Arsenal can enjoy the boredom. In a weekend brimming with goals, the most boring match can be the most important. Even if the big winners of the day were Liverpool in a sense, they showed their staying power as Arsenal crashed out of the Premier League top spot and their 100 per cent record in… Read More »
General view of Etihad Stadium (Getty Images) The 2023/24 Premier League season is underway and you can follow every match and every goal here with The Independent. This year, Manchester City are looking to defend their crown and capture a historic fourth consecutive title. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who also won the Champions League and… Read More »
While footballer Pep Guardiola was looking for a club in 2005, he spent a rainy afternoon craning his neck as Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion played a goalless draw that consisted largely of head tennis. “I was squirming because it was quite a direct play,” Tony Sharkey, the football manager who arranged Guardiola’s visit… Read More »
Alex Iwobi hopes to play a key role in Nigeria’s clash with Ghana in Marrakech (AFP via Getty Images) Nigeria – Ghana LIVE! Two giants of African football collided this afternoon in Marrakesh, Morocco, in a high-profile international friendly. Long-time rivals Nigeria and Ghana are facing each other in the so-called ‘Jollof Derby’ for the… Read More »
Many Arsenal fans want Mikel Arteta to sign a new centre-forward and play Gabriel Jesus out – Getty Images/Ryan Pierse The inevitable outcome of West Ham United’s shocking defeat to Arsenal, in which Mikel Arteta’s side had 30 shots but failed to score from any of them, was another debate about the forwards and, more… Read More »