Month: June 2022

OPPOSITION WINGERS are not the only players to have been thwarted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka this season, with the Manchester United full-back revealing he has yet to be beaten in training either. The 22-year-old moved to Old Trafford from Crystal Palace in June for a reported £50million and has impressed for his new club, starting all but two of their Premier League games. Only Leicester City duo Wilfred Ndidi and Ricardo Pereira have made more tackles than…

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Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United MIKEL ARTETA CLAIMED his first win as Arsenal manager in impressive fashion as his side outplayed Manchester United at the Emirates to secure just their second victory in 16 games. Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis Papastathopoulos struck before half time to reward arguably Arsenal’s finest 45 minutes of the season so far. The Gunners started the game three times as many points off the top four as the relegation zone, but a first…

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CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI scored his first Premier League goal as Chelsea shrugged off their home struggles with a 3-0 win over Burnley at Stamford Bridge. Frank Lampard had seen his team lose three of their past four top-flight matches on their own patch and they had an early scare when a debatable offside call denied Jeff Hendrick the opener. However, Jorginho’s 27th-minute penalty and Tammy Abraham’s 15th of the season in all competitions settled nerves. Hudson-Odoi then…

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CONNOR RONAN HAS agreed a loan move to League One side Blackpool until the end of the season.  The Ireland U21 international, who is currently on the books at Wolves having been handed his first-team debut in December 2016, has been playing in Slovakia with Dunajska Streda for the past 12 months.  Playmaker Ronan made 33 appearances in total and helped them qualify for the Europa League — where they went out at the second…

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ATLETICO MADRID WERE knocked out of the Copa del Rey on Thursday, defeated 2-1 in extra-time by third division Cultural Leonesa. Atletico, who are third in La Liga and are looking forward to a Champions League clash next month against Liverpool, were one of four top-flight sides dumped out of the tournament on Thursday at the last 32 stage. Argentine striker Angel Correa put them in front in the 62 minutes before Leonesa levelled seven…

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LIVERPOOL MANAGER JURGEN Klopp accepted Shrewsbury Town earned a lucrative FA Cup fourth-round replay at Anfield after coming from behind to earn a 2-2 draw against the world champions. Curtis Jones scored for the second round in a row to put the Reds in front on Sunday and their lead was doubled immediately after half-time when Donald Love scored a comical own goal. League One side Shrewsbury would not give up, however, with substitute Jason Cummings scoring…

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IRELAND CAPTAIN KATIE McCabe helped reigning Women’s Super League [WSL] champions Arsenal into the final of the FA Women’s Continental League Cup this evening. The Gunners were 2-1 winners over rivals Manchester City, with Dubliner McCabe playing the 90 minutes at left-back — and coming close to grabbing another goal after her FA Cup effort against West Ham at the weekend. Dutch superstar Vivienne Miedema opened the scoring with six minutes on the clock at Meadow Park, before her…

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DUNDEE ATTACKER CAMMY Smith has joined Dundalk on loan, the Irish club have confirmed. The 24-year-old Aberdeen native already has extensive first-team experience in Scotland. He came through the ranks at his hometown club and made 76 league appearances for the Dons, in addition to picking up a League Cup winners’ medal with the club in 2014. Towards the end of his time with Aberdeen, he had loan stints with St Mirren and Dundee United,…

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Updated Feb 11th 2020, 8:29 AM IRELAND BOSS MICK McCarthy has kept his cards close to his chest on the matter of James McCarthy and whether the midfielder could feature in the Euro 2020 play-off against Slovakia next month. The midfielder has established himself in the Premier League with Crystal Palace this season, after enduring an awful time with injuries. A succession of problems, including a leg break, have severely limited the player’s first-team opportunities…

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SHANE LONG HAS described being axed from the Republic of Ireland squad for the group stages of the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign as a “killer blow”. But the Southampton striker insists he has remained civil with international manager Mick McCarthy, and that he is even dreaming of scoring the goal that could help his country reach the Euros this summer. McCarthy excluded Long throughout the Group D games because the 33-year-old had fallen out of…

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