5 talking points from the weekend’s Premier League action
Quique Sanchez Flores became the second manager sacked by Watford this season, while Premier League leaders Liverpool increased their healthy lead over defending champions Manchester City.
Guardiola stresses Manchester City need wins to retain Premier League
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insisted the reigning Premier League champions can only retain their title if they ‘win games, win games, win games’ after being held at Newcastle.
Ranked! The 10 best strikers in the world
It’s a golden age for frontmen right now, but these 10 have proved themselves the cream of the crop … in our opinion, at least.
Wherever Pochettino ends up, the problems he faced at Tottenham will be the same
Mauricio Pochettino will know now what is it to be the prettiest girl at the dance. His sacking by Tottenham last Tuesday night may have brought his time at White Hart Lane to an inglorious end, but he woke up on Wednesday morning last week as the most coveted coach in Europe.
Carragher: Mourinho won’t change his style of play
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes manager Jose Mourinho will not change his style of play at Tottenham Hotspur.
Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham really did prove that trophies are not the only measure of success
History is written by the victors. It’s one of life’s great truisms, and, when it comes to Premier League football, it has a number of direct equivalents: ‘Nobody remembers who finished second’ … ‘What’ve they won?’ … ‘Show us your medals.’
5 big games for Mourinho early in his Spurs tenure
FourFourTwoSA looks at five key games lying ahead of new Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho following the departure of Mauricio Potchettino.
Nothing can get in way of Liverpool winning Premier League – Carragher
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher insists nothing must get in the way of the club winning the Premier League this season.
Are Italy back? How Mancini helped the Azzurri recover from their World Cup embarrassment
Two years ago this week, the Italian national team hit arguably the lowest moment in their history. One of the most famous footballing countries in the world did the unthinkable and failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Mikel labels Hazard as lazy – despite ‘incredible talent’
Ex-Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has questioned the work ethic of former teammate Eden Hazard.