Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo has gotten into some drama with her fans on Instagram. Yesterday (January 3), she shared a selfie of her rocking a septum ring. She captioned the picture “This young lady is grown up…I can see no evil, see ya later.” Someone named esther_charlys commented and called Uche Ogbodo ‘ugly’. Uche Ogbodo didn’t take the insult kindly and responded with an expletive riddled statement. Her reply did not stop the haters from coming for her with more insults. Uche Ogbodo clapped back this morning with a new Instagram post. “At this Very Moment, i am King! And…
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Thiago Alcantara says winning the Champions League is the “benchmark” to judge Bayern Munich’s success this season. Bayern have dominated domestically during Pep Guardiola’s time in charge, the Bavarians winning two Bundesliga titles and a DFB-Pokal in the Spaniard’s first two campaigns. However, Bayern have fallen at the semi-finals of the Champions League for two seasons running. Thiago is content with Bayern’s showings in the first half of the season, with the club top of the league by eight points and through to the Champions League knockout stages at a canter. And he is now desperate to win Europe’s premier…
Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara feels Pep Guardiola is the best coach in history, voicing his disappointment at the Spaniard’s decision to exit the club at the end of the season. Guardiola confirmed last month that he is to leave Bayern when his contract expires in June, with former Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti to replace him. Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City have all been mooted as potential destinations for Guardiola – who brought Thiago to the Allianz Arena from former club Barcelona in 2013. Having played under Guardiola at Bayern and Camp Nou, the Spain international has lauded…
Valencia coach Gary Neville believes Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Real Madrid was the best 90 minutes they have played since he took over. Neville is still without a win in La Liga, but his players battled to level the scores twice against Madrid, who finished with 10 men. Dani Parejo’s spot-kick cancelled out Karim Benzema’s opener and Paco Alcacer levelled again after Gareth Bale had put Madrid ahead for a second time following Mateo Kovacic’s dismissal. “From 20 to 70 I think we played with velocity,” Neville said. “But when they were left with 10, we relaxed a bit because…
Captain Sergio Ramos believes Real Madrid showed the character expected of them after securing a 2-2 draw against Valencia on Sunday, despite being reduced to 10 men. Karim Benzema gave Madrid the lead with 16 minutes gone before Dani Parejo levelled things up from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time. Things got harder for Madrid when Mateo Kovacic was shown a red card, but Gareth Bale managed to put the away side ahead late on, only for Paco Alcacer to cancel that out within a minute. “It’s clearly been a game with a lot of intensity. The team…
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is set to miss two weeks of action and will undergo a minor groin injury. Vardy is said to be struggling with the injury all season, managing it with painkillers. Leicester City however feel this is the right time for the striker to undergo the operation which will rule him out of FA Cup and Premier League clashes against Tottenham. He could be back for Leicester’s trip to Aston Villa on January 16. The 28-year-old has been in fantastic form this season and tops the Premier League goal chart with 15 goals.
When Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi are capable of scoring 180 goals combined in a calendar year, it is easy to understand why Barcelona would rely so heavily upon them. Yet even that extraterrestrial trio can’t do everything all the time. So it was that after 18 rounds of the 2015-16 La Liga season, Espanyol became the first side to prevent every member of the Blaugrana’s starting strike force from finding the net. Saturday’s scoreless derby was the latest in a string of Barca hiccups: three draws in their past four league games equate to dropping half of the…
Jurgen Klopp has played down the idea that Mario Balotelli is in line to make a return to Liverpool. Balotelli, 25, re-joined AC Milan on a season-long loan in the summer, with no agreement currently in place to make the move permanent. After a disappointing season at Liverpool that brought the £16 million acquisition only one Premier League goal, Balotelli was told to find a new club by former Reds manager Brendan Rodgers. Balotelli’s agent Mino Raiola, though, suggested last week that he would seek talks with Klopp to establish whether the striker featured in the new manager’s plans. However,…
Sunday evening’s clash of two former Premier League giants was great entertainment, although new Valencia coach Gary Neville seemed to enjoy it a lot more than under-fire Real Madrid boss Rafa Benitez. “Rafa, you gave us the best years of our lives,” said a banner across Mestalla’s Curva Nord early in the game, recalling the two La Liga titles and UEFA Cup triumph during Benitez’s three years in charge of Valencia just over a decade ago. However, after an incident packed 2-2 draw, the 55-year-old looked weighed down by a tough first half of the season in charge of Madrid…
Real Madrid were to hold a meeting to determine Rafa Benitez’s future on Monday, according to multiple reports in Spain. Marca, Cuatro and Onda Cero have all reported that members of the club hierarchy were due to hold an emergency meeting to determine whether to sack Benitez. Marca reports that Zinedine Zidane, currently in charge of the club’s Castilla reserve side, has been lined up to take over. AS has reported that the decision to sack Benitez has already been made. Former Valencia, Liverpool and Napoli boss Benitez has endured a difficult return to the Bernabeu, where he began his…
He is barely fit, vulnerable to injury and, by the 84th minute of his team’s clash with Watford, he was visibly exhausted. But even in this state, Sergio Aguero is still one of the best strikers in the Premier League. How many other players would have the ability to cushion an angled header into the one part of the goal that was beyond Heurelho Gomes’ aegis? Not many. How many players would have the presence of mind to know that a delicate touch would save the day? Even fewer. Man City’s hopes of glory depend on keeping that man fit.
Ashley Young has insisted he still sees himself as a winger despite making most of his appearances for Manchester United this season as a full-back. Young was converted into a wing-back and then a defender by manager Louis van Gaal, but he was selected on the right wing in an unconventional 3-2-4-1 formation in the 2-1 win against Swansea on Saturday and responded by delivering the cross for Anthony Martial when the Frenchman scored the opening goal. “Of course I enjoyed myself,” Young told MUTV. “I’m an out-and-out winger. I’ve played at full-back in the last few weeks but when…
Arsene Wenger is sensing that the “vibes” are right for Arsenal to finally end their Premier League title drought, saying the team showed their growing maturity in grinding out an ugly win against Newcastle. Wenger’s team have not won the league since 2004 and have often been criticised in recent years for not being mentally or physically tough enough to stage a proper title challenge. But with Arsenal two points clear atop the table just past the halfway stage, the Frenchman said he has a feeling that this season could be different. Especially after seeing his team overcome Newcastle 1-0…
Guus Hiddink insists that Jon Obi Mikel is the “ideal player” to bring balance to Chelsea’s midfield after the Nigeria international shone in Sunday’s 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Mikel was a surprise starter alongside the returning Cesc Fabregas at Selhurst Park with Nemanja Matic dropping to the bench, and completed 78 of 82 passes from the base of midfield as Chelsea produced their most convincing performance of the season to move six points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. Goals from Oscar, Willian and Diego Costa provided an emphatic scoreline for Chelsea but, speaking at his news conference…
Thibaut Courtois believes Chelsea legend Didier Drogba would be a “great addition” to Guus Hiddink’s backroom staff as the Premier League champions look to turn around their disappointing season. Chelsea want to add their former striker Drogba to the club’s coaching team but negotiations have proven difficult, given the 37-year-old remains under contract with MLS side Montreal Impact until December 2016. The striker sat alongside interim manager Hiddink and club owner Roman Abramovich during the 3-1 victory over Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on Dec. 19, though Hiddink later said it would be down to Chelsea officials to determine whether Drogba…
Under fire Real Madrid boss Rafael Benitez claimed his side deserved more credit after holding on for a 2-2 draw with 10 men away to Valencia on Sunday. Benitez was badly in need of a win on his return to Valencia, where he won two La Liga titles in three years, to ease the constant speculation surrounding his future. Yet, his side were left with an uphill task when Mateo Kovacic was shown a straight red card 20 minutes from time after Karim Benzema’s early opener had been cancelled out by Dani Parejo’s penalty. A brilliant header form Gareth Bale…
Chelsea still have a chance of finishing in the Premier League top four and securing Champions League football at the end of the season, interim manager Guus Hiddink has said. Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 3-0 on Sunday to register their sixth league win of the season and their first since Hiddink took the reins from Jose Mourinho last month. The win moved Chelsea up to 14th place in the table and 13 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, and Hiddink refused to write off his side’s chances of finishing in the top four although he admitted it would be “difficult”. “Everyone…
Manchester City defender Bacary Sagna has warned his teammates they must start seizing the initiative in matches instead of relying on Yaya Toure to get them out of trouble if they are to win the Premier League. City scored twice in the last eight minutes to record a 2-1 win over Watford on Saturday and looked to be on the verge of losing ground in the title race until Toure volleyed home in the 82nd minute before Sergio Aguero sealed the victory. Manuel Pellegrini’s men are third in the table, three points behind leaders Arsenal, and Sagna said the team…
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal paid tribute to Wayne Rooney after his winner against Swansea City lifted him to second place in the club’s all-time list of goal-scorers. Rooney superbly flicked in Anthony Martial’s cross with 13 minutes to go at Old Trafford on Saturday to give his side a 2-1 victory that ended their nine-game winless run and left them fifth in the Premier League. The United captain’s third league goal of the season took him past Denis Law to 238 goals – behind only Bobby Charlton’s club record of of 249 – and Van Gaal hopes a…
Manchester United’s 2-1 Premier League win over relegation-threatened Swansea City on Saturday has eased the pressure on their “angry” players, manager Louis van Gaal has said. Saturday’s win ended United’s eight-game winless run in all competitions, which has seen them being knocked out of the group stages in the Champions League and slip out of the league’s top-four. “I shall think that now the pressure is lowering, the performance shall be better every week. But that it also dependable on whether or not we score goals,” Van Gaal told British media. “And when we score goals and we create always…