Julen Lopetegui has accepted that his Real Madrid side were beaten by the better side on Wednesday after Sevilla won 3-0 at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, with all their goals coming before half-time. “Sevilla were far superior and they deserved to win,” Madrid coach Lopetegui said. “We weren’t as we would have liked and we paid in the first half by letting in quick goals. “Later, in the second half, we matched them and after that we hoped that, if we scored, we could get back into the game. “We did score, but the goal didn’t count on the…
Author: David Folami
Derby County manager Frank Lampard picked up the biggest win so far in his young managerial career on Tuesday when his Championship side knocked Manchester United, coached by his former boss Jose Mourinho, out of the Carabao Cup. And following the match, Lampard said he was somewhat in disbelief. “I’m a bit shell shocked [but] in a good way,” said Lampard. “What a performance from the team and in terms of personality… “To have the personality to step up and take penalties and perform the way they did, I’m just a proud manager, they were great. “I am trying to…
Pep Guardiola has said Phil Foden will be an “amazing player” for Manchester City for the next 10 years after his brilliant display in the 3-0 victory over Oxford United. He also had a big hand in the other two goals — spraying a 40-yard pass which led to the first-half opener for Gabriel Jesus before laying on the assist for Riyad Mahrez’s second. Foden then wrapped up the victory with a low drive in the 90th minute and sprinted over to the away end to celebrate with the fans. “The way he celebrated he showed he is a City…
Mauricio Pochettino has hailed the Tottenham Hotspur supporters who travelled to Milton Keynes after his side’s Carabao Cup victory over Watford. Despite that inconvenience, the official attendance was given as 23,650. “First of all I want to say thank you to our fans,” said Pochettino. “They need to be praised from myself on behalf of all the players and staff and the club, to say thank you for coming here and offering their support. They made a massive effort. “It’s important for the people all to listen to me, as the manager of the club, to that gratitude and [for…
Eden Hazard has joked that he had no choice but to score the sensational solo goal that sealed Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup third round because N’Golo Kante had told him he did not want to take a penalty. Chelsea trailed at Anfield from the 58th minute when Daniel Sturridge acrobatically fired beyond Willy Caballero, but Emerson Palmieri bundled in a controversial equaliser before Hazard beat five Liverpool defenders in the course of a dazzling move and smashed the winner past Simon Mignolet. It was Hazard’s sixth goal in eight matches this season and will surely…
Juventus playmaker Paulo Dybala scored his first goal of the season to set the Serie A leaders on the way to a 2-0 win over Bologna on Wednesday, which maintained their 100 percent start to the league campaign. Juve, with 18 points from six games, will take a three-point lead into Saturday’s match at home to bitter rivals Napoli after last season’s runners-up comfortably disposed of Parma 3-0 with a brace from striker Arkadiusz Milik. Dybala set up Blaise Matuidi for a shot which was parried by goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski and the Argentine followed up to score from the rebound,…
Jurgen Klopp has questioned the usage of the video assistant referee in allowing Chelsea’s equalising goal to stand during Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night. Klopp felt the awarding of the free kick in the buildup — when Naby Keita was adjudged to have fouled Victor Moses — was particularly harsh, adding that he believed Alvaro Morata and Ross Barkley were in offside positions from the resulting set-piece. “Both discussable,” he said at his postmatch news conference. “I don’t think it’s a foul. He plays the ball and then he touched afterwards, but things like that…
Unai Emery has denied a report that he blocked Germany coach Joachim Low from seeing Mesut Ozil during a visit to the club’s training ground this week. However, Emery denied the report when asked about it by Sky Sports following Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Brentford in the Carabao Cup. “It’s not true, it’s not true,” Emery said. A club source also told ESPN FC that the report was incorrect, saying that Low was at the training ground in London Colney to have lunch with Per Mertesacker, who is now the academy director at Arsenal. He also met with fellow Germans…
Sunday, September 23, 2018, will forever remain a day not to be forgotten as all the who is who in entertainment came out for the premiere of the movie ‘Merry Men.’ The event which took place at the IMAX Cinemas saw a number of A-list celebrities turn up to support another of their own, AY Makun. The movie premiere which had it’s who hashtag, #AgbadaChallenge say celebrities, both male and female show up in beautifully knitted Agbadas. The roll call of celebrities present at the premiere includes; Ali Baba, AY Makun, Ramsey Noah, Jude Okoye, Omawunmi, Ireti Doyle, Kunle Afolayan,…
Kalu Ikeagwu and Lota Chukwu led several Nollywood stars to the premiere of ‘The Kinsman’ on wednesday, September 26, 2018. The premiere of the romantic comic, which held on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island also had Yaw, Doris Ariole, Chioma Nwosu, Bridget Chibufue, Teni Stuffman and Omobala Akinde. Written and produced by by Teni Stuffman and Doris Ariole, The Kinsman is a faith-based story directed by Doris Ariole. The movie is scheduled to start showing in Nigerian cinemas on October 5, 2018. Speaking on the inspiration behind the comic, Teni Stuffman said that she…
Cobhmans has released the visuals to his latest single, ‘Starlight.’ The multi-talented producer, singer and song-writer released the song a few days back and has now shared the colourful visuals to go along with it. ‘Starlight’ produced by Johnny Drille is a love anthem dedicated to his wife, and the video is a romantic celebration as Cobhams and his ‘Starlight’ walk down the sands of the beach. The video is directed by Blessing Uzzi for Eccentric Films.
Linda Ikeji TV has shared the montage introducing the cast of the upcoming reality show, “Girls Squad.” One of the numerous original reality TV shows set to hit the Linda Ikeji TV screens before the end of the year is ”Girls Sqaud”, a show that follows the lives of six former University students from Babcock and Covenant University [Ijeoma, Elfreda, Oge, Rosemary, Pamela and Helen] and captures their journey through life after leaving school. The montage was released on her official Instagram page on Thursday night, September 20 with the caption, ”This reality show about life after Uni is a…
Major Lazer recently put out the mixtape, ”Afrobeats Mix”, a project that features a number of African stars as they experiment with Afrobeats in varied forms. A standout song and lead single is ‘All My Life’ which features Burna Boy, a song dripping in fluttering melody and danceable rhythm. Burna Boy’s prowess behind the microphone is quite well- famed, project after project, single after single, Burna keeps reinventing his art and producing something special. Much earlier in the year, Burna had released the body of work, ”Outside”, a critically accepted project that birthed the monster hit, ‘Ye’. “Ye” is a…
Reekado Banks is out with a new single he titles, ‘Blessings On Me.’ Ahead of the anticipated release of his EP, which he says will be released in October, the Mavin Records artist has dropped his latest music which he calls, ‘Blessings On Me.’ The song which has an highlife feel takes a long road down the early days of his career as he prays for God’s continuous blessings on his life. The song was produced by Princeton.
Toke Makinwa has a prayer she hopes God answers soon which is to be blessed with a daughter. The multi-talented media personality took to her Twitter page on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, where she made this wish. According to her, her daughter is going to be so proud of her. “My daughter has so much to be proud of her mama for, can’t wait to have a little princess,” she tweeted. She also went on to reveal that when she eventually has a daughter, they will go on play dates and all those cool stuff parents do with kids. “If…
Toke Makinwa’s ex-boyfriend, Seyi Kuye has welcomed a baby boy with wife, Oluwayimika Angel Kuye. Seyi Kuye’s wife, Oluwayimika took her Instagram page on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, where she announced the good news. She went on to post photos of her adorable baby and husband with a caption; “Really happy to announce the arrival of Baby Micah! Oladipupo Micah! He we born 3 weeks ago! A perfect little dumpling . I’m so in love with him! I honestly have to say there is no greater love other than God’s love for us. #soakingitallin #blessed #babyboy #postingwhenitmovesme #heshere #motherhood,” she…
Ronke Oshodi Oke says sex is the new application with which people use in getting jobs and going further in their careers. The busty actress in a long epistle on her Instagram on Monday, September 24, 2018, talked about how we all have plans and dreams to achieve but weren’t aware of the sacrifices involved which sadly includes offering sex for success. “We were all born with different dreams!! We all had plans!! We all pictured our lives in perfection!! We were ready to take over the world!! But no one told us the sacrifices we had to pay!! No…
Davido has a message for the citizens of Osun state ahead of the rerun elections which is to take place this week. The music star on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, took to his Twitter page where he posted his message to the people of Osun. In his message, he thanked the Osun people for the support they have shown so far towards his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke and prayed they extend the support on Thursday, September 26, 2018, during the rerun. “To all patriotic Osun citizens. On the road to #Osun2018, I salute you all for all the mileage you…
Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday expressed his readiness to participate in Saturday’s Primary Election where members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the state are expected to choose the party’s flag bearer for the 2019 governorship election through direct primaries. Ambode, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan, said he was restating his readiness for the primaries in line with the choice of the party in Lagos State and the validation given to the direct primary preference by the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC). “As our great party approaches Saturday, Sept.…
Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun governorship election has raised alarm over the several threats to his life ahead of rerun of the Osun gubernatorial election on Thursday, September 27, 2018. According to reportS, Adeleke has written a letter to several diplomatic missions in Nigeria, including the European Union and United States, alleging that his life has been under threat since he started campaigning for governor. In the letter, he claimed that he has escaped four assassination attempts on his life which remains under threat. The letter read, “I am constrained to write…