Mo Salah and Jurgen Klopp got into a heated argument on the touchline at London Stadium on Saturday afternoon. One source said “if I speak today there will be fire” after clashing with the gaffer on the touchline during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at West Ham.
Leicester City have been promoted to the Premier League after Leeds United were thumped by Queens Park Rangers on friday night. The 4-0 defeat at QPR means Leeds are now four points behind Championship leaders Leicester with only one game left. The Foxes are on track to amass 100 points on their way back to the top flight following their relegation last season. Leicester can now claim the Championship title on Monday with victory at Preston if third placed Ipswich fail to beat Hull City on Saturday.
Man United overcame an astonishing collapse to beat Coventry on penalties in an FA Cup classic on Sunday, setting up a second straight FA Cup final against Manchester City. Erik ten Hag’s men won the shootout at Wembley 4-2, with Rasmus Hojlund scoring the decisive spot kick after the teams were level at 3-3 after extratime. The game perfectly showed how terrible the season has been for Ten Hag’s men, who are well off the pace in the Premier League and had a Champions League campaign to forget.
German national team manager, Julian Nagelsmann has extended his contract by two additional years, taking him beyond the upcoming European Championship and 2026 World Cup. This new contract also rules out Nagelsmann returning to Bayern Munich, which is looking for a new coach for next season after deciding to part ways with Thomas Tuchel at the end of this season.
Andreas Christensen netted the late winner with his first touch after coming off the bench as Barcelona’s super subs inspired them to comeback 3-2 after conceding two in succession almost immediately after the second half kicked off to take control of their Champions League quarterfinal tie.
From banger goals and clever finishes to thrilling action and moments of sheer quality, Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal between Real Madrid and Manchester City simply had it all. After about 97 minutes of breathless action (plus added time from both halves), the first leg ended in a three all draw in Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, perfectly setting up the return leg on April 17.
Manchester City and Arsenal played out a rather boring 0-0 draw at the Etihad in a match high on pressure from both sides but short of clear cut goal scoring chances which left Liverpool two points clear at the top of the Premier League and three points off Manchester City after their win against Brighton earlier on Sunday afternoon.
Kristoffer Ajer’s late, LATE goal canceled what was meant to be a winning goal from Mason Mount and earned Brentford a draw against sloppy United. Manchester United looked like they had grabbed the win in the 93rd minute after Mason Mount’s left footed effort to the bottom right corner went in, but resilient Brentford, who deserved to win the game, had to settle for a draw, with Ajer’s effort salvaging a point.
The Three Lions of England suffered defeat against the Samba boys of Brazil on Saturday night, however, Gareth Southgate insists he was “pleased” with the team’s performance in their 1-0 defeat to Brazil, even though there were issues raised across the pitch. England were without a large part of their squad with Shaw, Trippier and Harry Kane missing out amongst others for the friendly and were beaten by a late finish from Endrick, leaving Southgate to pick out aspects of the game which encouraged him in his post match press conference.
Liverpool Football Club fulfilled Sven Goran Eriksson’s lifelong dream to manage Liverpool at Anfield as he took charge of the club for a charity legends game against Ajax on an emotional day in Merseyside.
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