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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nicki Minaj might be pregnant and this has gotten a lot of people talking. She was spotted at on arrival at the LAX airport with an oversized black and white handbag which she used to cover her stomach. Nicki went makeup-free and covered her face with a pair of dark sunglasses as she swept through the awaiting paps to Departures. She was wearing a loose black and white polka dot blouse and black ripped jeans and a matching cardigan worn loose over her shirt. When accosted by men of the press at the airport, the rapper refused to answer questions…
John Boyega has finally reacted to the accusation leveled against his bodyguard by media personality, Toke Makinwa. The Hollywood actor was a guest at Cool FM, where he was answering questions from OAPs, Daddy Freeze, and Kaylah Oniwo. “Toke Makinwa reportedly assaulted by John Boyega’s bodyguard,” Daddy Freeze had said. Well, the whole studio went crazy when John looked all shocked and replied with the most sarcastic replies ever! “First of all, first of all, who is that,” he said. Well, he looked surprised as he claimed not to know who Toke Makinwa is and even referred to her as…
Jay Z has revealed that he cried when his mother sat him down and told him that she was a lesbian. “Imagine living your life as somebody else, right? And you think you are protecting your kids and for my mother, she had to live as someone she wasn’t and hide and protect her kids, didn’t want to embarrass her kids for all this time, for her to sit in front of me and tell me I love someone, I really cried, I cried because I was so happy for her that she was happy,” he said. He went on…
Majek Fashek is prophesying that fire will burn all of Dino Melaye’s enemies. “Message from legendary prophet Majek Fashek to distinguish senator Dino Melaye, man of the people, we are praying for you, we stand with you and by you, no one can touch the anointed of God,No weapon fashion Against you shall prosper,fire go burn all your enemies Down in Jesus Name Amen.@dinomelaye,” he wrote. This new found bromance between Senator Dino Melaye and Majek Fashek can be traced back to December 2017, when the veteran singer paid a courtesy visit to the senator at his residence in Abuja.…
Today is JJC Skillz’ birthday and who else has cuter words for him than this wife, Funke Akindele who penned down a prayerful message for him to mark his day. “All glory to God for giving us the grace to celebrate you today and Always. You are standing firm on the solid rock my KING, therefore, you will never sink. You will always succeed in all you do in Jesus Name. Ori lo je,o ni di iru loruko Jesu. “Thank you for always being there for us all. The Lord will always be there for you. You will live longer…
Adorable members of the Wests family are in one photo as Kim Kardashian has shared the first-ever cute photo of her entire family of five. The gorgeous mother of three and wife took to her Instagram page where she posted a photo of herself and her husband, Kanye West with their three amazing children, North, Saint and the newest addition to the family, Chicago. She went to caption the photo with a quote where she talked about how they were able to pull through with the family photo. “I don’t think you really understand how hard it is to take…
This is the season of raunchy photos for celebrities as former Big Brother Naija reality show contestant, Gifty, goes topless in a new photo shoot. She didn’t just go topless but the photo came out really good with the reality star looking like a goddess. The beautiful and sometimes controversial Gifty took to her Instagram page on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, where she shared the photo with a caption “Shhh….Welcome To My World. I Am Who I Am.” Gifty loves her over 200 thousand followers so much and loves to keep them updated on how she continues to glow. This…
Kiss Daniel is searching for the fan who returned his jewelry that fell off his neck during the just concluded BBK home coming. He said he has something to give back to the awesome guy. “I really wanna appreciate the fan that gave back my chain when it fell off last night. Thanks a lot. Tag him pls, I have something for him,” he tweeted. We pray he locates the fan who saved him the stress of buying another jewelry. Well, let’s just say one good turn deserves another and that is what exactly happened to Kiss Daniel as we…
Banky W has done it again as he has been named Uber’s 1st ambassador in Nigeria. “One of my favourite quotes is the one that says: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a meal. Teach a man to fish and you’ve fed him for life.” I believe very strongly in putting the people around me in a position to be more successful. My driver @lado212 is an awesome guy.. and I wanted him to be able to earn more than just his salary & tips, so I got a small car and we put it on…
The Enugu state police command has called on victims who were allegedly assaulted at Flavour’s concert to come out to testify. Ebere Amaraizu released a statement explaining that the force had not received any reports of rape and would appreciate if the victims would come forward and testify. “The newspaper report (of the mass rape), which is based on a Twitter message in the social media, is unfounded and we cannot operate on speculations as a law enforcement agency. Till now, nobody has come forward to report any case of sexual assault or molestation and rape to the Command. However,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of using the fight against Boko Haram to siphoning funds for the 2019 general elections. The party urged Nigerians to reject and resist the renewed attempt by the Presidency to “help itself with the huge sums of money”, adding that the $1 billion is meant to finance President Buhari’s interests in the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention and 2019 Presidential campaign. “It has since come to light that the Buhari administration is using the fight against insurgency as a conduit to siphon funds, as evidenced in the…
Kaduna State Government has said it will require up to 65.5 billion dollars to address the state’s infrastructure challenges over the next 30 years. El Rufai stressed that the long term infrastructure master plan summarised the infrastructure target of the state aimed at providing job opportunities and making lives better for the people. “The breakdown of the future infrastructural developments between now to 2050, include, the transportation sector which would require N8 trillion while N5.1 billion would be required annually in the education sector to build about 9,006 schools including tertiary institutions. “Other sectors include, the health system which would…