RB: Emerson 🇧🇷. The Santos academy product played in defense for a Selecão side that finished 4th, before switching allegiances to the Azzurri.  After a breakout 2016/17 season under Luciano Spalletti at Roma, he’s now a reliable 1st-choice left back for Frank Lampard’s Chelsea. ...

Does this count as praise from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? � ...

Liverpool's Roberto Firmino was flagged offside before putting the ball in the net against Aston Villa and the decision was confirmed by VAR  The red line signifies Firmino and was aligned to his armpit, which was marginally ahead of the last Villa defender ...

For those who don't know, this is Max Taylor. In February 2019, he was dagnosed with cancer and undergoes chemotherapy. Now it's November 2019, and he's just been named in Manchester United's travelling squad to face Astana. What a brilliant story❤️ ...

LB: Benjamin Mendy 🇫🇷. After rising up Le Havre’s academy, Mendy became a starter for the club before developing under Marcelo Bielsa at Marseille and winning Ligue 1 at Monaco.  He hasn’t had any luck with injuries, but if he can stay fit, City will have a new weapon ...

Professional lipreader Tina Lannin of 121 Captions has reviewed the footage and told Mirror.co.uk what the players said to each other.  As Raheem is pushed by Gomez he walks straight back into Gomez and says: "Don’t f**k with me, Joe. Don’t f**k with me.”  Gomez responds by saying ...

It is 8 May 2018 and Tottenham have pulled off an incredible comeback against Ajax to make the UCL Final after having KO'd Man City the round before.  6½ months later Pochettino is sacked and José Mourinho takes over.  Attitude + mentality is as important as ability + ...

RW: Raheem Sterling 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Sterling started for John Peacock’s U-17s in Mexico, scoring against Argentina in the Round of 16.  Since then, he’s started in 3 international tournaments for England’s senior team, whilst playing a pivotal role in 2 record-setting PL titles for Man City. ...

Real Madrid thought it was a penalty  Clement Lenglet didn't 🤔  You can judge for yourself 🤨 ...

First Look!! 20/21 UCL First Qualifying Round. Don't pay attention to the seeded/unseeded at this moment. The teams are listed according to country coefficient (not team which is used for seeding). 10 teams already qualified! ...

Ronaldo trying to invent the no-look throw-in... 🤣 ...

No surprises, only Unai Emery can take a 4 - 0 lead to camp nou and still lose 6 - 1 to get knocked out. ...

CB: Aymeric Laporte 🇫🇷. Whilst failing to beat out Kurt Zouma or Raphaël Calvet for a starting spot, Laporte has gone on to have a better career than both so far.  The 5th-most expensive CB ever, Laporte is irreplaceable for Man City and they’re certainly feeling his absence now. ...

Paul Pogba has created more chances (164) and provided more assists (25) than any other player for Man Utd in the Premier League since 2016/17.  From open play, he's created at least 54 more than any other teammate (162). 🎯 ...

While Messi took his 6-th...  FIFA have had irrefutable documentary evidence for 18 months that footballers from World Cup hosts Russia have benefited from doping scandal ... and have done nothing. http://mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football ...