ESPN FC’s Don Hutchison breaks down Manchester City’s defensive struggles without Aymeric Laporte in their 3-2 loss at Norwich City.
NORWICH, England — What happened at Carrow Road on Saturday is one of the reasons we are all in love with football, even if fans of Manchester City might feel a little differently.
By contrast, disbelieving Norwich supporters must pinch themselves to believe what they saw, as their team’s 3-2 win marked the biggest sensation of the Premier League season. The newly promoted side were supposed to be complete no-hopers, with British bookmakers quoting them at 20-1 in a two-horse race. Their injury-ravaged…
The FC guys examine Man City’s defensive options with the possibility that Aymeric Laporte could miss an extended period of time with a knee injury.
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol thinks Sadio Mane’s temper tantrum is “the reason Liverpool are so good.”
Doing a fair impersonation of invincibility, Manchester City resume their quest for a third successive Premier League title at Norwich on Saturday.
Surprisingly, they have been held to 0-0 draws at Carrow Road on their last two league visits. You could get rich putting money on a repeat of that scoreline this time around.
The newly-promoted Canaries, a bold bunch, are quoted at 20-1 by bookmakers to win this weekend and that is a realistic assessment of their chances given the lethal attack of City…
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol addresses his top five takeaways from all of Saturday’s action in the Premier League.
First impressions can be misleading but, as Liverpool maintains a 100 percent record — with Manchester City hot on their heels — there may already be some heavy hints about how this season might develop. Interestingly, all three promoted clubs have already recorded a win, and it does not look as if there are any complete “no-hopers” this season, suggesting a mighty close battle to avoid the drop with possibly 10 teams involved. Here’s my early club by club look at the Premier League.
Arsenal:…
On the eve of another Premier League season full of intrigue, optimism runs high everywhere … well, almost everywhere. But before a ball is kicked, there are more questions than answers even for the usual suspects in the top six (and check the…
The FC crew discusses the next step in Gareth Bale’s career and whether he will return to Tottenham or move somewhere else.
Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane says Gareth Bale didn’t feature in their 3-1 loss to Bayern Munich as the club want the Welshman to leave as soon as possible.
Steve Nicol has some strong words of advice for Gareth Bale as he and Shaka Hislop discuss Bale’s future at Real Madrid.
It looks as though Gareth Bale and Zinedine Zidane’s “Cold War” has reached its breaking point.
“We hope he leaves soon. It would be best for everyone, “declared the Real Madrid coach after his team’s 3-1 loss to Bayern Munich in Houston on Saturday. These comments seemed to suggest that a transfer is close.
Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, then responded by calling Zidane “a disgrace.” So one would assume there is just no way back from here.
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Those of us covering the Houston game for ESPN…
Gab Marcotti says similarities between Frank Lampard and Maurizio Sarri’s styles of play would make the Derby County manager a low-risk signing for the Blues.
Chelsea are taking a huge punt on Frank Lampard. For all we know, he could be a new Pep Guardiola or Zinedine Zidane, but has the heart ruled the head in appointing a man with precisely one year’s managerial experience and it being in the second tier of English football?
For now, the fans, who never took to Mauricio Sarri, will celebrate the appointment of “one of their own.” In their minds, the bright and articulate Lampard is rightly a much-loved club icon after 649 appearances and, among many…
Ahead of the Champions League final in Madrid, Stewart Robson picks whether he’d prefer Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino or Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp as his manager.
In an exclusive interview with ESPN FC, Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris explains how Mauricio Pochettino changed the course of his career at Spurs.
Stewart Robson examines how Liverpool can fill the void left by Naby Keita after Jurgen Klopp confirmed the midfielder will miss the UCL final due to injury.
Hugo Lloris reflected on Spurs’ historic comeback against Ajax and said that all the credit belongs to Mauricio Pochettino and his coaching staff.
Should Harry Kane make a dramatic return for Tottenham against Liverpool in the Champions League Final in Madrid on Saturday?
For Spurs fans this week, it’s a question far more important than Brexit.
Kane, the captain and talisman, has not played for two months since the latest in a worrying series of ankle ligament injuries.
But he has returned to full training in the past two weeks and says: “I’m ready to play.”
So does Mauricio Pochettino put him back in or stick with the team who knocked out…
With another Premier League season having come to an end, it is time for the end of term reports cards. Was your team delightful or dismal? Fantastic or frustrating?
Here is how this TV commentator graded all 20 Premier League clubs from "A…
Whatever the outcome of a captivating Premier League title race, the losers will surely go down as the unluckiest runners-up ever.
It’s unprecedented for any team to top 90 points and not become champions, but that’s almost certain to happen this year. Indeed, Liverpool could get to 97 points and still not end their 29-year run without a league title.
Manchester United missed out on goal difference with 89 points in 2012 when Sergio Aguero scored his sensational last-gasp winner for Manchester…
Ross Dyer and Craig Burley make their predictions for a midweek Premier League slate featuring Tottenham vs. Crystal Palace at Spurs’ new ground.
Following Mohamed Salah’s response to his critics, ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol explains what’s missing from the Liverpool forward’s game this campaign.
Now that we’re in the final dash to the line in the Premier League, who can keep a cool head in a crisis? Which teams can perform when the heat is turned up? Who might falter unexpectedly?
With all those questions in mind, and more, Ian Darke takes a club-by-club look at the league to help you decide how the rest of 2018-19 will pan out.
1. Liverpool | 79 points | 32 games played
The Reds are looking far from fluent, but they’ve still been beaten only once all season, and are getting the…