After a bright start, Phil Foden’s header deflated United’s optimism and, from that point onwards, the Reds struggled to fashion an equaliser. Erling Haaland’s second-half double took the match away from the Reds and, effectively, settled the encounter.
“If you lose and you play good and you have the chances we created in previous games, you can take some positives,” added Nous.
“But today was just not good enough.
“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…
“I felt completely powerless and defenceless to it,” he conceded. “Not knowing how to deal with it, I became obsessed with it and the thought that all people wanted to do was talk about the way that I looked, not the way I played football. “It made me feel so anxious as a young man,…
Southampton’s fate was sealed on Sunday as their 3-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur saw them relegated from the Premier League. The Saints have struggled all season and have been rooted to the bottom of the league table since early November, having won just one of their 20 fixtures since a 2-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers…
The first legs of all eight Champions League last 16 ties have offered a solid indication of which teams will be contesting the quarter-finals. Only Borussia Dortmund vs Lille failed to find winner as seven clubs edged closer to the last eight, with away victories putting all three English competitors in pole position to progress….
Joshua Kimmich has finally put pen to paper on a new Bayern Munich contract until June 2029, belatedly quashing the transfer speculation which has been swirling around him all season. The 30-year-old midfielder had allowed his existing deal with Bayern to run down until its final three months, prompting the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester…
It seems that Arsenal don’t have all that much to play for during the final quarter of the Premier League season, but they’ll want to get another one London rivals Chelsea on Sunday. The Gunners are 15 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool having had the chance to reduce the gap to five when they…
