Manchester United actually performed quite well at Anfield. Not during the first half, when – with the exception of that one Andreas Pereira chance– Liverpool’s dominance was almost comical. But certainly in the second. Fred played extremely well. Brandon Williams and Luke Shaw formed a profitable little axis down the left. And, with a little more composure, Anthony Martial might have equalised instead of snatching at United’s best chance and hacking it high and wide.The trouble with these vaguely encouraging moments, though, is that they always have a subtext. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer carriedall sorts of issues into that game, including a lengthy injury list, a team with plenty of inexperience, and now questions over the handling of Marcus Rashford. But...
Jude Bellingham is the next big thing - at least according to Football Manager, Birmingham City fans and countless YouTube compilations of the teen, who has lit up St. Andrews this season.Pretty much every top club in the Premier League has been linked with him. Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea have all apparently scouted him, with Manchester United and Wolves stealing ahead in the race for the 16-year-old. Here’s everything you need to know about the midfielder.Rated by respected football organWe were ahead of the curve in February last year, when we included Jude Bellingham in our list of the 50 most exciting teenagers in English football. He may have been at 49, but that's not badwhen you’re only 15:...
Everything you read aboutManchester Unitedtoday is under the cloud of the defeat at Anfield. Another draw would have given encouragement to United fans and that didn’t look implausible towards the end of the game – beforeLiverpoolcounter-attacked to make it 2-0.But this United seldom come back to win when they go behind and Liverpool seldom lose when they go in front. United did well to hang in, but Manchester United aren’t a club that should be hanging in anywhere.So that’s a fourth defeat in a month and United’s hugely impressive record against the best teams severely dented. Their record of conceding goals from corners is poor: eight in the league this season.Meanwhile, Klopp’s record of two wins in 10 games against...
Everything you read about Manchester United today is under the cloud of the defeat at Anfield. Another draw would have given encouragement to United fans and that didn’t look implausible towards the end of the game – before Liverpool counter-attacked to make it 2-0.But this United seldom come back to win when they go behind and Liverpool seldom lose when they go in front. United did well to hang in, but Manchester United aren’t a club that should be hanging in anywhere.So that’s a fourth defeat in a month and United’s hugely impressive record against the best teams severely dented. Their record of conceding goals from corners is poor: eight in the league this season.Meanwhile, Klopp’s record of two wins...
We apologise to the England fans among you: we're about to ask you to try and dig up old memories of semi-finals. Over the past 60 years, the Euros has been hosted across the continent - but we want you to tell us where.We're looking for the host cities of every match between the last four of the European Championships –you just need to name any city that held a game.Feel sorry for the spectators who went to the 1968 semi-final between Italy and the USSR. The match ended 0-0, went to extra time (where no one scored), and was finally settled with a coin toss.This summer also sees the last three games all take place in England – which...