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Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has labelled Frank de Boer the “worst manager in the history of the Premier League”, after the Dutchman criticised his handling of Marcus Rashford, Skysports reports. Rashford has had to make do with limited first-team opportunities under Mourinho this...

Chelsea midfielder, Cesc Fabregas has warned that he will do everything possible to make Barcelona’s Lionel Messi “feel uncomfortable” ahead of the second leg round of 16 UEFA Champions League clash. The Spain international insists that stopping Messi will be the … read more via Naijaloaded |...

It was a close match, but the tactics employed by Jose Mourinho were better than Jurgen Klopp’s. With more possession already conceded even before the match kicked off, Mourinho knew Liverpool’s major strength was the press and he negated that completely with his back-to-front tactic. … read...

Jose Mourinho has described Romelu Lukaku as Man United’s sergeant and says the striker’s game is about more than just goals. read more via SOCCER news, photos, and video – Yahoo! Sports – http://ift.tt/2De70RB --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News

Mohamed Salah has continued his incredible season by winning Premier League player of the month award for February. It is the second time this season that the Liverpool forward has won the accolade after scooping it up in November. He beat off competition from Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero...

Falconets have been handed a tough draw for this year’s FIFA Women U-20 Women’s World Cup as the Nigerian girls will confront Germany, China and Haiti in Group D event holding in France from August 5 to 24. At the Draw Ceremony which took place at the Opera House, … read more via Newtelegraph –...

Following a dismal 1-1 draw in Las Palmas on Thursday night, Barcelona returned home and increased their lead at the top of La Liga by edging past second-placed Atletico at the Camp Nou. A superb Lionel Messi free-kick, his third in as … read more via SOCCER news, photos, and video – Yahoo...

Manchester City are into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, but that didn’t stop manager Pep Guardiola slamming his side’s second half performance against Basel. read more via SOCCER news, photos, and video – Yahoo! Sports – http://ift.tt/2oZMa35 --------------- Get More Nigeria...

MANCHESTER, England, March 7 (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola labelled his team’s second-half performance against Basel as “really, really poor” and said their possession play had been largely pointless in their 2-1 Champions League defeat on Wednesday. City advanced to … read...

Manchester City signed France under-21 international Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao for a club-record fee of 65 million euros ($80 million) on Tuesday, taking its spending on center backs since 2014 to about $250 million. The 23-year-old Laporte came close to joining City in … via...

Juventus chief executive Giuseppe Marotta said the Italian champions have no plans to part with star Paulo Dybala, despite continued transfer speculation. Manchester United have been linked with a move for Dybala, who dropped out of Juve’s starting XI last month which sparked doubts … via...

(CNN)Both at home and abroad, Manchester City have swept all before them this season. Pep Guardiola’s side have scored 78 goals in 28 games in the English Premier League and the Champions League — an average of nearly three goals a match — and … via SOCCER news, photos, and video – Yahoo...