Tag: claim

Hannibal Mejbri: FA probes Burnley player’s claim of racial abuse
17 February 2025 Off

Hannibal Mejbri: FA probes Burnley player’s claim of racial abuse

By Total Football News

The Football Association is investigating a report of an alleged racist remark made towards Hannibal Mejbri during Saturday’s game between Preston North End and Burnley.

Burnley midfielder Hannibal has accused Preston forward Milutin Osmajic of racially abusing him during the 0-0 draw at Deepdale.

Preston have said Osmajic has “strongly refuted” the claim.

Hannibal reported the allegation immediately to referee Andrew Kitchen and the FA is expecting to receive the

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Burnley 0-0 Leeds: Unfashionable Clarets claim another clean sheet
28 January 2025 Off

Burnley 0-0 Leeds: Unfashionable Clarets claim another clean sheet

By Total Football News

The weather in Lancashire was wretched on this January evening and the action on the pitch did not fare much better.

It was the fourth 0-0 witnessed by the Clarets supporters in the last five home games, which is testing their resolve more than their backline on the pitch.

This contest will leave those clipping up the highlights with slim pickings – Dan James’ rising strike late on which was

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Manchester United 0-2 Newcastle United: Alexander Isak scores again as visitors claim dominant win
30 December 2024 Off

Manchester United 0-2 Newcastle United: Alexander Isak scores again as visitors claim dominant win

By Total Football News

Newcastle didn’t need to come up with anything radical to seize control of the match.

In an age of analysts, throw-in coaches and fitness gurus, a TV set with an ability to record would have been enough.

Manchester United’s deficiencies in defending set-pieces have been highlighted in every post-match inquest since Nottingham Forest came to this stadium on 7 December and scored after two minutes with a corner dropped to

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Chelsea 1-2 Fulham: Rodrigo Muniz scores injury-time winner as visitors claim late comeback win
26 December 2024 Off

Chelsea 1-2 Fulham: Rodrigo Muniz scores injury-time winner as visitors claim late comeback win

By Total Football News

Marco Silva’s superb work at Fulham has been illustrated by the manner in which they earned fully deserved draws at home to Arsenal and away at Liverpool in recent weeks.

Fulham are a potent combination of quality, energy and relentless ambition and that was all on show here as they were undaunted by going behind to Palmer’s superb early strike.

It was no surprise when Wilson equalised, Fulham then preying

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Fulham 0-0 Southampton: New boss Ivan Juric watches from stands as Saints claim point
22 December 2024 Off

Fulham 0-0 Southampton: New boss Ivan Juric watches from stands as Saints claim point

By Total Football News

Martin had taken Southampton back into the Premier League after beating Leeds United in the Championship play-off final at Wembley in May, but admitted he had been “embarrassed” by his side’s lowly top-flight points total before his near-18-month spell in charge came to an abrupt end.

Just as for the 2-1 Carabao Cup quarter-final loss against Liverpool on Wednesday, interim boss Simon Rusk led them from the dugout, with Juric’s

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Blackburn 2-0 Luton: John Eustace’s men claim sixth straight win
14 December 2024 Off

Blackburn 2-0 Luton: John Eustace’s men claim sixth straight win

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers boss John Eustace:

“Amario Cozier-Duberry was outstanding. It was a brilliant performance from the young lad. He’s been training very well.

“He was close to starting probably four to five weeks ago before he got injured. But that first half he was virtually unplayable and he cored a great goal.

“What is the most pleasing thing for me is he’s an exciting player with the ball but he

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Oxford United 1-2 Swansea City: Luke Williams’ side end goal drought to claim away win
2 November 2024 Off

Oxford United 1-2 Swansea City: Luke Williams’ side end goal drought to claim away win

By Total Football News

Oxford head coach Des Buckingham:

“I didn’t think we were very good at all for very large periods of the game.

“Despite not being very good with the ball, we have still created three very good goalscoring moments before Dane scored.

“We are so much better than what we have shown. We need to make sure we believe we are good enough to do what we do at this level.

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Stoke City 2-1 Derby County: Potters claim second win under Pelach
2 November 2024 Off

Stoke City 2-1 Derby County: Potters claim second win under Pelach

By Total Football News

Stoke led when Enda Stevens’ through ball found Cannon, who went down in the penalty area under a challenge from Derby’s Swedish international keeper Jacob Widell Zetterström.

Leicester City loan man Cannon picked himself up off the turf to fire the spot-kick into the bottom right corner for his fifth league goal for Stoke – all five of which have come in just two games at the bet365 Stadium.

The

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Championship: Scott Parker’s Burnley claim win over Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth
1 October 2024 Off

Championship: Scott Parker’s Burnley claim win over Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth

By Total Football News

On a night when former manager Vincent Kompany was preparing to lead Bayern Munich in the Champions League, his old side Burnley were in action in the second tier after relegation under the Belgian last season.

Kompany’s team thrilled their way to promotion two seasons ago by amassing 101 points and though Parker’s men may well bounce back at the first attempt, it will be achieved in a much more

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