join Brighton in the Championship from Austrian club FC Zurich but failed a medical after the club detected a serious heart conditions hence did not push through with the deal. Just over two years later in October 2019, he was on loan at Real Zaragoza from Levante and Doctors recommended that he retires due to the severeness

A much changed Liverpool XI fall to the club's first defeat in the Europa League this season having been edged in a five goal thriller in France as it finished 3-2 to the host inside the Toulouse Stadium. Jurgen Klopp made series of changes to the starting XI in Luton on Sunday, with Caoimhin Kelleher replacing Alisson Becker in goal while only Joe Gomez, who started in left-back in the one all draw was the only member of the defence to feature. Kostas Tsmikas, Joel Matip and Jarrel Quansah made up the other three member of the four man defense. Alexis Mac Allister kept his place in the midfield in the company of Wataru Endo and Harvey Elliot. A completely new look attack comprised the trio of Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo and 17-year-old Scottish sensation Ben Doak, who made his second start in the competition having started in the 3-1 win away to LASK. Despite Liverpool enjoying a fair share of the possession earlier on, it was the host who drew the first blood six minutes after the half

Bruno Fernandes scored a late winner in Craven Cottage to help Manchester United earn a vital three point against Fulham, ending a run of back-to-back defeats in domestic competitions. The same week, only United's city rival, Manchester City won of all the four clubs in the Premier League top five, with Tottenham Hotspur taking on Chelsea later on Monday night. Arsenal fall to their first league defeat at Newcastle United courtesy of a controversial second half goal through Anthony Gordon while Liverpool were held in a 1-1 draw by newly promoted Luton Town. Darwin Nunez missed a clear cut chance to give the Reds the lead and they were punished moments later as former Manchester United Academy player Tahith Chong scored on the break to give Luton the lead. Luis Diaz ensured Jurgen Klopp's men left Kenilworth Road with a point as he scored in the fifth minute of added time to level the score. Aston Villa fall to a first defeat in six games as Nottingham Forest pulled a very big u

Bruno Fernandes scored a late winner in Craven Cottage to help Manchester United earn a vital three point against Fulham, ending a run of back-to-back defeats in domestic competitions. The same week, only United's city rival, Manchester City won of all the four clubs in the Premier League top five, with Tottenham Hotspur taking on Chelsea later on Monday night. Arsenal fall to their first league defeat at Newcastle United courtesy of a controversial second half goal through Anthony Gordon while Liverpool were held in a 1-1 draw by newly promoted Luton Town. Darwin Nunez missed a clear cut chance to give the Reds the lead and they were punished moments later as former Manchester United Academy player Tahith Chong scored on the break to give Luton the lead. Luis Diaz ensured Jurgen Klopp's men left Kenilworth Road with a point as he scored in the fifth minute of added time to level the score. Aston Villa fall to a first defeat in six games as Nottingham Forest pulled a very big u

Ralf Rangnick appeared to have unraveled the puzzle at Manchester United during his short stint as the club's interim manager but the hierarchy did not take heed to his priceless advice. Albeit the German did not enjoy the best of time in the helm of affairs in Old Trafford, Rangnick, who had proven to be more of a administrative minded man prior to his appointment at the club did left blueprints that could have healed the club completely. Looking back and you'll realize it could have been more worth it had speculations of him becoming the club's Director after leaving the Coaching role come to pass. Even in his early days as a professional football coach, Rangnick did not have a reputation of thriving when the stake is high but he flourishes more in an environment that gives him the avenue to build from scratch. The notion was proven truth during his time at Stuttgart, Hannover and even Schalke, where he helped all these teams finesse nightmares into glamour. His appointme