Tag: lost

Igor Thiago: Brentford striker is making up for lost time after scoring two against Manchester United
27 September 2025 Off

Igor Thiago: Brentford striker is making up for lost time after scoring two against Manchester United

By Total Football News

Overcoming adversity is nothing new for Thiago, though.

“When I was 13 years old, my father passed away,” the frontman told Brentford’s official website last summer.

“I started to work at the fair carrying fruit. I also worked as a bricklayer. I had several jobs when I was younger, before I got into professional football and got the opportunity to play abroad.

“It helped me as a man, and it

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Cardiff City: ‘This storm has been coming’ – how relegated club lost their way
27 April 2025 Off

Cardiff City: ‘This storm has been coming’ – how relegated club lost their way

By Total Football News

That toxicity has been a theme of the Tan era, manifesting itself with unrest at games and numerous fan protests.

Tan’s rebranding of Cardiff from their traditional blue to red in 2012 caused deep divisions, which have not fully healed for some even a decade after he reversed his decision.

More recently, supporters have voiced their anger with two large demonstrations this season against the owner, chairman Mehmet Dalman and

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Norwich City: ‘Blackburn was a lost game’ – Jose Cordoba
3 March 2025 Off

Norwich City: ‘Blackburn was a lost game’ – Jose Cordoba

By Total Football News

Norwich City defender Jose Cordoba says the team were unhappy with their 1-1 draw against 10-man Blackburn Rovers as they had plenty of opportunities to kill the game off.

Ante Crnac scored in the 90th minute, five minutes after the dismissal of Rovers striker Emmanuel Dennis, but the Canaries went on to concede victory when Andi Weimann headed in a equaliser six minutes into stoppage time.

A win would have

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Luke Shaw injuries: Man Utd defender has lost four and a half years to injury
4 December 2024 Off

Luke Shaw injuries: Man Utd defender has lost four and a half years to injury

By Total Football News

Shaw’s injury issues really began to ramp up in 2023, suggesting recurring injuries – particularly those in his hamstrings – have taken their toll.

“When you’re talking about highly tuned athletes, the smallest problem can easily be magnified,” said Ben Dinnery from Premier Injuries.

Dinnery explained that muscle injuries, especially hamstrings, have a particularly high recurrence rate in the first 30 days of returning to playing.

This is not helped

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James Maddison scored twice as Tottenham romped to victory over a Manchester City side that has now lost five games in a row for the first time since 2006.
24 November 2024 Off

James Maddison scored twice as Tottenham romped to victory over a Manchester City side that has now lost five games in a row for the first time since 2006.

By Total Football News

These are unchartered times in Guardiola’s career.

He has never lost so many games in a row. He has lost by margins of three and four goals in two of his past three games, following the Champions League hammering by Sporting earlier this month,

While the Tottenham fans’ baiting was also something he has probably not heard before, the 53-year-old is clearly going nowhere.

However, the answers he is seeking

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