By Emmanuel Okogba Bukayo Saka scored the only goal of the game as Arsenal narrowly edged Aston Villa on Saturday to get back on winning ways after Wednesday’s loss to Liverpool. Arsenal showed they needed the victory more when a spell of possession was rewarded on half hour mark. A quickly taken free-kick by Saka […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Manchester United suffered one of their heaviest defeat this season in the 4-1 thumping at their city rivals, Man City on Sunday and they head into a decisive week that has a couple of tough games to negotiate.  With the trio of Ronaldo, Cavani and Varane who missed last week game hopefully […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Chelsea sponsor and mobile network, Three have asked the club to temporarily suspend their partnership including removal of brand logo from shirts and around the stadium. The development follows the sanctions placed on club owner, Roman Abramovich for his alleged involvement with Vladimir Putin’s government that invaded Ukraine. UK government had ordered […]

By Emmanuel Okogba The Professional Game Match Officials Board, PGMOL, which oversees all refereeing in England has apologized to Everton and coach, Frank Lampard over the penalty incident at the weekend that denied them a vital point against Manchester City. Everton were denied the opportunity of levelling the scores late in the second half when Rodri […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Brentford coach, Thomas Frank has confirmed that Christian Eriksen will feature in this weekend’s game against Newcastle. It will be the first time Eriksen features in a top competitive football game eight months after he suffered a cardiac arrest in a Euro 2020 game against Finland. The Dane joined the Bees for […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Chelsea coach, Thomas Tuchel does not believe his side has what it takes to cover the gap opened up by Manchester City and win their sixth Premier League title. Chelsea led up until December when poor run of results gave room for City and Liverpool to overtake and open what now seems […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Christian Eriksen will, at the resumption of the Premier League, be in the colors of Brentford Football Club after he completed his six months deal move to the side on Monday. Eriksen has been away from football folllowing his near-death exprience at Euro 2020 last year and had his contract with Serie […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Frank Lampard is set to take over the reigns at Everton after reaching an agreement with the club to replace sacked coach Rafa Benitez. The club is expected to make the announcement after a decision was made following conversations with Frank Lampard, Vitor Pereira and Duncan Ferguson. Lampard’s only Premier League coaching […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Everton have parted ways with coach Rafa Benitez, the club announced on Sunday. The decision to relieve Benitez of his duties was taken after a meeting by the board following a surprising loss to bottom of the table club, Norwich City on Saturday. Benitez leaves the club just six months into his […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Philippe Coutinho looks set for a return to the Premier League even as five clubs are reportedly keen on adding the midfielder to their squad in the January transfer window. Currently with Barcelona, the Brazilian spent five years at Liverpool and notched up 41 goals in 152 appearances for the Anfield side. […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Emmanuel Dennis found the back of the net, yet again, but it was not enough as West Ham outclassed Watford 1-4 on Tuesday in the Premier League. Dennis opened scoring as early as the 4th minute with a left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. The […]

The Premier League in England announced on Monday that 103 new coronavirus cases among club players and staff. It was the highest weekly number recorded since testing figures began being circulated in May last year. The league has also confirmed it has reverted to emergency measures following a raft of top-flight postponements. Increased testing to […]

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard will miss the team’s next two English Premier League (EPL) matches after testing positive for COVID-19, the English club said on Saturday. Gerrard, 41, who joined the club last month, will miss both Sunday’s home game against Chelsea and Tuesday’s trip to Leeds United while isolating. Former Liverpool and England […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Arsenal put aside their captaincy troubles and moved into the top four by beating West Ham 2-0 at the Emirates on Wednesday. The Gunners went into the game knowing that an outright win was what they needed to move into the Champions League qualification spot for the first time in 14 months […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Chelsea duo of N’Golo Kante and Trevoh Chalobah have returned to full training for the London side after sitting out for a couple of weeks due to knee and hamstring problems respectively. Thomas Tuchel was handed the boost ahead of Thursday’s visit of Everton. Both players have been regular starters this season […]