Zinedine Zidane has talked about his disappointment with the result but not the performance after his team missed a chance to cut the eight point gap to La Liga leaders Barcelona by drawing 0-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday evening. With his side not ceasing the advantage of Barcelona’s 2-2 draw at home to Celta Vigo earlier in the day, the Los Blancos coach claimed at the postgame news conference that his team had deserved more and he was disappointed for his players who had made a huge effort. “I am very disappointed given the game we played,” Zidane said.…
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Unai Emery came out to say he was happy with his players’ efforts despite a 2-1 defeat away at Strasbourg on Saturday. Speaking after the final whistle, Emery tried to show faith in his players after a first defeat of the season across all competitions. “The team took 23 shots and managed to win 13 corners,” said the Basque tactician. “We had chances to score. We were perhaps not that settled in attack and when it came to the final touches in the opposing penalty area. However, it is normal to be disappointed. “Our objective and our motivation is always…
Jurgen Klopp laughed at suggestions that Barcelona had been quoted a price to buy Philippe Coutinho in the January transfer window. An amused Klopp said to papers in the UK: “Named a price? Interesting. “There is absolutely nothing to say about this. Of course Phil is still essential for us. “Should we stop thinking about him in the moment just because there are more stories about him in the newspapers in Spain?” When asked about transfer comings and goings for other players with the club when the window opens in January. “I cannot give an answer for that now. A…
Paul Pogba has said he hopes injuries to “important players” could dampen Manchester City’s title fight this season. Speaking before United’s win, Pogba was asked on “Football Focus” whether he believed City might slip up before the end of the season. “I do,” he replied. “Someday I hope they’re going to slip. “I hope … it’s bad to say things like that but fortunately for us I hope they will get some very important players injured, like what’s happening with us, because people don’t see this, don’t speak about this, but every time we have, like, players injured, important players,…
Mauricio Pochettino has said Tottenham will come out stronger from their slump after they failed to win for the fourth consecutive league game at Watford on Saturday. “It’s a good experience for us — a team that in the last two seasons was also being praised by [the media] in the way we played and defended,” the Spurs manager said afterwards. “To live that experience is important, to learn for the future. I think we’ll be a stronger team for it. Sometimes it’s important in football to feel that frustration and disappointment that it’s not all easy and you can’t…
Cesc Fabregas has said Chelsea and the other Premier League title challengers are waiting for Manchester City to slip as Pep Guardiola’s side continue to dominate. Despite Chelsea claiming six wins from their last seven games, Fabregas knows they need City to start dropping points to give them any chance of retaining their crown. “It is important to get the win,” he told Chelsea’s official website. “It was an important three points. “It is still a long way to go and that is why we have to hope Manchester City will slip up and we will manage to put some…
Diego Simeone has hailed his team’s persistence after they came back to beat Real Sociedad 2-1 at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday. The crucial win moved Atleti to within six points of leaders Barcelona. “Both teams had some big chances, but we did not stop insisting. The players came out on top after being up against it in the first half. “They showed pride, intensity, bravery and insistence and got a classic last-minute winner.” “We did not start the game well and made mistakes that we could improve upon in the second half. “The most important today was to keep…
Sam Allardyce has said he wants to retain England midfielder Ross Barkley at Goodison Park. Allardyce said: “I’d like to think we can keep Barkley, unless somebody’s already done a deal for him. “I am not daft enough to know in this game that those words and phone calls might not have already gone on. “If we could get Ross Barkley to stay then nobody would be more delighted than me. Whether that is a possibility I do not know.” Barkley has not featured for Everton since the end of last season, having suffered a hamstring injury in preseason. Allardyce…
Dbanj has signed a partnership deal with Dugout in UK today that will see football fans across Nigeria and Africa get exclusive BTS actions live at their favourite clubs in Europe as well as present the fans opportunities to meet their favourite superstars in locker rooms. Dugout offers best unique & exclusive behind the scenes content from the world’s best clubs & players, all in one place as was created by some of the world’s biggest football teams – Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, AC Milan, Juvetus, Paris Saint-Germain and about 20 other major football clubs. Dbanj quest…
While Ed Sheeran was expected to be a 2018 Grammy front-runner — many predicted a two-man race between him and Kendrick Lamar — many people were surprised, and his fans were enraged, he came in with only two nods, both for pop categories. While there’s no shortage of theories as to why this happened, Sheeran himself was characteristically chill about the situation, even when Ellen Degeneres told him during his appearance on her show Friday that she was “outraged.” “My outlook on it is some years you have your year and some years you don’t have your year,” he said…
It appears the outro to Kendrick Lamar’s Damn. album originally went by a different name other than “Duckworth.” According to producer 9th Wonder, the song was original titled “Life Is Like a Box of Chicken.” The news was revealed during an interview 9th and fellow producer Young Guru had with the RapRadar podcast this week. 9th Wonder told a story about meeting Kendrick Lamar, and how “Duckworth” came together. “It was a crazy day in Los Angeles,” 9th recalls. “At 1 o’clock that day we went to see Snoop [Dogg]. At 6 o’clock that day we went to [Dr.] Dre’s…
9ice is out with the official music video for his latest song “Basiri Mi” The song was produced by the super talented beat crafter, Tonywhy and was released by pan-African record label, Temple Music a sister company of foremost Lagos-based talent agency, Temple Management Company (TMC). For the video, he teams up with the head of Capital Dreams Pictures, Clarence Peters, who did a great job in shooting and directing this wonderful piece. The video is a delightful masterpiece that gives a fresh breath to the song which was released a few months ago.
Congratulations, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran, for creating the new go-to first dance song for newlyweds everywhere. The powerhouse musicians have teamed up for a duet of Sheeran’s romantic ballad “Perfect,” from his most recent album, pronounced “Divide.” The song was released Thursday evening and quickly sent the Bey Hive into a frenzy. “Just listened to the Perfect duet with Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé …. didn’t know my ears could cry until now,” wrote one fan. This is not the first time Sheeran and Beyoncé have collaborated. The two shared the stage at a Grammy tribute to Stevie Wonder, along with…
Fans are going to have to wait until Christmas morning to see the Kardashian Christmas card this year. Kim Kardashian West took to Twitter on Friday to share the first of her 25 Days of Christmas photo series, featuring her son, Saint. Saint adorably looks over his shoulder as he’s surrounded by a pile of brown packages in the pic. The nearly 2-year-old wears nothing but cuffed jeans in the shot, which also shows the edge of a massive Christmas tree. Kim’s tweet seems to suggest that the family will release one part of their Christmas card each day until…
Rihanna is tired of seeing trans women used as a marketing tool. The “Anti” singer made that clear when fan Alberto Otero commented on her Fenty Beauty makeup line, suggesting that she “should invite a trans girl to the group” in her next campaign. In her response, which Otero screenshot from his TweetDeck dashboard, Rihanna denounced the idea of holding a casting just to fill a quota. “I’ve had the pleasure of working with many gifted trans women throughout the years, but I don’t go around doing trans castings,” she wrote, according to the screenshot. “Just like I don’t do…
Fresh off the release of his Playboi Carti-assisted single “Yo Pi’erre,” producer Pi’erre Bourne is teasing new material with Drake. Speaking with Billboard, the South Carolina native opened up about his new music, including collaborations with the 6 God, Carti, and 21 Savage. “After this, I got a couple other songs I’ll be putting out,” he said. “I’m going to finish working on my project. Getting Carti’s album going, working on Drake’s album, me and 21 Savage got stuff blowing up. I want to branch off and do other things.” Aside from working on the Toronto rapper’s upcoming album, Bourne…
They have been married for more than three years, share two beautiful children and are expecting another little girl via surrogate in the coming weeks. And Kim Kardashian and Kanye West enjoyed some much needed romantic time as they made a glamorous appearance at Chrissy Teigen’s Pan Am themed 32nd birthday bash in Los Angeles on Thursday. A smitten Kanye, 40, couldn’t keep his eyes off his glamorous wife, 37, as they took their seats in a replica of a vintage 1970s 747 airplane, in an intimate shot taken by the pregnant birthday girl at adult theme park, Pan Am…
Cardi B has gone from stripper, to Instagram and reality TV star, to Grammy-nominated rapper. Speaking to The Guardian, Cardi – real name Belcalis Almanzar – said: ‘Would people feel some type of way if I was a cashier-turned-rapper? People want me to be so full of shame that I used to dance. I would never be ashamed of it. ‘I made a lot of money, I had a good time and it showed me a lot – it made me open my eyes about how people are, how men are, about hunger and passion and ambition.’ She explained: ‘I…
Quality of goods and services will no longer be taken for granted in Nigeria, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, has said. Enelamah made the assertion at the 1st Nigeria National Quality Award (NiNQA) in Lagos. Enelamah, represented by Mrs Omololu Opeyemi, the Director, Nigeria Commodity Exchange, said the ultimate focus of government and enterprises should be on product quality and service delivery. He said that the award by UNIDO was well deserved, especially as the nation’s economy has stabilised, adding that such programme was needed for sustainability. The minister said that the Federal Government would…
Babatunde Fashola recently said Nigerian roads were not as bad as many people thought; rather, he stated that the roads needed to be adequately maintained. Fashola stated these in his keynote address at the United Nations-sponsored capacity building programme for the Federal Road Safety Corps, which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja by his ministry. The minister stated, “They were built in the 1970s, and not only have they outlived their design life, they have had to deal with tonnage and capacities well beyond what their design intended. Can such a road be truly expected to stay intact…