Tag: freak

30 March 2025 Off

Hull City 0-1 Luton Town: Freak Jones own goal gifts Hatters win

By Total Football News

Hull City head coach Ruben Selles told BBC Radio Humberside:

“You can lose matches, that can happen. I’m more disappointed in our reaction after going 1-0 down.

“The goal was an action we can avoid, but it took us more than 30 minutes to react and start to build up the pitch and put them under pressure.

“We lost a little bit of our identity in these moments. I’m disappointed

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5 January 2025 Off

Brighton 1-1 Arsenal: Gunners drop points as Joao Pedro takes advantage of William Saliba freak foul

By Total Football News

Arsenal manager Arteta had to rotate his squad, with Kai Havertz missing through illness and captain Martin Odegaard also suffering and only well enough for substitute duty.

The Gunners are already trying to deal with the loss of Bukayo Saka who is out of action with a serious hamstring injury, yet they had by far the better of the opening stages of this game.

The main criticism will be that

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18 October 2024 Off

Axel Tuanzebe: Ipswich defender came ‘very close’ to losing thumb in freak injury

By Total Football News

Ipswich Town defender Axel Tuanzebe came “very close” to losing his thumb in a freak accident that will sideline him for “months”, says manager Kieran McKenna.

The former Manchester United centre-back sustained a deep cut to his thumb while he was washing dishes at his home in early October.

The 26-year-old DR Congo international, who had started all six of Ipswich’s Premier League matches until the injury kept him out

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24 April 2024 0

Liverpool target Arne Slot – the ‘control freak’ inspired by Pep Guardiola

By Total Football News

Slot’s teams play well in possession, and his players overlap to provide an extra layer of unpredictability.

“I’ve spoken to him a few times and what he does and what he sees is very good,” explains Van Basten. “He gets on with the squad very well, is tactically very astute, can explain things well and is calm and intelligent.

“I think he can go to any club, yes. Even to

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