Chelsea Coach Pleased To Give An Opportunity To Jordan Aina
Published: September 23, 2019
Chelsea U18 coach Ed Brand was delighted to hand playing time to Jordan Aina in his side's 2-1 victory against Reading at Cobham Training Centre on Saturday afternoon. The Nigerian fullback has not been first choice for the Young Blues in the early stages of the season but finally got a run-out when he came off the b...
Arsenal Kid Saka Impresses, Gets Above Average Ratings Versus Aston Villa
Published: September 23, 2019
Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 3-2 on Sunday evening on Match day 6 of the English Premier League after going down to a goal and one man down as Ainsley Maitland-Niles was handed two yellow cards.Young England international with Nigerian heritage Bukayo Saka started his first league game but was substituted off in the se...
Tomori Vs Salah Battle : Chelsea Defender Singled Out For Special Praise By Lampard
Published: September 22, 2019
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard singled out Fikayo Tomori, N'Golo Kante and Marcos Alonso for special praise despite his side's 2-1 loss to Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday evening. Tomori was put in charge of stopping Africa's finest footballer Mohamed Salah from scoring and the central defender passed the test...
'A New Legend Is Born' - Arsenal Fans React As New Darling Of Emirates Makes Full EPL Debut
Published: September 22, 2019
Arsenal fans were surprised to see Bukayo Saka named in the starting line-up by manager Unai Emery against Aston Villa on Sunday evening. The 18-year-old produced a man of the match display against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday and Emery was pleased to hand the winger his full Premier League debu...
'Abraham Should Have Punished Liverpool' - Arsenal Hero On Missed Chance By Chelsea No. 9
Published: September 22, 2019
Chelsea are attempting to retrieve a two-goal deficit against a Liverpool side topping the Premier League table. England young star Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring for The Reds with a brilliant free-kick in the 14th minute and from another free-kick, Roberto Firmino added a second on 30 minutes. Cesar Azp...
Watford Striker Will Not Be Recalled To Super Eagles Squad For Friendly Vs Brazil
Published: September 22, 2019
Watford striker Isaac Success will definitely not be recalled to the Super Eagles squad for their friendly against five-time world champions Brazil on October 13, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles star faces at least one month on the sidelines after sustaining a groin injury. ...
Chelsea's Abraham Rated 11th Most Expensive Striker In The World By Liverpool Coach
Published: September 22, 2019
Tammy Abraham has been valued at 60 million pounds (€67.9 million) by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp ahead of his side's trip to Stamford Bridge, where they face Chelsea on matchday six in the Premier League on Sunday. According to the latest market values published by Transfermarkt.com, the Chelsea number nine will...
Faustino Anjorin Features As Chelsea Extend Club Record With Win At Southampton
Published: September 21, 2019
Faustino Anjorin played for fourteen minutes as Chelsea beat Southampton 2-0 in the Premier League 2 on Saturday to extend their club record for the longest unbeaten start to a Premier League 2 season. Andrew Myers' side have not tasted defeat in the Premier League 2 in the 2019-2020 campaign after six rounds and Anj...
'VAR To Tottenham's Rescue Once Again' - Fans React To Ndidi's Disallowed Goal
Published: September 21, 2019
Wilfred Ndidi played all ninety minutes as Leicester City recovered from a one-goal deficit to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Super Eagles midfielder put the ball in the back of the net in the 16th minute only for VAR to intervene and disallow the goal for an offside o...
Versatile Fullback Aina Debuts For Chelsea In The 2019-2020 Season
Published: September 21, 2019
Ola Aina's sibling, Jordan Aina has finally played his first game for Chelsea in the 2019-2020 season. The former England U16 international came off the bench in the 80th minute as a replacement for Valentino Livramento as the Young Blues claimed a narrow 2-1 victory against Reading in the U18 Premier League on Satu...
'I Worked Hard For It' - Ex-Liverpool Winger Adekanye Reacts After Pro Debut For Lazio
Published: September 21, 2019
Former Liverpool winger Bobby Adekanye has spoken of his happiness after making his professional debut for Lazio in a Europa League fixture against CFR Cluj on Thursday evening. The Nigerian-born starlet came off the bench in the 80th minute as a replacement for Bastos with the scoreboard reading 2-1 in favour of the...
Arsenal's Two-Goal Hero Balogun Outshines Bellerín In Four-Goal Thriller Vs Wolves U23
Published: September 20, 2019
Nigerian striker Folarin Balogun was the star of the show as Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers shared the spoils with a 2-2 draw in a Premier League 2 clash at at New Bucks Head on Friday evening. Gunners first team star Héctor Bellerín and summer signing from Celtic Kieran Tierney stepped up their recovery from...
Chelsea Boss Lampard On Battles Between Abraham And Van Dijk, Tomori & Liverpool
Published: September 20, 2019
Chelsea coach Frank Lampard faced the cameras on Friday ahead of his side's eagerly anticipated Premier League match against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. The confrontation between Tammy Abraham and Virgil van Dijk, as well as Tomori up against Liverpool's attacking trident of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto ...
Leicester City Star Ndidi Leading The Interception Stats In Europe's Top Five Leagues
Published: September 20, 2019
Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been ranked the top interceptor in Europe's top five leagues comprising of the Premier League, La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1. According to Whoscored.com, the Nigeria international has made the most interceptions in Europe's top five league...
Liverpool Icon Reveals One Key Reason Why Glasgow Rangers Signed Ojo On Loan
Published: September 20, 2019
Scottish side Glasgow Rangers defeated Eredivisie side Feyenord 1-0 during their Europa League opener at Ibrox Stadium.Steven Gerrard's men dominated the game in opening minutes of the encounter but they couldn't find a breakthrough until in the 23rd minute when Nigerian star Sheyi Ojo scored a beautiful goal. The you...