Jurgen Klopp has said “no one was in the dressing room dancing” after Liverpool’s Champions League quarterfinal with Manchester City after Wednesday’s night 3-0 win, insisting it was only “half-time” and that Pep Guardiola’s side still have the ability to turn to the tie around. Klopp said: “I am too long in the business. Being against us 3-0 down, [City] need to open up a little, maybe we can use it. I don’t know. “But it is not decided. It is better than 1-0, it’s better than 3-1, it’s much better than 3-2. But it’s only half-time. No one was…
Author: David Folami
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said there should be no comparisons between his first goal for LA Galaxy and the bicycle kick Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Real Madrid in the Champions League win over Juventus on Tuesday. “I think it’s a big difference, because he scored in the Champions League, I scored in MLS,” Ibrahimovic said. “It’s a big difference. “A goal is a goal. If you can help your team to score a goal, it’s important, however you score. But when you score beautiful, of course, it’s more … nice, let’s say, that it’s beautiful. It feels really good.” Later, when…
Samuel Umtiti has said his goal celebration during Wednesday’s 4-1 Champions League quarterfinal first-leg win over Roma was not connected to his current contract situation. “It was not a [special message], I [just] wanted to say that I love this club,” Umtiti said. “I have nothing much else to say. I just stick to playing and doing well on the pitch. That is the most important for me. That is what I will keep trying to do. The rest are things that come out in the press — some true, some false — but I focus on football.” Umtiti, under…
Wissam Ben Yedder has said that Sevilla can still reach the Champions League semifinals despite losing at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarterfinal. France forward Ben Yedder, whose two goals beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the previous round, refused to rule out another famous away win in the second leg in Munich. “It’s going to be difficult, but anything is possible,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. “We’ll go for it and try to get a good result at their place. They did that at ours, so why not do it there and…
Arsene Wenger is viewing a sharper Alexandre Lacazette in training these days, and says it’s clear the France striker “was not himself” in the weeks before his knee surgery. “I realise now when I see him in training that he was not himself for a while, that explains why his goals dried up,” Wenger said ahead of Thursday’s Europa League game against CSKA Moscow. “He always was adamant that he was OK, but players are like that. He was a good player before, but I think in the last seven or eight games he played he was not completely free…
Jesse Lingard has said that he is confident Manchester United can spoil Manchester City’s Premier League party on Saturday. “We have played there before and performed and did well, so I don’t see why we can’t do it again,” Lingard said. “The lads’ heads have to be right and we have to be 100 percent focused on our job and get the three points because that’s what we are playing for.” Asked if it was more important because City can win the league, Lingard said it isn’t. “You have to see it as just a game, because if you let…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has said that he wanted to join Arsenal because he “missed playing offensively” at Manchester United and was not signed to replace Alexis Sanchez. “When I heard I could swap Man United for Arsenal, I said, ‘Yes, I want to do that,'” Mkhitaryan said. “I didn’t think twice. It’s important for me to play in an offensive team. “I couldn’t have imagined a better start. I’d missed playing offensively. I joined Arsenal because [Arsene] Wenger wanted me, not because he wanted to replace Sanchez. We are different players and characters, with different abilities and skills, so I’ll try…
Oliver Kahn has said that Zinedine Zidane would be a perfect fit to succeed Jupp Heynckes as coach. Kahn, the former Germany and Bayern captain, believes that Zidane would be the ideal replacement for Heynckes should he decide to leave Madrid in the summer. “Zinedine Zidane is undoubtedly worth considering. I think he’s sensational,” Kahn said during the broadcast of Madrid’s 3-0 victory over Juventus in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. “He has won everything with Real Madrid and can win his third Champions League title. He’s a coach who fits perfectly Bayern Munich’s requirement profile.” “He…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said that Jose Mourinho is still the “Special One” at Manchester United — but says only winning the FA Cup can save the club’s season. Ibrahimovic insists Mourinho is still a winner, though, but says winning the FA Cup is a must for the Portuguese. “I like Mourinho. He is the Special One,” Ibrahimovic said. “He likes to win. Wherever he went he won. He made me feel comfortable. He gave me a lot of responsibility. He said to me the only problem he had with me was when could he rest me. “They’ve been doing it…
Denrele Edun is the cover star for the latest edition of GQ France and he did it rocking female outfit. He is known for his cross-dressing has revealed via his Twitter page that he will continue to prove to the Nigerian society that he exists despite their insistence on acknowledging only two genders. From gowns to clingy black fish net, Edun tried it all and we must say, he slayed them too. Despite speculations over his sexuality, Edun has refused to be categorised as any particular gender and of no particular sexual orientation. The actor in a chat with Guardian…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the cover star for TW Magazine‘s April 2018 Issue. Looking dazzling in green chiffon and flower embellishments, the bestselling author, looked the perfect combination of motherhood, career and passion. In this edition of TW Magazine, Adichie talks about family, sisterhood and true feminism. On Writing… 1. “My writing advice is read, read, read: you don’t have to like what you read but it demystifies writing.” 2. “Write. Just write. Start. And read as much as you can. Read widely and read different things, and sometimes while immersed in the multitude voices of others, you just might…
Olawale Ashimi popularly known as Brymo defends his nude video “Heya,” saying that it portrays a bushman living in the city. He said the song is an expression of the environment he lives in, adding that most people are actually bush despite the fact that they live in the city. Brymo made the disclosure during an interview with Sunday Scoop, explaining his reasons for making the move. “The song is an expression of my environment. I like to paint as much as I can and I think that most of us are bush people, even though we live in cities.…
9ice believes his songs encourage youths to work harder for prosperity and not otherwise. The singer made this known in a recent chat on the ban of his controversial song, “Living Things.” He said: “My song has been banned again?. I am surprised that they banned my songs because most of my music is to inspire the youths to work hard and ensure they do things the right way. I don’t sing songs that would encourage anyone to do the wrong thing. “I have been in this industry for a while and I know better than to do such because…
The Easter celebration might be done but we can’t get enough of the Okojies as Mercy Johnson and her family celebrated the holiday at the beach. She posted a video of herself with her husband who couldn’t stay away from her and their friends. “Happy New week Friends had so much fun this Easter Holiday eh…Work Starts again notice me begging for peck at the end???My wahala plenty thanks to all our friends who hung out with us….we are so grateful to you all. What do you think about my chewing gum game e no werk abi? Dumebi feeling funky,”…
Kiss Daniel has proven he also has a benevolent heart. He took out time to give back to the poor on Easter day. A fan actually asked Kiss Daniel how many retweets he needed to be able to share food with the beggars at Iddi Araba in Mushin. We guess the fan wasn’t expecting Kiss Daniel’s reply as he told him he didn’t need any retweets to get that done. “No retweets…Let’s feed em’ tomorrow sharp,” he replied the fan. Kiss Daniel stood by his words as he went out with a couple of friends to Iddi Araba where he…
Chika Ike didn’t like her body while growing up. She recently talked about how she wasn’t confident of her body during her teenage years and also got bullied and called all sort of names. “I never liked my body growing up and was constantly bullied about it. I was so skinny and was the tallest in my class. I never looked forward to morning assembly because I’ll have to stand at the back of the class or class presentations to talk about “your best friend “ because I’ll be described as the thin girl. I can remember eating all sorts…
Runtown might be in more trouble with his record label, Eric Many over the sex tape that got leaked. According to recent reports, Runtown allegedly spearheaded the release of the sex tape while claiming that it was the record label who wanted to use the tape to blackmail him. “Preliminary findings have revealed that the released sex tape and Whatsapp chat purportedly leaked by Runtown’s label is totally fake and a badly executed stunt by the artist himself. Investigations have led to the capture of a suspect (name withheld) who confessed to using a fake Instagram account to spread the…
Blac Chyna got into a fight with a lady at an amusement park on Easter Sunday. According to reports, Blac Chyna had gone to the amusement park with her two children and teenage boyfriend, YBN Almighty where the fight broke out. The 29-year-old reality star had to be held back by multiple people after she suddenly tried to hurl a bright pink children’s ride-on car at a woman in the Los Angeles theme park. A woman claiming to be the person involved in the melee with Chyna tweeted that the fight broke out after she started admiring the reality star’s…
Bukola Saraki has developed two draft bills for legislation to tackle the menace of drug abuse in the country. The proposed bills are: National Drug Control Bill and National Mental Health Bill. It also seeks to establish a central mechanism to facilitate collaboration among law enforcement, regulatory and public health authorities in line with the National Drug Control Policy. The Bill further focuses on proactive law enforcement and regulatory measures towards the eradication of the illicit importation, production and trafficking of controlled substances. It also criminalise the diversion, distribution or otherwise dispensing of controlled substances without a prescription or license.…
Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that Leah Sharibu, the Christian girl show is being held by Boko Haram will be released. He also said that he is happy to be a Christian because of Sharibu. The VP said “As I understand the Cross, I believe that what happened was so unique. Apart from the death, there was a trial before victory. Christ was accused of many crimes and given a death sentence. What Christ went through was beyond dying. He had already taken the pain that is why we can proudly say that the Cross is an evident of our…