Tag: game

25 August 2024 Off

Liverpool 2-0 Brentford: Arne Slot’s first Anfield league game ends in victory

By Total Football News

There was an air of excitement for Slot’s first Premier League home game in charge with Liverpool’s famous ground sounding even louder than usual for the start of the post-Jurgen Klopp era at Anfield.

John W Henry flew in from Boston for Klopp’s final game in charge in May and the Liverpool owner was here for Slot’s big moment.

There was a banner in the crowd near the home dugout

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22 August 2024 Off

Everton down to ’14 recognised players’ for Spurs game – Dyche

By Total Football News

Everton are short at full-back as captain Seamus Coleman is dealing with a calf issue, Nathan Patterson is out for the long term and Ashley Young is suspended after being sent off against Brighton.

Midfielder James Garner, who can fill in at right-back, is also out so teenager Roman Dixon could be drafted in, while James Tarkowski is a doubt and fellow centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite continues to recover from a

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15 August 2024 Off

Tottenham suspend Yves Bissouma for Leicester game after laughing gas video

By Total Football News

Bissouma, who joined Tottenham from Brighton for £30m in 2022, played for 45 minutes in Spurs’ friendly defeat against Bayern Munich on Saturday afternoon, before posting the video.

“I’ve been in the game for a long time and every time a situation like this arises, I’ve tried to look at them in a couple of different ways,” said Postecoglou.

“One is, there’s a person involved and, in this case, it’s

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9 August 2024 Off

Wayne Rooney: Plymouth head coach has ‘point to prove’ ahead of first game

By Total Football News

Rooney also confirmed that the club has turned down bids for goalkeeper Michael Cooper and forward Morgan Whittaker that were “very far away” from Plymouth’s valuation.

Homegrown Cooper, 24, is in the final year of his contract and turned down an offer to extend his deal.

He has been reportedly linked with clubs including Sheffield United, Coventry City and Crystal Palace.

Meanwhile 23-year-old Whittaker, who was named in the Championship’s

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31 May 2024 Off

Nottingham Forest charged by FA over fan behaviour at Liverpool game

By Total Football News

Forest were angered by the manner in which Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side scored a stoppage-time winner at the City Ground.

It came shortly after referee Paul Tierney awarded a drop-ball to the visitors deep in their own half.

The hosts believed that they should have received possession as they had the ball outside the penalty area when the official stopped play in the middle of a Forest attack for a

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15 May 2024 0

VAR vote: Wayne Rooney says VAR has taken enjoyment out of the game

By Total Football News

The call which was the straw which ultimately broke the camel’s back for Wolves was the decision to rule out Max Kilman’s injury-time leveller against West Ham last month.

Wolves lost 2-1 at home, harming their European hopes at the time, after Tawanda Chirewa was adjudged to be offside and blocking Lukasz Fabianski, therefore interfering with play.

O’Neil called it one of the worst decisions he had ever seen

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4 May 2024 0

Premier League title race: ‘Arsenal left praying while Man City shine as end game nears’

By Total Football News

We are nearing the end game now.

As Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola rather succinctly put it: “One week left, three games left. Nine points and we will be champions. Seven, six or three points, Arsenal will win the Premier League.”

Guardiola is not placing much faith in Manchester United then, given he expects Arsenal to win every game and the Gunners visit Old Trafford on 12 May.

But, then,

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19 April 2024 0

Leicester City: Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall & Ricardo Pereira could miss West Brom game

By Total Football News
Split image of Leicester City's Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Ricardo Pereira
Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Ricardo Pereira stayed with Leicester this season after the club’s relegation from the Premier League

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Ricardo Pereira are all doubts for Saturday’s crucial Championship match against West Brom.

Foxes leading scorer Vardy took a knock during the week and all three players will be assessed before kick-off.

Defender Pereira is also injured, while midfielder Dewsbury-Hall has struggled with

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10 April 2024 0

Ryan Lowe: Preston North End boss says Norwich City clash ‘might be biggest’ game of his reign

By Total Football News
Preston North End's Milutin Osmajic scores his team's fourth goal during the Sky Bet Championship match between Preston North End and Huddersfield Town at Deepdale on April 9, 2024 in Preston, England
Milutin Osmajic completes the late hat-trick against Huddersfield that sets up Preston for a big finish to the season

Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe says Saturday’s clash with Norwich City “might be the biggest” game of his two-and-a-half seasons in charge.

The win takes the Lancashire club to within five points of the sixth-placed Canaries, with a game in hand.

“We’re going to give it everything because it’s a

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