Collyer feeling well equipped

Two of the Premier League’s form teams go head-to-head on Saturday when Midlands clubs Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest do battle. Villa, who may have one eye on their Champions League quarter-final first leg with Paris Saint-Germain this Wednesday, have won their last six matches in all competitions and are in the closing stages of…

Real Madrid’s victory over Girona on Sunday saw the club set an unusual club record. Goals from Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior inspired a comfortable 2-0 win which sent Madrid back to second in the La Liga standings, tied on points with leaders Barcelona but behind on head-to-head. As noted by MARCA, the game was…

The first Premier League meeting between the sides in the capital saw us wear the cherished green-and-gold strip, as Mark Hughes and Paul Ince scored to move United closer to a first title in 26 years. Black was the choice in 1994/95, when Eric Cantona notoriously assaulted a Palace fan, after being sent off, and,…

“Chelsea have, once again, started the season strongly. As the current champions, they are one of the toughest sides we are going to face this season. “But we believe we can beat anyone, and as long as we stick to our game-plan and use all our training, I know we will give them a good…

The Champions League quarter-final first legs were merely meant to serve as teasers for the melodrama of next week. They said the sport was on its knees after Sunday’s bore draw in the Manchester Derby amid a rather uninspiring Premier League season, but Europe’s premier club competition supplied a timely reminder that it’s not so…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted his disappointment towards seeing Scott McTominay depart Manchester United last summer. Solskjaer departed United late in 2021 after close to three years at the helm, having led the club to second and third-placed finishes in the Premier League and reached the 2020/21 Europa League final. During Solskjaer’s tenure, McTominay made…